sharing mobile broadband access

[Arthur Amendt]

If you stick your Rogers stick into a computer running Ubuntu 9.04 John
Lewis has a good how-to
here<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/howto_share_mobile_broadband_ubuntu_using_only_gui>
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/howto_share_mobile_broadband_ubuntu_using_only_gui

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Ralph Pichie <thevillagegeek at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have a Rogers rocket stick (ZTE 535) for mobile broadband access
> from my current, temporary accommodation. I want to setup a temporary
> office there for a week or two and would like to share access among
> two or three computers, one a netbook running Ubuntu, the other dual
> boot desktop running XP or Ubuntu.
>
> There are two options, a) get a minimal Rogers cable service going,
> with the wait, installation fee and cancellation issues that implies,
> or b) figure out how to share my mobile broadband connection using the
> equipment that I have or can reasonably afford to buy.
> (I suppose that Rogers other portable option, the portable modem,
> might be a third choice, but switching has it's own complications. DSL
> will not work, and there are no open wireless networks within range,
> unless you have a serious cantenna that you can lend me. Nor is
> Starbucks an option for work requiring phone calls.)
>
> I have a Linksys wired router that does not have a USB port. The
> mobile broadband routers that I see advertised are $200 or more,
> beyond what I want to pay for potentially limited use.
>
> Anybody have suggestions for getting the router I have (a few years
> old, but working last time i checked) to connect via a computer
> attached to my 'Rocket stick'? Failing that, any suggestions on
> finding a more affordable router that I could connect directly to the
> device? Failing that, how about an Arecibo-scale cantenna?
>
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