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Fifteen15
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PostPosted: 15:18 - 20 Aug 2014    Post subject: USB Wifi Dongles Reply with quote

I'm going fishing for 3 days later in the week. There will be no 3G signal but I want to stay connected from my HP 14 Chromebook. Would a WiFi dongle still get signal in the middle of no where? I have no idea how these things work.
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PostPosted: 15:23 - 20 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 15:23 - 20 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

lulwut.

Have you checked for 3G signal? There will likely be no WiFi to connect to.

I'd say fishing is getting away from everything, wouldn't bother with technology.
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PostPosted: 16:01 - 20 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Leave it at home. Take your phone but leave it switched off. Turn it one once a day when you get home to reassure your significant other you haven't fallen in and drowned if necessary.

Light a fire and poke it with a stick. Drink beer. Talk to people.
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PostPosted: 16:39 - 20 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can get internet over a satellite connection. That'll work.

I think they start at £2,000. Smile
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Fifteen15
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PostPosted: 16:54 - 20 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
Leave it at home. Take your phone but leave it switched off. Turn it one once a day when you get home to reassure your significant other you haven't fallen in and drowned if necessary.

Light a fire and poke it with a stick. Drink beer. Talk to people.


You obviously don't know me. My name's Mike, and I'm an internet addict.

Oh and I've never really got the hang of this "talk to people" bullshit Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: 20:40 - 20 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

the internet addict who has no idea how to connect to the internet.
if you cant get 3g, there isnt a hope in hell that in the middle of a fucken lake there is a wifi connection,
wifi is good for about 30meters, thats it,
so no, no wifi
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PostPosted: 20:50 - 20 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

hmmmnz wrote:

wifi is good for about 30meters, thats it,


Idea

1. Determine distance (in meters) from nearest point of civilisation with 3G
2. Divide distance by 30 = X
3. Obtain X smartphones
4. Leave first smartphone in 3G area
4. Turn on portable hotspot on next phone, connect to the previous one, leave it no more than 30 meters away.
5. Repeat until at fishing lake
6. Profit?
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PostPosted: 08:24 - 21 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ben90 wrote:
hmmmnz wrote:

wifi is good for about 30meters, thats it,


Idea

1. Determine distance (in meters) from nearest point of civilisation with 3G
2. Divide distance by 30 = X
3. Obtain X smartphones
4. Leave first smartphone in 3G area
4. Turn on portable hotspot on next phone, connect to the previous one, leave it no more than 30 meters away.
5. Repeat until at fishing lake
6. Profit?


the only flaw I can see in this is that each phone would require 2 wireless connections when they can only handle one as portable hotspot turns 3g to wifi not wifi to wifi. apart from that, a solid plan
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PostPosted: 10:45 - 21 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Drat. Laughing
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PostPosted: 15:47 - 21 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

100BASE-FX fibre optic cables in 2km runs with extenders between them. Or lots of low power computers and lots of 100m cat5e cables.
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PostPosted: 17:55 - 21 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

don't go fishing?
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PostPosted: 00:55 - 29 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

download your dirty videos before you go?
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PostPosted: 10:02 - 29 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

if you don't talk to people, just sit there an enjoy the quite and tranquillity.

I often find myself sat on some non descript tor in the middle of Dartmoor doing exactly that, more to get away from people than anything else
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PostPosted: 09:39 - 30 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote

Go fishing app instead??
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