1/26/2024 0 Comments Marine wifi antenna booster![]() ![]() The model we bought contains a cat 18 modem that converts the cellular data signal into a TCP/IP protocol for broadcasting over our boat WiFi. The Pepwave router gives us our own personal WiFi/Ethernet network (LAN) for the boat, including a guest WiFi that is isolated from our personal devices. Yes, we bought an additional SIM card from our carrier and inserted it into our router. Here is a link to the rail clamp that I found for the antennas, which I thought was a great solution for mounting them: This installation of course is specific to our R-31CB so some of what I have done will apply and some will not to other models. ![]() If anyone would like to respond here or PM me, I could answer questions. I am realizing as I write this that it is sounding kind of complicated but it really isn’t that bad. Then the wiring goes down and behind the refrigerator and then up the wooden chase behind the helm seat. Fuses for each of the devices are located there. The wiring harness from the switches goes up to the electronics closet behind the helm. Both the cell booster and the router are mounted with Velcro straps so they can easily be removed for trouble shooting.Īnd finally, the power for these units is controlled by switches I installed at the helm under the wheel (see pictures). The Wilson cell antenna Is plugged into this and, when turned on, it will boost the cell signal for either the Pepwave router or for our devices directly. It has its own antenna array for cell signals but in weak signal areas we can turn on our cell booster which is mounted right next to it. The Pepwave router also accepts a SIM card and can serve up the internet from the nearest cell tower through your cellular data plan. The Ethernet cable from the Mikrotik antenna plugs into the broadband port on the Pepwave. Near the top of the wooden chase, I mounted a router (Pepwave Max Transit Cat 18) for our tug’s LAN. Both the Ethernet cable from the WiFi antenna and the coax cable from the cell antenna are routed under the command bridge fiberglass lip with the rest of the instrument wiring and down the flex conduit on the Starboard side into the wooden chase behind the helm seat in the cabin. The cellular antenna is a Wilson Marine Cell Phone Signal Antenna, which is mounted quite high on the starboard side of the Bimini. That device is mounted on the port side of the Bimini. The WiFi extender is a Mikrotik Metal 52 ac which is an integrated antenna/router that picks up a Marina or other hotspot and outputs the broadband signal on an Ethernet cable. I promised several days ago on another thread about wiring paths to post pictures of my installation of a WiFi extender antenna/router as well as a cell signal booster antenna on the flybridge.
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