Deeper Pro Plus Fishfinder 12V Repeater 2.4 GHz: Router Recommendations & 12V10Ah Battery Usage

Hello,
I have a Deeper Pro wireless fishfinder + a fishing rod that communicates with a smartphone via Wifi -

The range of this gem is 80-100 m. For fishing, it is enough, but with a remotely controlled groundbait I go further and Deeper loses range, especially when I "cover" it with a boat. I want to buy a router with a repeater function (I anticipate the questions - there must be a repeater, it is impossible to communicate with the deeper by any other means like the radio).
In the boat I have one battery 12V10Ah and I do not want to use step-down modules for conversion to 9V, so it is best if the router will work in rated 12V.

I want to hide the router under the fuselage and drill only the repeater's antennas. My question is which router should I choose - I mean a good price / signal strength and power consumption ratio - 12V10Ah is not too much. I understand that power does not come from nowhere but I do not want to have a power eater

I wonder what effective range I can achieve between such a router and a mobile phone on the water, because it can positively affect the propagation of radio waves. Anyone dare to bet?

I haven't tested yet, for now I will take a regular TP-LINK and test the signal strength in the field, but for now I have no motivation and adequate terrain

Deeper and tp link router will come to me today, I will know how to check it.

The usual cheap TP link router with a standard antenna located on the roof of the car gave me yesterday a range of 320m. At this distance, it was still possible to ping it and transfer files.

Located on the ground, so simulating the boat and 200m was not a problem - I didn't want to go any further. I tested the Huawei P10 phone which does not have the best wifi antenna.

Let us be of good cheer.

Tomek Sunshine wrote:

The usual cheap TP link router with a standard antenna located on the roof of the car gave me yesterday a range of 320m. At this distance, it was still possible to ping it and transfer files.

Located on the ground, so simulating the boat and 200m was not a problem - I didn't want to go any further. I tested the Huawei P10 phone which does not have the best wifi antenna.

Let us be of good cheer.

It would be good if such a router had a detachable antenna. In such a case, a good omnidirectional antenna could give a noticeable difference. Open area, no obstacles.

Only that a good antenna, not sticks for the auction site on which the Chinese wrote what saliva on the language it brought, can be more expensive than a simple router.

I got a router tp link wa901nd and deeper. Everything beautiful only deeper does not want to connect to the application through the router. I tried in bridge mode with ap and repeater, it doesn't work in any mode. Have any ideas?

Try to turn off the data transmission on your phone, leave only WiFi. Reset WiFi on your phone, turn off (Kill process) the "Deeper" application and restart. Deeper is so able to "resist" when connected. I have to reset WiFi and the app after each taking mine out of the water for more than 2 minutes. I had it on 2 phones. Colleagues do the same with their Deepers.

I changed the router to airlive and it started but the range in my eye is not more than 150m. I am thinking about another antenna or wifi amplifier from alliexpres. And you tested deeper with a router?

I answer after a very long time and you've probably solved the problem ... but if not ...

I also use AirLive (wl-5460ap) with the last available soft. I have not tested the range but it is definitely bigger than in the original Deepera antenna. Soon I will return to the project and carry out some "measurements".
You write that "by eye" range of 150m. Have you measured? Because more than once when exporting sets with the model, I was very surprised if the eye could be mistaken. Still, 150 is a good result. What exactly AirLive do you use and what antenna?

With coverage there is such a myk that you will not reach a larger one even by changing the antenna in the router - so the antenna parameters have better if the router was not designed under it and there is not so much power, etc. ... There is a certain output, namely a signal amplifier with its own power supply e.g. SUNHANS:
https://allegro.pl/wzmacniacz-sygnalu-wifi-booster-sunhans-sh-2500-mw-i6336268038.html
Soon I will buy this miracle and check if it works, so if it is a lime, I will let you know if it is worth spending PLN 250

pitexx1667 wrote:

I changed the router to airlive and it started but the range in my eye is not more than 150m

You thought that by changing the antenna increase the power of the radio, since the power of the radio is always the same and is a maximum of 100mW for 2.4 GHz and 200 mW for 5 GHz according to regulations.

You can do such games with the Mikrotik RB951G-2HnD - the power of its radio is 1W!

A friend changed the router because on the tp-link Deeper did not want him to communicate with the app at all. I do not know how he does, but my Apka also did not treat the SSID from the repeater as a Deeper knock I did not give it a name according to the formula "Deeper PRO + IIII" where IIII are any numbers and capital letters - MAC address of Deeper's address. It can be any incompatible with the original mac but the first part had to be preserved.

In fact, TX in RB951G-2HnD can be set to 30 dBm. Only it has integrated antennas and we want to hide the router in the hull of the boats and put the antenna over its outline isolating so that the water does not get and the hull and electronics do not suppress the signal. Although a 2-3mm resin layer should not damp significantly. I have this model on hand - it's worth testing. Thanks for the hint

Tomek Sunshine wrote:

Only it has integrated antennas

But they are also probably attached pigtails, so pigtals can be extended and the antenna itself does not even need to be mounted to the MK housing (and it has a ribbing on the housing) only where it suits you.

Just remember, 1W power if you have some battery power there and connect the MK, you will have a little battery or battery "current".

The router looks the same as you, I don't remember the model and now I don't have it with me to check. Antenna no name about 30 cm. I have also tested a router with a directional antenna on the edge but the range is the same. As for the distance, in good weather conditions 150m will do the trick (measured on a fishing line), but a gentle wave is enough and it can lose its range. I was also thinking about this amplifier that you gave, just wondering if it will actually increase the range much. I'm not worried about electricity because the router and amplifier will be switched on from the app and I still don't fly when probing. Have you ever thought about amplifiers and ali? They are much cheaper