Airport Express - Share Wireless Connection
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From: VAXman- on 28 Jun 2010 08:36 In article <fmmck-3DD96B.01171128062010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Fred McKenzie <fmmck(a)aol.com> writes: >In article <i08jfb$c6t$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Justin <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > >> Well genius, I asked the question first and in the interim I found a >> potential solution. > >Justin- > >You seem to be very intent on using your makeshift system. Think again. >You expect to pay a minimum of $15 a night for one Internet connection >that will be shared. At that rate, you will spend the monthly fee for >an AT&T, Verizon or Sprint USB Cellular Wireless card (or MiFi hotspot) >in about four nights. > >The USB Wireless Card can be used in a MacBook, which can also share the >connection over WiFi. My experience is that this method works, but not >as well as the MiFi Wireless Hotspot or using the USB Card with a >Cradlepoint WiFi router. (I have the Cradlepoint MBR-900.) > >For the rare occasion when you are out of the country, the USB Card >would incur a roaming fee, assuming it works in that particular country. >You should check with the wireless provider to see how much this might >cost. If less than $15 per night, it could still be the less expensive >solution. I have a Sprint Sierra Wireless ExpressCard I use with my MacBookPro. Last year, when in Montreal for a weekend concert photoshoot, I used my Sprint card instead of paying the hotel $10 for their WiFi. This turned out to be a bad move. The rate for the Sprint wireless there was much more than the $10 per day for the hotel wireless. Granted, I left the MBP streaming internet radio through the night but it was significantly pricier that the $10 per day hotel rate. I'm weary of paying hotel internet rates too until I've seen what I get for that fee. In most cases, I've found I get more bandwidth from my Sprint wireless than from the overloaded hotel internet connection. Also, beware that many of the hotel WiFi offerings only have ports 80 (http), 443 (https) and 53 (BIND) open. If you want to do more than surf the web, you may be screwed. I was recently in court as a witness. Anyone who has been to court knows that you can often sit for hours (or in my recent case, for 2 days) until you are called in to the witness seat. There was WiFi inside the courthouse, so I figured I could just work while I waited; however, the WiFi was limited to ports 80, 443, and 53. So, I walked outside, used my Sprint wireless card (service inside the complex was poor or blocked) and logged into a system back home. I setup ssh on port 443 and then went back inside, and used the courthouse WiFi for all that I needed by ssh-tunneling through my system at home. Just food for thought for you road warriors who may find yourself stuck with a similar WiFi scenario. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG
From: Justin on 28 Jun 2010 20:36 In article <260620101352373474%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <i05p0f$cbe$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Justin > <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > > > Is that more of a repeater than a router? > > If I get one off ebay which one should I get? > > I'm on a bit of a budget. > > only the 802.11n airport can bridge, but it's still not a complete > solution for what you want to do. Here is a video of what it is doing. Note the throughput graph on the edge of the macbook's screen. http://tinypic.com/r/2mecz93/6
From: Justin on 28 Jun 2010 23:14 On 06/28/2010 01:17 AM, Fred McKenzie wrote: > In article<i08jfb$c6t$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > >> Well genius, I asked the question first and in the interim I found a >> potential solution. > > Justin- > > You seem to be very intent on using your makeshift system. Think again. > You expect to pay a minimum of $15 a night for one Internet connection > that will be shared. At that rate, you will spend the monthly fee for > an AT&T, Verizon or Sprint USB Cellular Wireless card (or MiFi hotspot) > in about four nights. What is so makeshift about a Linksys WTR54gs? Or Saipido RB-1132? Both are products designed to share a connection like this. > > The USB Wireless Card can be used in a MacBook, which can also share the > connection over WiFi. My experience is that this method works, but not > as well as the MiFi Wireless Hotspot or using the USB Card with a > Cradlepoint WiFi router. (I have the Cradlepoint MBR-900.) I would need another wifi card - one to share and one to uplink to the WAP. That means I would havew to keep the laptop on at all times. > > For the rare occasion when you are out of the country, the USB Card > would incur a roaming fee, assuming it works in that particular country. > You should check with the wireless provider to see how much this might > cost. If less than $15 per night, it could still be the less expensive > solution. > > Fred Its not all that rare. The problem is the fact that the hotels are a wildcard. I have no idea what kind of infrastructure I'll be dealing with. We do have a satellite linkup for when we're really out in the sticks.
From: zit on 29 Jun 2010 04:58 On Jun 27, 6:08 am, Justin <jus...(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > On 06/26/2010 05:42 PM, nospam wrote: > > > it will do the reverse too, joining a wireless network and bridging it > > to ethernet. > > Which is unfortunately not what I need. Plug your mac into the wired port and let your mac do the sharing.
From: You on 29 Jun 2010 16:46
In article <i08o1b$u7q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Justin <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > On 06/27/2010 06:50 PM, AES wrote: > > In article > > <bite.me-A36F5E.16470627062010@[74.209.136.95.rev.gaoland.net]>, > > None of your business<bite.me(a)go.away.now> wrote: > > > >>> The problem is sometimes we travel internationally. > >> > >> Then you're screwed. Pay the hotel. > > > > Or get in touch with iPass Connect, which offers a kind of universal > > subscription service that gives you free acces to zillions of wireless, > > cabled and dial-in Internet services in hotels and public places all > > over the world. > > > > Stanford University's IT dept has a batch subscription to this; > > individual faculty members can participate for $10/month. It's worked > > for me at numerous locations in US, Europe, and Asia. > > Does Stanford have any openings? Hey Dufus, Your not smart enough to be accepted at Stanford..... |