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| Thread ID: 141739 | 2016-02-13 09:27:00 | Need advice on mobile data portable wifi devices. | Johnnz (7246) | PC World Chat |
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| 1416035 | 2016-02-13 09:27:00 | Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has experience in setting up a mobile data wifi hotspot device (eg "pocket wifi")? I am thinking of getting one to use in a remote location for guests to use but want to know if it is possible to set a daily limit on the data? For example if I got a 1 or 2Gb/month plan would I be able to set it up so there was a daily limit to ensure there was data available for the next guests? ie prevent one group from using the whole quota? Thanks! |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1416036 | 2016-02-13 10:00:00 | I have used data with family members away from home. There is a data usage app that came with my phone (Samsung Galaxy Trend) which you can set data limits. I found need to watch battery usage (may need battery/power bank or spare battery) and to remind users to not stream YouTube videos. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1416037 | 2016-02-13 10:30:00 | Thanks, I'm not sure the devices such as vodafone 'pocket wifi' can have aps loaded onto them though. I thought about using a smartphone with wifi hotspot function but would prefer a simpler device that is dedicated to providing wifi that wouldn't be able to be tampered with as easily I think. | Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1416038 | 2016-02-13 12:48:00 | How many people are you expecting to use the facility at a time, and how often? | Greg (193) | ||
| 1416039 | 2016-02-14 02:33:00 | You'd need to use Gargoyle. Quotas are so dead simple, it's fantastic! You have two options: 1) Use this originally Polish firmware ( eko.one.pl ) that's been heavily modified to make room for the USB stuff, and install it on a TL-MR3040 ( www.pbtech.co.nz ) 2) Use two devices, 1st being something like the TP-Link TL-MR3040, second being something like the TL-WR1043ND ( www.pbtech.co.nz ), running standard Gargoyle and make use of quotas on that. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1416040 | 2016-02-14 03:15:00 | [QUOTE=Johnnz;1240142] "to use in a remote location" If you can use your mobile in that location, no problems ... if not, then it's a major problem |
SP8s (7813) | ||
| 1416041 | 2016-03-20 06:03:00 | Hi there, thanks for that. There is a strong 3G mobile network signal available so would one of the cellphone companies wireless dongles plug into a regular wireless router such as the TL-MR3040? Alternatively, I have a wireless router set up 140m away. Is there any wireless router that could operate wifi over this distance? Thanks. |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1416042 | 2016-03-20 06:07:00 | That looks good but there doesn't appear to be an English language option for that website? You'd need to use Gargoyle. Quotas are so dead simple, it's fantastic! You have two options: 1) Use this originally Polish firmware ( eko.one.pl ) that's been heavily modified to make room for the USB stuff, and install it on a TL-MR3040 ( www.pbtech.co.nz ) 2) Use two devices, 1st being something like the TP-Link TL-MR3040, second being something like the TL-WR1043ND ( www.pbtech.co.nz ), running standard Gargoyle and make use of quotas on that. |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
| 1416043 | 2016-03-20 07:11:00 | Seems like a lot of time and effort to provide a very limited service. 1-2Gb a month shared among multiple users might let them check their E-mails and that's about it. They'd be better off using their own Cellphones. Even the $19 prepay plan gives you 500Mb on your own phone, I'm not sure a daily limit based on even 4 users is worth it as it works out to the same amount of data each as that would. 2GB /30 days = 66.67 MB a day /4 users = 16.67MB a day. What can you realistically do with that? True not everyone would use it every day so it wouldn't actually be that bad, but you see what I'm getting at. Also people have no respect for free services and if you want to be sure no one will do anything dodgy on your wi-fi you'd have to implement some kind of content filtering. I stayed at a hotel in Auckland recently that had free wi-fi limited to a few hundred MB a day and then you needed to charge additional data against your room which wasn't an option for me. I blew through the free wi-fi reading my E-mails and doing a google search for local activities and reading a couple of the results. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1416044 | 2016-03-20 07:20:00 | Yes, you're quite right that mobile data plans would break down evenly into the days of the month into very small allowances. Not sure if I could get wifi over 140m though? Seems like a lot of time and effort to provide a very limited service. 1-2Gb a month shared among multiple users might let them check their E-mails and that's about it. They'd be better off using their own Cellphones. Even the $19 prepay plan gives you 500Mb on your own phone, I'm not sure a daily limit based on even 4 users is worth it as it works out to the same amount of data each as that would. 2GB /30 days = 66.67 MB a day /4 users = 16.67MB a day. What can you realistically do with that? True not everyone would use it every day so it wouldn't actually be that bad, but you see what I'm getting at. Also people have no respect for free services and if you want to be sure no one will do anything dodgy on your wi-fi you'd have to implement some kind of content filtering. I stayed at a hotel in Auckland recently that had free wi-fi limited to a few hundred MB a day and then you needed to charge additional data against your room which wasn't an option for me. I blew through the free wi-fi reading my E-mails and doing a google search for local activities and reading a couple of the results. |
Johnnz (7246) | ||
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