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I have my Pi-Star set up to connect to a AT&T Turbo 2 hotspot I bought from Walmart to use exclusively with the TGIF Spot. I have the SSID set up properly on the Pi-Star Hot Spot.

Dumb question:

Does it matter if the Pi-Star is powering up when I turn on the AT&T hot spot? Does the Pi-Star continually check to see if it's preferred network is live? I try to power up the AT&T hotspot and when it connects to cell tower, I then power up the Pi-Star.

What is preferred and will cause less problems?

N1JWW / Jeff W Waldrop

If Pi-Star does not connect to a configured WiFi node in a period of time (1 minute?), it automatically transitions to /being/ a WiFi node (access point) and waits for some computer to connect /to/ it -- this connection is solely for the purpose of setting up a WiFi configuration, after which one reboots to let the unit look for (and connect) to the provided configuration.

So... Ensuring the WiFi access point is running first is recommended.

Thanks, Jeff

N1JWW ---- > Southwest Louisiana