Scavenger1814
Novice Member
Hi. Thanks in advance for any replies.
I have a trailer in a seasonal RV park. The trailer is permanent in that we don’t take it on the road. There’s a Wi-Fi hotspot provided by the park but the signal is weak at my site. I have line-of-sight to the hotspot. I also have an Archer C9 router that I’m not using. I’m wondering if it’s possible to boost the signal by using an old satellite dish that’s at my site. I watched this YouTube video () where a guy replaced the dish LNB with a USB antenna. He then ran a USB cable to a laptop and used the laptop as a hotspot in his trailer. That could work for me (assuming my old/cheap laptop can be a Wi-Fi hotspot), but I was hoping I could connect directly between my unused router and the satellite dish so I don’t have to have the laptop running all the time.
Since my Archer C9 router only has an Ethernet port for its input, can I just use a USB-to-Ethernet adapter for the transition? I’m guessing a USB antenna gets power from the USB port, and I don’t know if that power would be provided over the Ethernet cable.
Richard
I have a trailer in a seasonal RV park. The trailer is permanent in that we don’t take it on the road. There’s a Wi-Fi hotspot provided by the park but the signal is weak at my site. I have line-of-sight to the hotspot. I also have an Archer C9 router that I’m not using. I’m wondering if it’s possible to boost the signal by using an old satellite dish that’s at my site. I watched this YouTube video () where a guy replaced the dish LNB with a USB antenna. He then ran a USB cable to a laptop and used the laptop as a hotspot in his trailer. That could work for me (assuming my old/cheap laptop can be a Wi-Fi hotspot), but I was hoping I could connect directly between my unused router and the satellite dish so I don’t have to have the laptop running all the time.
Since my Archer C9 router only has an Ethernet port for its input, can I just use a USB-to-Ethernet adapter for the transition? I’m guessing a USB antenna gets power from the USB port, and I don’t know if that power would be provided over the Ethernet cable.
Richard