Hi Jeremy, I've seen that whitepaper from SMA about using the USB to power a Vonets wifi adapter. It does not work well at all. I tried this and it worked great for about a week. Then one of the two inverters stopped being able to power the Vonets at all, and the other Vonets device could not stay connected to the wifi signal. I called tech support and the person I talked to said not to use the USB for power and didn't even know that the whitepaper existed. I had already purchased a few of the vonets devices, so I tried on another site and had similar bad luck. It connected great at first, and then a week later stopped working. These were both ground mounts. The first one, the wifi was coming from a wireless radio at the house, but that was in front of the array. But the second time, there was a strong wifi signal coming from behind the array, and it still would not work. At both sites, I ended up installing an outlet in a box and used this, which has an ethernet port and ran a cable to the inverters: https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-Range-Extender-EX2700/dp/B00L0YLRUW/
Cheers, Dave On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 9:10 AM Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Hey Jeremy, > > However, I have had good success with TP Link Nano Router in Client Mode > (as opposed to router, repeat, AP and hotspot mode). Client mode is great > because it's not re-broadcasting the wireless signal for other devices, > it's basically just acting as an ethernet port. They seem to be robust and > fairly cheap. I can't speak to using the USB ports to power them (worth a > try). > > Thanks! > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 5:47 AM Jeremy Rodriguez via RE-wrenches < > re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > >> Now that there has been some time since the non WLAN units came out, does >> anyone have recommendations for a good WiFi extender to utilize? >> >> Is it OK to use the onboard USB port to power one. I’ve seen the white >> paper on this set up but have yet to try it. >> >> >> Jeremy Rodriguez >> Solar Installation / Design >> All Solar, Inc. >> 1453 M St. >> Penrose Colorado 81240 >> >> Sent by Jeremy's iPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand. >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the >> other: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> > > -- > > > > Mac Lewis > > *"Yo solo sé que no sé nada." -Sócrates* > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > -- [image: Logo] <https://www.sungineersolar.com/> Dave Tedeyan, P.E. Owner | Sungineer Solar p: he | him | his a: 1653 Slaterville Rd. | Ithaca, NY 14850 w: www.sungineersolar.com <http://www.sungineersolar.com/> c: (607) 288-2898
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