Building a Raspberry Pi Network
This is mainly focused on the full time RVers reading this, but there are still ideas to be mined for others. This is the layout for how our network is getting built and what each Raspberry Pi will do in...
Category: Smart Home on Wheels
Computers, Networks, and How to Keep a Blog Running
I'm going through what I want to have in the RV, what we already have, and what we can adapt to make work for our situation. As we are professional bloggers, it is important that we be able to connect...
SureCall Fusion2Go 3.0 Review
We recently upgraded from a SureCall Fusion2Go 2.0 RV to the SureCall Fusion2Go 3.0 RV to see the difference and how much of an improvement was made with the new version of the device. We tested it out in a...
Pepwave Surf SOHO Mk3 Review
I received a Pepwave Surf SOHO Mk3 wifi access point and router from Peplink for installation in the Smart Home on Wheels project and finally got it a few days ago. It was shipped quickly, but arrived at our home...
Tripp Lite Inverter/Converter Introduction into an RV Electrical System
This review has been a long time in the works. Our original plan was to go to Florida last Thanksgiving and add solar panels, a much larger battery setup, an inverter, and the other parts required for running our RV...
Attempts at Bringing it all Together
I've gone back and forth several times trying to make something work in our system for a central core unit that operates as a media server, smart home control hub, and file server. It seems like everything I try to...
DirecTV Winegard Trav’ler Satellite Dish Installation- Part One
I received a satellite dish for DirecTV from Winegard, specifically the Trav'ler. Its an HD dish that mounts to the roof of your RV and automatically finds the right satellite so all you have to do is turn it on...
Tadi Brothers Rear View RV Camera Review
I received a rear view camera from Tadi Brothers to install myself and review. It was not difficult, seems to work fine, and has a clean, clear image that is easily wide enough for our needs. I don't back up...
Hotspots, Wifi, and Cellular Data
There seems to be some confusion out there about internet access on the road, specifically the difference between hotspots, wifi, and cellular data. They are all connected to each other, but do different things. I'll try to walk you through...
mini-box.com and the Core Unit
As I work on the Smart Home on Wheels project, I am always looking for the most effective method to set up the Core Unit in the project RV, as well as how to make it so I can explain...