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Originally Posted by Chiggins
1.) If I do not have internet on the wifi? Will the thing still control a plug over the wifi from my router? Like a smart plug or thinking about having some cameras. For anyone with small kids, kids running around all around the camper I lose sight of them. It is just me being single dad. Trying to keep the kids especially my 3 year old in sight can be a task especially when trying to cook. 3 kids is like "herding cats"
2.) Do people find it worth wild thing to have in the camper?
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I've brought one of our dozen Echo Dot's in ours. A FireStickTV comes along too.
I'm pretty doggone sure you must have Internet for anything to work. Alexa sends your voice back to the AWS servers for processing. I could be wrong, but I also do some Alexa Skills coding in my spare time and -- for those to work, you need Internet.
Having the Dot in the camper, frankly - not all that useful. Not as useful as having Alexa in the house. I've been thinking about writing some skills that would be specific for the camper.
But right now, having a constant Internet connection in our RV is the problem. Out here there are plenty of places to lose connectivity.
And - I gotta say "Thank you for stepping up and being a Dad for your kids." Sometimes calling someone "Dad" is the highest praise we can give.
You're a great Dad!