Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
As this is a discussion about networking rather than the HDR-FOX or custom firmware per se, I have opened it in the 'Arms.
My supported user has no Internet, so I originally configured the HDR-FOX at base. If I want to log into the WebIF for maintenance purposes, I hook up a TP-LINK TL-WR702N in Router mode to the HDR-FOX Ethernet port, and then I can connect to the WebIF with my iPad via WiFi to the WR702N.
When it comes to updating packages etc, I expected to be able to throw my 3 MiFi into the mix. This links to the 3G/HSDPA mobile network and provides a WiFi signal that several devices can connect to simultaneously (ie it has router capabilities). I expected to connect to the MiFi with my iPad (as I usually do when out and about), but also from the HDR-FOX via the WR702N but this time in Client mode. The HDR-FOX registers a connection to the Internet, but I can't see the WebIF from the iPad - it appears that although the MiFi routes traffic from connected devices to the Internet, it does not pass traffic between connected devices.
My question is this: given the HDR-FOX, iPad, and MiFi, what can I use to make the HDR-FOX see the Internet via the MiFi, and the iPad see the HDR-FOX? At the moment, I'm thinking along the lines of a wired switch/router connected to the HDR-FOX and two WR702Ns - one to provide the WAN link to the MiFi and the other to provide a WiFi Access Point for the iPad. The switch would provide the router facilities, and two 702's is not a problem, I have several!
If the combined functionality can be achieved in a single box that would be ideal. I have a spare WiFi router / ADSL modem knocking about - does anybody think it could connect with the MiFi and route Internet traffic that way, even though the WiFi is not usually the WAN connection?
My supported user has no Internet, so I originally configured the HDR-FOX at base. If I want to log into the WebIF for maintenance purposes, I hook up a TP-LINK TL-WR702N in Router mode to the HDR-FOX Ethernet port, and then I can connect to the WebIF with my iPad via WiFi to the WR702N.
When it comes to updating packages etc, I expected to be able to throw my 3 MiFi into the mix. This links to the 3G/HSDPA mobile network and provides a WiFi signal that several devices can connect to simultaneously (ie it has router capabilities). I expected to connect to the MiFi with my iPad (as I usually do when out and about), but also from the HDR-FOX via the WR702N but this time in Client mode. The HDR-FOX registers a connection to the Internet, but I can't see the WebIF from the iPad - it appears that although the MiFi routes traffic from connected devices to the Internet, it does not pass traffic between connected devices.
My question is this: given the HDR-FOX, iPad, and MiFi, what can I use to make the HDR-FOX see the Internet via the MiFi, and the iPad see the HDR-FOX? At the moment, I'm thinking along the lines of a wired switch/router connected to the HDR-FOX and two WR702Ns - one to provide the WAN link to the MiFi and the other to provide a WiFi Access Point for the iPad. The switch would provide the router facilities, and two 702's is not a problem, I have several!
If the combined functionality can be achieved in a single box that would be ideal. I have a spare WiFi router / ADSL modem knocking about - does anybody think it could connect with the MiFi and route Internet traffic that way, even though the WiFi is not usually the WAN connection?