Re: anybody knows of a mifi i can run linux on ?

[Erez D]

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)
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Re: anybody knows of a mifi i can run linux on ?

[Jason Friedman]

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 :)

Jason



On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Erez D  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)
>
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Department of Physical Therapy
Tel Aviv University
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Re: anybody knows of a mifi i can run linux on ?

[Erez D]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Jason Friedman 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  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)
>>
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>>
>
>
> --
> Jason Friedman, PhD
> Department of Physical Therapy
> Tel Aviv University
> email: write.to.ja...@gmail.com
> web: http://curiousjason.com
>
>
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Re: anybody knows of a mifi i can run linux on ?

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

Erez D wrote:



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, )



Courtesy of ZAP:



483 NIS delivery included.

Geoff.
--
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"Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent to learning to play
chopsticks on the piano as a child and thinking you're a musician."
(sent to me by a friend)





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