What is the range of this device as a hotspot?
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Don't think its too far. Maybe 30 to 50 feet in an open space. Never tried distance since I mostly use it in my car or in just one room. Its well built. Better wimax reception than any freedompop compatible phones. Starts up and connects in about 1 min.
640418
Didn't work for me. Went through a long tedious process with the company, signing up and all that but whenever I tried to sign in the wifi doesn't unlock
881000
Most definitely, that range is within the capabilities of this antenna. I can pick up accesspoints about 300-500 feet down my street, I have about 15 listed with this antenna and an alfa wireless usb adapter. With the built wifi card in my laptop, I have only 2 listed. You do need a wifi adapter with a reverse polarity sma connector on it to hook it to. Amazon sells these as well. I suggest a usb adapter so you can use it with a laptop or desktop
1502011
Kind of a vague question...I haven't had any issues as of yet. Range seems good, but that can depend on the WiFi source and how many others are connected.
146163
if you have a long usb cable you can be ten feet or so away. the wireless usb doesn't work.
1871577
It can serve as a wifi hot spot. Any device with wireless apater or wifi capability should be able to connect to this device.
301881
I don't know because I bought it to be combine with a hotspot for my laptop.
648969
I would estimate the range to be a few houses away. So you can have the wifi modem inside and use the adapter to pickup clearer signal outside. It's not as far as most people say though.
1208791
Depends what tether means to you, but I frequently xfer music from my laptop and send to my phone. I use hot spots all the time with my transform ultra. Boost recently announced they are 's capability down to 2G so I may look for another carrier soon.
371321
Hello - I find using this device very sporadic .. meaning my wifi kicks out every single day.. if I am away from unit say 100 feet - I am NOT very happy at all with the performance - BUT I say this .. not knowing if it is in fact our main router - although I did have another much less expensive device that I used (Securifi Almond-Touchscreen Wireless Router extender) and that worked so well .. but it was not meant for the outdoors. I wish I had done a bit more investigating .. for the money spent .. I am not happy ..sorry ..
1545762
I'm not sure what the range is, but mine is on a different floor and about 30 feet from the router and it works fine
1338054
Most likely. I use it as far as 8 miles, but it is pretty much line of sight. If you can't see your target, it probably won't work. Check the Ubiquiti Wiki for set up instructions on using it as a simple wifi access device. That is pretty much its out of the box defaults.
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no from my experience the range was better and longer than that of my netgear d6300 ac 1300 wifi modem router, the range in you situation will depend on the devices your using and the location of where you place the unit, but from my usage of the unit the range is extremely far I can watch you tube on my nexus 7 (2012) tablet in my back yard
1153862
I had a portable hotspot for the wifi, but if you turn on connection sharing on your phone it will work as a hotspot even if you phone is connected to the stereo (cable or bluetooth). Keep in mind this will use up your data plan.
856359
I have an identical situation and it works very well at least 200 feet away. Hope this helps.
2257280
Yes thats exactly what I'am using it for. A desk top tapping into a friends wifi 300 to 400 feet away getting 3 to 4 bars on it. got an extwnsion usb to mount it hi in the room. but for in house it works great through 2 floors 4 to 5 bars. I'm using it with windows xp
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In general, I agree with Mike about the range (25-30 feet), but I found that walls in the house can interfere and shorten that range. I really like this device and have been using it for over a year now to watch videos while exercising. No problems at about 10 feet. I don't know the frequency but haven't noticed any interference issues with cordless phones or wifi.
610861
Sorry I didn't reply sooner. It depends on how many other wireless signals are in the area. Sometimes I've had a range up to 50 yards or more. Other times not as much. 30 yards shouldn't be a problem.