tekpunk

@digip That's good info! I was hoping to reuse a bunch of small lead acid batteries people had thrown out, but still worked... The kind that are inside alarm systems. I'll look into that. I was thinking 2 solar panels(cause that's all I can fit and the more the better right?). I was thinking of storing the batteries outside of the teadrop, on the trailer chassis in like a utility box so that it doesn't get wet.

That's a valid point...

Ideally, we'll be stopping in places that have outlets so we'll be plugging everything in. But I'm sure we'll have to stop in places where we'll have to run off of the battery. Wouldn't an ARM board be overkill tho? I was planning on mounting the antenna outside, and keeping the device inside. I saw some omnis that got really good range too...

Hey guys, I'm currently working o building a teadrop camper trailer. Me and my gf are going to live out of it for a while and travel. I want to be able to find free wireless access points wherever we park, so we have free wifi for our laptops, phones. I was thinking of putting an antenna on the roof of the teardrop, and hooking it to a router that has external anetennas. Basically, using it as a wireless bridge. It would connect to the free hotspot with the big external antenna, and then give us wifi with the other antenna. I need your help with what equipment to use, and I welcome any criticism of my idea and anyone else's better ideas lol. I also plan on running most of this equipment of a solar/12vbattery setup, which I only mention in case it becomes relevant. I'd love help, links from people with experience doing this kind of stuff. I'll post pics and document everything I do/use. Thanks in advance (attached pic isn't mine, it's from https://sites.google.com/site/buildingateardroptrailer/ I'm just using it to show what a teadrop looks like and who I'm basing by build it off of. )