Any Standalone Miners with WiFi capability?

[oldguyonBMX]

I was looking at the Antminer S5 and emailed the company, but they told me that it only supports an ethernet connection.

I am trying to find a standalone miner that can use WiFi.  Preferably something comparable to the Antminer S5, but I'm open to all suggestions and would really appreciate any info you can provide. 

[pekatete]

Antminer S3 and S1 are both WIFI. They both can be finicky but adding an external antennae usually sorts them out.
I wouldn't vouch for going for a WIFI miner though, and that bitmain decided to drop it for their (now EOL'd) flagship S5 is telling.

[oldguyonBMX]

Antminer S3 and S1 are both WIFI. They both can be finicky but adding an external antennae usually sorts them out.
I wouldn't vouch for going for a WIFI miner though, and that bitmain decided to drop it for their (now EOL'd) flagship S5 is telling.

Thanks, I looked at the S3+, but it said it was Ethernet as well.   Do you happened to have a link to someplace I can buy the S3 that comes with WiFi?

I share internet with my neighbor and do not have physical access to the router, so I need WIFI.


I'm not sure why they would drop it from their product line, as it's always better having more options, especially with a standalone unit. 

[philipma1957]

Antminer S3 and S1 are both WIFI. They both can be finicky but adding an external antennae usually sorts them out.
I wouldn't vouch for going for a WIFI miner though, and that bitmain decided to drop it for their (now EOL'd) flagship S5 is telling.

Thanks, I looked at the S3+, but it said it was Ethernet as well.   Do you happened to have a link to someplace I can buy the S3 that comes with WiFi?

I share internet with my neighbor and do not have physical access to the router, so I need WIFI.


I'm not sure why they would drop it from their product line, as it's always better having more options, especially with a standalone unit. 

I realize you may have a good wifi connection with your neighbor and the  line  below does not apply to you.


wifi sucks in many locations.  how would you like to have 10 s-3's burning 400 watts a piece and wifi dropped.  so you are spending 4000 watts of power for nothing.


That said both the s-3 and the s-3+ should run wifi.    And the s-5 can be adapted to wifi with this

in fact any ethernet miner like the sp20   the avalon 4.1  the amtminer s-1, s-3, s-3+


http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-WNCE2001-Universal-Internet-Adapter/dp/B007CO5DZ4/ref=sr_1_2?

[oldguyonBMX]

Thanks Philipma1957, that was pretty much exactly what I was looking for.  I just wanted to know if WIFI capability could be added to the standalone miners.

I don't pay for electricity, and while I can't take advantage of that to any extreme degree or my landlord would yell, I figured running something like an S5 would be a good way to passively generate some extra income.  Every little bit helps!

Thanks for the help!

[pekatete]

Antminer S3 and S1 are both WIFI. They both can be finicky but adding an external antennae usually sorts them out.
I wouldn't vouch for going for a WIFI miner though, and that bitmain decided to drop it for their (now EOL'd) flagship S5 is telling.

Thanks, I looked at the S3+, but it said it was Ethernet as well.   Do you happened to have a link to someplace I can buy the S3 that comes with WiFi?

I share internet with my neighbor and do not have physical access to the router, so I need WIFI.

I'm not sure why they would drop it from their product line, as it's always better having more options, especially with a standalone unit. 

All S3's come with WIFI in addition to an ethernet port, but because they are enclosed, the connection tends to be unreliable, however, that can easily be fixed by adding an external antennae (which should cost around $5).  

You can also get a router yourself and bridge it with/to your neighbour's router then connect your rigs to your router.

There are loads of S3's (and the variants) on sale on ebay, amazon, gumtree etc, just do a search on any.

[jstefanop]

You can add wifi to any miner you want...just use a wifi router as a bridge...or for just $40 buy a rasberry pi with a USB wifi dongle.

[notlist3d]

You can add wifi to any miner you want...just use a wifi router as a bridge...or for just $40 buy a rasberry pi with a USB wifi dongle.

I personally like going with the router myself.  If you get one with right modes you can connect to wireless and have 4-5 or so ports on back.  So is very nice.

I still like ethernet though.  I personally will not be doing my miners wifi.  I see it as last resort.

[oldguyonBMX]

I just wanted to thank everyone for the responses.  I did email Bitmain, and they told me that none of their products support WIFI and that WIFI can not be added.  Lol.  But, I'll probably buy an S5 and use one of the above methods.  I realize that WIFI might not be the optimal setup for mining, but for my situation, it's necessary.  I don't mind spending some extra money to add the capability, but I just wanted to make sure that it was possible.  Thank you all for your help!

[-droid-]

I just wanted to thank everyone for the responses.  I did email Bitmain, and they told me that none of their products support WIFI and that WIFI can not be added.  Lol.  But, I'll probably buy an S5 and use one of the above methods.  I realize that WIFI might not be the optimal setup for mining, but for my situation, it's necessary.  I don't mind spending some extra money to add the capability, but I just wanted to make sure that it was possible.  Thank you all for your help!

I used to use wifi all the time,  Like others have said, go with a wifi bridge, something with a handful of ports on the back so you can scale up in the future with more miners.  THey are cheap and easy to setup and as long as your signal is decent you should have no problems.. heck you can even purchase higher db antennae which would give you greater range and signal.

[fvineyard]

I have two S3+'s and one Rockminer New R-Box running off of a router turned into a wireless switch that are working just fine. I did monitor both of the S3+'s for a while with one on the wireless switch and one with a direct ethernet connection, and the performance was almost identical. If wireless is your only option it should work. I would have some way to monitor remotely just in case so you can resolve any issues promptly.

- fvineyard

[gablay12]

Pls. note that if your land lord is a little familiar with computers he will be well aware of who are connected to the wifi.

Besides this you may use electrical wires as internet transmitter.