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"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
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> "Soundhaspriority"  wrote ...
>> "Richard Crowley"  wrote ...
>>> "Soundhaspriority" wrote ...
>>>> How are you hooked up?  "Cafe"?  Are you using a VPN ?
>>>
>>> Wi-Fi where we can find it. Currently at a 4-star hotel in Turgu
>>> Mures, Romania but the Wi-Fi signal quality is "poor" in my room.
>>> Some hotels have no Wi-Fi at all, and the newest ones have
>>> *wired* (free) network, not wireless.
>>>
>> One of these 
>> 
http://cgi.ebay.com/WiFi-Booster-Wireless-G-Amplifier-Signal-Router-802-11g_W0QQ
itemZ170314441771QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item170314441771&_tr
ksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1309%7
C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
>>
>> with one of these:
>> 
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-WiFi-Wireless-G-LAN-Adapter-802-11g-Antenna-54Mbps_W0QQi
temZ170322480519QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item170322480519&_trk
sid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1309%7C
301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
>>
>> is the cure for that.
>
> I like things with real SMB antenna connectors and visible antennas.
> I can use nice, compact directional antennas like these...
> www.wa5vjb.com
>
> Although my WiMAX USB RF modem (which resembles a thumb
> flash drive) seems to work just fine around the PDX market.
The connector on that stick is actually fairly sturdy, not at all like the
shaky ones found on some cellphones or wifi appliances. As an (inactive)
ham, I share your fascination with antennas. My interest in ham radio
migrated by analogy to wifi. FWIW, there are several portable wifi solutions
that are standouts:

1. The original Engenius NL-2511CD, the first high power cardbus card, the
wardrivers' favorite, with diversity receivers. Claimed to be good for 4000
feet in open space. I have not verified that claim, but it's good.

2. The EUB-362 is widely regarded as having the most sensitive receiver,
even more than the 2511, though without diversity. it has the maximum power
supportable by a single USB port, 200mw:
http://www.engeniustech.com/datacom/produts/details.aspx?id=154  Other
adapters exist with 500mw output, but they require two USB ports, and the
receivers in those chipsets are not as good.

Either of the above will make a "back of the hotel" combo solid. However,
for the occasion where you're in a boonie hotel, and the proprietor doesn't
even realize they have wifi (really, because her son set it up!),  and the
power is really anemic, and your room is back on a spit of land looking at
nowhere, so there are no nearby objects to provide friendly reflections,
read down.  I usually get put in these kinds of rooms because most hotels
have been warned about me and don't want me mixing with the public.

3. But the greatest surprise I have had is with the aforementioned booster
combo. My township has a public wifi hotspot. I used to try to hit that
hotspot from an office at ground level, 300 yards away, separated by a
mostly one story but steel/concrete high school. Withe the EUB-362, I could
see the hotspot, but the hotspot couldn't see me. I'd get a connection speed
of around 5 mb/s.

With the booster combo, ie., the Zyxel transceiver and generic booster, it
went right up to 27 mb/s, solid!  It makes a terrific way to have an
"untraceable" connection for internet harassment, as well as my penchant for
downloading gay porn.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511