In order to provide Internet access to a LAN consisting of several computers in a location in which DSL is not available, I am in search of a reliable and inexpensive way to use the USB port of a G4 Wi-Fi "hotspot" to feed the WAN port of a router.
In particular, my plan is to use a VerizonWireless JetPack with a i386 machine running IPCop2. I envision dedicating a small Linux machine with USB3 capability as a Ethernet-to-USB translator. The Jetpack (Netgear AirCard 791L) is a Wi-Fi router which can serve multiple computers, but Wi-Fi is not appropriate for this application. And, yes, the system is going to be noisy and power-hungry. However, from articles such as "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_over_USB"; the concept appears to be workable. Russ
