geekone.org » Wifi http://www.geekone.org Life as a geek... Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:16:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Cradlepoint Hotspots http://www.geekone.org/2008/04/cradlepoint-hotspots/ http://www.geekone.org/2008/04/cradlepoint-hotspots/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.geekone.org/?p=103 I was listening to Episode 137 of TWiT this morning, and they were talking about a little device called a CradlePoint that lets you attach your phone or cellular data card and it converts it to a WiFi hotspot. This would be a neat little $250 device that would take all the hassle out of configuring a laptop or PDA to use your phone for its data connection. As a side benefit you can also very easily share your connection with others. They also have a $180 personal version that is smaller and has a battery in it too, so it could be completely wireless for short periods of use.

Another option is the latest version of the Sonicwall TZ190 has a PCMCIA slot, plus it gives you a complete VPN solution as well. This one doesn’t have a USB port so you can only use a cell card, but not a phone. The price is another major difference, with the TZ190 being in the $700 range, though if you need the full feature set it is well worth the price in my opinion.

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