On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:20:20 -0500, DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote:
>AZ Nomad wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:46:28 -0400, Jen <x@y.z> wrote:
>>> What is available from Sprint (if anything) in the form of a
>>> standalone cellular modem that can have a "always on" fixed IP address
>>> for connection to an Ethernet device?
>>
>> Buy a cheap used laptop. Stick an air card into it. Set it for
>> internet connection sharing.
>That would work also, but with the stand alone DLink you don't have
>all the problems associated with a laptop - power, over heating, etc.
Where did you get the insane notion that a laptop would consume a ton of power
and overheat doing the very mild task of routing ethernet packets?
Did you fail to notice the feature of cpu throttling that has been around for
the last three generations of CPUs?
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