Just bought the vehicle dock for my CF-20 and want to get WIFI and Cellular antennas....thoughts?

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Just bought the vehicle dock for my CF-20 and want to get WIFI and Cellular antennas....thoughts?

#1 Post by Phillips_Flathead »

First post so hello forums!

i LOVE my CF-20. Came from a MacBook and there is no comparison. None. Well....the Mac was "prettier" but who the heck cares....its all about utility!

So i just bought the Panasonic CF-20 Notebook Vehicle Dock CF-CDS20VM01

HERE https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q ... uR8gklYHNQ is a link to Panasonic's PDF on the dock.

I have the Verizon SIM chip in the computer giving me 4g and of course the CF-20's have built in Wifi.

I'd like to run an external permanently mounted WIFI and Cellular antenna from the dock to my vehicles roof giving me increased reception and range. They make cellular and wifi vehicle antennas like the ones HERE http://www.wpsantennas.com/700MHZ-LTE-4G-Antennas.aspx

So, question is, do i need to install any additional internal hardware or install any software that will allow for connection of external Wifi and Cell antennas to my CF-20 or are they already ported externally? *On the bottom of my CF-20 there appears to be two small round coax type connectors....i wonder if they are them?


Thanks for any help!

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Re: Just bought the vehicle dock for my CF-20 and want to get WIFI and Cellular antennas....thoughts?

#2 Post by Rob »

You need to talk to Antenna Plus!!! http://www.antennaplus.com/Home.aspx

Johnna Foster is my main lady I work with there

I'm not sure if they sell direct but they are the main core manufacturer that would make the correct antenna for this dock to go to the roof of your vehicle! If they don't sell direct then you can buy it from me.

It's a dual pass dock so your antenna would be a single antenna with two cables coming off of it to go into the dock. Typically one would be your 4G LTE for Verizon and the other can be either WIFI or GPS (Typically first-responders like fire, ems and police are all 4G LTE/GPS), but for you you can do 4G LTE/WIFI :)

They offer magnetic, threaded bolt mount & permanent sticky adhesive. They offer white and black in color too!

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Re: Just bought the vehicle dock for my CF-20 and want to get WIFI and Cellular antennas....thoughts?

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BTW, typically the antennas are between $129 and $149 :)
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Re: Just bought the vehicle dock for my CF-20 and want to get WIFI and Cellular antennas....thoughts?

#4 Post by Phillips_Flathead »

Rob your a scholar and a gentleman!

I'll reach out to them and if I am unable to make the purchase I'll surly contact you.

:cheers:

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