Connect Hopper3 to Mobley?

WeBeFulltimers · February 27, 2018

I have made several attempts to connect the Hopper3 to my Mobley with no success. I am normally connected to the Mobley by 2 phones and a laptop and have no problems doing so. When trying to connect the Hopper3 it goes through the motions using the Setup Wizard but gives message "router not detected". What am I doing wrong? The Hopper3 connects to campground Wifi but signal so weak can't use it for anything.

WeBeFulltimers · February 28, 2018

Wow, 19 hours and 36 lookers and no one has anything to contribute?

Yarome · February 28, 2018

This isn't really in my wheelhouse and I don't have any personal experience with a hopper3, however, if I were in that situation... I would confirm that my mobley settings are correct, the allowable connections has not been reduced (from the 5 allowable), are in fact available and that the "hide network" (or some such) option is not active. From there I would disconnect any other connected device, try a hard reset on the hopper (I think you press and hold the reset button for 5 seconds?) then try connecting again.

I don't know if it makes any difference or if there is some hopper specific quirk, however, just in general, I have run into issues before with some types of devices not being able to connect due to the type of security I had enabled on my router. I assume that the device didn't support the newer more secure protocols(?). At any rate... one thing I generally try in a situation like that is to turn off all security and try to connect in the open. If the device connects then I make the assumption that is is a security protocol issue and start playing around with the different protocol options.

Nothing scientific about it and... like I said... this issue isn't really in my wheelhouse, but sometimes the "futz with it till it works" approach has worked for me.

Hopefully somone who actually knows what their talking about will respond shortly.

Bill Joyce · February 28, 2018

2 hours ago, WeBeFulltimers said:

Wow, 19 hours and 36 lookers and no one has anything to contribute?

Some of us have lives and only check in once a day or so. We are not sitting around waiting to give free advice. That said, Yarome gave good advice, so start with that.

Biker56 · February 28, 2018

22 hours ago, WeBeFulltimers said:

Wow, 19 hours and 36 lookers and no one has anything to contribute?

How many of the 36 have a Hopper3?

I'm just doing my once a 24 hour check and hadn't seen your post yet.

Why not hard wire your Hopper from a router that is connected to the Mobley.
That is the way I connect my DirecTV Genie, Blue Ray player, Smart TV and laptop too my Mobley.
I use wireless Mobley to the Desktop, iPhone, iPad and router.

Bill Joyce · February 28, 2018

Biker56 reminded me that Rogerk4rs turned me on to a $19 mini-router that works with the Mobley - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AL7P1FU/ . Something like that will probably solve your problem and give you more range for the Mobiey wifi along with handling more than 5 connections.

bigbillsd · March 3, 2018

I have been using one of these: Ubiquiti NanoStation M2 - Wireless Access Point - AirMax (NSM2US) to connect to my Mobley or a Park Wifi for that last year. I connect that to one of these: Ubiquiti airGateway-LR airMAX WISP 2.4 GHz Wireless Access Point for inside your RV

David Bott has a great tutorial for the shorter range models of these. It works for these too.

Gives me the firewall I need and also allows me to connect one device to a parks Wifi and never have to deal with all the tablets, phones and laptops WiFi settings again.

I also mounted one of these: Ubiquiti US-8-60W Unifi Switch in my entertainment cabinet so I could hard wire my DISH Solo HD Receiver (ViP 211z) , front windshield webcam, SageTV server INTEL NUC Kit Component - BOXNUC6CAYH and pull hard wires over to the living room TV / Nvidia NVIDIA SHIELD TV | Streaming Media Player with Remote and to the back bedroom TV..

-Bill

jerryneal · April 8, 2018

I get this error when a 6th device attempts to connect. Check the wifi manager to see how many devices are attached. Even if you have a unit turned off it may still have the device assigned. Powering down the Mobley will release any assigned and turned off devices.