[arm-allstar] Yellow Box & Iphone

[Doug Crompton]

Ron,

You generally cannot access non-password SSID's as they usually require a
web login. They also would not be secure. The whole idea of using a hotspot
is the ability to use your own hotspot when you are away from available RF.
If RF is available you should use it. You also could use the dvswitch or
Echolink software on any Android phone to access your home node or other
nodes you have access to. There is a howto on the dvswitch at the
hamvoip.org web page. The hotspot works and if your is not working reliably
my guess would be it is the phone and not the Pi. Obviously the phone has
to have good cellular signal to work so that may be part of your problem.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 10:28 AM Ron Gilson <wa2wwk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes gives cwid then a very short ptt about 3 seconds latter.  I always get
> the same ip from the phone and once that happens it will stay even if I
> walk out of range of the Hotspot and return an hour later?  Interesting YB
> works great once it gets an ip?  Can I add several hotspots? some with
> passwords some without?  local fast foods, malls etc.  Thanks again.
> Ron
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 6:19 PM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> Ron,
>>
>>   Well this does not have anything to do with it being a yellow box as the
>> SW is the same as any other hotspot/hamvoip system. If the Pi is setup
>> with
>> the SSID and passphrase for the hotspot it should connect. I have rarely
>> seen one that would not connect assuming everything was set correctly.
>> There should be nothing in the phone you need to set other than turning on
>> the hotspot. The phone should be turned on and in hotspot mode first. Then
>> boot the Pi.  It should give an IP address. If you have more than one SSID
>> stored in the Pi make sure only the one you want is online otherwise it
>> could connect to one you don't want. You could try deleting the
>> wpa_supplicant file and adding the phone hotspot back in.
>>
>> One question though is your description of "accepting the hotspot"  does
>> this mean you are not getting an IP address announcement or you get it and
>> then cannot connect?
>>
>>
>> *73 Doug*
>>
>> *WA3DSP*
>>
>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 6:08 PM "Ron Gilson via ARM-allstar" <
>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Has anyone experienced having to reboot a yellow box several times
>> (4-6) to
>> > get the iPhone to accept the yellow  box?  I  hope to  come up with an
>> > alternative but so far seems like re-booting is the only way.  Maybe the
>> > phone settings aren't correct but can't see any documentation to solve
>> this
>> > problem.  Thanks.  Ron  WA2WWK
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