yErMoTH3r November 16, 2011 Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder November 16, 2011 Just got the usb dongle - still testing billed as no speed cap down / 1.5Mbps up unlimited data usage 1789Kb down 317Kb up 67ms to CHI from where I'm sitting at the moment...win7 $50/mo fwiw, current sprint card $60/mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4N1K November 17, 2011 Share P4N1K Member November 17, 2011 (edited) What exactly is the back end for something like that? Are they using just satellite or a satellite/radio antenna system? I'm presuming the latter because there is no way a purely satellite link could get that fast up/downs. Edited November 17, 2011 by P4N1K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling November 17, 2011 Share samurai nightling Member November 17, 2011 (edited) WiMAX Edited November 17, 2011 by samurai nightling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4N1K November 17, 2011 Share P4N1K Member November 17, 2011 TIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samurai nightling November 17, 2011 Share samurai nightling Member November 17, 2011 TIL Sorry, don't know what this means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters November 17, 2011 Share stutters GC Alumni November 17, 2011 TIL = today i learned. for example: TIL what TIL means, or TIL I can Google the definition of almost anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4N1K November 17, 2011 Share P4N1K Member November 17, 2011 TIL what TIL means Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazz November 18, 2011 Share Shazz Member November 18, 2011 TIL Just want to soak up the cool factor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazz November 18, 2011 Share Shazz Member November 18, 2011 Btw the WiMAX is amazing tech stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage November 18, 2011 Share ZeroDamage Member November 18, 2011 Just got the usb dongle - still testing billed as no speed cap down / 1.5Mbps up unlimited data usage 1789Kb down 317Kb up 67ms to CHI from where I'm sitting at the moment...win7 $50/mo fwiw, current sprint card $60/mo With 67ms it sounds like you could game on it. Have you tried it out in game yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters November 18, 2011 Share stutters GC Alumni November 18, 2011 ime, you can't game on it. i had clear for travel, but i tried to use it as an at-home replacement to hsi cable. wasn't reliable enough for that, but great for travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawk November 18, 2011 Share mohawk Member November 18, 2011 ime, you can't game on it. i had clear for travel, but i tried to use it as an at-home replacement to hsi cable. wasn't reliable enough for that, but great for travel. ime u r a db how's tx? let me know when you're back in chi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters November 18, 2011 Share stutters GC Alumni November 18, 2011 ime u r a db how's tx? let me know when you're back in chi g1 m8! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r November 20, 2011 Author Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder November 20, 2011 Oh she's being a pain to get working under linux...I'm using fedora16 and kernel 3.1 got the developers pack (haha from sprint) and got the kernel module running a-ok (lights and everything on the usb device) ...but i cant see any towers...so i cant connect - who knows what auth issues ill run across down this road of discovery grrr - about as bad as getting the sprint card working many years ago, but i accomplished that...still grrr and my eeepc is getting bored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters November 21, 2011 Share stutters GC Alumni November 21, 2011 another sound argument for linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX November 22, 2011 Share NOFX Member November 22, 2011 I got Tmobiles 4G. At my office I'm getting anywhere from 5-7Mps down and not sure about my up. 500kbps? Maybe 1Mbps? I also have a sub 60 ping. Too bad I don't even get service in my apartment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r November 25, 2011 Author Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder November 25, 2011 fanbois gotta fan Max downlink says 6000kbps sustained and uplink is 500kbps sustained...from where I'm sitting After adding a Hawking HAI15SC 15db corner directional antenna - ping is to CHI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r November 30, 2011 Author Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder November 30, 2011 This is now setup as an AP via my eeepc701 serving up the unfiltered interwebs at the office via hostapd, dhcpd, and iptables. MIssion(s) Accomplished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r December 5, 2011 Author Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder December 5, 2011 awww someone nuked my hi folder under public_html :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters December 5, 2011 Share stutters GC Alumni December 5, 2011 awww someone nuked my hi folder under public_html :-( what'd you say, "fanbois gotta fan" or something? kidding, obvi. mohawk fatty did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler December 5, 2011 Share boiler Member December 5, 2011 Parts of this thread may as well have been written in a foreign language to me. Nerds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage December 6, 2011 Share ZeroDamage Member December 6, 2011 So let me ask this again of yermother: Can you game on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4N1K December 6, 2011 Share P4N1K Member December 6, 2011 So let me ask this again of yermother: Can you game on it? I'm guessing no since hes running linux. unless of course he has wine installed *shudders* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r December 8, 2011 Author Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder December 8, 2011 1) I have no FPS games installed on my new rig...not a one 2) It's a usb dongle - but see #1 3) Wouldn't touch wine - beer and whiskey for sure :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yErMoTH3r January 2, 2014 Author Share yErMoTH3r GC Founder January 2, 2014 Got this working natively with IPFire http://forum.ipfire.org/index.php?topic=9595.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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