Cheap $20 a month Stand Alone Unlimited Rural Internet through AT&T Wireless

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can you connect with a smartphone?
 
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Vehicle 12v on odb stays on, that's why mobley has shutdown options.
 
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Also if you have any ideas on why my PC won't connect I'm all ears.

My PC is using a USB wifi adapter because the wired ports on my Centrylink modem died.

That's a tough one to troubleshoot then, at least as far as I know. I have a laptop in the family that acts like that and I haven't figured out why. Perhaps someone else here can offer good thoughts on troubleshooting. My suggestion would be to remove the wifi adapter and associated drivers from Windows and attempt to re-install fresh. It's apparent it is not the Mobley since other things can connect.

Rob


Good suggestion, Rob, and definitely easy and cheap to try.

Also make sure the drivers are updated, and any firmware on the USB adapter.

But it might not be enough. The sad truth is, in the WiFi world, some device combinations just don't work, for a myriad of reasons. If that's the case here, the only option is to replace the USB adapter.


JD855, try using that adapter on your wife's notebook. Disable the built-in WiFi adapter temporarily (use the Device Manager). Pop in the USB adapter and see if you can connect.

If you get the same results, it's time to replace that adapter.
 
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I was thinking the Mobley might sense higher voltage while the engine was running versus a constant battery power with the engine off to determine if the vehicle was on or not. The power off settings are in time after shut down so it has to have a way to sense whether the engine is running. Could also be on a motion sensor. I unplugged mine last night and plugged it back in this morning. I have it set to never turn off but it was in fact off an hour later. When I picked it up it came on so it must be using a motion snesor and it must shut itself off no matter what you set it on.

Last night it quit being seen by the TV and I had to unplug it and plug it back in. Then I watched Netflix a while with no issues.

Just tried to connect to my PC again and it connected with no problem. Not sure why it wouldn't yesterday. I did try restarting the PC yesterday and restarted the Mobley but it wasn't having it.

Here is what I get with it hanging in the blinds by my computer. My DSL is 1.5 Mbps down and .21 Mbps up so this is a good improvement if I can get it to stay on.

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Had mine on all night in my vehicle, with vehicle off.
 
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Mine just sits on the top of my desk hutch all the time, powered by AC adapter. Only change I made was to the timeout setting to set it to 'never'. It stays on 24x7. Not sure why yours would act the way you describe.

Rob
 
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Just went back into the settings on mine and found it still set to 30 minutes. I reset it to no time out and will have to see if it sticks this time. Maybe I will get the finicky out of this thang!

Struggling to get my chromecast back working. I reset the chromecast to the Mobley and it is seeing the network and displaying rotating images but can't get anything else to see that now. EDIT: Had to do a factory reset on my Chromecast dongle and set it up from scratch to get it back working on the new network.
 
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Higher and variable voltage keeps the Mobley alive. A transformer with 16v and 18mv of ac keeps it alive (my brother has one that won't update, therefore always on isn't a firmware option, so this transformer (wall wart) saves his bacon). It also has an accelerometer, as mentioned.
 
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sodamo...need your advice on the GL-AR150.

I have it hooked to the Mobley. I can plug into the lan port to my laptop and I get the internet thru Mobley. router is usb to Mobley. BUT, I cannot go to the router via wifi. I see it trying to connect, network light blinks on the trys, but ends with "Can't connect to this network."

SO...it works via cable, but not the wifi.
Under internet settings....cable is DHCP, 3G is the same as photo you posted, if I try to do anything under repeater, it says can not update wan.


Lost as to what to try next.

I also set DNS on router to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
 

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