[ale] clear? Cloudy?

[Brian MacLeod]

> I have Clear, but I will also admit I'm not much of a programmer and I
> haven't spent a lot of time looking, but my understand of the state of
> affairs is as follows:
>
> The Motorola USB device uses Beceem chipsets.  Beceem is currently not
> playing nice with developers by holding back the specs.  As it is, stable
> Mac drivers are still in development, which is something I am waiting on
> (though I am about to try the betas for the hell of it).  However, Intel's
> WiMAX goodies are being actively developed under Linux, but, these are
> mostly mini-PCI cards, which I suspect this laptop probably doesn't have.
> Obviously ExpressCard is not even an option.
>
> There has been some talk of USB->mini-PCI adaptor devices out there, which
> would potentially allow the use of the Intel cards with any machine equipped
> with USB.  I didn't know this technology even existed, but I haven't done a
> lot of research to vet it.
>
> The home unit "modem" has an ethernet out the back, so it will work with
> anything that speaks 802.3.
>
> She's going to have issues unless she puts something in between her laptop
> and the device, or replacing the device with something more linux friendly.
> Not enough questions were asked when the service was bought.
>
> bnm
>


Dangit.

Forgot to mention that yes, other WiMAX gear can get on Clear than that they
sell at the stores.  You have to get your WiMAX MAC address registered to an
account with Clear.  Yes, that is the security model for protecting the
network.  Seriously.

bnm
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