3G broadband + router

TheBazman

Hi all

I was at my brother in laws at the weekend and he was asking is it possible to get a separate modem to say put in the attic and plug his 3G broadband dongle into this and then just connect up wirelessly downstairs on his laptop. He has a very poor reception downstairs but if he goes up to the attic it is very strong. Would this be a standard router (if it is possible)? He asked in a few shops but they didnt know.

Cheers

v10

TheBazman wrote: »

Hi all

I was at my brother in laws at the weekend and he was asking is it possible to get a separate modem to say put in the attic and plug his 3G broadband dongle into this and then just connect up wirelessly downstairs on his laptop. He has a very poor reception downstairs but if he goes up to the attic it is very strong. Would this be a standard router (if it is possible)? He asked in a few shops but they didnt know.

Cheers

Yes you can get a wireless router that takes your 3G USB Modem .. PM'd you where to get one.

brianwalshcork

Hi V10,

Can you post or PM the info please?

Thanks,
Brian

bren2002

+1 please. I was thinking of setting up a small home server as a gateway for the Wii, netradio and OH's PC but if I can avoid that hassle it would be great.

v10

brianwalshcork wrote: »

Hi V10,

Can you post or PM the info please?

Thanks,
Brian

PM'd you

v10

bren2002 wrote: »

+1 please. I was thinking of setting up a small home server as a gateway for the Wii, netradio and OH's PC but if I can avoid that hassle it would be great.

PM'd you too ...

swingking

You wouldn't mind letting me in on the secret

bren2002

Edimax 3G-6200WG 3G Router available from a number of Irish high street outlets. Obviously haven't tried it yet though.

TheBazman

Cheers for that

Dr. Nick

Is the Dovado on the sticky not a better alternative?

watty

I prefer the Dlink, Nextgear and Linksys...
The Dlink DIR450/DIR451 worked well for me.

I tested those three on 3G, but the Dovado I tested was a PCMCIA version not on 3G. If Dovado want to send me their current model and suitable USB modem with Subscription to O2 (because I tested the others on O2) I can review it


The Solwise is cheap. But I have no idea how well it works.

It depends what you want. I'd use an old PC or Laptop with Linux if I wanted features and spending less money.

Dovado was a pretty tiny outfit till they started doing 3G versions of their routers, oringinally intended for more obscure systems such as iBurst, IPW, Flash-OFDM etc.

Dovado support is good.

But most people getting a consumer product shouldn't need support.

ikon

I am using solwise. Does the Job. No issues.