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Wet WiFi

Rocinante33

Contributing Partner
Sitting here on the boat in our slip, we have begun to use our little WiFi dish that we bought on E bay (~$60). We have access to at least one of our neighbors networks with this 4" diam. dish. Web sites seem to load reasonably well, though we may drop connectivity very occasionally, perhaps due to the boat rocking slightly. It claims a 12 dB gain. We also had to buy a $4 cable extension so we can sit below with the laptop but have enough cable to put the dish up on the deck.

There are also web sites that describe how to make one using a can....google search for "cantenna"

It beats the heck out of exorbitant fees for an ISP at the harbor! IMHO the airwaves are free to us all.

Try it out (if legal in your jurisdiction),
Keith;)
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