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HomePrintersMultifunction Peripherals (MFP)Hawking HiGain Directional 12dBi Window Antenna - HA12W |
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6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent directional range extender Oct 14, 2010
By C. Nekritz
Granted I didn't use the flimsy suction cups but drilled and attached this directly to a fence post. This, as well as a low-loss cable I had to buy from another site (note to all, Amazon does NOT sell a wire that will go from the back of a standard WiFi router, aka LinkSys, Netgear, et. al.), got the WiFi signal out of the house to a fencepost where I now am shooting 90% signal strength well over 100 yards where before I had 0%. In fact it's shooting that signal through a giant old house between my house and the structure I'm sending the signal to. It's fairly incredible for such a simple set up. The signal even is stronger in the house in general as an added bonus. If you're looking to shoot your WiFi signal over 100 yards to another building with this, and a third-party male to female low-loss wire, you'll be all set and in business.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Sending it back Mar 17, 2010
By Jeff Craig
"NavyStore"
After all the things I've ordered from Amazon, I am finally returning one. This one! Why design an item that will suction cup to the windows (and be turnable) then put on tiny cups? It fell down every 5 minutes at first, and every 30 seconds after an hour. (No, I'm not joking.) Yes, it comes with a wall mount - but it is NOT turnable! Again, design oversight in my opinion.
The worst part was the performance. I used both the Windows and the Hawking Tech software and only got a max of 35% (swung between 1 and 2 bars) on signal strength. The router is in my house and just under 40 feet away (I have this PC in my shop/garage). When I disconnected it and had the cable only connected to my system, the signal strength went up to 50% (and 3 bars) through the two walls and one floor. When I connected the Hawking HWDN2 Hi-Gain Wireless-150N USB Network Dish Adapter I bought for my daughter PC the signal strength went up to 90% and 5 bars.
Maybe this would work better if I was using it on my router, but I'm not in the mood to fight with it. It's going back and I'll buy the HWDN2 adapter instead.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Works fine Feb 19, 2011
By rveale
Main intent of usage is to gain coverage in campsites. Sometimes the source WiFi is on the wrong side of the trailer or too far away for laptop coverage. Part of the solution was to buy a Hawking Smart Repeater. The next part was to be able to put the repeater antenna in a window with favourable coverage... and that all depends on the camp ground. It also provides some directivity to attenuate the MiFi blasters as long as they are on the sides or behind the direction of desired coverage.
Gain? can't argue with the specs. 9+dB over a dipole has got to be an improvement. Will need to see how well it makes up for tree brush. The big advantage is placement.
The RF cable is kinda stuff. It puts strain on both the antenna connection and the repeater connection. Need to train the cable to the desired shape for the required location.
Terrible range May 09, 2012
By Ron
"RMGA"
Trying to get wifi out to my pool 40' away, I purchased a Amped Wireless High Power Wireless-N 600mW Smart Repeater and Range Extender (SR10000) to go along with this antenna. Standing right in front of this antenna with my android running Wifi analyzer, I get -35dBm. Standing right in front of my Cisco E4200 router which has internal antenna I get -30dBm. At about 30' I can maintain connection (barely), 10' feet and poof, it's gone. 40' away direct line of sight! Complete waste of my time, as is the Amped products. BTW I'm an engineer, not that it matters.
Better than expected results. Jan 13, 2012
By p95loser
I am beaming wireless internet 650' open air no obstructions from a front house to a back house. Have a linksys E3000 router up front in a window with a hawking HWREN1 range extender in a window at the back house. I was consistently getting 3-4 mbps upload at the back house. Speed tested my connection immediately before the antenna swap and got 2.88 mbps upload. Immediately after the swap I got 9.83 mbps!!! After a little antenna tweaking I was able to get it up to 12.5!
Great results for the money and would recommend to anybody trying to span a distance.
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