I work a great deal from my RV. This year, I'll travel at least 20,000 miles with it. I'm also moving some of my home equipment into the RV as we're selling the current home, building a new one in TN and will be on the road much of the year.
Over the coming weeks, I plan to use this thread to document my installation.
As we all have different requirements (bandwidth, capabilities etc.), different equipment on-hand (some of which we may want to work into the new plan since we already have it), different carriers (satellite, cellular etc.) and different budgets (some have a lower threshold on what they can pay for Internet, those with higher bandwidth needs usually pay the most), what I install may be different from what you might install. But sharing with each other, what we're doing, I feel, can be helpful to many.
Design Goals
I have much of the infrastructure in place at this point. I will finalize that in the next week or two. At that point, I will finalize my build on this thread.
For now, I am adding a picture of my wiring closet. In the San Antonio floor plan, there is a wiring chase on the left side of the stairway to the upper level. There is a space above the control cabinet. Ordinarily, the raised panel door covering that space is removal. I have mine hinged. Inside this space is what I am calling my wiring closet. In the attached picture, you will see (from top - left to right):
Not shown and not yet installed on the roof:
Not shown (later) but installed in RV now:
Over the coming weeks, I plan to use this thread to document my installation.
As we all have different requirements (bandwidth, capabilities etc.), different equipment on-hand (some of which we may want to work into the new plan since we already have it), different carriers (satellite, cellular etc.) and different budgets (some have a lower threshold on what they can pay for Internet, those with higher bandwidth needs usually pay the most), what I install may be different from what you might install. But sharing with each other, what we're doing, I feel, can be helpful to many.
Design Goals
- Achieve a Cellular Internet solution for use inside the RV when stationary in a fashion that is robust and very simple to utilize.
- Provide shared peripherals on the local network for all local client devices (Network Attached Storage, Printer/Scanner etc.).
I have much of the infrastructure in place at this point. I will finalize that in the next week or two. At that point, I will finalize my build on this thread.
For now, I am adding a picture of my wiring closet. In the San Antonio floor plan, there is a wiring chase on the left side of the stairway to the upper level. There is a space above the control cabinet. Ordinarily, the raised panel door covering that space is removal. I have mine hinged. Inside this space is what I am calling my wiring closet. In the attached picture, you will see (from top - left to right):
- Wilson Cellular Amplifier (blue)
- Triple DC Outlet (West Marine)
- Raise/Lower Switch for Antenna Base (Diamond H9000TM)
- USB Modem (Novatel USB 760 for Verizon)
- Network Adapter (Cradlepoint CBA250)
Not shown and not yet installed on the roof:
- Diamond H9000TM motorized antenna base
- Wilson xxxx 18" fiberglass cellular antenna
- Custom offset bracket and custom mounting plate
Not shown (later) but installed in RV now:
- Ethernet jumper (from wiring closet, through frame and into entertainment cabinet
- Apple Airport Extreme router
- USB hub
- NAS (Drobo HDD array - connected at USB 2.0 via USB hub to router)
- Printer/Scanner (HP - connected at USB 2.0 via USB hub to router)