Within the last decade, the use of Internet access has massively exploded, with many places now offering free or paid wireless access for their customers. Nowhere more so, than holiday parks, campsites, and marinas.

Many people want to be connected via the Internet to keep up to date with current affairs through new sites, or social media. So, to facilitate this, many locations now offer a Wi-Fi service in which smart devices such as phones and tablets can connect to, as well as devices such as laptops and any other wireless-enabled equipment.

In theory, this seems a simple endeavour, however, due to the nature of radio waves, you might be in a situation where the wireless signal is too weak to reach your location, either due to atmospheric interference or limitation of the wireless client’s capabilities.

This is where the Solwise Patriot range comes in.

Simply put, you position the Patriot unit outside on the building or vehicle, ideally in the general direction of the wireless signal, above the roofline, and run the cable inside to connect to your networked devices.

Depending on the version of the Patriot you choose, you might be connecting it via Ethernet to an existing wireless router, or a USB wireless router specifically for use with the Patriot range of units. Alternatively, you can also use the Patriot unit as a wireless dongle, and modern operating systems such as Windows 10 will recognise it as such. Either way, the objective is to bridge a connection between an existing wireless signal and then re-transmit locally as Wi-Fi inside from a wireless router. That way you have the advantage of using an existing Internet connection, regardless of the location of the original wireless signal.

As a rule, the Patriot range, model pending, support 2.4 and 5Ghz wireless frequencies, BT-FON, 4G / 3G LTE connections, and are compatible with all Wi-Fi and Ethernet based devices. In fact, to make it easier, Solwise offer a kit that includes all equipment and mounting brackets you would ever need to bridge a connection to an existing 2.4Ghz wireless signal, for the purpose of re-broadcasting Wi-Fi locally.

So next time, you find that the free Wi-Fi does not reach your location, give the Solwise Patriot a try.

For help or more information, feel free to get in touch with us at Solwise.

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