Hi group!
I would like to have stronger WiFi signal strength on my MacBook Air while staying at hotels during traveling. Has anyone experiences with using a WiFi signal strengthener such as a USB external WiFi antenna?
Hello - wife & I take frequent trips and carry our Wi-Fi iPads - using Wi-Fi in hotels rooms can be quite frustrating (obviously, you have personal experience) - likely depends on various factors, such as the number of customers sharing the bandwidth, the distance from the emitting Wi-Fi devices, interfering walls & other structures, etc. (I've actually asked a few places to reboot their routers which has helped).
Over the years, I have carried a number of different travel routers which can attach to an ethernet cable (hopefully more reliable) and then generate a 'personal' Wi-Fi network in your room - this is ideal if the hotel is charging a fee for each connected device (e.g. a hotel we stay at in Charlotte, NC). SO, if the wired connection is reliable & strong, your Wi-Fi network will be generated by the travel router and should provide a much better wireless signal.
My current travel router is shown below, i.e. RAVPower FileHub - check Amazon for further information and reviewer comments - I've used it several times but have not tried to measure download speeds on a hotel's Wi-Fi vs. that offered by the hub (maybe next time I'll test). Dave
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