From: "Ed Durrant" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2597715 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:40:52 -0400 Received: from secmgr-va.2rosenthals.com ([162.83.95.194] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1OfgH4-0006Cn-LI for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:40:52 -0400 Received: from nschwqsrv02p.mx.bigpond.com ([61.9.189.234]:24834) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OfgH1-000802-2m for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:40:48 -0400 Received: from nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com ([58.165.144.208]) by nschwmtas06p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20100801212225.SQKV26010.nschwmtas06p.mx.bigpond.com@nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com> for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2010 21:22:25 +0000 Received: from [192.168.100.2] (really [58.165.144.208]) by nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20100801212225.DDZO16083.nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com@[192.168.100.2]> for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2010 21:22:25 +0000 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A02020A.4C55E9E0.00D0,ss=1,fgs=0 Message-ID: <4C55E664.2060206@durrant.mine.nu> Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:25:56 +1000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (OS/2/20090822) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] AP does not like client References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com from [58.165.144.208] using ID edward.durrant@bigpond.com at Sun, 1 Aug 2010 21:22:24 +0000 X-RPD-ScanID: Class unknown; VirusThreatLevel unknown, RefID str=0001.0A090207.4C55E591.019D,ss=1,fgs=0 Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > Greetings, all... > > I'm having a bit of fun with a new device, and I also have a shameless > plug to put forth... > > Many of you are familiar with Hautspot, LLC, our Wi-Fi hotspot > management company. On July 16, Hautspot, LLC > (http://www.hautspot.com) signed an agreement with Clearwire to become > the first Platinum Distributor for their CLEAR WiMAX broadband service > (http://www.clear.com) in the Washington, DC metro area. CLEAR is > marketed as 4G, which is a bit too "cell phone-like" for my taste, but > if you're familiar with the new HTC EVO 4G phone on Sprint, the 4G > data connection on the back end is arranged through CLEAR (Sprint is a > majority stockholder in Clearwire). > > How does this tie into my subject? > > One of CLEAR's devices is something called the CLEAR Spot. > Essentially, it's a WiMAX broadband router with a Wi-Fi AP in it. So, > up to 8 devices may connect over the air to it via 802.11b or g, and > its broadband connection is WiMAX, over the CLEAR network. The CLEAR > Spot 4G+ has the ability to switch to the 3G cellular network where 4G > coverage is not available. > > For some reason, I can't get my T43 with an Intel 2915abg card to > associate with the CLEAR Spot. In fact, on a T61 with a 4965agn card, > I can't even see the blasted AP (I am able to see it in a list of APs > on the T43, however). I'm not sure whether it's an OS/2-thing or a > hardware issue, as I broke my XP installation on the ThinkPad some > time ago, and haven't had the need to fix it (until now). > > So, the point is, I see the AP, and even with all encryption in the > device turned off, I cannot associate with it. Has anyone else seen > this type of behavior with any other AP, or with a CLEAR Spot 4G+? My > Pal Pre Plus connects without complaint, and my brother's Blackberry > Bold 9700 does the same. I'll test his T43, next, as our machines are > identical, and both running eCS 1.2R. > > TIA > If I understand correctly you are describing a device similar to the MyFi for 3G wireless (only this unit is WiMAX rather than 3G) - As we don't have WiMAX over here as yet, the best we have is Next-G (3.5G efferctively) still using cell phone technology but at "up to" 7.2Mb/s download link speed (more normally about 1.5Mb/s - which isn't bad on-the-road in any case). For this I use a Netcomm T1 mobile Wifi-N/3G-NextG router - that connects to the internet either via the Cell phone network or cabled via your ADSL/Cable modem. I can connect to this from either eCS or Windows XP at 54Mb/s (802.11G) but the XP machine (the only one with WiFi-N, cannot connect at N speeds). The Windows XP system is a Lenovo Thinkpad X200s. I wonder if you disable N speeds in your AP whether the systems will all connect at G speeds? As your WiMAX speed wont exceed 54Mb/s I guess, you're not losing anything by turning the router back to 802.11G. Just a suggestion. -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean.com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean.com/feed