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[tigers_gonads]

Okay, i'm one of those sad gits who cant afford a proper holiday so i've got a caravan 

I've also got a laptop with 1000's of tunes on and also a Wi-Fi speaker that the lad got me for Christmas.

At home, laptop is hard wired too the router and then speaker talks to router and plays music to wherever I am at the time. Both controlled via a app on my phone.

The million dollar question is, how can I setup a small Wi-Fi network in my van so I can take the speaker outside when chilling / getting fatter / pished and listen to music on it ?

[Bigron]

You don't. Taking music outside is anti-social!
What you do is have decent headphones on an extension lead and keep it to yourself.....

Ron.





Sorry, TG!

[zirk]

Put a duff or £empty PAYG Sim into any Windows or Android phone, then put the phone in WiFi HotSpot mode, it wont give you Internet but it will default as a Wireless Router. Just rename the Hot Spot and Password the same as your home router

You can of course put a valid Voice or Data Sim i there if you trust everyone with your Data Allowance.   

[tigers_gonads]

You don't. Taking music outside is anti-social!
What you do is have decent headphones on an extension lead and keep it to yourself.....

Ron.





Sorry, TG!

No your not 

[tigers_gonads]

Put a duff or £empty PAYG Sim into any Windows or Android phone, then put the phone in WiFi HotSpot mode, it wont give you Internet but it will default as a Wireless Router. Just rename the Hot Spot and Password the same as your home router

You can of course put a valid Voice or Data Sim i there if you trust everyone with your Data Allowance.

Didn't think of that one 
Shows how long its been since I had anything but a iPhone 

Would it work with a blackberry or old Iphone connected via a USB to said laptop Mr golllum (with 3 L's) 

[zirk]

Put a duff or £empty PAYG Sim into any Windows or Android phone, then put the phone in WiFi HotSpot mode, it wont give you Internet but it will default as a Wireless Router. Just rename the Hot Spot and Password the same as your home router

You can of course put a valid Voice or Data Sim i there if you trust everyone with your Data Allowance.

Didn't think of that one 
Shows how long its been since I had anything but a iPhone 

Would it work with a blackberry or old Iphone connected via a USB to said laptop Mr golllum (with 3 L's) 

Dont play with iPhones or Blackberries, but guessing if you can put them in HotSpot mode then they should work as a Router.

Dont understand where the USB lead comes into play via the Lappy?, think you might be confusing a RG45 Network Cable with a USB Lead?, the phone in HotSpot mode becomes a WiFi Router (Wireless Hub) so just connect your Lappy via WiFi then connect your other devices through the Router as you would at Home, most modern Phones will throughput at 54 mbs for up to 5 devices so plenty of bandwidth to play with before it complains.  . 

[STEMO]

Put a duff or £empty PAYG Sim into any Windows or Android phone, then put the phone in WiFi HotSpot mode, it wont give you Internet but it will default as a Wireless Router. Just rename the Hot Spot and Password the same as your home router

You can of course put a valid Voice or Data Sim i there if you trust everyone with your Data Allowance.

Didn't think of that one 
Shows how long its been since I had anything but a iPhone 

Would it work with a blackberry or old Iphone connected via a USB to said laptop Mr golllum (with 3 L's) 

Dont play with iPhones or Blackberries, but guessing if you can put them in HotSpot mode then they should work as a Router.

Dont understand where the USB lead comes into play via the Lappy?, think you might be confusing a RG45 Network Cable with a USB Lead?, the phone in HotSpot mode becomes a WiFi Router (Wireless Hub) so just connect your Lappy via WiFi then connect your other devices through the Router as you would at Home, most modern Phones will throughput at 54 mbs for up to 5 devices so plenty of bandwidth to play with before it complains.  .

He doesn't have wifi at the pikey hut, I'm guessing.

[zirk]

Put a duff or £empty PAYG Sim into any Windows or Android phone, then put the phone in WiFi HotSpot mode, it wont give you Internet but it will default as a Wireless Router. Just rename the Hot Spot and Password the same as your home router

You can of course put a valid Voice or Data Sim i there if you trust everyone with your Data Allowance.

Didn't think of that one 
Shows how long its been since I had anything but a iPhone 

Would it work with a blackberry or old Iphone connected via a USB to said laptop Mr golllum (with 3 L's) 

Dont play with iPhones or Blackberries, but guessing if you can put them in HotSpot mode then they should work as a Router.

Dont understand where the USB lead comes into play via the Lappy?, think you might be confusing a RG45 Network Cable with a USB Lead?, the phone in HotSpot mode becomes a WiFi Router (Wireless Hub) so just connect your Lappy via WiFi then connect your other devices through the Router as you would at Home, most modern Phones will throughput at 54 mbs for up to 5 devices so plenty of bandwidth to play with before it complains.  .

He doesn't have wifi at the pikey hut, I'm guessing.

Yes I know that, thats the whole idea of using a Mobile as a Wireless Router.

[TheBoy]

If both devices do Ad-Hoc mode, then that's the answer.

However, having been on so many sites where people do insist on blaring their crap out, I would vote for headphones too.

[tigers_gonads]

Put a duff or £empty PAYG Sim into any Windows or Android phone, then put the phone in WiFi HotSpot mode, it wont give you Internet but it will default as a Wireless Router. Just rename the Hot Spot and Password the same as your home router

You can of course put a valid Voice or Data Sim i there if you trust everyone with your Data Allowance.

Didn't think of that one 
Shows how long its been since I had anything but a iPhone 

Would it work with a blackberry or old Iphone connected via a USB to said laptop Mr golllum (with 3 L's) 

Dont play with iPhones or Blackberries, but guessing if you can put them in HotSpot mode then they should work as a Router.

Dont understand where the USB lead comes into play via the Lappy?, think you might be confusing a RG45 Network Cable with a USB Lead?, the phone in HotSpot mode becomes a WiFi Router (Wireless Hub) so just connect your Lappy via WiFi then connect your other devices through the Router as you would at Home, most modern Phones will throughput at 54 mbs for up to 5 devices so plenty of bandwidth to play with before it complains.  .

USB is more to power the phone tbh.

I've run a cat5 network around the house for the various fixed t'nternet capable devices so i've got a pretty good idea about RG45 ect 


The site we use is mostly statics with just 2 strips of pikey vans on there.
One end is for people who have paid for a hard standing and basically live there for 9 months of the year.
The other is normally booked up by clubs so you normally get a little bit of noise but to be fair, 90% are all regulars so everybody is pretty friendly and considerate to the point of that if there is going to be a bit of noise, the vans close normally get a invite anyway 

In all, not a bad site at all 

As a added bonus, its only 2.5 miles away from were we store the van so a brown paper bag over head to hide the embarrassment when towing it is not normally needed