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Hey guys.

I have a remotely located RPI running an application that I want to connect to the internet/cloud but I have no phone line.
I got hold of a Pocket-wifi 'router' to provide internet access via the 3g network so the RPI can then connect to the internet/cloud through a wifi dongle to the Pocket-wifi. This is all working fine.

Trouble is, the RPI is mounted in a position that's hard to get to, so I'd also need to SSH to the RPI on occasion when I'm on site for maintenance etc. I've got a windows laptop connecting to the Pocket-wifi as well, but the Pocket-wifi looks like its not allowing my laptop to SSH to the RPI through it, and it doesnt look like it has any config options to allow it.

I was wondering, is there another way of setting up this network whilst not upsetting the RPI connecting to the cloud?
Is there some kind of ad-hoc setup that would be better suited that would involve installing or configuring something on the RPI?

Cheers.
Scasca

Take a look at Weaved IoT.

Your problem may be that your 3G provider doesn't support such "inward access" rather than a config issue on the pocket 3G-WiFi.

Do as Dougie suggested.

Hi! How you were able to create a local network of multiple RPIs using a pocket wifi dongle? Can you please present a step by step procedure?

I am intended to create a local network composed of 6 RPIs. I'll be using only one pocket wifi dongle. Each RPI will accumulate data from their own sensor and create a datafile every 5 minutes. Also, each RPI will send its datafile every 5 minutes. There must be an automatic mechanism that will transfer those datafiles to specified folder in my laptop's desktop even when I am miles away from the location of RPIs. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON HOW SHOULD I WORK ON THIS? THANK YOU