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General discussion forum / Anyone using IOGEAR GWU627 wireless adapter?

« on: 2019-01-25, 15:28:20 »

If you have gotten this adapter to work with the RR control unit to connect remotely over a hotel/Starbuck's/similar wireless network, can you please share the configuration details/steps (both on the unit and the RRC) of how you did it?

I have searched the forum but found only one reference to a GWU627, which happened to work, but no info on how it was set up to do so.

I can get it to connect to my wireless network at home, but when I connect the ethernet cable from it to the RRC, no joy.
I am familiar with the hidden menu in the GWU627 that reveals a host of configuration options, However, proper selection of those options is a bit above my pay grade ;-).

Thanks for any guidance you can provide!

73 Paula k9ir

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Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Using Connectify in place of wireless to ethernet bridge

« on: 2018-12-03, 00:04:03 »

Has anyone successfully used the Connectify Max software in wired router/bridged mode to connect a RR control box to a network?

After reading the mediocre reviews for hardware wireless to ethernet solutions (e.g., Netgear WNCE2001), I hoped the Connectify software would provide a more reliable and simpler way to connect the control box to a network. However, I haven't been able to get this to work.

Most people seem to use Connectify as a wireless hot spot so they can connect multiple devices to a network where additional charges might apply, e.g., a hotel. However, there is a wired router feature that enables ethernet-only devices (such as game consoles) to connect to a network through the ethernet port of a laptop or other device that itself is connected to that network via wireless; in effect, the laptop become the wireless to ethernet bridge. Using this wired router mode feature in bridged mode avoids a double NAT.

When it's connected to my laptop's ethernet port using Connectify in wired router/bridged mode, I can find the control box through the Microbit Setup Manager. However, when I click Browse, the browser window times out and I never see the home page for the control box.

Thanks for any guidance.

73 Paula k9ir

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Is this wall wart OK to power RRC?

« on: 2018-11-22, 13:46:29 »

Greetings to all,

I have my RRC-Radio currently powered from the same supply as for the radio. Ye Olde Junque Box yielded a NetGear wall wart that delivers 12V at 1.2A. Is this within the spec/tolerance for powering the RRC?

Thanks!

73 Paula k9ir