angus99
Guru
I’m getting ready to upgrade Stella’s WiFi capabilities with a new Pepwave router and Poynting LTE external antenna, connected with LMR400 cable. (Hats off to Steve Mitchell’s SeaBits site for excellent counsel.)
I’d like to minimize the cable run from the antenna on the radar arch down to the router. One option is locating the router under the fly bridge console, behind the “eyebrow.” I know it gets hot in there, but the Pepwave is rated to 149 degrees F. I’ve never had a water intrusion or moisture problem in there. This would be somewhat forward of the boat’s midpoint, but I can’t imagine our WiFi network wouldn’t reach all corners.
Has anyone else mounted a router similarly? Any downside, other than having to crawl in on my back to access it?
I’d like to minimize the cable run from the antenna on the radar arch down to the router. One option is locating the router under the fly bridge console, behind the “eyebrow.” I know it gets hot in there, but the Pepwave is rated to 149 degrees F. I’ve never had a water intrusion or moisture problem in there. This would be somewhat forward of the boat’s midpoint, but I can’t imagine our WiFi network wouldn’t reach all corners.
Has anyone else mounted a router similarly? Any downside, other than having to crawl in on my back to access it?