Connect any OBi wirelessly
drgeoff:
Quote from: Usetheforceobiwan on January 12, 2015, 11:37:16 am
In light of the price of the alternatives, at $20 the ObiWifi looks to be very reasonably priced ..
Use the ebay search box again and put 251709847805 into it. Generic device for less than $6 including shipping from China.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: drgeoff on January 12, 2015, 01:20:40 pm
Quote from: Usetheforceobiwan on January 12, 2015, 11:37:16 am
In light of the price of the alternatives, at $20 the ObiWifi looks to be very reasonably priced ..
Use the ebay search box again and put 251709847805 into it. Generic device for less than $6 including shipping from China.
Why would you recommend buying a generic WiFi dongle, after pointing out that generic WiFi dongles don't work?
Regarding that other product, it has the typical Chinese eBay seller issue: inadequate product information. Have you actually bought one and confirmed that it can act as a WiFi<-->Ethernet bridge? It looks like it's designed to be a 3G/4G<-->WiFi bridge or a 3G/4G<-->Ethernet bridge, but there's no clear information about all the permutations it supports.
drgeoff:
Quote from: SteveInWA on January 12, 2015, 04:17:31 pm
Quote from: drgeoff on January 12, 2015, 01:20:40 pm
Quote from: Usetheforceobiwan on January 12, 2015, 11:37:16 am
In light of the price of the alternatives, at $20 the ObiWifi looks to be very reasonably priced ..
Use the ebay search box again and put 251709847805 into it. Generic device for less than $6 including shipping from China.
Why would you recommend buying a generic WiFi dongle, after pointing out that generic WiFi dongles don't work?
Regarding that other product, it has the typical Chinese eBay seller issue: inadequate product information. Have you actually bought one and confirmed that it can act as a WiFi<-->Ethernet bridge? It looks like it's designed to be a 3G/4G<-->WiFi bridge or a 3G/4G<-->Ethernet bridge, but there's no clear information about all the permutations it supports.
I didn't recommend a product which I know won't work. I gave that as an example of the price that a ObiWiFi could be. There is no more technology inside the OBiWiFi than inside those 'no-name' dongles. Note that I'm not saying that OBihai should have enabled the use of any generic USB WiFi dongle. That is not straightforward to accomplish as different dongles require different drivers and the firmware cannot hope to contain all of them. So Obihai have taken an otherwise standard dongle and customised it with VendorID and ProductID codes which their firmware recognises as an OBiWiFi and contains the driver for. This avoids all the support issues with other dongles - they are not supported. Period.
As to the Hame A15 clones, yes I have one of those, several clones of the A1 (which is the same but includes a rechargeable battery), a Vonets VAR11n and a B-Link BL-MP01 (the MP02 is similar in a different case).
There are many such low cost devices which will perform Wi-Fi to ethernet conversion and enable an OBi to connect wirelessly. Screenshot from A1 clone in wireless client mode attached.
Usetheforceobiwan:
Quote from: drgeoff on January 12, 2015, 01:20:40 pm
Quote from: Usetheforceobiwan on January 12, 2015, 11:37:16 am
In light of the price of the alternatives, at $20 the ObiWifi looks to be very reasonably priced ..
Use the ebay search box again and put 251709847805 into it. Generic device for less than $6 including shipping from China.
Don't get me wrong, I am the first to search for cheaper viable alternatives but I just can't fathom how $20 for an optional wifi adapter is at all out of line. I can remember OEM wifi option adapters for various devices I have owned (laptops, printers, etc.) being at a minimum three times that price. Like I said, it would be nice if Obihai built that capability into their devices but I recognize not everyone needs it (or wants it). And at least if the $20 adapter fails within the warranty period you can get some kind of recourse.
Quote from: drgeoff on January 12, 2015, 01:20:40 pm
I gave that as an example of the price that a ObiWiFi could be.
And if Obihai sold them for that price, we wouldn't be debating it on this website as they couldn't even pay the web hosting fee.
azrobert:
Quote from: drgeoff on January 12, 2015, 10:15:46 am
Put 151407920903 into the search box at ebay.com to see what less than $12 will bring if you can accept the shipping time.
I only got one hit and it cost $13.38 with shipping.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151407920903?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D151407920903%26_rdc%3D1
Amazon has the brand name for $13.98.
http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Router-Modem-Internet-Wireless-N/dp/B00AT93GBM
I think Amazon is the better deal.
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