I’m currently living in a tiny house that I have parked in an RV park with free Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi signal is not that great and I have been doing some research on this problem. One video on YouTube the coachman owner briefly went through his set up for obtaining excellent Wi-Fi in RV parks or for mobile Wi-Fi. He used the Pep Wave MAX BR1 as his router. This unit is a bit expensive for my purposes. I’m only trying to improve the Wi-Fi for regular surfing, no video streaming, no gaming or massive downloads. I also wont be trying to improve my cellular services. I was looking at the Pep Wave Surf On-the-Go unit or the Pep Wave SOHO. The difference I’m seeing is one has guest Wi-Fi, the other doesn’t. Ill be connecting an outside mounted directional antenna made by Tp-Link to the router. Will one of these units do what I need is the question?
The SURF OTG connects to Wifi WAN without the need for additional components.
If you where to use the SOHO, you would still need something like a SUR OTG to connect to the Wifi in the park.
The Pepwave Surf On The Go should help you out nicely.
Only reason I would be connecting the outdoor antenna is to increase my reception. So this unit will work as my WiFi router? Can I make it secure?
The Surf SOHO has an external wifi SMA connector so you can connect it to your own outdoor antenna. In my experience with the SOHO, the antenna supplied works great as long as the SURF OTG is in a window.
A router is as secure as you make it.
Pepwave support most modern, common and accepted security standards and are pretty proactive about phasing out older and less secure security standards.
What region are you in?