[arm-allstar] WiFi With BBB?

[David McGough]

Hi John,

I don't have familiarity with the routers you're using, but, I know it can 
be made to work--I used a Verizon 4G smartphone HotSpot at a club meeting 
recently to provide a connection for a BBB.

This scenario didn't get me a "live" IP address or any port forwarding. 
So, it required that I run a VPN (outbound) to obtain a live address. If 
you can't find a way to get port forwarding working, there are numerous 
VPN providers out there for a few dollars a month.

73, David KB4FXC


On Mon, 18 Aug 2014, John wrote:

> Correct, Doug. Email and general web surfing are fine. We don't do any
> streaming video because of our data cap. I normally have the ethernet port
> on the BBB plugged in to a Cradlepoint CTR35 router configured for Wifi as
> WAN. I was never able to get the BBB operational when I tried to connect
> the BBB directly to the ethernet port on a different router tethered to the
> hotspot.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
> 
> > John,
> >
> >  We may have been down this road before but is there a way to get wired
> > Ethernet off of the router or is there a router you can get that has wired
> > Ethernet for your service? That would always be the way to go with the BBB
> > as it would be a whole lot easier and avoid a hub and wifi adapter. I am
> > assuming this is not a connection problem you have in general with
> > everything you are trying to connect but just the BBB on wifi??
> >
> >
> >
> > *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> > <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:46:11 -0500
> > From: wb5nfc at gmail.com
> > To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> > Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] WiFi With BBB?
> >
> >
> > It looks like I'm fighting a losing battle trying to use 4G LTE-based
> > Internet service for Allstar/Echolink. Sometimes it works, sometimes it
> > doesn't...
> >
> > This is extremely disappointing since cell phone data service is my only
> > means of access to the Internet as a full-time RVer.
> >
> > I've been attempting to use a Verizon-based hotspot with limited success.
> > Yesterday, I gave up my 'unlimited' data account on my iPhone just to see
> > if ATT data service was any better. It's not. In fact, I have more packet
> > loss with ATT (63% during a ping test just now).
> >
> > If anyone knows any tweaks to make the best of a bad situation, I'd love
> > to hear 'em.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Christopher Kovacs <w0anm73 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > I am using WiFi on one of my nodes. I tried my phones hot spot, but too
> > much packet issues.  If I am using WiFi home network, I get good results.
> >
> > I'll be sending out set information later about setting up WIFi with the
> > BBB.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Chris. w0anm
> > On Aug 17, 2014 4:17 PM, "Ramon Gonzalez" <kp4tr.ramon at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I setup wifi using wpa supplicant. Works fine using edimax usb wifi.
> >
> > Problem with BBB is it only has 1 usb port so you would need a usb hub. Im
> > using a small non powered one and works ok, but sometimes wifi just plain
> > doesnt want to connect.
> >
> > On Sunday, August 17, 2014, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> >   Yes, we have that working and the documentation will be out shortly.
> >
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug WA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> > <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 21:31:42 -0500
> > From: wb5nfc at gmail.com
> > To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> > Subject: [arm-allstar] WiFi With BBB?
> >
> > Anyone using their BBB with a usb wifi adaptor? Doing so might help me
> > simplify my mobile node setup if I could connect directly to my Wifi
> > Hotspot rather than going through an additional router. Any thoughts?
> >
> > John
> >
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