Re: GSM or CDMA for mobile email and database?

Hi,

I'm looking for a router-based solution to the 'same' problem.

Does anyone know if there's a router that can take this PCMCIA card and
use it for WAN connectivity, routing LAN traffic to/from it?

Max.

On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 00:34:59 +0800, claytonk-9Onoh4P/[email protected] said:
> 
> Simon,
> 
> I googled up this
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2006-April/003489.html
> which talks about working on Fedora "out of the box", but doesn't really
> offer any detail except that it behaves like a USB-over-PCMCIA device.
> This corelates well with your previous link
> http://zh.gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_CDMA_Wireless_Card which lists a bunch of
> USB modules that must be available.
> 
> If you get it to work under Linux, do tell us about it.
> 
> Clayton
> 
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:31:17 +0800
> "Simon Cousins" <simon-MTRkitCQmL6jF/[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Well, I ended up buying a Huawei EC321 PCMCIA card with a China
> > Unicom CDMA SIM.  I've been using it in a Windows XP laptop (sorry,
> > haven't been able to test under Linux!!!) but under Doze it has
> > worked flawlessly.  It consistently connects all over Beijing (even
> > from a taxi at 80Km/hour on the 5th ring road) at 230.4Kbps.  The
> > China Unicom data service has been 100% reliable, and costs a flat 98
> > yuan a month, with unlimited traffic and connections.
> > 
> > The Huawei software is impressive (I attached a screendump): fully
> > English, handles calls and SMS as well as data.  The card comes with
> > a earpiece/mic so the laptop now doubles as a mobile phone.
> > 
> > All up cost for the card and the Unicom SIM was 800 yuan.  I couldn't
> > be happier, and I'm now very impressed with Huawei (which I have
> > recently seen described as "the Cisco of China".
> > 
> > I also bought a USB version for a desktop: same great success.
> > 
> > Anyone have Linux performance to report?
> > 
> > S.
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: blug-tech-bounces-+qp3TudyjKPvfBIPTTProkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org [mailto:blug-tech-
> > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David
> > > Sent: Thursday, 27 April 2006 10:22 PM
> > > To: Beijing LUG technical questions and assistance - Publicly posted
> > > Subject: Re: [blug-tech] GSM or CDMA for mobile email and database?
> > > 
> > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 12:23:31PM +0800, Simon Cousins wrote:
> > > hi:
> > >      I used CDMA wireless card under Gentoo Linux for a month.
> > > 	 It works well! But one of may classmates often encounters
> > > 	 disconnect under Windows. I don't why!
> > > 	 So, if you could read in Chinese(I'm new to BLUG, don't
> > > know you), you can read
> > > http://zh.gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_CDMA_Wireless_Card, a tip written by
> > > me tells how to surport a CDMA card on Linux. and if you have any
> > > other question, just call me(number on rear the mail), send email
> > > > Dear Bluggers,
> > > >
> > > > I have to set up a mini wireless network for basic internet
> > > > access at
> > > the
> > > > Beijing Convention Centre in early June.  They do offer ADSL
> > > > feeds but
> > > the
> > > > prices are astronomical.
> > > >
> > > > I'm thinking about buying a GSM (China Mobile) or CDMA (Unicom)
> > > > SIM for
> > > data
> > > > use, and an appropriate PC Card for a Windows laptop.  I would
> > > > love to
> > > hear
> > > > Bluggers' experiences with the relative merits: I understand that
> > > > CDMA
> > > is
> > > > faster than GSM, for example?
> > > >
> > > > Main usage will be for perhaps 3 to 5 simultaneous users doing
> > > > basic
> > > email,
> > > > and to access an Oracle database via a browser app.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards in advance, and I will summarise to the list.
> > > >
> > > > S.
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