Last time I was on site, I disconnected the Wi-Fi extender and again tried to connect the WS-2902A to the router using AWNET. It finds the device and says it's connected, but then times out. I tried both SSID's, one of which must be the 2.4G band and the other 5G, but the same thing happens on both.
I tried setting up m own Wi-Fi access point but the WS-2902A would not connect to it either. However, I discovered that the Wi-Fi on my Android tablet had gone wonky and would not connect to any Wi-Fi, and I ran out of time before I could troubleshoot (I only have about an hour onsite each time- we fly air tours to the place.) Turned out I had to reset the networking on the tablet.
The problem with the ObserverIP is that I can't get to the configuration page to set a static IP without knowing the dynamic address, and as I said in my previous post the nmap scan on my Linux laptop doesn't show the ObserverIP.
I'm reluctant to buy a WS-2000 for the remote site because the ObserverIP is really all we need- we don't have to have a display at the site. But I might try it when Ambient Weather starts selling the console separately.
I brought the ObserverIP home with me last time I was on site, and I have no problems finding the dynamic IP on my home network, and setting a static IP seems to work well.
This is very frustrating because I set up the same station at home to test it, and it worked fine. I've set up two other WS-2902A's and a WS-2000 with no problems at all. Of course, the one that doesn't work has to be the most remote site!