Wifi woes in the campground? Most home and business locations have a compact signal area and have less signal interference. Campgrounds are different. The antennas are spread out over a large area and have numerous interference issues. Along with physical obstructions such as buildings and trees, there's the interference created by power transformers on the poles and in the rvs, microwave interference, yes, your own microwave and possibly your neighbors also add to the problem. Your own rvs construction adds to the interference obstructing the signal. Add to this the interference issues created by wifi routers in others rvs that send out their own signal and hinder or block signal reception. ( BTW: This is a big problem, and don't let anyone tell you that this can't happen). Couple this with the fact that campgrounds have many more demands on the bandwidth than households or businesses. At a business generally any one person might have a phone or tablet accessing the wifi. At your home, a couple of pc's, phones, and tablets. But at a campground, you have hundreds of guests accessing the wifi system with phones, tablets, and pc's...one family site could have 5-6 devices accessing the signal. Doing the math a 100 site park could have 300-500 devices accessing the system at any one time, all making the slice of the bandwidth pie a little smaller for everyone. Add to this problem, people that are trying to watch movies via the wifi... this draws a lot of bandwidth and slows the entire system down for everyone. The wifi systems in campgrounds can not handle hundreds of users wanting high speed with expanded bandwidth. Hence the wifi issues. Solution? Help yourself... your pc's antenna location is extremely critical and even a few inches can make the difference between a great signal and a poor one. I have used a external wifi antenna ( USB wifi adapter) and a USB extension ( standard 6' or amplified 16' ) very successfully to get a better signal and make the most of campground wifi systems. This helps greatly. It won't help the bandwidth problem, but it will get you a better signal strength. Just move the antenna around inside your rv while watching the signal strength meter to get the best signal. Of course the ultimate solution is a outside antenna raised above your rv roof line. Hope this helps you understand the issues and possible solutions. Others choices? Free wifi with limitations, or very expensive upgrades and vastly expended bandwidth that could would mean a monthly charge for wifi. If you need other options for expanded internet service at higher speeds with more bandwidth, there's always others personal choices, expensive air cards via cells phones or satellite dish internet providers. Myself, I opt for the limited FREE wifi. I don't need lightening speed and my signal access is good ( because of my equipment )... so it works for me. Hope this helps you.
