On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Jason Friedman <write.to.ja...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Erez, > > Your original email was pretty vague: > > > I am looking for a Mifi (i.e. cellular wifi) router which i can run > linux on. > > So I'm not sure why you are surprised with the responses. I interpreted > that as you wanting something relatively small that runs linux and can > connect to cellular networks. You might want to be a little more specific > with what you want if you want more specific responses. > > Here is another suggestion (again, it depends on why you want to run linux > on it). Get a cheap android phone. It runs linux (sort of) and can act as a > router. > > Hope that helps :) > This suggestion is a lot better, however I would still preffer a mifi, as it is cheaper, and exactly does what i want, nothing more, nothing less ( i do not need the screen, audio, computing power, etc, ) Thanks for your help, Erez. btw, did i made anybody smile with the true story of the zebra ? > > Jason > > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Erez D <erez0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> A real story: >> >> In the Palestinian zoo, they didn't have a zebra, and they wanted one, >> So they took a donkey, and drew stripes on it with paint. >> >> >> Why am i telling this story, >> because i wanted a MIFI, and i got 10 replies telling me to take a >> wireless router and add a 3g dongle. >> and that reminded me about the donkey with painted stripes. >> >> no offense but, >> maybe this is because people are too eager to help >> but a wireless router is not built with small size, low battery >> consumption and many other consideration a mifi does. >> do you thing i can sell a "wireless router + 3g dongle + battery" as a >> product ? people will laugh at me and i will be out of business. >> >> so thanks for your help, but if you know of a MIFI I can put some kind of >> Linux on, please let me know >> >> Thanks >> Erez >> >> (and again, no offense meant) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >> >> > > > -- > Jason Friedman, PhD > Department of Physical Therapy > Tel Aviv University > email: write.to.ja...@gmail.com > web: http://curiousjason.com > >
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