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How to use 4gee box in car

Joeanne30 — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:14:16 GMT

I have a 4gee home router and are going on a long road trip with the kids so want to use it on the road. We have a power inverter to plug it into the car so it has power but the wifi doesn’t seem to come up on our devices

thanks

Re: How to use 4gee box in car

XRaySpeX — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:27:01 GMT

WiFi should come up even when you have no mobile signal. Can't you see the router's SSID in any of your devices?

Re: How to use 4gee box in car

Northerner — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:30:25 GMT

Hi @Joeanne30

Are you receiving a mobile signal? You won't get WiFi (internet) if your home router isn't receiving a mobile signal?

Are your devices already connected? (Connected in the house?)

Where are you placing the router?

Thanks

Re: How to use 4gee box in car

XRaySpeX — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:31:56 GMT

@Northerner wrote:

You won't get WiFi if your home router isn't receiving a mobile signal?

Simply not true! WiFi is purely a local function, not dependant on anything external.

Re: How to use 4gee box in car

Northerner — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:39:06 GMT

@XRaySpeX

I'm refering to the internet. The OP isn't clear on if they are refering to wifi or WiFi internet.

Re: How to use 4gee box in car

XRaySpeX — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:43:34 GMT

@Northerner : Ah, that's diff. You can have WiFi w/out the Internet. Which is more or less what I said.

Re: How to use 4gee box in car

Chris_B — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:17:54 GMT

@Joeanne30 Silly question but the lights on the router are coming on when you power it up in the car ?