QUOTE(pianotuna @ Dec 13 2007, 12:16 AM) [snapback]9452[/snapback] Hi Engineer, Thanks for the information. Would you care to share the "other" solutions? I want/need an in motion connection to the internet. So far as I am aware I've never been "kicked off" a web site for my low speed connection to the net. I use my cell phone to call a dialup isp. Perhaps they act as a server for me, so I don't have problems? QUOTE(TheEngineer @ Dec 12 2007, 02:17 PM) [snapback]9438[/snapback] There are other solutions for a traveler, but require more technical know how. Mr Engineer =) You have been lucky so far... More and more web sites are becoming embedded with multimedia and scripts. Macromedia, video, etc... Your 14.4 will not work on any of these servers. When ur ISP acts as a server its called a "proxy" and that doesn't help much in what you are hoping it would do. However, if you use mobile google on your cell phone, it not only acts as a proxy for your cell phone, but it also translates the page to a much more manageable web site. The sites that have worked for you are mostly just old fashioned html. Mobile options... not much. Just cellular data. It depends on your area on which ISP to choose. I use both Verizon and ATT.
As for the "other" I am not even going to try to explain that over a forum, its a custom job that requires a great deal of "home made" hardware and software. Just too long and complicated. Its not something a untrained person can pull off by instructions alone anyway.
Hi Engineer, Ok, an untrained person can not do it. Where/How do I find a trained person? Any idea of "ball park" costs for materials? Labor? QUOTE(TheEngineer @ Dec 15 2007, 10:53 PM) [snapback]9491[/snapback] As for the "other" I am not even going to try to explain that over a forum, its a custom job that requires a great deal of "home made" hardware and software. Just too long and complicated. Its not something a untrained person can pull off by instructions alone anyway.
Hello again everyone. Thanks Engineer for some major clarification. As I've said before, free is not so free, and a system that works well should not be classified as a nickle and dime ripoff it there is a small charge. After all, we are attempting to be a profit making business some day. Thanks, Doug
Hi Parkview, Perhaps next Christmas I'll come visit and contribute towards your "bottom line". My wife retires in September and we plan on snow birding at least some of the time. Engineer has said that Satellite uplinks are telephone based. Is that the case with your park system?
QUOTE(pianotuna @ Dec 16 2007, 08:34 PM) [snapback]9524[/snapback] Hi Parkview, Perhaps next Christmas I'll come visit and contribute towards your "bottom line". My wife retires in September and we plan on snow birding at least some of the time. Engineer has said that Satellite uplinks are telephone based. Is that the case with your park system? Hi Pianotuna, If it is, I am unaware of it. I know that I pay only Hughes Satellite for our signal, up and down. But it is also obvious that I do not know near as much as Engineer. I do hope you will come and visit us when you retire; it seems that there is a good chance that we will have DSL to power our Wifi by then instead of the satellite with all of its bandwidth restrictions. Merry Christmas, Doug
My experience is that, generally when WIFI is free it operates better than if I have to pay. I suspect when the campground has it installed on their nickel they buy a better system; adding the cost to the daily rate. . I have found that so many campgrounds do not have adequate power to reach all sites. My Sprint broadband card has worked fine 90% of the time . It will not roam but that's ok. We have traveled coast to coast and only found a few dead spots. The best part is the boss can be on line as we are moving. When we are home in the winter months we can put the card on a vacation plan for just a few $. Tallyo
I spent the last 4 days in a campground that I had stayed at several times before. This time the ISP (not associated with the campground) did the 24 hour day based on what time you actually signed on. I signed on in the afternoon of the second day and it lasted until the afternoon of the third day. When we stayed there before, you signed on it and require another $2.00 the next morning. The ISP was NomadISp, which I had seen before and I think they are large in this type of thing. Service and speed was good. I used my debit card and immediately looked at my account and it was taken out at once.
The major problem with wi-fi is the limited signal, or the weak signal, at or near most campgrounds. Based on a recommendation from John Blue, a frequent contributor to this site, I recently purchased a device called the Wave RV II, a long-range USB notebook adaptor. It is so simple: You just plug it into a USB port on your laptop, then place the exterior wi-fi card/antenna (about 8") long, somewhere near your computer, and fire away. I did this and was amazed. In the past, I could pick up no wi-fi signals near my home, and, I got three. In the business area of our community, where I formerly could get only one signal, I got nine or ten, some over a mile away. Amazing! And the price is reasonable, only $149.95 for the entire unit. Believe me this works. I just removed my $5,500 DataStorm dish (with a $99.00 monthly charge), because of its unreliability, slow speed, and overload. I believe the Wave RV II will give me better results. If you are interested go, to www.radiolabs.com.
QUOTE(tallyo @ Jan 21 2008, 05:19 PM) [snapback]9979[/snapback] My experience is that, generally when WIFI is free it operates better than if I have to pay. I suspect when the campground has it installed on their nickel they buy a better system; adding the cost to the daily rate. . I have found that so many campgrounds do not have adequate power to reach all sites. My Sprint broadband card has worked fine 90% of the time . It will not roam but that's ok. We have traveled coast to coast and only found a few dead spots. The best part is the boss can be on line as we are moving. When we are home in the winter months we can put the card on a vacation plan for just a few $. Tallyo Tallyo I also have a sprint broadband card. I'm surprise yours doesn't work in Roam? Have you actually tried? The salesman told us when we bought ours it would not work in roam either. However, we have used it in roam and it worked great. I would also say my sprint phone was comming in and out and the card was working fine. Imagine that.
QUOTE(Beastdriver @ Jan 30 2008, 07:25 AM) [snapback]10092[/snapback] It is so simple: You just plug it into a USB port on your laptop, then place the exterior wi-fi card/antenna (about 8") long, somewhere near your computer, and fire away. Simple? Yeah right!
QUOTE(Beastdriver @ Jan 31 2008, 07:35 AM) [snapback]10100[/snapback] DXSMac: Sounds like you need a USB Port-a-Potty. Is there such a thing? JJ
DXSMac: Yes. It can be found at the construction site just outside the USB Corporation building in Cleveland, but it probably won't fit in your motorhome, and your probably wouldn't want it anyway.
QUOTE(Beastdriver @ Jan 31 2008, 01:05 PM) [snapback]10103[/snapback] DXSMac: Yes. It can be found at the construction site just outside the USB Corporation building in Cleveland, but it probably won't fit in your motorhome, and your probably wouldn't want it anyway. I can't believe I fell for it and thought you were serious.......... JJ
DSX Max: If I had a dollar for every time I had been suckered with such nonsense, I would be a wealthly man. Like you, however, I just chuckle and go on with it. Good sport!
DSX Max: You could get a USB hub, and that's no joke! Most of them have 4 or 7 USB plugs, you plug them into you computer and have instantly 4 or seven additional outlets, giving up only one on your 'puter. I use one at home with my laptop, by plugging only one cable in it I instantly connect two scanners, two printers and an external keybord & mouse.
QUOTE(wprigge @ Jan 31 2008, 06:00 PM) [snapback]10106[/snapback] DSX Max: You could get a USB hub, and that's no joke! Most of them have 4 or 7 USB plugs, you plug them into you computer and have instantly 4 or seven additional outlets, giving up only one on your 'puter. I use one at home with my laptop, by plugging only one cable in it I instantly connect two scanners, two printers and an external keybord & mouse. Ok, that would work! JJ
WiFi isn't well known enough to have a standard definition. Lots of folks think it is "this" and others think it's "that". I live in a park which only has WiFi in a few spaces. It's possibly from a nearby hotel or who knows where? And who knows how long it will be there? I got tired of having to go somewhere to use the internet. I bought a broadband card that plugs into USB port in my notebook. It costs $60 per month, with a two-year contract, and can be used anywhere at anytime. It's not as fast as the WiFi at the front of the park, but it's faster than the WiFi at the local Kroger grocery store. I think that Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T all offer about the same service.
Read about this product on rv.net forum: http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/produc...&ProdID=219 Anybody here try it? John Blue, I know you recomended the WaveRv II, just wondered if this worked as well.
