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Using Mobile Broadband modems for wireless network

Toons · 2008-05-02 18:41:02

I'm wondering if anybody could advise me if is is possible to use the mobile broadband modems such as the ones by 3 or O2 with a wireless router to set up a wireless network? I was thinking that by using a USB2 to RJ45 adapter, this could provide the input to the router and allow the network to operate. Is this possible?

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02-05-2008 7:41pm

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Toons

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I'm wondering if anybody could advise me if is is possible to use the mobile broadband modems such as the ones by 3 or O2 with a wireless router to set up a wireless network?
I was thinking that by using a USB2 to RJ45 adapter, this could provide the input to the router and allow the network to operate. Is this possible?

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#2 03-05-2008 4:40pm
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I've seen linksys routers doing this with 3g pcmcia cards. Doing a quick search I see nothing about usb mobile broadband modems being supported. I doubt they will support them, the whole driver issue thing with different manufactuers of modems etc...
You won't be able to use the modem with a standard router either using a usb to rj45 adapter, there would be no software to run the modem set user name password etc...

here's a link to the dlink products.
clicky

and here's linksys
clicky

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