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There are method as follows:
1. Position your wireless router closer to the room.
2. Make your own directional antenna (FreeAntennas.com).
3. Purchase a higher gain antenna for your router.
4. Add a wireless access point to your router (WAP).
5. Add a wireless range extender/repeater.
6. Purchase a stronger wireless router (MIMO wireless router).
1. In the router's Basic Setup page:
Change the router name to something unique and/or obscure.
Change the router's internal (LAN-side) IP to something non-standard, keeping in mind that the IP Address you choose still need to be within one of the ranges of private, non-routeable address ranges (the 192.168. or 10. ranges for example). If you understand the consequesnces, you can also change the subnet mask.
Disable the router's DHCP server; manually assign the IP info on each computer on your network instead. If you want or need to use DHCP, you can limit the DHCP scope (the "Maximum number of DHCP users" setting) to a number equal to the number of computers on your LAN. That way someone else can't just join your network and automatically get handed an IP.
2. In the "Wireless" setup tab:
Change the default SSID to something meaningful to you, but something that does not give anyone else any hints about your network. For example, using your name or your residence's street address as the SSID is not what you'd call a bright idea.
Disable SSID broadcasting so that your SSID is not visible to the outside world.
3. The Wireless Mac Filter page under the Wireless tab:
Every network device has a unique (12 hexidecimal digit) identifier called the Media Access Control address. In the filter page, you can permit or deny computers permission to connect to your wireless network based on their individual MAC addresses. If you know that your two laptops should be the only computers connecting to your network, you would choose the "Permit only" filter option and then enter the MAC address of each laptop in the filter list. In Windows 2000 and XP, you can find the MAC address of a computer's network card by opening a DOS box and typing the following command at the prompt: ifconfig /all. For Win 9x/ME, the command is: winipcfg. The MAC address will be listed on the "Physical Address" line in the resulting output of the ifconfig command.
Park as close to the office as you can. Wireless internet or WiFi reception is notoriously bad in RV parks. The problem is that you are usually given a space far from the front office where the WiFi router and antenna are, and that RV's have metal siding which reduces wireless internet signals. You have a couple of options to solve the problem.
Step 2Use a higher power WiFi adapter or card than is in your laptop. You can find these on e-Bay or Amazon.com and they fit in either the Mini PCI or PCMCIA slot depending on how old your computer is. Choose one that has a jack for an external antenna. Many do not have external antenna ports. Another disadvantage is that when computers change, your card may not fit in the next model you buy.
Step 3Try a USB based long range WiFi adapter. A better option for your laptop for getting long range wireless internet or WiFi in an RV, is to use a USB based wireless adapter with an external antenna jack. The ones made by Engenius put out 500 milliwatts, which is about five times what your laptop computer's internal wireless adapter transmits. Most, including the Engenius USB WiFi adapter feature an external antenna connector known as RP-SMA. You can purchase either a directional panel type WiFi antenna to go with the Engenius or other USB based WiFi adapter, or use an outside omnidirectional antenna. You will get the best range with a panel or yagi type WiFi antenna, mounted outside your RV.
Step 4Use a combo antenna-adapter. Another convenient option is to use a WiFi panel antenna that is directional and has a WiFi adapter (receiver - transmitter) built into the panel antenna. These sell in the $120 range and up and are highly directional. You may pick up wireless internet signals up to five miles away, depending on terrain. You will need a USB extender cable, sold at Best Buy. Depending on the length you need to go, an amplified USB extender may be needed for the long range WiFi panel antenna to work.
