WiFi in the Smoky Mountains - Does your signal get through?

Restoration RV

English - October 21, 2020 20:00 - 12 minutes - 8.37 MB
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We are live on location this week - in Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountains. We knew going into this trip that we were going to be totally self-contained, but we weren’t sure about Internet. I am teaching online and I need to be able to reach, and be reached by, students during the week. Being totally off-grid is not an option. After researching many options, we put together a great WiFi system for off grid work - and it worked great until we really got back into the mountains. Final conclusion, this system is perfect when you have a signal to boost - but if there is no signal at all, not much is going to work.

Here are the specific bits of gear we use:
GL.iNet 4G LTE Router https://amzn.to/3kj0lvu
Wilson Electronics 30 Feet Low Loss Coaxial Cable https://amzn.to/2Hcwdna
Wilson Electronics Wideband Directional Antenna https://amzn.to/3k7vnXk

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