Paul Frere
TVWBB Member
We have a lake home and a city home, each with wifi but with separate SSIDs of course.
After a lot of experimentation last month I figured out how to edit the config.txt file that was working in the city to work a the lake. I will now be making a second microSD with a config.txt file to suit the city SSID.
1) Is this the right approach? I have never before had a device that had to be hard-coded with SSID and PWD. Am I missing something?
2) I am confused by the # commenting of the confg.txt wifi section. From reading I understand that the software picks up the configuration when it boots, then comments out the ssid and pwd lines. My lake-home config.txt now has the two lines commented out. The config.txt for the city will not have the # marks when I insert the microSD, but I assume that it will get the # marks added.
3) So when I go to use the "lake" microSD after using the HM in the city, will I first have to un-comment the ssid and pwd lines? And vice-versa? Do I really have to edit the config.txt every single time the HM travels from one SSID to another??
This is so complicated that I'm hoping/suspecting that I am missing something big, like how to just get the HM to connect automatically. Really hoping...
Suggestions?
After a lot of experimentation last month I figured out how to edit the config.txt file that was working in the city to work a the lake. I will now be making a second microSD with a config.txt file to suit the city SSID.
1) Is this the right approach? I have never before had a device that had to be hard-coded with SSID and PWD. Am I missing something?
2) I am confused by the # commenting of the confg.txt wifi section. From reading I understand that the software picks up the configuration when it boots, then comments out the ssid and pwd lines. My lake-home config.txt now has the two lines commented out. The config.txt for the city will not have the # marks when I insert the microSD, but I assume that it will get the # marks added.
3) So when I go to use the "lake" microSD after using the HM in the city, will I first have to un-comment the ssid and pwd lines? And vice-versa? Do I really have to edit the config.txt every single time the HM travels from one SSID to another??
This is so complicated that I'm hoping/suspecting that I am missing something big, like how to just get the HM to connect automatically. Really hoping...

Suggestions?