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Hello everyone -
My situation is a bit unique and requires some backstory, so bear with me.
My wife and I live aboard and sail on our sailboat full time. (Yes, we're retired...I am, anyway, she still works.) This past spring, we installed a router, modem, and cell boost antennae in the hope of attaining workable Wi-Fi on board the boat via our cellular phone system, T-Mobile. We have a Linovision Router, Pepwave Modem, and non-descript booster antennae. Let me digress a moment, and add that my wife is, at times, a cheapskate - and insisted we use the least expensive components we could find. We did just that, and here we are...
The kicker is, she's able to connect to our network with her PC and Android phone with no issues. She doesn't have super speed and frequently has to hotspot her phone if she's dealing with PDF files or other documents. I, on the other hand can connect to the network with no issues, but cannot do anything - nothing - I can't even open Safari or Firefox with the Macbook Pro or iPad - much less actually send or download emails, browse the web, use Google Drive, etc., unless I hotspot with my iPhone - but that kills my 'unlimited' data plan. If I don't use the hotspot, the phone works on the network, but is staggeringly slow.
I've finally convinced her this isn't a workable option and she's agreed to an upgrade. Unfortunately, that's not likely to happen until next spring. In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas/suggestions I could look at to at least make something work for my iOS gear?
Thanks!
My situation is a bit unique and requires some backstory, so bear with me.
My wife and I live aboard and sail on our sailboat full time. (Yes, we're retired...I am, anyway, she still works.) This past spring, we installed a router, modem, and cell boost antennae in the hope of attaining workable Wi-Fi on board the boat via our cellular phone system, T-Mobile. We have a Linovision Router, Pepwave Modem, and non-descript booster antennae. Let me digress a moment, and add that my wife is, at times, a cheapskate - and insisted we use the least expensive components we could find. We did just that, and here we are...
The kicker is, she's able to connect to our network with her PC and Android phone with no issues. She doesn't have super speed and frequently has to hotspot her phone if she's dealing with PDF files or other documents. I, on the other hand can connect to the network with no issues, but cannot do anything - nothing - I can't even open Safari or Firefox with the Macbook Pro or iPad - much less actually send or download emails, browse the web, use Google Drive, etc., unless I hotspot with my iPhone - but that kills my 'unlimited' data plan. If I don't use the hotspot, the phone works on the network, but is staggeringly slow.
I've finally convinced her this isn't a workable option and she's agreed to an upgrade. Unfortunately, that's not likely to happen until next spring. In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas/suggestions I could look at to at least make something work for my iOS gear?
Thanks!