From: "Ed Durrant" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:08:20 +1100
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Aircard
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Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:24:48 -0500 "Stan Sidlov" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
>   
>> fwiw Sony Errison phones almost all tether with a $10-15 internet plan and a $3 cable. SE's PC Suite v6 has USB Ethernet driver function bypassing the *99 dial-in which will give you whatever HSPDA speed in your area.... see: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r23168168-ATT-SE-tether-near-1mb-speed-test-wnew-drivers  Doubtful it would work under emulation in OS/2.....
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Jeffrey Race <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's a PC card format, not USB, and I plan to use on
>> WXP or W2K natively or virtualized, on the GSM
>> network in Thailand. I can get EDGE for $15 per month
>> there.  Can't afford a data plan in the USA !
>>
>> If some PC card would work on OS/2 so much the better.
>> jr
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:11:28 -0700, Andy Willis wrote:>Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>     
>>>> Hi, Jeff...>> On 11/05/09 09:49 pm, Jeffrey Race thus wrote :
>>>>         
>>>>> Looking to buy something that will work on GSM and
>>>>> EDGE, may be Sierra 860 or 881.   Can anyone offer
>>>>> comments/hints/comparisons?
>>>>>           
>>>> IIRC, Steve Levine mentioned to me that he knew of a card which worked
>>>> under OS/2. I don't know if that unit is still marketed, nor do I know
>>>> how readily available the drivers may be.
>>>>         
>>> If this is the USB device that he helped someone with getting the driver
>>> to work (I can't think of the name at all right now) then the card
>>> hasn't been marketed in several years I think (may still work if you can
>>> find one).
>>> Ahh, google provides the answer of who in the form of the archives (Mark
>>> Abramowitz):
>>>
>>> <http://mail.2rosenthals.com:8100/Lists/os2-wireless_users/Message/1940.html?altLanguage=>
>>> This was from 2006 and as I recall the drivers may have been done for
>>> some time prior to that... in fact from the Sierra site:
>>>
>>> *AirCard 580 PC Card
>>> *Discontinued December 2006, supported until December 2008
>>>
>>> It may still work on some networks... maybe Sprint as I saw something
>>> about their broadband having used it (its an EVDO card apparently).
>>> I think to get the drivers one had to send an email to Mark.
>>> I am not aware of any cards that work directly with OS.2, though some
>>> phones might be able to be tethered and used like a modem as I
>>> understand it.
>>>       
>
> In the interim, or at least until we get a new USB stack to enable (better) connecting to handheld devices, perhaps an ethernet bridge device, such as this one, might be in order: http://www.resultcompany.nl/gprs/gprs.php ? Just a WAG...
> ___
> Lewis G Rosenthal
> Rosenthal a Rosenthal, LLC
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>
>   
That ad specifically states that it is only supported under XP, so it is 
a software based solution. If you are looking for alternatives to 
connect to a 3G network via Ethernet (and as so a hardware, OS platform 
independent solution), there are the "home 3G modems" that enable 
ethernet and in some cases POTS telephone as well from a smallish box 
external from the PC.  I would not call this "portable: however.

http://www.virginmobile.com.au/broadband/home-phone-broadband/

Tethering using a mobile phone (and a telco service that allows it - 
apparently often blocked in the US for some reason) and a capable 3G 
phone connected via USB as a serial comms device is probably the 
simplest way to go. See my article from a few years back on voice on how 
to do this using Injoy dialer.

http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0606H/feature_1.html

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Ed

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