Tip Getting Connected On The Road video

[MemoriesByTheMile]

We just recently purchased the transit duo and have it up and running with the first sim. Will be adding the 2nd sim this weekend.

The biggest downside I see to this router, which I knew before purchasing, was that I could not use a tethered hot spot with it.

Much better interior WiFi across the entire coach than what the single vendor hotspots gave us. Also better upload speeds. Look forward to continuing to use more of the functions once we add the sim to the 2nd radio.

 

[Just George]

We just recently purchased the transit duo and have it up and running with the first sim. Will be adding the 2nd sim this weekend.

The biggest downside I see to this router, which I knew before purchasing, was that I could not use a tethered hot spot with it.

Much better interior WiFi across the entire coach than what the single vendor hotspots gave us. Also better upload speeds. Look forward to continuing to use more of the functions once we add the sim to the 2nd radio.

@ MemoriesByTheMile Clarification please. Could you use you hotspot WIFI as a WAN connected to the Pepwave and still have the pepwave as your coach WIFI source?

 

[Just George]

And, further info, @Someday Came , I just verified with 5Gstore.com that in order for you to continue using the benefits of SpeedFusion, you must also maintain the PrimeCare warranty/license, which is another $200/yr.

@CaptainGizmo Thanks for the additional info. Yikes, $200 for SpeedFusion & another $200 for PrimeCare and both of those before there is any carrier service! I just don't like subscription services, much prefer to pay once and upgrade down the road if I need to. Per your previous input sounds like I don't need the subscriptions which is good since those costs would be a non starter for me. I've been following the forum dialog on Pepwave vs Cradlepoint, carriers, plans, and antennas for quite some time. Pepwave seemed to be the way to go. We are only casual users however not being able to deliver a reasonable internet connection tends to produce unfavorable comments for the IT department i.e. me. Thanks again for sharing your insight.

 

[CaptainGizmo]

We just recently purchased the transit duo and have it up and running with the first sim. Will be adding the 2nd sim this weekend.

The biggest downside I see to this router, which I knew before purchasing, was that I could not use a tethered hot spot with it.

Much better interior WiFi across the entire coach than what the single vendor hotspots gave us. Also better upload speeds. Look forward to continuing to use more of the functions once we add the sim to the 2nd radio.

WHOA WHOA WHOA!!
You absolutely CAN have a Pepwave use a HotSpot as your internet source, just as I mentioned in my video!!!!!!

Not sure where your problem is, but I’ll help you with these steps:

1. Get your Hotspot on and connected with a signal.

2. In the InControl2 portal, set your 2.4ghz and 5ghz WANs to Priority 1.

3. Depending on your HotSpot’s spectrum, tap on the 2.4 or 5 “Wireless Networks” button on that WAN’s line.

4. PepWave will search and find your HotSpot as well as others.

5. Tap Connect on the line of your hotspot.

6. Enter the password.

7. After a brief period, it will connect!

Be sure you Save and/or Apply Changes any tome you back out of the settings.

This routine has worked for me, as well as hundreds others. Unless you’ve got something strange or proprietary, it will work for you as well.

 

[CaptainGizmo]

@ MemoriesByTheMile Clarification please. Could you use you hotspot WIFI as a WAN connected to the Pepwave and still have the pepwave as your coach WIFI source?

Please don’t let him confuse you!!!

YES YES YES!!

The PepWave can RECEIVE any WiFi signal as it’s “source”, completely independent of broadcasting its own WiFi signal as an “AP” (access point, aka hotspot).

Again, as I described in my video, AP network (Coach) of a PepWave is a complete stand-alone network on its own. Feeding it a “source” is up to your choice between: wired (Ethernet), wifi 2.4/5ghz radio (hotpot), or wireless (cellular modems).

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

@ MemoriesByTheMile Clarification please. Could you use you hotspot WIFI as a WAN connected to the Pepwave and still have the pepwave as your coach WIFI source?

WHOA WHOA WHOA!!
You absolutely CAN have a Pepwave use a HotSpot as your internet source, just as I mentioned in my video!!!!!!

Not sure where your problem is, but I’ll help you with these steps:

1. Get your Hotspot on and connected with a signal.

2. In the InControl2 portal, set your 2.4ghz and 5ghz WANs to Priority 1.

3. Depending on your HotSpot’s spectrum, tap on the 2.4 or 5 “Wireless Networks” button on that WAN’s line.
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4. PepWave will search and find your HotSpot as well as others.

5. Tap Connect on the line of your hotspot.
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6. Enter the password.

7. After a brief period, it will connect!

Be sure you Save and/or Apply Changes any tome you back out of the settings.

This routine has worked for me, as well as hundreds others. Unless you’ve got something strange or proprietary, it will work for you as well.

Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, I was able to follow this and use the Sprint MiFi as a WiFi source in Pepwave.

I need to go back and watch CaptainGizmo video. Have lots to learn about routers and how to configure this router.

I tried adding the Sprint sim into the Pepwave and it won’t get an IP address. (This is from FMCA) Has anyone successfully moved the FMCA/Sprint sim from the FMCA supplied hotspot to the Pepwave router? Is there some setting that needs to be changed in Pepwave?

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

I am also trying to figure out how I can restrict a connected device to ONLY use a specific WAN connection. Any pointers on how to do that? (Or could go about it from the opposite direction - I want to keep ATT only for use on a work laptop and the other devices can use other WAN routes)

 

["EZ"]

I tried adding the Sprint sim into the Pepwave and it won’t get an IP address. (This is from FMCA) Has anyone successfully moved the FMCA/Sprint sim from the FMCA supplied hotspot to the Pepwave router? Is there some setting that needs to be changed in Pepwave?

I was hoping to get the FMCA Sprint unlimited hot spot and tether it to my Pepwave router via a cable to the WAN (?) port so I could use it to watch TV? Is this how you would do it? I don't think taking the SIM out of the hot spot and installing it into the router will work. Maybe I'm wrong?

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

I was hoping to get the FMCA Sprint unlimited hot spot and tether it to my Pepwave router via a cable to the WAN (?) port so I could use it to watch TV? Is this how you would do it? I don't think taking the SIM out of the hot spot and installing it into the router will work. Maybe I'm wrong?

Tethering by cable isn’t an option (that I can see) but what was suggested by Captain Gizmo and Someday Came (look in thread above) worked for me. “Tethering” using WiFi, the Pepwave can connect to the Sprint pack and then share that connection on the Pepwave’s much stronger WiFi signal. I do notice it is slightly slower than connecting directly to Sprint pack. Also have seen some unexplained stops in service from the Pepwave that I am trying to understand. Pepwave tells me that the Sprint connection has DNS error and I cannot yet determine why. But once I resolve this I will be a happy camper! Sprint as my primary and then ATT as my secondary (and where it is available I can add Canpground WiFi into the equation too).

 

[CaptainGizmo]

Tethering by cable isn’t an option (that I can see) but what was suggested by Captain Gizmo and Someday Came (look in thread above) worked for me. “Tethering” using WiFi, the Pepwave can connect to the Sprint pack and then share that connection on the Pepwave’s much stronger WiFi signal. I do notice it is slightly slower than connecting directly to Sprint pack. Also have seen some unexplained stops in service from the Pepwave that I am trying to understand. Pepwave tells me that the Sprint connection has DNS error and I cannot yet determine why. But once I resolve this I will be a happy camper! Sprint as my primary and then ATT as my secondary (and where it is available I can add Canpground WiFi into the equation too).

Keep both Services in Priority 1. Let the PepWave use them both. There are differing settings that can optimize connections, but likely to confuse you at this point.

With the FMCA card not working in another device, like the PepWave, my first thought is that the SIM is locked to that Sprint HotSpot. Without them giving you an unlock code, it would be the same as trying to take the SIM out of a phone that’s locked to Sprint or any other network. This is why an appropriate “internet” (unlocked) SIM card and plan is necessary for any standalone router.

 

["EZ"]

Keep both Services in Priority 1. Let the PepWave use them both. There are differing settings that can optimize connections, but likely to confuse you at this point.

With the FMCA card not working in another device, like the PepWave, my first thought is that the SIM is locked to that Sprint HotSpot. Without them giving you an unlock code, it would be the same as trying to take the SIM out of a phone that’s locked to Sprint or any other network. This is why an appropriate “internet” (unlocked) SIM card and plan is necessary for any standalone router.

Captain Gizmo would it be beneficial to try to tie the Sprint Hot Spot with unlimited data to the Pepwave for TV watching? Would it give a stronger signal than just using the hot spot alone? Is that what the Wi-Fi as WAN port is for on the front of the Max Transit? I'm thinking that my wife is going to need all the SIM card data for her job, but I'm trying to find a TV watching solution as well. I'm hoping I can incorporate the Pepwave somehow.....and I'm also going to have a TV outside at the Lake under my pole barn that I want to watch ball games on. I thought I read that the Pepwave would broadcast the Wi-Fi outside and well as inside? Thanks for the clarification.........

 

[CaptainGizmo]

Captain Gizmo would it be beneficial to try to tie the Sprint Hot Spot with unlimited data to the Pepwave for TV watching? Would it give a stronger signal than just using the hot spot alone? Is that what the Wi-Fi as WAN port is for on the front of the Max Transit? I'm thinking that my wife is going to need all the SIM card data for her job, but I'm trying to find a TV watching solution as well. I'm hoping I can incorporate the Pepwave somehow.....and I'm also going to have a TV outside at the Lake under my pole barn that I want to watch ball games on. I thought I read that the Pepwave would broadcast the Wi-Fi outside and well as inside? Thanks for the clarification.........

Ok first...you need to understand a few things.
1. Your "HOTSPOT" is a stand alone receiver; for better, or for worse. So, it's internal antenna, location, cellular modem will all be the KEY factor to how well you pull in an internet signal.
2. As with many things, GARBAGE IN - GARBAGE OUT. So, if your "source" is crap (ie. hotspot, CG wifi, Cellular, etc.)..ain't nothing the Pepwave can do to improve it.
3. There IS NO "Wi-Fi as WAN" port on the Pepwave Transit. That is an ethernet port that is labeled WAN, which is for a dedicated source to be plugged into your Transit. This could come from another modem/router, a CG Fiber-Optic feed (some have it!), etc.

So now, your issue of "TV" on your wife's "data". LOL. WELL...you say nothing about how much data is on that card's plan. You also don't say what she does for data. So, don't try to get me in the middle of your marital bliss! LOL

That said, my "guess" as an expert (more than 50 miles away), is you won't drill through enough data watching TV to make a blemish on her data allotment.

Just establish that Network with the Pepwave, and let it do it's magic. You ask about it broadcasting outside your RV? OF COURSE IT WILL!!!! Do you think those little airwave thingies will stop at your door? ;-) The Pepwaves, EVEN WITH THE STOCK ANTENNAS, are strong enough to send a signal across a LARGE campground!!!

enjoy!!

 

["EZ"]

Ok first...you need to understand a few things.
1. Your "HOTSPOT" is a stand alone receiver; for better, or for worse. So, it's internal antenna, location, cellular modem will all be the KEY factor to how well you pull in an internet signal.
2. As with many things, GARBAGE IN - GARBAGE OUT. So, if your "source" is crap (ie. hotspot, CG wifi, Cellular, etc.)..ain't nothing the Pepwave can do to improve it.
3. There IS NO "Wi-Fi as WAN" port on the Pepwave Transit. That is an ethernet port that is labeled WAN, which is for a dedicated source to be plugged into your Transit. This could come from another modem/router, a CG Fiber-Optic feed (some have it!), etc.

So now, your issue of "TV" on your wife's "data". LOL. WELL...you say nothing about how much data is on that card's plan. You also don't say what she does for data. So, don't try to get me in the middle of your marital bliss! LOL

That said, my "guess" as an expert (more than 50 miles away), is you won't drill through enough data watching TV to make a blemish on her data allotment.

Just establish that Network with the Pepwave, and let it do it's magic. You ask about it broadcasting outside your RV? OF COURSE IT WILL!!!! Do you think those little airwave thingies will stop at your door? ;-) The Pepwaves, EVEN WITH THE STOCK ANTENNAS, are strong enough to send a signal across a LARGE campground!!!

enjoy!!

Thanks for the clarification Captain Gizmo. Learning this stuff is like drinking from a fire hose!

 

[sheridany]

@CaptainGizmo Does your Newell use Creston for A/V and communications? I am trying to figure out if I can put in the same wireless router like you have in my coach and how that interacts with Creston.

 

[CaptainGizmo]

@CaptainGizmo Does your Newell use Creston for A/V and communications? I am trying to figure out if I can put in the same wireless router like you have in my coach and how that interacts with Creston.

Yes, it does. The Crestron sits on the network via Ethernet.

My network’s Ethernet cable is plugged into the LAN port of the PepWave. This cable runs to two Netgear 6-port switchers, front and rear, which allows all of the IP devices a direct Ethernet connection.

The Crestron then issues IP commands through the network, which hits IP-to-IR boxes to control all the A/V components.

 

[sheridany]

One more question...From your screenshots you are using T mobile and ATT. Are you using prepaid or post paid and what is the easiest way to get the sim cards? Go in to the store or order online?

 

[CaptainGizmo]

These are post paid cards. T-Mobile is easy, no matter how you choose to get the card/plan.

AT&T is nothing but a pain in the butt. The less I have to deal with them, the more hair I can keep. So, it’s your choice…but less is more. If you walk in, tell them you want a data card to put into your mobile device and then keep your mouth shut. Every time people have gotten into trouble has been when they start “explaining” what is a useless endeavor.

 

[sheridany]

I went into AT&T today and one thing I learned is to make sure you go into a AT&T corporate store not a reseller of AT&T wireless. The latter doesn’t have the same products especially for data SIM cards. After I went to a corporate store it was smooth sailing to get a SIM card. $55 a month for 100 GB prepaid.

 

[tetranz]

I went into AT&T today and one thing I learned is to make sure you go into a AT&T corporate store not a reseller of AT&T wireless. The latter doesn’t have the same products especially for data SIM cards. After I went to a corporate store it was smooth sailing to get a SIM card. $55 a month for 100 GB prepaid.

And if you don't want to go to a store, I think you can get your own SIM (e.g., https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R92L937/?tag=rvf01-20 ) and then buy the plan online here AT&T Prepaid Activation Portal provided that the form accepts your IMEI.