From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.100.23]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTPSA id 1903987 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 31 May 2008 00:05:22 -0400 Message-ID: <4840CE82.4030704@2rosenthals.com> Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 00:05:22 -0400 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080326 SeaMonkey/1.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Faster internet for some, at a price. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 05/29/08 01:41 pm, Chuck McKinnis thus wrote : > Carl Gehr wrote: >> On Thu, 29 May 2008 11:21:19 -0600, Chuck McKinnis wrote: >> >>> Neil Waldhauer wrote: >>>> I found this wireless router that works with a cell phone data >>>> plan. If you >>>> want pretty fast access, and don't mind paying more, this could be >>>> the answer. >>>> >>>> http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=525 >>>> >>>> Since it's just a wireless router, it ought to work with all >>>> operating systems. >>>> >>>> Neil >>> I think I would prefer one that also has a RJ45 WAN port that could >>> be used to connect to an existing access service (DSL, microwave, >>> cable, etc) as well. >> >> An earlier quick look at the description says that it is a '4-port' >> router... But, possibly I mis-read the specs. >> >> Carl > > If you look at the picture of the back of the unit, you will see 4 LAN > ports, but no WAN port. > LinkSys makes a UMTS unit (works with Sprint and a couple other carriers - now, but was originally designed for Sprint). It takes the Sprint PC card in a slot, and then distributes that via Wi-Fi and via a 4-port router. Beware, however, as VPN connections and other "must-be-connected-full-time" services simply do not work well with these things, even when coupled with a "real" VPN router behind it, as the wireless broadband is subject to the same turbulence as cell phone transmissions (worse, in some cases). In the LinkSys situation, it was a $300+ experiment which didn't work out; we ended up using Skycasters for commercial grade 768Kbps/256Kbps satellite (which works quite well on this particular construction trailer). All that glitters... -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com Warpstock - Santa Cruz, CA, Aug 15-17, 2008 www.warpstock.org -------------------------------------------------------------