I've had LoganWiFi at Logan Airport in Boston for a few years. I work there but we have moved our location to where there are no windows and no signal. Any way to bring the outside signal in? Thanks.

You first need to establish a signal is present at your new location, ie Line of sight, and you are still within range of a LoganWiFi node.

How did you connect at your old place, Wireless Laptop, USB Dongle, AP, PCI card in a desktop..........?
Can you fix an external aerial to your current device?
How far would an external aerial need to be away from your PC, to achieve the above?

Mick

We have a signal at the front of our new shop. Our shop is concrete on all four sides and no signal inside when the outside door is closed. We were using laptops with wireless cards at the old location. How can we get the signal inside? Thanks.

My suggestion would be :>
Receive the signal externally with an outdoor panel ant, and AP (client mode). Using Power over Ethernet (POE), route an Ethernet cable through your door casing to a central/convenient location. Where you’d have the other part of your POE unit, and - say a 4 port wireless router. You could then receive WiFi wirelessly from the 2db router ant(s), or wired through the router LAN ports. Additional Ethernet could be added to spare LAN ports and run to other parts of the building for either direct cable connection, or add other AP’s to further boost WiFi in dead spots.

AP mode? POE? Is that just antenna to ethernet cable to router? Can we elaborate simply about that? Any recommendations where to get the antenna? Thanks.

Ok, let’s simplify the job. Scrap the POE idea.

I’m sure there’s a local Computer shop which could point you in the direction of a WiFi equipment supplier. I’ll provide a link to the company - I use here in the UK. You’ll find all sorts of goodies here + quite a few tutorials for the beginner.
http://www.solwise.co.uk/

You’ll need an external panel aerial. A pre-made to length coax lead, with the correct connectors for the aerial and AP you buy. 2 x Access points (AP), and a pre-made Ethernet patch lead.

Do a recce on the job first. How long do the pre-made leads need to be? Where will you site the wireless AP to get the best coverage in your shop?

Mount the panel aerial externally. Run your pre-made coax lead (with the correct connectors at each end), from the external aerial to where you want to site your AP indoors. Keep this distance as short as possible, to reduce signal loss.

Connect the coax lead to the AP in place of the supplied low gain Omni type aerial. Using the instructions configure the AP to client mode, and scan for your provider. On completion of this stage you should have a wired internet connection.

To re-send wirelessly you have to connect another AP, - in AP mode this time, to the first. Using the pre-made Ethernet lead. This AP, if using the supplied low gain Omni type aerial needs to be as high as possible to provide the best coverage.

The two AP’s can be up to about 100M’s apart. I have no idea of the shop layout but sector aerials can be purchased to improve indoor coverage. Try the enclosed aerial first.

Hope this is a bit clearer.