Tello wifi range extender

Emilmjensen · Oct 20, 2018

Hi TelloPilots

i am new with the tello and only had it for a week now. But i have read alot about people extending the range with wifi extenders.
But is there any recommendations?

Have read about the Xiaomi range extender, it just seems complicated that you have to make accounts on xiaomi apps and all that, so i would here if there i some other extenders that could be used?
And what people would recommend. Or is the Xiaomi not that complicated to set up, and just the right choise?

Would it be possible to use something like this: TL-WN821N | 300Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter | TP-Link

hope someone can help a new Tello pilot

Ansia · Oct 20, 2018

I beleive that any range extender will get the job done. It is my opinion that most people choose the Xiaomi since it’s really cheap and reliable.

sfs-archery · Oct 21, 2018

i have a meross mre220 extender because i do not like the xia extender. (data privacy policy of the app). The TP-Link Adapter i do not know

Clinton1 · Oct 21, 2018

I have the Xiaomi range extender, and it work perfect. Nothing difficult to set it up. After you have set it up, just delete the app from your phone. No problems, no worries about privacy. It still connect to it every time. Hope this helps.

sfs-archery · Oct 21, 2018

Clinton1 said:
After you have set it up, just delete the app from your phone. No problems, no worries about privacy.

The problem is that it looks like that the app is sending all your contacts , bookmarls, gps data,..... to china when you first set up the account.Deleting later will not help ?
my suggestion is to use for the set up a "clear" phone (e.g. an old one where everything is deleted) when you are using this extender.

Ansia · Oct 21, 2018

Im sure you can configure the xiaomi via ip address and bypass the app

Emilmjensen · Oct 21, 2018

Hi again. About the meross mre220 extender. Is that easy to setup?

Ansia · Oct 21, 2018

Emilmjensen said:
Hi again. About the meross mre220 extender. Is that easy to setup?

I don’t personally own one, but I googled it and it’s pretty much standard. Log into the extender via entering www.meross.net or 192.168.10.1 and follow the steps from the built in setup wizard. Here is the manual if you have any further questions.

http://www.meross.com/uploads/soft/180503/MRE220v1UserManual.zip

sfs-archery · Oct 21, 2018

Emilmjensen said:
Hi again. About the meross mre220 extender. Is that easy to setup?

Very easy.. Process is shown in this video

Ansia · Oct 21, 2018

sfs-archery said:
Very easy.. Process is shown in this video

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Eh. I looked for a youtube video, but guess I overlooked this one.

Emilmjensen · Oct 22, 2018

sfs-archery about the MRE 220, what range do you get from it with your Tello?

Ansia · Oct 22, 2018

I’m more intrigued on how much he paid for it. Everywhere I look, they are asking from $200+

sfs-archery · Oct 22, 2018

Emilmjensen said:
sfs-archery about the MRE 220, what range do you get from it with your Tello?

I made no test until yet. And the wather is getting worse. So i do not think that i can make a testflight the next weeks. (additional i am on several business trips)
but I made a short overflew over our archery range. This was something in the area of 70 to 90 meters.

Emilmjensen · Oct 22, 2018

Its cheep enough, here: https://www.amazon.com/meross-Wirel...076P7Q5WZ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Emilmjensen · Oct 22, 2018

Okay, so its not as good at the Xiaomi? I see people talking about range of over 200 meters with that.

sfs-archery · Oct 22, 2018

Emilmjensen said:
Okay, so its not as good at the Xiaomi? I see people talking about range of over 200 meters with that.

I do not know if i can reach the 200m, too. I did not try it yet. Our archery area ended at 90 m distance ?
maybe this video will help you

Ansia · Oct 22, 2018

Strange. On paper one should get the same distance as the Xiaomi

Storyline · Oct 26, 2018

Clinton1 said:
I have the Xiaomi range extender, and it work perfect. Nothing difficult to set it up. After you have set it up, just delete the app from your phone. No problems, no worries about privacy. It still connect to it every time. Hope this helps.

+1

Just work slowly through the setup guides on here. Don't panic if it fails first time (mine did) but just repeat until it works. Then buy cheap and cheerful powerbank and keep it dedicated to the extender. Nothing could be easier to use and only £15-20 for the pair.

raulvolador · Oct 26, 2018

Clinton1 said:
I have the Xiaomi range extender, and it work perfect. Nothing difficult to set it up. After you have set it up, just delete the app from your phone. No problems, no worries about privacy. It still connect to it every time. Hope this helps.

+1

Great idea. I uninstalled app too and Wifi extender still working ok. I noticed Xiaomi MI app is wasting my battery and using mobile data.

Thanks