I need internet and wifi but it's complicated
I would like to put wifi with my own internet connection in our coach. But it's not that easy for me. I need at least 2 LAN ports for my Sonos music system and a NAS to store music. I also need the c...
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Humm, let me describe what I use two different setups depending on park Wi-Fi.
I have two ReplayTV units (Lan ports only, no Wi-Fi) a printer, 3 computers one acting as a server running WiRNS (Windows Replay Network Server).
I have a router and a modem (Wi-Fi modem) This is a Linksys WGA-54G. It is a hen's tooth as it's no longer made (Means hard to find) and it has a few quirks but it works fairly well when I'm in a park with Wi-Fi. Oh, and I have a smart phone with Wi-Fi ability (Both ways) and a tablet.
All the comptuers have Wi-Fi ability, even the WiRNS box.
Now... Here, there is no park Wi-Fi so the WGA is not connected sitting in the chair across from me as I type.
The 3 computers and the tablet connect to my smart phone's hot spot The printer is USBed to this laptop since it is the only thing that will likley need to print (if I need to print on the other comptuers I can print to PDF and re-configure as needed) (Turn router Wi-Fi back on).
Wi-fi on the router is turned off
Since the WiRNS box only needs to see the net for like 5 minutes every week or two.. The rest of the time it serves program data to the Replays, it can download shows from the replays it can stream videos to the replays and tell them what to program and so on... This is its primary function (I do check E-mail with it from time to time but that's 99% of what it does, it also serves as a back up of last resort to the other 2 computers).
I also start the internet run manually on that machine. It downloads program info from Schedules direct, modifies it as needed to feed the vintage DVRs which do not understand things like 7-1 (It changes it to 71 and the adapters change it back to 7-1 when they decode it). so it all works great.
In the other park I stay at good Wi-Fi. so I shine the Linksys on the roter (It has a directional antenna modification, more on that in a bit) from atop a 25' pole (or less) and get a nice strong signal from the land of "you are too far away". It feeds my belkin router (I turn the WI-Fi back on from the hard wired WiRNS box) and all the hardware is happy.. Even the Wi-Fi enabled printer.
The fun part is I let a few of my neighbors (The ones who have not ticked me off) connect to the router.. They can, via a web address I give them, watch TV shows I have recorded!!!!. (Thanks to the WiRNS box).
I can tell you,, It was fun to set up and even more fun working out all the quirks in the system and learning how to link it all up.
But it is truly amazing what it does.
I have two ReplayTV units (Lan ports only, no Wi-Fi) a printer, 3 computers one acting as a server running WiRNS (Windows Replay Network Server).
I have a router and a modem (Wi-Fi modem) This is a Linksys WGA-54G. It is a hen's tooth as it's no longer made (Means hard to find) and it has a few quirks but it works fairly well when I'm in a park with Wi-Fi. Oh, and I have a smart phone with Wi-Fi ability (Both ways) and a tablet.
All the comptuers have Wi-Fi ability, even the WiRNS box.
Now... Here, there is no park Wi-Fi so the WGA is not connected sitting in the chair across from me as I type.
The 3 computers and the tablet connect to my smart phone's hot spot The printer is USBed to this laptop since it is the only thing that will likley need to print (if I need to print on the other comptuers I can print to PDF and re-configure as needed) (Turn router Wi-Fi back on).
Wi-fi on the router is turned off
Since the WiRNS box only needs to see the net for like 5 minutes every week or two.. The rest of the time it serves program data to the Replays, it can download shows from the replays it can stream videos to the replays and tell them what to program and so on... This is its primary function (I do check E-mail with it from time to time but that's 99% of what it does, it also serves as a back up of last resort to the other 2 computers).
I also start the internet run manually on that machine. It downloads program info from Schedules direct, modifies it as needed to feed the vintage DVRs which do not understand things like 7-1 (It changes it to 71 and the adapters change it back to 7-1 when they decode it). so it all works great.
In the other park I stay at good Wi-Fi. so I shine the Linksys on the roter (It has a directional antenna modification, more on that in a bit) from atop a 25' pole (or less) and get a nice strong signal from the land of "you are too far away". It feeds my belkin router (I turn the WI-Fi back on from the hard wired WiRNS box) and all the hardware is happy.. Even the Wi-Fi enabled printer.
The fun part is I let a few of my neighbors (The ones who have not ticked me off) connect to the router.. They can, via a web address I give them, watch TV shows I have recorded!!!!. (Thanks to the WiRNS box).
I can tell you,, It was fun to set up and even more fun working out all the quirks in the system and learning how to link it all up.
But it is truly amazing what it does.
