BrandMeister Hotspot Security Password setup for DMR

BrandMeister has made available the option to use Hotspot Security, this is a method to use a custom password for your connection to BrandMeister, to ensure that nobody else can connect  a hotspot to BrandMeister using your hotspot (or repeater) ID.

Pi-Star Hotspot setup full tutorial for beginners!

Step 1 – Configure or create/add your BrandMeister Hotspot Password to the Brandmeister.network website :

visit
https://brandmeister.network/

Login

    Connect to the Brandmeister dashboard
    Click your callsign at the top right
    Click “SelfCare”
    Turn on “Hotspot Security” and define and enter a password
    Write it down
    Click “save”

Step 2 – Configure Pi-Star or Openspot with your Hotspot Security Password:

Pi-star instructions: 
Head to the configuration page on Pi-Star, assuming your hotspot is accessible by wifi or ethernet.

In the configuration tab page under DMR section, you will now find the HotSpot Security field, if you are using Expert tab, under DMRGateway tab this will be shown as “BM Hotspot Security”:

    Set your password (the same one you used in the BrandMeister
    Selfcare website page) and press apply.
    You are all set, using Hotspot Security.

Please then add the update/created password to each hotspot;  pi-star unit or Openspot  


By Not doing the password change or setup:

If you choose to not do this you will be using the generic password assigned “PASSWORD” from the DMR hosts file and the unit or hotspot is NOT a secured hotspot or repeater.  This same generic password is used by more than 100,000++ user access into Brandmeister.   As of 2021 this will be LOCKED OUT of Brandmeister using the generic shared password.

Maybe we all love to bitch about things, this is all a problem, too much trouble, blah, blah.   But this is a one (1) time custom password setting to make “YOUR” connection to Brandmeister unique and secure.  “yippie”

“this is truly a great/fantastic thing to do”

VE3WZW.net (QRZ)

How to Setup Your Brandmeister Hotspot Security Password
Pi-star instructions: 

 

Openspot Hotspot setup full tutorial for beginners!

Openspot instructions: