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Date:  Wed, 08 Sep 2004 22:06:14 -0400
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Verizon or Nextel wireless

Hi, Mark. I'd be willing to take a crack at it (after Warpstock!) to see 
if the Qualcomm-based card from Verizon can be accessed using the 
standard OS/2 USB modem driver. Funny; I think you actually got two 
correct answers from the crew at Verizon: on the one hand, the driver 
for the PCMCIA card may be "Windows-only," while on the other, the modem 
driver may be completely generic (e.g., serial emulation only). I think 
the challenge from the OS/2 side would be to get the card recognized as 
a PCMCIA USB device. Once that part of the hurdle is over, getting the 
serial ports visible should be a much simpler affair.

All of the above said, I have had absolutely no experience with this 
hardware whatsoever. In fact, ironically, the only platform on which 
I've had any cellular data experience is PalmOS, and there, only as a 
user, not a hacker.

On 09/06/2004 03:51 pm, Mark Abramowitz thus wrote :

>I want to be able to access the internet from my laptop on the road, using
>my wireless provider.  Currently, I'm with Nextel, but they tell me
>"Windows only", and so does the the Motorola website, which makes their
>PCMCIA card.
>
>I may switch to Verizon - 1 person at a Verizon store told me Windows
>only, another said no proprietary software required.
>
>The PCMCIA card I would use under Verizon is an AirPrime 5220.  I found
>some information about the ability to use it under Linux at 
>http://www.ka9q.net/5220.html.
>
>Has anyone had any success with wireless internet under OS/2 or
>eComstation?  If not, anyone have any informed opinions as to whether or
>not I can get this to work under Verizon?  I'm willing to make some
>effort, but don't have a lot of expertise.
>
>TIA.
>
>  
>

-- 
Lewis
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