Problems creating a local network for managing the mount
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 6:44 pm
Hi all
I m trying to use a mini Windows 11 pc to manage this mount and all its attachments like filter wheel, focuser etc.
I tried using the mount as a hot spot, attaching the pc to the hotspot and that is successful. However the network collapses if I try to remote desktop to the pc over this network. ( ie another laptop to the hotspot to the target pc ) . That's probably not surprising because its a lot of continuous traffic to throw at an ESP32
So I turned it around and enabled the hot spot on the mini pc and configured the mount to use the wifi connection of the hotspot.
That also works well, but only when windows can find a local internet connection to use as its main connection, which then enables the use of the hotspot to share that network. (it still has to be turned on by script on startup). When windows is challenged to find a network to access and then share, the hotspot is a bit hit and miss.
When there is no network, the hotspot approach doesn't work.
Has anyone got a route to getting the pc to be the centre of the mobile network, managing all its components including the mount ?
Is the only answer to introduce a Myfi ?
Note that the command 'netsh wlan show drivers ' shows that my pc hardware doesn't support hosted networks, which is what might otherwise do the job - like a hotspot but without the need for a real internet connection to share.
Also that I use this script to turn on the hotspot at startup: https://gist.github.com/primaryobjects/ ... otspot-cmd
thanks in advance for any ideas .
Mike
I m trying to use a mini Windows 11 pc to manage this mount and all its attachments like filter wheel, focuser etc.
I tried using the mount as a hot spot, attaching the pc to the hotspot and that is successful. However the network collapses if I try to remote desktop to the pc over this network. ( ie another laptop to the hotspot to the target pc ) . That's probably not surprising because its a lot of continuous traffic to throw at an ESP32
So I turned it around and enabled the hot spot on the mini pc and configured the mount to use the wifi connection of the hotspot.
That also works well, but only when windows can find a local internet connection to use as its main connection, which then enables the use of the hotspot to share that network. (it still has to be turned on by script on startup). When windows is challenged to find a network to access and then share, the hotspot is a bit hit and miss.
When there is no network, the hotspot approach doesn't work.
Has anyone got a route to getting the pc to be the centre of the mobile network, managing all its components including the mount ?
Is the only answer to introduce a Myfi ?
Note that the command 'netsh wlan show drivers ' shows that my pc hardware doesn't support hosted networks, which is what might otherwise do the job - like a hotspot but without the need for a real internet connection to share.
Also that I use this script to turn on the hotspot at startup: https://gist.github.com/primaryobjects/ ... otspot-cmd
thanks in advance for any ideas .
Mike