Solar remote live stream

Tips & Tricks
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First, thanks to all that contribute to the “Community”. We the new users very much appreciate it. My question: I’m trying to set up a live stream wild game camera. No power or wifi. I can use a solar panel and battery with a charge controller. Problems started with the router. I’m using Cricket (AT&T). Bought the Turbo Hot Spot but it did not work well with the camera. Any suggestions? I thought I seen a post regarding this, can’t find it. There is one very good example but it does not include WiFi. I’m 350 miles from the camera location.
Thanks for the help.

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Buy a really cheap WiFi AP that is 2.4 GHz only. OK, you can get a more expensive AP, but get one that is 2.4 GHz only. You don’t really need all that much bandwidth, so nothing fancy needed.

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Jim,

Please forgive my ignorance. When you refer to the WiFi AP, what exactly is that device? Are you referring to a hot spot or something the camera will plug into for internet connection?

Thanks,

Brad

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Jim,

Looked it up- access point. Got it! Anything special for cricket?

Thanks,

Brad

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Almost any AP will work as long as the you get an Ethernet LAN out of your cellular modem.

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You should do a quick search here on both hotspots and solar power. Cricket isn’t known as a great data source, and being 350 miles away I’m concerned you might lose expensive solar equipment to theft. Lots of discussions here on solar if you search.

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Does the Cricket Hot Spot work well for other things?

I use an AT&T Mobley, essentially the same functionality as the Cricket, and my cameras work fine. I tried using my cell phone as a Hotspot and it worked once but the signal was not strong enough for it to work twice, a few days later at the same spot.
You might need an antenna for the hotspot.

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Doesn’t work very well for my phone either. I’ll try tour suggestion. Thanks

Thanks,

Brad