"David Marchand" wrote in
:

I just bought (and returned) a Radio Labs RVWave usb wifi adapter and
antenna. It didn't work any better (or worse) than the wifi card built
into my laptop. It (and my laptop card) would only give me about 200
feet usable range from my home wifi router. Other users reported
similar results on Panbo. Out of 3 or 4 posters only one said it
worked.



It doesn't make any difference if you're mobile is running a kilowatt to
you "home wifi router" running 20 milliwatts (0.020W)! It's not the router
can't hear your big powerful card....it's the card can't hear the peanut
whistle transmitter in the house!

This is also true in many marinas who did wifi on the cheap and are just
running home wifi units. No matter how powerful your boat's wifi
transceiver is....if the marina isn't running similar power levels...it
goes nowhere and the boat equipment can't hear it.

The one that worked had a better base station router with a real antenna.