Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Minor Update - ATT Wireless Internet - SOME Issues Solved Date: 1 Aug 2025 01:44:50 GMT Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <20250728084420.00001730@gmail.com> <10686js$273fk$5@dont-email.me> <106afgd$2kabq$6@dont-email.me> <106b4nb$9bn4$1@news1.tnib.de> <106b9sl$2r3s7$3@dont-email.me> <106dejs$jk4$1@news1.tnib.de> <70osllxgv8.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <330tllxu7r.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net r9mo7yqtD0l4bHVgl860dA1h07PZBh5dhIH3AA4+cVFxiqu+sU Cancel-Lock: sha1:SGxQok8SQs9YB2brGUZe/i2nxxU= sha256:X6RMoEAWESqVkkv3yx+/z+8+gXpY3P76n5A8ygE/P8g= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70210 On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:25:39 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > I hope they were antenas for the cellular network, not for the WiFi > side? Just asking No, the 4G side. What I got are cheap omnis: https://www.amazon.com/Bingfu-Magnetic-Compatible-Industrial-Amplifier/dp/ B08DG87HBV > > Time ago, there were designs for building your own directional antena > for WiFi. Maybe there are now for cellular routers. Surely many people > are in that situation. Even by building a parabolic with the router > inside. Pringles cans were used a lot but this site claims they're not the right diameter. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-a-wifi-antenna-out-of-a- pringles-can-nb/ They would work better at 5 GHz than 2.4. Working at higher frequencies makes life easier. I build a Quagi for the 2M (144 MHz) amateur band and you didn't hide it in a chip can. However I did have a reliable connection to a repeater about 80 miles away using a 5W handheld. http://www.overbeck.com/quagi.htm