Hi Randy,

This week I received the Rogue Wave Wi-Fi system with router from you, shipped the same morning ordered.  To sum it up, plug and play as advertised.  I am very impressed with how well the Rogue Wave works.  Our slip is at the edge of the marina and could not get any signal from the marina’s Wi-Fi.  Now we are almost at maximum signal strength.  Set-up was a breeze.  In seconds I also had our Sirius Internet table radio and IPad 2 connected to the network while running company laptop on VPN via Ethernet cable at same time.

Attached are two pictures of the installation.  Thanks for making a great product that performs exactly as advertised.

Regards, Jeff Smith  2008 Mariner Yachts International Seville 37 “trawler”

From William Ennis S/V Wings

We're cruising sailors who are based in Alaska.  We're taking our sailboat down the west coast from our old home port of Seward, AK to San Francisco Bay.  We plan on sailing under the greatest landfall on the west coast, the Golden Gate Bridge, sometime in July.  Mexico and the South Pacific head our list of destinations in the immediate future.

Like everyone these days, we depend on the Internet for communication to family and friend, ordering parts and supplies, and maintaining our website.  In our last leg, we found that even when Wifi was available in a harbor, we were often placed in a transient slip that was beyond the range of our built-in antenna.  As followers of Practical Sailor, we were impressed with the Rogue Wave's performance, and after a lot of deliberation, we bought one.  It arrived promptly.

Prior to taking it to the boat, I tried it in our home with our own Wifi.  Naturally, the connection was not a problem, but I was particularly impressed with the obviously well-designed package of gear. 

The device was easy to assemble.  Every connector was included, meaning that even if I had not tried it at home, I could have taken it to the boat and did not have to scavenge for parts and connectors.  The web interface is slick and an excellent way to create a platform-independent system.  The Rogue even has an effectively waterproof connection port on the bottom for the included 25-foot Cat 5 patch cord.  The package even included a "Quick Start" sheet and it was covered in waterproof plastic!  Truthfully, that one item told me that these guys understood the marine environment.  

When I reached Petersburg, Alaska, where our boat was on the hard, it required about ten minutes to get things going.  A bit of trial and error were needed to find the best location for the signals that were present, of course.  I was able to find and connect to a Wifi source quite easily after that.  Am I streaming video?  No.  But I can send and receive email, upload material to our website and blog, and keep in touch with vendors of parts that I need.  It has rained in Petersburg every day and the Rogue has been sitting out in it, performing perfectly.

We were not able to connect with any Wifi before mounting this system.  In fact, we did not even detect any Wifi prior to mounting this system.  Now, I can connect.  I suspect that we'll see similar performance as we move down the coast and I'm very pleased with the performance of the Rogue Wifi booster.  

I am impressed.   http://www.svwings.com/

William Ennis   S/V Wings   

                                                Richard Smith 

I am extremely pleased with the performance of the Rogue Wave Wifi antenna and especially the simplicity of the installation. Before purchasing the Rogue Wave, I researched many different methods on the Internet for an antenna that would give me performance and reliability at a reasonable cost. The Rogue Wave fit my needs perfectly. Another BIG benefit is that it’s a Plug-n-Play unit that didn’t need any tweaking or programming to have it work correctly.

Since I am a full-time RV owner, I rely on Internet accessibility to stay in contact wherever I happen to be located. Between my Rogue Wave Wi-Fi and my cellular Wi-Fi router, I have Internet almost anytime, anywhere except in very remote areas of North America.

I wanted a location to install the Rogue Wave whereby it would need the least amount of installation requirements coupled with easy deployment. I chose my existing Batwing rooftop antenna as the best location as it gave me the height I wanted and just by raising the Batwing, the Rogue Wave antenna goes along for the ride. I also chose to add an existing Netgear router I previously had to the wiring of the Rogue so that I could use more than one device. I have two laptops, a wireless printer, TiVo, and Samsung TV/Blu-Ray devices that can access the Internet wirelessly.

The Rogue wifi antenna was clamped to one vertical support of the Batwing antenna. The Ethernet cable was routed with the existing coax cable down to the rooftop. I then drilled a hole in the rooftop to enter into a front overhead cabinet where the POE adapter and my Netgear router were located. I installed a 120 volt AC electrical box with a duplex and switch so I could turn both the Rogue Wave POE and Netgear router off when not used.

The performance of the Rogue Wave is extraordinary. It has consistently provided me with numerous Wi-Fi hot spots to choose from versus using the laptop internal antennae’s. Last year after the initial installation, I was located at Valencia Travel Village in Castaic, CA, I went from receiving a few Wi-Fi hot spots to over 30 within this RV park. In our present location, Rainbow Lake, New York, the property owner was amazed that I was able to receive any signal from his three routers that he has on his property which are between 1000 -1500 feet away from our RV site and through a forest too. The signal was medium in strength but was enough to provide email services. I have since signed up for TWC services to provide us TV, VOIP Telephone & HS Internet services as we are staying here for 5 months. Installation photos attached.

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