On Sat, November 7, 2015 12:14 am, Stuart Longland wrote: > On 07/11/15 12:16, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: >> 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. ... > Well, it doesn't need to be USB3, unless your Internet connection truly > exceeds 480Mbps (which I doubt).
My own DSL runs just under 3.0; the basic DSL here has three tiers: 1.5, 3.0, and 6.0. For my own line, 3.0 is problematic, because I am just over 10,000 feet from the termination point, and the twisted pair cable run is over sixty years old. But even 1.5 has been adequate for my needs. > My suggestion for a very cheap solution > would be a Raspberry Pi or similar. > > Hook the USB modem up to it, > use its Ethernet port to connect to the WAN > port of your router. ... The Raspberry Pi sounds like the solution which I had in mind; thanks, Stuart. I have heard the name, but I never have seen one or read about it. And though I might be able to get the Pi to do everything, once I get a signal to the RED port of an IPCop I am on familiar turf and know how to configure and manage the system. Searching for about an hour with google, I found devices in the range of US$30 -- such as the Apple usb-ethernet-adapter -- which are based on various application-specific integrated circuits. But such some of those devices require operating-system-specific drivers as well as power from the USB port, and some are USB-1, so experimentation would be required. RLH
