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Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

Evelyn2 — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 07:24:05 GMT

Hi I am wondering if I can set up a Cellular wifi router using a P.M SIM card for data? I already have my phone through PM and would like to set up a wifi router were I have no available internet.

Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 21:03:23 GMT

@Evelyn2 : Your phone can be a hotspot. But yes I have inserted a PM SIM into the couple devices that Telus sells. The SmartHub and Wireless Home Phone.

Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

Evelyn2 — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 21:14:35 GMT

I don’t want to leave my phone there. I want to run a camera in my garage that my internet doesn’t reach and I have a problem with thieves stealing stuff. And I want the camera to send me video as they just steal the recorder otherwise.

Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

Dunkman — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 21:21:20 GMT

@Evelyn2

Do you have Wifi in your house already and the signal does not reach garage? If so, you could buy a stronger Wifi router (like Orbi or similar meshed system) or buy a wifi extender.

Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:16:41 GMT

@Evelyn2 : So like a webcam live streaming? Maybe a motion detector to alert you?

How not secure is your garage though? Windows, locks, doors etc?

Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

Evelyn2 — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:20:11 GMT

my house is rural and I inherited a shop on property in a small hamlet. So my internet won’t reach

Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:30:08 GMT

@Evelyn2 : I once setup my phone as an internet-accessible webcam and pointed it at a thermometer so that I could monitor the temperature in the house. I had it connected to a timer like a light timer and set it for a few hours each day and kept the phone charged up. I would log in to the phone and be able to see what its camera saw...the thermometer. But that was wifi. I don't know how much data would be consumed if it was on cell data. So even with those other cell wifi boxes...how much cell data will it consume just with a camera.

Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

computergeek541 — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:59:16 GMT

@Evelyn2 wrote:
Hi I am wondering if I can set up a Cellular wifi router using a P.M SIM card for data? I already have my phone through PM and would like to set up a wifi router were I have no available internet.

Public Mobile doesn't have restrictions on the type of device that you can use your SIM card in. The router will need to have a SIM card slot and be compatible with the Public Mobile network or you'll have to use a USB cellular modem and plug it into a router that is comaptible with the USB modem and has a USB port. You may also have to use software or the router's configuration interface to configure the APN settings.

Re: Beginner’s Guide to the Community

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 23:11:00 GMT

@Evelyn2 : I found the app I once used. Although it's Android. It's still in the Play store. It's called IP Webcam. It's gone through many updates since I once used it.