Canuck Travellers wrote:
We have a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado with Wi Fi 4g LTE, it is great to use on the road but in a park when in our RV one must leave tne iginition key on accessory, not fond of doing this while in the RV.
Has anyone did a work around to allow the WIFI to be on and turn it off easily when done?
Thinking it requires a switch to replicate the accessory being on.
Any experience from users that have tried a work around is greatly appreciated, thanks!
actually it will run for about 15 minutes with ignition off, just like radio etc, provided you do NOT open the drivers door.
So, yes, it can be done, actually reasonably easily, but it will only run for about 15 minutes at a time. the solution is to get in the passenger side, turn the key to on to get wifi to start, then take the key out, and get out the passenger side. do NOT, repeat do NOT open the DRIVERS door. that is what turns the system off immediately.
oh, and locking the car after getting out the drivers side does not turn off wifi, at least on my 2015.5 duramax.
downside is that the wifi range isn't that great, it's likely designed to cover the car and not much else. I found 30-50 ft radius max.
