Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA SB-41 without WLAN

2023-01-19 Thread Dave Tedeyan via RE-wrenches 
Hi Jeremy,

I've seen that whitepaper from SMA about using the USB to power a Vonets
wifi adapter. It does not work well at all. I tried this and it worked
great for about a week. Then one of the two inverters stopped being able to
power the Vonets at all, and the other Vonets device could not stay
connected to the wifi signal. I called tech support and the person I talked
to said not to use the USB for power and didn't even know that the
whitepaper existed. I had already purchased a few of the vonets devices, so
I tried on another site and had similar bad luck. It connected great at
first, and then a week later stopped working. These were both ground
mounts. The first one, the wifi was coming from a wireless radio at the
house, but that was in front of the array. But the second time, there was a
strong wifi signal coming from behind the array, and it still would not
work. At both sites, I ended up installing an outlet in a box and used
this, which has an ethernet port and ran a cable to the inverters:
https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-Range-Extender-EX2700/dp/B00L0YLRUW/

Cheers,
Dave

On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 9:10 AM Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Hey Jeremy,
>
> However, I have had good success with TP Link Nano Router in Client Mode
> (as opposed to router, repeat, AP and hotspot mode).  Client mode is great
> because it's not re-broadcasting the wireless signal for other devices,
> it's basically just acting as an ethernet port.  They seem to be robust and
> fairly cheap.   I can't speak to using the USB ports to power them (worth a
> try).
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 5:47 AM Jeremy Rodriguez via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>> Now that there has been some time since the non WLAN units came out, does
>> anyone have recommendations for a good WiFi extender to utilize?
>>
>> Is it OK to use the onboard USB port to power one.   I’ve seen the white
>> paper on this set up but have yet to try it.
>>
>>
>> Jeremy Rodriguez
>> Solar Installation / Design
>> All Solar, Inc.
>> 1453 M St.
>> Penrose Colorado 81240
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Re: [RE-wrenches] SMA SB-41 without WLAN

2023-01-19 Thread Mac Lewis via RE-wrenches 
Hey Jeremy,

However, I have had good success with TP Link Nano Router in Client Mode
(as opposed to router, repeat, AP and hotspot mode).  Client mode is great
because it's not re-broadcasting the wireless signal for other devices,
it's basically just acting as an ethernet port.  They seem to be robust and
fairly cheap.   I can't speak to using the USB ports to power them (worth a
try).

Thanks!


On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 5:47 AM Jeremy Rodriguez via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Now that there has been some time since the non WLAN units came out, does
> anyone have recommendations for a good WiFi extender to utilize?
>
> Is it OK to use the onboard USB port to power one.   I’ve seen the white
> paper on this set up but have yet to try it.
>
>
> Jeremy Rodriguez
> Solar Installation / Design
> All Solar, Inc.
> 1453 M St.
> Penrose Colorado 81240
>
> Sent by Jeremy's iPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand.
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[RE-wrenches] SMA SB-41 without WLAN

2023-01-19 Thread Jeremy Rodriguez via RE-wrenches 
Now that there has been some time since the non WLAN units came out, does 
anyone have recommendations for a good WiFi extender to utilize?

Is it OK to use the onboard USB port to power one.   I’ve seen the white paper 
on this set up but have yet to try it. 


Jeremy Rodriguez 
Solar Installation / Design
All Solar, Inc.
1453 M St. 
Penrose Colorado 81240

Sent by Jeremy's iPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand. 
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