X-Account-Key: account1 X-UIDL: 145418 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 5.1.3 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: List-Archive: Precedence: list Message-ID: Reply-To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Sender: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" From: "Al Heath" Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:52:15 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; Boundary="0__=09BBF929DFCF8D028f9e8a93df938690918c09BBF929DFCF8D02" Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Recommendations for small wireless bridge for using Vonage ATA while travelling --0__=09BBF929DFCF8D028f9e8a93df938690918c09BBF929DFCF8D02 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable >>** Reply to message from "Al Heath" on >>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:23:35 -0600 >> For what it's worth, I've used a NetGear 101 Bridge that connects to= the >> WAN side of the router. When the 1st computer connects via the rout= er thru >> the bridge to the hotel network, the terms and conditions page appea= rs and >> I accept. Then any device that also plugs in via that router gets access >> automatically as the hotel sees the router's mac address and knows i= t has >> been agreed to for that day. >This sounds interesting. I looked at the NetGear web site but could n= ot see >it. What is the model number? >Robert Blair I've had my setup for a few years. They likely have different model numbers now. Anyway, this is the bridge I've used. It had great range... I could ge= t 1000 feet in clear areas. Downside is it need AC power, but the Vonage= adapter does too, so no big deal for me. For the routers on my side of= the bridge, I've used both a old standard Vonage router based on the linksy= s router (1 wan port, 1 phone port, and 3 ethernet ports) and also have u= sed other routers behind my bridge too if I wanted to use my own private wireless network as a subnet from the hotel. Here is just one old review I could find by googling on the WGE101: Al H= --0__=09BBF929DFCF8D028f9e8a93df938690918c09BBF929DFCF8D02 Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

>>** Reply to message from "A= l Heath" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> on >>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:23:35 -0600
>> For what it's worth, I've used a NetGear 101 Bridge that c= onnects to the >> WAN side of the router. When the 1st computer connects v= ia the router thru >> the bridge to the hotel network, the terms and conditions page= appears and >> I accept. Then any device that also plugs in via that ro= uter gets access >> automatically as the hotel sees the router's mac address and k= nows it has >> been agreed to for that day.
>This sounds interesting. I looked at the NetGear web site= but could not see >it. What is the model number? >Robert Blair
I've had my setup for a few years. They likely have different= model numbers now.

Anyway, this is the bridge I've used. It had great range... I= could get 1000 feet in clear areas. Downside is it need AC power= , but the Vonage adapter does too, so no big deal for me. For the= routers on my side of the bridge, I've used both a old standard Vonage= router based on the linksys router (1 wan port, 1 phone port, and 3 et= hernet ports) and also have used other routers behind my bridge too if = I wanted to use my own private wireless network as a subnet from the ho= tel.

Here is just one old review I could find by googling on the WGE101:=
<http://www.trustedre= views.com/networking/review/2004/08/24/Netgear-WGE101-Wireless-Ethernet= -Bridge/p1>

Al H= --0__=09BBF929DFCF8D028f9e8a93df938690918c09BBF929DFCF8D02--