Will I cope without Wi-Fi

[bc1979]

Where my drive is situated I can’t get a Wi-Fi signal at all from my house, I have looked at getting an extender but it seems like whatever the option is that will work would set me back a few hundred quid and quite frankly I would rather not spend it.

My question is will I suffer too much if my car doesn’t have a Wi-Fi signal for updates? As I understand I will be notified in the app when an update is due and I would be able to hotspot my phone to download it?

 

[teaston]

The updates will download over 4G. Nav map updates require wifi, but you can always hotspot to your phone for that, and they come out less than once a year!

 

[Tam]

...As I understand I will be notified in the app when an update is due and I would be able to hotspot my phone to download it?

Yes.

Your cat will run fine without wifi but it might become obsolete such as old map...

If there's a recall, Tesla will do it for free without paying for the connection fee either.

 

[WannabeOwner]

Will you need the Premium Connectivity subscription, in order to be able to warm the car from the APP (if you don't have WiFi at home)?

I don't know the answer, but that's £100+ a year (unless you were planning to buy that anyway, for its other benefits)

 

[Mr H]

Will you need the Premium Connectivity subscription, in order to be able to warm the car from the APP (if you don't have WiFi at home)?

I don't know the answer, but that's £100+ a year (unless you were planning to buy that anyway, for its other benefits)

You don't need premium connectivity to pre-condition the car, regardless of whether it's connected to wi-fi or not

 

[teaston]

Will you need the Premium Connectivity subscription, in order to be able to warm the car from the APP (if you don't have WiFi at home)?

I don't know the answer, but that's £100+ a year (unless you were planning to buy that anyway, for its other benefits)

Premium connectivity is not needed for remote app functions, apart from viewing the sentry cameras iirc.

 

[pgkevet]

If you have a charger where is it located and is there a 3-pin socket outside somewhere or can one be added to the charger wiring? If so then a cheapo pair of powerline adapters does the job - just pop the thing in a weatherproof case. You could even go silly and hang one out of an upstairs window wrapped in a couple of plastic bags for the ultimate heath-robinson solution...

 

[WannabeOwner]

You don't need premium connectivity to pre-condition the car, regardless of whether it's connected to wi-fi or not

Thanks. Hopefully O/Ps driveway has mobile reception

 

[bc1979]

If you have a charger where is it located and is there a 3-pin socket outside somewhere or can one be added to the charger wiring? If so then a cheapo pair of powerline adapters does the job - just pop the thing in a weatherproof case. You could even go silly and hang one out of an upstairs window wrapped in a couple of plastic bags for the ultimate heath-robinson solution...

I do have power out in the garage yes. Aren’t power line adaptors there to enable you to get an Ethernet socket out there, do they provide a Wi-Fi signal too?

 

[teaston]

I do have power out in the garage yes. Aren’t power line adaptors there to enable you to get an Ethernet socket out there, do they provide a Wi-Fi signal too?

You can get powerline adapters with built in wifi, or you can get normal ones and plug a wifi router into it.

 

[Tony Hoyle]

If the garage is on its own circuit (as they commonly are) powerline might not work.

 

[Jason71]

get any Samsung Galaxy S model then you can stand halfway between your car and house and use it as a bridge to connect the car to the wifi to get the updates faster without wasting your data

 

[pgkevet]

You can get powerline adapters with built in wifi, or you can get normal ones and plug a wifi router into it.

Indeed...it's what I use - wifi and ethernet for under £40 simples.

 

[RedMod3]

Where my drive is situated I can’t get a Wi-Fi signal at all from my house, I have looked at getting an extender but it seems like whatever the option is that will work would set me back a few hundred quid and quite frankly I would rather not spend it.

My question is will I suffer too much if my car doesn’t have a Wi-Fi signal for updates? As I understand I will be notified in the app when an update is due and I would be able to hotspot my phone to download it?

Can you run a CAT5/6 cable from your router to somewhere near the car? I bought one of these for my garage. Vigor AP810 DrayTek Managed Wireless N Access Point with PoE & 5 Ethernet Ports 5053118043259 | eBay