WiFi tethering.

[M5TXJ]

Hi Folks,
I've set up my Portsdown as per the Wiki to access 2 Wifi networks, namely the home network and also my mobile phone (Samsung Galaxy S7) as an access point. All seems OK at home where I can stream to and from the Portsdown, check for updates etc with no problem. When away from home I can connect to the phone as confirmed on both devices, I can check for updates but I cannot receive streams, I just get the "waiting for stream" message constantly. Has anyone any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
73 Dave

[G8GKQ]

Hi Dave

Please check that you can receive a stream on a PC or other device tethered to your mobile phone. Some network operators block some protocols, and also the bandwidth (576kb/s) can be challenging for mobile networks.

The other test to do is to set up the WiFi so that only your phone is in the wpa_supplicant.conf file and see if that makes any difference.

Once you've done those tests, I'll have a clue as to where to look for the problem.

Dave

[M5TXJ]

Thanks Dave,
I'll give all that a try later and report back. I've also got a 3G router in my van which I'll try connecting to too!
I'm sure you must dread my callsign appearing by now!
73 Dave.

[M0SKM]

Tried the test on my laptop last night and it won't receive the Flash streams through mobile broadband; HTML 5 are fine.

My supplier is EE.

Last night the only one I could see was the G8DRK stream.

Steve

[G4CPE]

Just setup mobile wifi for Arthur G4CPE. Streaming works both ways on BT mobile broadband.

Must be down to supplier specs.

Steve
M0SKM

[G8GKQ]

The Portsdown only looks at the flash stream from the BATC server (even if the HTML5 stream is available) so that's what you need to test.

Dave, G8GKQ