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Great little AccessPoint/Router for GS-911wifi

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WayneC:
You can add to the list the TP-Link WR3020

Have been using it for years for general purposes, it adds 3G/4G mobile internet capability by plugging in a stick

Have tested the GS911 WiFi unit with it and it works very well

WayneC:
With the TP-Link MR3020 and possibly other routers with WPA encryption, when using embedded devices like the GS911 WiFi ensure there is a valid setting for Group Key Update Period, it must be more than 30.

I have found a couple of devices like tablets, where a setting of 0 prevents authentication on the MR3020

Alan T. Butler:
I like gadgets as much as the next guy, but I cannot figure out why I need an Access Point/Router for my GS-911 WiFi.  I can access it with my iPhone on its own little internal WiFi setting.  If I want to reset the clock or the service warning on my K-bike or my GS I'm in the comfort of my own garage and my own WiFi.  If I want to reset somebody else's service warning for them, it's usually somewhere like a motel parking lot during an I-BMW rally, and we are on the motel's WiFi. 

Please help me with a good situation where I need one of these things, so I can justify its purchase!

Thank you

Seeya
 ATB

WayneC:
The AP is only needed if a home router does not have an AP inbuilt or the garage is beyond the range of the one in the house so an AP could be used as a range extender. Many (like me) also dont use expensive/unreliable bandwidth off a mobile phone to do updates into the GS911. It also allows easy jumping onto another device such as a PC to save a log etc

The final reason is adhoc mode is also insecure and so you can find mobiles other than your own automatically jumping onto what appears to be an open access point on the GS911 so infrastructure mode is a better option in some circumstances

Inspector Gadget:
Next to that with this nifty TL-WR702N you can keep the data off your other "corporate" wifi network.

The TL-WR702N is very easy & simple to set-up and quite powerful.
The only issue is trying to obtain the latest firmware for the TL-WR702N (being 4.19.1 Build 130528 Rel.52704n) which appears not to be publicly available for download.

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