Mobile broadband - can this be made wireless through a router / access point?

Question

If I sign up to mobile broadband, T-Mobile or Three. Am I somehow able to plug this into a wireless router or a wireless access point? They are USB connections.

Hi,

I don't think I explained myself properly. Here is my problem.

I am having HUGE trouble getting a BT land line installed (which I need to have in orer to get internet). I have noticed that T-mobile and 3 have started providing broadband internet using a mobile USB modem. As this is mobile internet it would mean that I wouldn't need a fixed line and it could potentially save me money and the need to deal with the awful BT.
I would like to know if I can plug this modem into a wireless router, or a wi-fi acces point so that I can use this connection by multiple computers, wirelessly around my house. Even though the mobile internet is obviously mobile, I don't intend on ever moving it and would like to use wi-fi in the house.
Is this possible? Can I somehow make the mobile modem wireless (in terms of a normal wireless network) by buying an access point or router. Do wireless routers have USB inputs and then transmit this via wireless?

Would this router work?

http://www.trustedreviews.com/networking/news/2004/08/23/OvisLink-Reveals-Wireless-Router-with-Four-USB-Ports/p1

Answer 1

Hi, there are two answers to your question.

1) No. If you use the USB device only one computer at a time can be connected to its connection. There is no router that can connect to a USB Internet device and share a Internet connection.

2) Yes. If you tell the phone company you want the PCMCIA card instead of the USB device then there are routers you can connect the card into to share the Internet. Check out the link .

http://www.dlink.com/products/category.asp?cid=108&sec=1

Answer 2

Your question doen't make much sense, but I'm going to take a stab at it.

There are 2 ways to ger wirelless Internet access while on the road with your laptop:

The first and oldest involves using the WiFi (also known as IEEE 802.11x) card that comes in most newer laptops. With older laptops, you would have to use an external plug-in adapter for WiFi. You go to a place where there is a WiFi Hotspot and access the Internet from there. You will probably have to pay a nominal fee per block of time for this service. Examples of places that have Hotspots are most Starbucks and Barnes and Noble stores. Employees at those locations can give you information, usually in the form of a printed brochure, on how to use the WiFi there.

The second, newest, and most versatile and convenient, method of using broadband access on the road is by purchasing what is known as a cell-network broadband adapter from your cell phone provider. This adapter can be a PMCCIA card or a USB adapter, that plugs into the appropriate port. With this service, you will have to sign up for monthly service from the cell phone provider, and, depending on the features you sign up for, will run about $60.00/month. The advantage of this service is that you don't need to find a Hotspot; instead, you can go online from anywhere where cell phone service can be found. Also, you don't have to pay those per-usage fees that tend to nickel and dime you to death. Even though the monthly fee looks a bit steep, if you tend to use the Internet a lot, this kind of service can end up being a lot more economical in the long run than using WiFi Hotspots.

Using WiFi has the advantage that there is no long-term commitment, and if you don't have credit, hou can pay-as-you-go using your debit card. You can also use it at home if you have a wireless router hooked up to your DSL or Cable modem.

You can use the cell network wireless adapter anywhere, without the need for any additional hardware.

Good hunting!

Answer 3

Hello,

(ANS) The answer is No! definitely NOT. why? because mobile phone internet access and internet access via a wireless router and phone line use completely different radio frequencies and data packet sizes in order to form a connection and thus send and receive data.

**Wireless routers only provide connectivity locally using IEEE standards of 802.11b & 802.11g modulation types and run at 2.4Giga Hrtz. Wireless is designed for relatively short distances a few meters upto about 300meters i.e. to the bottom of a large suburban garden and not much more.

**Mobile phones on the other hand use completely different radio frequencies to wireless internet routers and as far as my knowledge goes the two cannot be joined together or used together as yet.

**DON'T confuse WMAX or WiFi hot spots which provide web access with mobile phone internet access they are different and separate.

**Also don't confuse VOIP with mobile phone calls again its different.

**YES! you can made VOIP calls via a wireless router using something like SKYPE software.

Hope that helps?

Ivan

(computer veteran, MCSE trained).

Answer 4

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