The Conext gateway is wifi and the whole conext power system is Wifi accessible. I guess the question really is to me, when will Outback do this? I use both and do like having both wired ethernet and wifi. Just more redundancy offgrid.
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail [email protected] text 209 813 0060 On Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:42:07 -0500, James Jefferson Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote: > The non-consumer grade units will have wired ethernet ports. My favorite > is the Sierra Wireless RV50X. It is rock solid stable and uses less than > 1 watt of power. > > https://www.sierrawireless.com/products-and-solutions/routers-gateways/rv50/ > > The problem I have run into with the JetPacks and the like is that they > are consumer orientated and expect to have somebody there to poke and > prod them when required. I had a 450 mile service trip to an island so I > could press "okay" on the screen to acknowledge that it had updated. > Then it returned back to normal service. For another customer, a cell > phone company at their cell tower, they suggested that we hard cycle the > power every 24 hours to prevent crashes. > > Why don't OEMs include WiFi? It's a support nightmare. You either need > another screen on the device just to setup WiFi or you need convoluted > instructions and apps for both iPhone and Android. And then it works > fine until somebody changes the wireless credentials and then its back > to the convoluted setup again. > > -James Jarvis > APRS World, LLC > > > On 4/11/20 3:08 PM, Kirk Herander wrote: >> Just did the exact same thing using a Verizion Jetpack. Works quite well >> transmitting both Mate3s and Blue Ion egauge data simultaneously. >> Trouble is it does not have a LAN port, wifi only, so I had to use a >> Netgear wall repeater with a port, along with an ethernet switch to >> plug everything into. >> >> And I could use any pointers on how to create the LAN port with less >> hassle. I don't know of any Verizon-compatible modem with a built-in LAN >> port. >> Also why doesn't the Mate3s and other OEMs use wifi in their products? >> Very few do. It is 2020 after all. > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
