Rear View Camera - UPDATE-
Updates 5 Jan 21, 8 Jan, Booster idea 11 Jan, New camera -now one for each RV -26 July. If this is supposed to be in the technology section, the Moderators can sort it all out :) Anyway we c...
Forum Discussion
BFL13 wrote:
My cell phone says it can do "hotspot" or tethering. Would that work as a "booster" for the camera wifi in a long trailer/long truck? (where it is too far for the wifi now)
Eg, I have an iPad on the truck's mirror and the camera at the back of the RV. If I use the cell phone in the front of the RV with the Hopkins app to get the camera's wifi (so it is free that way NOT using "data"),
and turn on the cell's "hotspot", would that give the signal to the iPad it could select as its "network" in the truck for that extra distance?
EDIT--the cell seems to have its hotspot with Bluetooth. I have a question about this idea or another booster in to Hopkins. I will pass along any info.
Almost certainly the phone will not work as a WiFi extender.
The cell phone has three radio systems (that matter here--there are others as well, such as GPS and often an FM radio): the cell phone system, the WiFi system, and the Bluetooth system. Tethering basically connects the WiFi to the cell phone's data connection, with the WiFi unit acting as a hotspot/host rather than a client. (Or, in the case of Bluetooth tethering, it connects the cell phone data connection to a Bluetooth connection.) What you need is a WiFi to WiFi connection/extender, which cell phones are generally incapable of doing; I believe it generally requires additional hardware or at least specialized software.
