[Elecraft] RemoteRig WiFi Puzzler

[Michael Walker]

I agree.  The microbit guys jump on this stuff.

Mike va3mw



On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Mitch Wolfson DJØQN <dj0qn at gmx.net> wrote:

> 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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