Cerbo gx wifi dongle suggestions

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it appears the cerbo gx has a very short wifi range. what wifi dongle will work with the usb ports on the cerbo gx that will give it a longer range?

thanks

tom

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I use a TP Link UB400 successfully but this is from 2021. This is discontinued I believe but another user reports success with the newer TP Link UB500.

There is an 3+ year old thread on the community archive so the listed devices may no longer be available.

communityarchive.victronenergy.com

Connect ruuvi to CCGX or Venus GX - VictronEnergy

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From a suggestion elsewhere I bought the Panda Wireless® PAU0D AC1200 Wireless AC USB Adapter w/Dual Antennas from amazon for 32 bucks. It worked first try. that said, for me i found that i could not use the phone app to configure it. I had to go and use the 7” control panel i have. The only way i could tell that it was working was that it picked up way more access points and could now use 5ghz access points. my problem before was that my cerbo gx is inside a metal bay with a metal door and it severely limited picking up access points. i use a starlink mini and if it was more than 30 feet or less away it was erratic.

now it is showing a much stronger signal and working great. this unit has dual antennas.

tom