Wifi in my caravan

How to get WiFi in your Motorhome or Caravan

Pack up the caravan or motorhome for summer holidays to discover the UK in a new and exciting way. Between 2020 and 2021 a total of 16,608 motorhomes/ caravans were registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)*. This is the highest number of sales in recent years, and it was all due to travel lovers seeking new ways to travel without leaving the country due to the pandemic. Whether you’re planning a weekend trip up the Jurassic Coast or driving the kids to the grandparents in Cumbria motorhomes/caravans are the perfect way to mix work and play this Summer.

Carvaning’ is all fun and games until it’s 9pm and it’s time to stream Love Island or you missed an important work meeting because of connectivity issues. Fight back against connection issues with potential solutions like hot spotting, public WiFi, or mobile broadband devices.

Using your phone or tablet hotspot as WiFi

Enjoy Netflix shows and update Facebook with epic roadside photos from your caravan with a reliable mobile WiFi connection. This can be done by creating a hotspot with your mobile or tablet to use your WiFi just like you’re at home. Hotspotting is simple and convenient. To hotspot you can use your mobile or tablet to create a WiFi signal with a mobile signal that will then allow internet access.

The techy explanation is that you’re leveraging your phone’s reception to the nearest tower and turning it into a mini router. This creates the ability for other devices to connect to your phone. The benefits of this type of connection are that you’re giving your caravan WiFi access making it easy for you and the family to stay connected on the go. And you will be able to enjoy apps and devices that require WiFi.

Hotspotting comes with a lot of positives, but it also has its negatives. The performance level won’t be the same as a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) because those hubs use antennas to access more power. Also, only a limited number of devices will be able to connect.

When it comes to hotspotting the more data you have the better which is why we’ve made it easy for you to upgrade to a contract that gives you more or tap into data add-ons on the go.

Using public WiFi

Free public WiFi is extremely common, and you can literally get it anywhere you are. Malls, café’s, airports or in the case of caravanning holiday parks. Free WiFi is affordable and allows you to save money on data charges while do more internet related activities on the go. It also aids productivity by allowing you to choose your office and work from anywhere.

The downsides of public WiFi are its reliability, security, and low speeds. Public connections go down a lot because they can’t support heavy user loads, which makes them unreliable. They’re also more susceptible to attacks because of how many people are using the network in one area. If your device doesn’t have a strong firewall at the time of access, then you’re putting yourself at risk especially if you’re sending out confidential information. Public WiFi is notorious for operating at slower speeds. Too many users on the network results in a loss of bandwidth which leads to a slow network speed.

Use a MiFi device

MiFi is a term used to describe a wireless router that acts as a mobile WiFi hotspot. This is the perfect solution for your motorhome/ caravan. You can use MiFi or MiFi dongles anywhere you can connect to WiFi, creating a localised, portable signal. MiFi also allows you to connect multiple devices. MiFi taps in 4G and 5G mobile phone networks and this connection can be shared between laptops, tablets, smartphones, and some gaming consoles. So, you and the family can take your streaming and downloading habits on the road without a hitch!

For more storage, wireless dongles and mobile broadband dongles are compatible with SD cards. Another big advantage of MiFi is it requires very little setup so you can get online in a matter of seconds. Expect high speeds, the ability to connect multiple devices, and no need for software download during set up.

Which solution works best for you?

Mobile broadband , MiFi devices or dongles are all necessary WiFi options for travelling around the UK this Summer in a motorhome/ caravan. It’s really up to you to choose which options works best for your requirements. If you’re travelling with family, then choose one of our mobile broadband options that allows you to add on data when you need it. Take advantage of our 4G Plus MiFi, currently at 6 months half price on 12 and 24 month contracts with unlimited data, perfect for the upcoming holidays. Or upgrade your existing plan to one of our options that will give you enough data to stream shows and connect multiple devices.

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▷ How to have Wi-Fi in your motorhome or travel? 3 different shapes!

• Author of the entry: Joseph Coy
• Post publication: 24/08/2020
• Entry Category: By motorhome / Trips
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How can I put wifi in my motorhome, caravan or camper?

We explain what options exist to connect to the internet in our motorhomes, caravans and campers. The pros and cons of each of the options. And finally, what has been our choice to have connection in our motorhome trips.

FILMS All this is told to you by a superior computer engineer specialized in systems and networks.

First option: We use one of our mobiles as an access point! A portable wifi for easy travel.

How can I put Wi-Fi in my motorhome? Here is the first option and the cheapest and easiest Wi-Fi for a motorhome. We use our own phone to create a Wi-Fi network so we can connect to the Internet.

Easy. Go to the configuration of your mobile and in the option of networks, press share Wi-Fi network. Now, perhaps after a password, if you have decided so, you will be able to connect your computer or tablet to the Wi-Fi network that you have generated with your mobile. You already have a fast, cheap and easy motorhome Wi-Fi. It also serves you as a portable wifi to travel abroad in any medium.

• We do not have to make any purchases.
• The trend indicates that soon we will have unlimited data rates, some companies are already offering it.
• Easy to set up
• It does not require installation.

• Some versions of Chromecast (the device that allows you to transfer your Netflix or YouTube to your television) do not allow the phone that generates the Wi-Fi network to transmit to the Cast device, so we will have to use a second mobile.
• Attention with roaming if you travel to Andorra, Switzerland, take a ferry between countries (maritime spaces) or go outside Europe, Morocco, Turkey, Russia, etc.
• It depends on the terminal, but the phone is not designed to share Wi-Fi with many devices. It will work for us correctly for one or two, but if we want to work with more guarantees, it is not our option.

Second option: We hire a mifi router already configured and a data rate, without complicating our lives more

There are companies like wificaravan that offer the mifi router and an associated data rate, it is a good option if we do not want to configure anything and have a portable wifi gadget to travel abroad or in Spain ready to use. Wi-Fi in a motorhome and Wi-Fi on the road at least without complications.

• Attention with roaming if you travel to Andorra, Switzerland, take a ferry between countries (maritime spaces) or go outside Europe, Morocco, Turkey, Russia, etc.
• In some cases we are subject to paying a fee.

Third option: Mifi router, motorhome Wi-Fi antenna and assortment of SIMs on our own

How can I put wifi in my motorhome, caravan or camper? The third option. It is the option that we have chosen.

It consists of buying on your own a 4G mifi router and a prepaid SIM card that will allow you to have a portable Wi-Fi to travel abroad or within national territory freely as Wi-Fi for a caravan, Wi-Fi for a motorhome or camper or simply as a portable Wi-Fi for to travel.

In our case, the choice was:

• This Huawei router with good performance and value for money with a screen to see the data consumed by your motorhome or caravan Wi-Fi:

And we have contracted a prepaid SIM card with SIMYO at a very good price.

This combination, together with an amplifying antenna for places where there is no coverage, makes us the perfect wifi antenna for a motorhome to telework or connect to the internet without problems. A perfect travel wifi, a motorhome wifi on our own that serves as a portable wifi to travel abroad or wherever.

• Stable Wi-Fi and in this case with a maximum speed of 150 Mb.
• Allows you to connect multiple devices.
• Screen that allows us to control consumption.
• Portable and battery powered. The charger works with a standard usb.
• Allows the installation of an external antenna to improve 4G coverage, very useful in mountains or remote places where coverage does not reach well.

Why do we choose the third option and buy a router?

If you follow us, you will already know that Kucavana does not stop still and that we have a tendency to throw more into the mountains than goats. So the coverage is not always what we would like, for work I am a computer engineer and there are times when I have to work weekends and after hours, so I have to ensure a decent connection wherever I am.

With an external 4g mifi router, sometimes also called a mifi modem, I have the mobility I need as well as a stable connection. It allows me to have multiple cards, extreme case by default we have symio (Orange coverage) but I also have a telephone and vodafone card, ensuring that we will have coverage if we need it.

In addition, this option also allows us to put phone cards from other countries. For trips outside Europe we buy cards Helloflay that we recommend a lot and that also from the link that we put you have a great discount. With them we forget about roaming and complications. They arrive at our house at a good price and before the trip so that we have everything ready.

And although it is not necessary, this option allows you to add an antenna. In our case, we have only used the antenna once and for leisure. Allows the connection of an antenna to improve 4G coverage. And in the case that we used it in the middle of the mountain, it allowed us to continue with our routine of planning the next stage of our trip to nordkapp from the Skuleskagen National Park where, because there was no one, there was no coverage!

We hope this post has been useful to you. It is a post that aims to be a compilation of all the existing options to have Wi-Fi in your motorhome, from now on you choose. And if you have any questions, write us in comments, we will be happy to answer you.

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