ShadowKni

What is the difference between a parabolic dish and a yagi besides the shape. I mean in usage wise and which is better to use?

Thinking about installing a linux distro on my kid's pc. It's a old HP that runs slow with xp on it. My kids are 6 1/2 and 14. The 6 year old knows how to move around some in Windows. What would people suggest?

Trying to pick up some local wifi signals. I have some on my street. I can pick up a couple with my regular antenna on my wifi card but they aren't very strong. I'm planning on setting up a TP-Link AP as a bridge between my wifi router and the AP down the road or nearby within 3 miles.

I'm looking to get a TP-Link TL-ANT2424B Outdoor Grid Parabolic Antenna, 2.4GHz to connect to some wifi signals in the neighborhood. There are lots of trees and houses around. I was thinking the dish antenna to not look too obvious. I'm not looking to go too far in distance. If I get 3 miles it's fine with me.

Is there a big difference between the yagi and a parabolic dish antenna?