Club WiFi booster

[Chunky]

Hi all.
Probably been asked many a time before…….
On our current site we use club WiFi. I have read numerous posts about using 3/4/5g sim mobile data receivers the likes of maxiveiw , avtex and alike. What I want to know is will these devices connect to the club WiFi on site (which requires a password) without having to use a sim? Problem I get is the signal inside the van is poor to none existent, so I require some type of signal booster to connect items inside the van to the WiFi. What’s out there and what have people used to overcome this issue?

 

[Mr Plodd]

A sim card gives access to the mobile phone network, WiFi is a totally different system and it doesn't require a sim card.

 

[Chunky]

A sim card gives access to the mobile phone network, WiFi is a totally different system and it doesn't require a sim card.

Cheers for reply. Well aware WiFi is different to using a sim on a mobile network. Was wondering if the systems available which use a sim over a mobile network will also work by picking up or designed to act as a WiFi booster using site WiFi.

 

[Mr Plodd]

That would be like trying to pick up a satellite TV programme with a terrestrial aerial, totally incompatible systems.

 

[Chunky]

A sim card gives access to the mobile phone network, WiFi is a totally different system and it doesn't require a sim card.

Not too different to what a mobile phone can do. It will pick up both sim and WiFi which you can hotspot from on other devices

 

[RogerL]

Hi all.
Probably been asked many a time before…….
On our current site we use club WiFi. I have read numerous posts about using 3/4/5g sim mobile data receivers the likes of maxiveiw , avtex and alike. What I want to know is will these devices connect to the club WiFi on site (which requires a password) without having to use a sim? Problem I get is the signal inside the van is poor to none existent, so I require some type of signal booster to connect items inside the van to the WiFi. What’s out there and what have people used to overcome this issue?

Some MIFI units can be configured to pick up site WIFI and use it as input to the unit's local wifi, as well as picking up mobile phone broadband which needs a sim

 

[Jcloughie]

With the massive improvement in mobile networks over recent years I have found that tethering to my phones hot spot rarely let me down. As a backup, we used two phones on different networks. After all. Data is so cheap now.

With weak signals, putting the phone in the skylight helped.

John