herm0016
Diamond Member
I work in the outback of Australia, and while our camps and my truck (office on wheels) all have satellite internet, there is no wireless, or its really unreliable, or the router is mounted in one of the sea cans (the camps are all built out of containers) making the signal worthless.
I almost always have access to a network port somewhere in the camp office or such.
what i want to do is create an otter box or small pelican case with an Ethernet port and a couple high gain antennas to throw on top of where ever i can plug it in, and get wireless in the rest of the camp, or onsite when i am working. it rarely rains out here, but it does get very hot. I plan on getting a white case, and if i have to, i can design some sort of vent, though i would rather not as dust storms are an issue.
I need to keep it small and light as possible, so that i can transport it easily in my offshore bag when i am traveling, often there are weight limits on the helicopters and small planes.
i need some suggestions. budget is maybe 200 bucks for the router and case, the connectors and such I will scavenge from our etech office.
I almost always have access to a network port somewhere in the camp office or such.
what i want to do is create an otter box or small pelican case with an Ethernet port and a couple high gain antennas to throw on top of where ever i can plug it in, and get wireless in the rest of the camp, or onsite when i am working. it rarely rains out here, but it does get very hot. I plan on getting a white case, and if i have to, i can design some sort of vent, though i would rather not as dust storms are an issue.
I need to keep it small and light as possible, so that i can transport it easily in my offshore bag when i am traveling, often there are weight limits on the helicopters and small planes.
i need some suggestions. budget is maybe 200 bucks for the router and case, the connectors and such I will scavenge from our etech office.
