Connecting a 3 BB USB Modem to a router

Torqueamada

Is it possible to connect one of those 3 BB Modems to a wireless router?

They're only twenty quid a month after the initial purchase, one eighth of what I'm paying for my 3 MB Eircom connection.

If I could hook it up to a wireless router to keep the network going in the house, that would be ideal.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

AlmightyCushion

Just a word of warning. With 3's service the speed depends on the amount of people on the cell. The more people the slower everyone's speeds get. And after a certain amount (I think it's 20 or 25) they stop people accessing it. So if you get consistently decent speeds with eircom you might want to stay with them.

Torqueamada

Thanks for the heads up.

I wouldn't have made a purchase without seeing it in action first, anyway.

By the way, it's a quarter of the cost, not one eighth; I get very excitable in public fora.

Does anyone know if it's possible to integrate it into a wireless network?

Cheers n' all.

Stephen

Beware the traffic limit too. Go over it and they'll take you to the cleaners.

irlrobins

I don't know of any router that allows input via USB, only RJ-45,RJ-11.

Moving to Net/Comms

Steoob

why do you want to hook it up to a router i thought the whole point was that its totally portable throughout most of the country?

Capt'n Midnight

irlrobins wrote:

I don't know of any router that allows input via USB, only RJ-45,RJ-11.

Moving to Net/Comms

Some routers will take 3G PCMCIA cards - anyone got any names of them ?


USB means you have to run from a computer or other intelligent device, you could possibly use ICS ( internet connection sharing ) but it's not pretty and a router would be a much better solution if you can manage it somehow.

Steoob wrote:

why do you want to hook it up to a router i thought the whole point was that its totally portable throughout most of the country?

for one routers act like a firewall

another reason is that you can share the connection to other computers

Urban Weigl

Search for "3g router" on elara.ie, you'll find a couple. The Linksys one, which costs about €165 including VAT but excluding delivery, supports the Huawei PCMCIA cards that Vodafone and 3 use, e.g. Huawei E618, 620 and 630. In addition, it also supports a wide variety of 3G PCMCIA cards from other manufacturers such as Option, Novatel, etc.

Torqueamada

Thanks for the info.

My main reason for doing this is the cost saving.

I don't really need net access on the go, but I suppose I'd use it if I had it.

Thanks again.

Capt'n Midnight

Urban Weigl wrote:

Search for "3g router" on elara.ie, you'll find a couple. The Linksys one, which costs about €165 including VAT but excluding delivery, supports the Huawei PCMCIA cards that Vodafone and 3 use, e.g. Huawei E618, 620 and 630. In addition, it also supports a wide variety of 3G PCMCIA cards from other manufacturers such as Option, Novatel, etc.

Thanks