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2009-09-22
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That reminds me - does the Maemo kernel support routing and does anyone know if the N900 can act as a WiFi access point?
If I can have the N900 AND carry an iPod around connected to it over WiFi, I could have the best of both worlds. I know you can do this on Windows Mobile albeit with commercial software. Linux however should be able to do it stock as long as the WiFi chipset driver supports the right mode.
Its not a deal breaker, but could be useful as you could then put the phone is the best place for reception and keep the laptop/ipod roaming, or share with several people at the same time.
If I can have the N900 AND carry an iPod around connected to it over WiFi, I could have the best of both worlds. I know you can do this on Windows Mobile albeit with commercial software. Linux however should be able to do it stock as long as the WiFi chipset driver supports the right mode.
Its not a deal breaker, but could be useful as you could then put the phone is the best place for reception and keep the laptop/ipod roaming, or share with several people at the same time.
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2009-09-23
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Originally Posted by Faz
You dont even need the dongle, any old sim will do.
This sounds exactly like what I want! Thank you!!
I had no idea they provide a SIM with those dongles!
I imagine I shouldn't have any problems transfering my Orange number either.
3 are doing a sim only data deal, 5GB for £15 on 30 day contract. And you can use Skype over 3G.
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2009-09-23
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Originally Posted by Faz
Hmmmm, I didn't try that - In theory it should be possible, but Mobile Broadband is marketed as a Data solution rather than a voice solution. So the admin systems may not be in place to handle porting a number from a voice network to a data network.
...I shouldn't have any problems transfering my Orange number either.
Happy to be proved wrong though
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2009-09-23
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Originally Posted by Alex Atkin UK
Linux can do it, no doubt about that. You might have to install the NAT module for iptables separately,
If I can have the N900 AND carry an iPod around connected to it over WiFi, I could have the best of both worlds. I know you can do this on Windows Mobile albeit with commercial software. Linux however should be able to do it stock as long as the WiFi chipset driver supports the right mode.
like it was on the N810, but it's all open source and you could even compile it yourself.
But I don't know if the iPod supports Ad-Hoc WiFi mode.
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2009-09-23
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The iPod should support ad-hoc mode as I managed to connect my iPhone to my 5800 as a wifi hotspot. It wouldn't work straight away though, had to download a wifi finder from the app store
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2009-09-23
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3 also seem to offer an add-on to their pay as you go service where you pay £5 for a month of internet access.
http://www.three.co.uk/Pay_As_You_Go...e_with_Add_ons
In their price guide they define that as 30 days with up to 2GB.
Since I rarely make phone calls on my mobile that sounds extremely good to me. In fact it's better than the equivalent contract which seems to give you 1GB / month.
It doesn't seem to say anywhere if / what restrictions apply (e.g. tethering), but I don't really need it for anything other than web browsing, mail, IM and, err, SSH to my home PC!
http://www.three.co.uk/Pay_As_You_Go...e_with_Add_ons
In their price guide they define that as 30 days with up to 2GB.
Since I rarely make phone calls on my mobile that sounds extremely good to me. In fact it's better than the equivalent contract which seems to give you 1GB / month.
It doesn't seem to say anywhere if / what restrictions apply (e.g. tethering), but I don't really need it for anything other than web browsing, mail, IM and, err, SSH to my home PC!
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2009-09-23
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Originally Posted by equim
I tested that offer last year, with a 3 PAYG SIM in an unlocked phone, but it seems to only work if you bought the phone from 3. They sniff the browser string. If you spoof the browser string it goes through a proxy and you get served web pages tailored to the spoofed device. Or something like that, I can't remember exactly, but it didn't work satisfactorily.
3 also seem to offer an add-on to their pay as you go service where you pay £5 for a month of internet access
On the other hand, I had no trouble getting full internet service using Orange and T-Mobile PAYG SIM Cards.
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2009-09-23
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Originally Posted by pycage
It does. I can use it with Joikuspot.
But I don't know if the iPod supports Ad-Hoc WiFi mode.
But this doesn't allow PSM...
We better get BlueTooth somehow working on iPod... ahem..
UK data plans should be outlined at http://wiki.maemo.org/Data_plans
Originally Posted by eiffel
Here my Vodafone NL was using a proxy too, by default. When I had used a browser over BlueTooth DUN I couldn't use my browser on my Nokia E71 anymore because it asked for a username and password. But you can bypass such nonsense by disabling the proxy, or using a VPN.
I tested that offer last year, with a 3 PAYG SIM in an unlocked phone, but it seems to only work if you bought the phone from 3. They sniff the browser string. If you spoof the browser string it goes through a proxy and you get served web pages tailored to the spoofed device. Or something like that, I can't remember exactly, but it didn't work satisfactorily.
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2009-09-23
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If you get one on PAYG, how do you get the data connection? I do not understand how people can use smartphones with PAYG. What about A-GPS? Does that use network data bandwidth? I've never had a smartphone or GPS device, so I do not know.
I had no idea they provide a SIM with those dongles!
I imagine I shouldn't have any problems transfering my Orange number either.