The network I connected to was a local realtor’s OPEN HOUSE FREE PUBLIC WIFI network…so I didn’t break any laws.

So what did I do? Drove to the closest neighborhood and got on an open WIFI network. The whole thing started when I dropped my friend off for Horse lessons and didn't want to drive all the way home only to drive back to pick her up in an hour and a half. This has served me well throughout the years so hopefully it will help you too. I paid over $100 each! Now you can get TWO for $80! The long range high power wifi adapters have gotten considerably cheaper than when I first got them. The Satellite dish setup still works fine, I built it using stuff I had on hand. If you don't have access to the signal source you can still get one and use it with the dish setup to get longer ranges,Īnd if you get two and you still have a weak signal, you can boost it as much as twice as much with a 24db antenna that will attach to it. Get two, hook one up to your wireless router via ethernet cable and run it out to the adapter (it's waterproof, you can mount it to a telephone pole or flag pole you own) Hook the other one up way out where you need it and point the two at each other until all of the indicator bars light up (or as many as possible) on the side of the unit. Get two and you can shoot signal between them up to FOUR KILOMETERS with line of sight!!!! THAT'S 2.48 MILES! OVER 7 times better than the original satellite dish setup.

OH YEA! (Kool Aide man comes through the wall) Can you tell I was a 90's kid? ANYWAYS ON TO THE GOODS! (it's TP-Link not Binford) The link above goes to a really beefed up wireless receiver. You know what we need? MORE POWER! Enter: The Binford 31000 Series Unidirectional Based High Power Wireless (Tim Allen grunt here) With easy aim led indicators! (LOUDER GRUNT!) That can be placed up to 328 feet away from where you need it via ethernet cable! It has been years since I put this post up and I really appreciate all of the input and interest that you all have had in this project! After research and development we have found ways to make this work EVEN BETTER.

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