On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 09:09:56AM +0100, Adam Bower wrote:
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 04:39:25PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
The ideal solution would be if I can persuade the 3G router (which does have wireless) to connect to the WiFi here and then provide hard wired services to PCs, printer and VOIP. Is this a normal sort of thing to be able to do? The router does have something about WiFi relay in 'Lazy', 'Bridged' and another mode, should I be looking at these?
Correct me if I'm wrong but... won't you want to carry on using the 3g router all the time? You'd want it in some kind of wifi client mode at your mooring and then to fallback to 3g. I'm just thinking you don't want to have to reconfigure everything every time you go and sail the boat down the river do you? :)
(what might be really helpful here is the make/model of this router)
Yes, you are correct, but it wouldn't be a big problem turning the WiFi off completely and turning the 3G on as required. We don't use the 3G router's WiFi at all so it can be dedicated to being a client. It has a web interface so a quick 'WiFi off/3G On' switchover would be easy enough.
The 3G router is a Solwise 434T "Super 3G router", one of the few I could find which accepts a SIM directly rather than using a USB dongle.
I have a couple of spare routers at home so if I can't get things to work with this one I can try them. One is a Speedtouch (I think) and the other I can't remember exactly what it is.
I'm happy to buy something if there's a ready made box out there to do exactly what I want, as long as it's not a silly price of course.