[Elecraft] RemoteRig WiFi Puzzler

[Mitch Wolfson DJØQN]

Brian,

You should ask this question on the RemoteRig forum, where the 
developers monitor and answer directly (a parallel universe to Elecraft).

73,
Mitch DJ0QN

Mitch Wolfson
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On 25.06.2014 23:22, Brian F. Wruble wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I have been successfully using RemoteRig along with a K3/0 and my remote
> K-Line at the main station.  This is a superb line-up of gear, and I have
> complete control over the K-Line as long as the internet is good at both
> ends.
>
> I have added the WiFi card to the control-end RemoteRig (RRC-1258 MkII with
> latest firmware.)  At first, everything seemed to work normally.  I could
> go into the RemoteRig using the Microbit Setup Manager (ver 1.20), go to
> the "WiFi" tab, select the "Setup" tab, click on "Scan", and all WiFi
> networks in my vicinity would pop up.  I could select one, fill in the
> password, the RemoteRig would connect to it, and I could then access the
> RemoteRig using a browser on the same LAN by going to the right ip address
> --- in my case 192.168.1.169.
>
> At some point, things changed.  The Microbit Setup program scan now show
> only "x" where previously it had shown the name of a Wifi access point, on
> my local LAN.  I assumed that something had gone wrong with the RemoteRig
> WiFi adaptor, so I swapped in one from another unit --- same result.  Then
> I tried typing in the name of my LAN, even though the scan showed only "x",
> and the password.  I was immediately connected to my network.
>
> If I then go to the RemoteRig using my browser, and ask for a WiFi scan
> using the browser window, all broadcasting WiFi routers show up, complete
> with names, signal strength and the kind of encryption they are using.
>
> To add to my confusion, I moved the whole thing to a different home, in
> another state, and it worked as before.  So, in NJ, my RemoteRig WiFi scan
> shows me names of Wifi signals available using the Microbit Setup software.
>   In MD, where is used to show the same, now I get only "x" next to each
> WiFi signal being received.
>
> This is surely something to do with my network and router setup in MD, but
> I cannot figure out what it is.  My iPad and my iPhone both "discover" all
> available networks. The RemoteRig WiFi adaptor does the same if accessed
> through the browser, but comes up with only "x" when accessed through the
> Microbit Setup Manager.
>
> Not a big problem, but I am very curious as to why this should be the case.
>   Any ideas?
>
> 73 de Brian W3BW
>
>
>
> *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A.
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