Robert, In a fixed location this might work quite well. The problem is moving, poor signal quality and IP address changes could be an issue. But keep in mind that even if you establish a stable wifi connection at a fixed location you still have to be able to connect to it. You need to know the ssid and you would have to setup a profile in the BBB to tell it to connect to that ssid. In addition many "free" sites require you to go in on a web page and agree to terms of service. If this were the case you would need to have a way to console control the BBB to accomplish that. If you had control over the wifi such as a hotspot created by a phone or other device then the BBB would connect either to your known wifi or an ethernet connection created by an external device and it would eliminate those problems. You would know the ssid and you could setup a profile ahead of time. All this is ripe for experimentation and it will be interesting to hear about the results people have with it. I still think this discussion especially if it applies to the BBB wifi should be over on the arm-allstar list. 73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 10:40:09 -0500 From: N1XBM@amsat.org To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Portanode

From googling and the replies here. It looks like a wifi bridge would receive the wifi and allow me to plug in and ethernet cable from the bridge to the BBB. This would be something I would haul to camp and setup as a temporary location or take to a ham fest.

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Robert, No not at all as far as tone. It is just sometimes hard to understand exactly what ones intentions are when writing. When you think of it, it is a little crazy how much time we spend texting and writing and if we just spoke it could probably be resolved in a few minutes! Yes, your approach is sound and it should work. In any case you would need to create a wifi hotspot on your phone and then either use the wifi adapter on the BBB or a stand-alone Ethernet to wifi adapter. The one mentioned - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H4WMZ1O/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1... or here is a more expensive one but name brand unit - http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Universal-Ethernet-Adapter-WNCE2001/dp/B003KPB... If you get the wifi adapter for the BBB that is mentioned and supported in the docs I see no reason for the external adapter. Either way the wifi would need to be setup to talk to your phone hotspot. No mater how you do this you probably won't have the ability to do incoming port forwarding so you will only have outgoing connection capability which is probably fine in most cases. 73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 14:26:20 -0500 From: N1XBM@amsat.org To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Portanode Maybe my terminology is off or I didn't communicate that I'd be using my android phone to broadcast wifi in a fixed locations that are known to have stable/reliable signal. I was planning to use some sort of wifi bridge and then plug the BBB into the bridge. Please don't assume my reply has a rude tone. Maybe you did understand me and I'm just missing the big picture. I'll take your advice into consideration when I try to test this. _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button" You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem.