[ale] clear? Cloudy?

[Richard Bronosky]

Sounds like someone needs to create a MAC sharing coop for people who
only need occational access.

On 8/19/09, Brian MacLeod <nym.bnm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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