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Post by ianali on Aug 28, 2020 12:16:16 GMT
Our kids are wanting ideas for gifts to buy us for a coming anniversary. We currently just use out phones to access the net, there are occasions when the signal inside boat is poor though. So, what do we need to allow better access? A dongle thing?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 12:22:06 GMT
A router with provision for an external aerial connection(s), an external aerial and an extendable pole would be my first choice. Huawei have a good selection of routers.
We use a tel-tonika router with a poynting xpol antenna on an extendable decorators pole.
ETA. Obviously if there is no signal at all, it won't make any difference, but can make significant difference bringing a signal inside, via cable, to a steel narrowboat shell.
ETA again. If you put your sim in a router, there are some types that will allow you to connect a telephone handset to utilise any inclusive minutes you may have.Otherwise it means faffing around swapping the sim with your mobile phone. The alternative is, you get a dedicated data sim, or lose the minutes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 13:06:36 GMT
When this comes up on other boaty forums nearly everyone goes on about Huawei routers and how good they are (until China takes over the world and your router kills you) and how EE smacks the bottom of 3. External aerial a must. I had to spellcheck aerial. Dementia must be imminent. Antenna is a much better word.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 14:10:21 GMT
Happy anniversary  It could be Ruby looking at you ... but looking at your young wife I guess it can only be about ten years. Bubbles and a pleasant meal no doubt. Rog |
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Post by Clinton Cool on Aug 28, 2020 14:47:52 GMT
Huawei E3131 dongle doesn't use any additional power and has a port to accept an aerial. I bought a new one off Ebay last month Ā£15.00. 3g and 2g only.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 15:24:49 GMT
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Post by ianali on Aug 28, 2020 15:27:23 GMT
Happy anniversary It could be Ruby looking at you ... but looking at your young wife I guess it can only be about ten years. Bubbles and a pleasant meal no doubt. Rog Cheeky t***. Thanks anyway, not till 17th September though. Thought Iād give kids time to save up š. Will be 37 years, We married very young! |
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 28, 2020 15:28:33 GMT
Huawei have a good selection of routers. Traitor! The Chinese Communist Party have made slaves of the Tibetans and the Uighurs! Huawei if you want Beijing to suck up all of your personal information and State Secrets! |
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 28, 2020 15:31:27 GMT
I had to spellcheck aerial. ![]()  Ariel  Ariel |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 15:39:26 GMT
Thirty seven years is an achievement ... takes some effort and commitment from you both.
Happy days.
Rog
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Post by Telemachus on Aug 28, 2020 15:43:11 GMT
u ... but looking at your young wife I guess it can only be about ten years. Rog Creep! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 16:32:45 GMT
u ... but looking at your young wife I guess it can only be about ten years. Rog Creep! And your point is ? Rog |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 17:35:41 GMT
Huawei E3131 dongle doesn't use any additional power and has a port to accept an aerial. I bought a new one off Ebay last month Ā£15.00. 3g and 2g only. If accessing data services is on the agenda Ianali will want all the gees. But routers are a bit power-hungry. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 17:37:47 GMT
I had to spellcheck aerial. ![]() Ariel Ariel There's the stinkhole problem again. We talked about this. |
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