On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 6:01 PM, E.S. Rosenberg <e...@g.jct.ac.il> wrote:
> 2012/11/20 Erez D <erez0...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > 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 > If you trust alibaba: > > http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/667512945/openwrt_router_mifi_3g_router_usb.html > > thanks for the link, i will contact the supplier > Second result of google search for "mifi router openwrt"... > i did the same search, however i somehow missed this > Although my guess is that you also found that and your real question is: > "Has anyone else done this and can they recommend some device so that > I spend my money well" > sure this would be best, but i guess no one did. Thanks, Erez. > > HTH, > Eliyahu - אליהו > > >>> > >>> 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 > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > >
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