Info for Antenna for WiFi Usage

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Originally Posted by cruisefx

Since you have installed the Nanostation on your TV antenna, did you install the two antennae that you had purchased initially? What distances have you been able to achieve with/without the antennae?

Those two antennae are just WiFi whips that mount directly onto the Pepwave. They are for the WiFi as WAN mode and for retransmitting the WiFi within the van (probably overkill for that purpose--the Pepwave's built antenna probably would have been adequate.)

Not sure of distances, but the Nanostation can see a LOT more stations than any other device I have. I think that a half mile would be duck soup.

I am using a Winegard Flatwave antenna for my television so I guess I will have to mount the Nanostation unit on its own on the roof.

If you don't have a way to rotate the outside antenna, you would probably be better off with the Ubiquiti Bullet. It is just like the NanoStation but is omnidirectional, so it doesn't need to be pointed.