Hotspot use, and WiFi

[Rally1]

I thought i’d be clever and make the Rivian hotspot SSID the same as my home one. I figured then all my existing devices would just work. I also allowed my R1S to join the home SSID. The idea was when Home it would use the home wifi, when on the road (and no wifi) the hotspot would turn on.

It turns out that puts the car in a loop. It fires up the hotspot, then seems to try to join it…. Interesting quirk, something that could be fixed by blacklisting the MAC of the hotspot wifi connection. Low down the list of priorities!

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[Christopher]

Why do you need to have the truck join its own hotspot? That's not necessary because everything in the infotainment already has connection through the LTE. Having it join the hotspot would actually slow it down because rather than having a direct LTE connection you're now taking an LTE connection, broadcasting it to WiFi, then having the truck join the WiFi.

 

[pc500]

That wasn't intentional, but use something different. More reasons why than I want to type right now.

 

[astonius]

Why do you need to have the truck join its own hotspot? That's not necessary because everything in the infotainment already has connection through the LTE. Having it join the hotspot would actually slow it down because rather than having a direct LTE connection you're now taking an LTE connection, broadcasting it to WiFi, then having the truck join the WiFi.

That’s not the desired behavior. OP wants to treat the truck hotspot as an extension of their home network.

 

[Christopher]

That’s not the desired behavior. OP wants to treat the truck hotspot as an extension of their home network.

If that's the case then simply don't have the truck join the home network/hotspot SSID. LTE is unlimited and free for now so why does it need to be on the home network? Maybe poor LTE coverage area?

Also from a security standpoint I'm not sure having a mobile roaming hotspot using the same credentials as your home network would be the best idea.

 

[astonius]

If that's the case then simply don't have the truck join the home network/hotspot SSID. LTE is unlimited and free for now so why does it need to be on the home network? Maybe poor LTE coverage area?

Also from a security standpoint I'm not sure having a mobile roaming hotspot using the same credentials as your home network would be the best idea.

And the truck is only 4G LTE. I’d rather my phone use its 5G connection.

The only real advantage is the slight convenience of not having to join a new SSID. Doesn’t seem worth it to me.

 

[Christopher]

And the truck is only 4G LTE. I’d rather my phone use its 5G connection.

The only real advantage is the slight convenience of not having to join a new SSID. Doesn’t seem worth it to me.

Yeah you bring up a good point there. I don't even have my phone connected to the hotspot because with the phone 5G I get better reliability, coverage, and speed with Verizon than the hotspot. I use the hotspot only for the kid's tablets.

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