Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread sammy ominsky
Hi, As a follow-up to Geoff's post the other day about using one of the cell providers' offerings for home internet access, I thought I'd post this device... http://www.option.com/en/products/products/wireless-routers/x1/about/#start A cell-to-wifi/ethernet router. I'd buy one if they wer

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:08:18AM +0200, sammy ominsky wrote: As a follow-up to Geoff's post the other day about using one of the cell providers' offerings for home internet access, I thought I'd post this device... Thanks, I was wondering if there was such a thing. I was going to ask, but

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread sammy ominsky
On 17/02/2009, at 11:41, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: including service and modem. They now require an 18-month contract, and the small print says traffic is unlimited from a mobile computer. Ok, does that mobile computer have to be moving? Can I get a cheap laptop and sit it on a she

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
> I wonder if one can hack a WiFi router with a custom linux distro to do > it, had a USB port? Is there such a thing as a Linksys newer version > of the WRT54GL with a USB port? > I just bought a D-Link DIR-320: 300 NIS, Wifi, USB printer server, runs all the Linux firmware. I'm so happy that I m

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:20:39PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: I just bought a D-Link DIR-320: 300 NIS, Wifi, USB printer server, runs all the Linux firmware. I'm so happy that I made it a cake. What kind? More importantly, where did you buy it? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerus

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:06:32PM +0200, sammy ominsky wrote: But for streaming video you have to be sitting at the computer! I have files I can put on a USB key and plug into the DVD player connected tot he TV in the public areas of the house instead of inviting everyone into my office

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
>> I just bought a D-Link DIR-320: 300 NIS, Wifi, USB printer server, >> runs all the Linux firmware. I'm so happy that I made it a cake. > > What kind? > Imaginary chocolate. The daughter did the imaginary mixing and imaginary baking, to be honest. > More importantly, where did you buy it? > ht

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:36:10PM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: But for streaming video you have to be sitting at the computer! I have files I can put on a USB key and plug into the DVD player connected tot he TV in the public areas of the house instead of inviting everyone into my

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 01:15:37PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Imaginary chocolate. The daughter did the imaginary mixing and imaginary baking, to be honest. Sounds, good, although I prefer real ones. :-) More importantly, where did you buy it? http://www.logicpc.co.il/heb/itdetail.aspx?ico

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
> Just to amplify that, the things I watch, I can't watch with my kids > around. They won't sit still for dialog and want me to change the channel, > make them something to eat, etc. > Dialog in pr0n? I hate that! > The only way I can watch them if they are home, is on the computer, with > a set

Re: Cell net use at home

2009-02-17 Thread Amos Shapira
2009/2/17 sammy ominsky : > Hi, > > As a follow-up to Geoff's post the other day about using one of the cell > providers' offerings for home internet access, I thought I'd post this > device... > > http://www.option.com/en/products/products/wireless-routers/x1/about/#start > > A cell-to-wifi/ethern