can you use an EV-DO card on a wirless home network

4 May 2007 5:00 AM

INTEG01

I just turned off my DSL and purchased a Sprint wireless card using EV-DO.
Using the existing wirless router I used for all my computers at home, is
there a way to have my other computers access the internet through the
computer that has the EV-DO card in it?

4 May 2007 9:11 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <CC759FCC-5B11-4E4A-84F0-97544AB40***@microsoft.com>,
INTEG01 <INTE***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I just turned off my DSL and purchased a Sprint wireless card using EV-DO.
>Using the existing wirless router I used for all my computers at home, is
>there a way to have my other computers access the internet through the
>computer that has the EV-DO card in it?

Yes, provided that the computer with the EV-DO card has a wired
Ethernet adapter:

1. Configure the wireless router as a wireless access point only,
bypassing its routing capabilities. Some wireless routers, such as my
Belkin F5D7230, have an "access point only" setting built in. If
yours doesn't, disable the wireless router's built-in DHCP server and
set its LAN IP address to 192.168.0.254.

2. Configure the computer with the EV-DO card as an Internet
Connection Sharing host.

    a. Connect its Ethernet adapter to a LAN port on the router.
        Don't connect anything to the router's WAN (Internet) port.

    b. Enable Internet Connection Sharing on the EV-DO connection. If
        it asks what to use for the home network connection, tell it
        to use the wired Ethernet connection.

I just tested this setup successfully using my Sprint PCS card.

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4 May 2007 9:14 AM

Richard G. Harper

You'd need to turn on the ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) service on the
PC with the EVDO card, and turn off all routing and DHCP functions on your
router (turning it into a simple switch).

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"INTEG01" <INTE***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CC759FCC-5B11-4E4A-84F0-97544AB4042D@microsoft.com...
>I just turned off my DSL and purchased a Sprint wireless card using EV-DO.
> Using the existing wirless router I used for all my computers at home, is
> there a way to have my other computers access the internet through the
> computer that has the EV-DO card in it?

4 May 2007 3:00 PM

Lem

INTEG01 wrote:

> I just turned off my DSL and purchased a Sprint wireless card using EV-DO.
> Using the existing wirless router I used for all my computers at home, is
> there a way to have my other computers access the internet through the
> computer that has the EV-DO card in it?

In addition to using ICS as Steve and Richard suggest, Linksys (and
perhaps others) has come out with a wireless router that works directly
with at least Sprint EVDO cards (the product description says "Mobile
Broadband Data Card" but the data sheet only mentions Sprint).
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1160093298732&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=9873239789B01

The advantage of this -- if you have a Sprint card -- is that you won't
have to leave any computer on in order to let other computers access the
Internet. The disadvantage is that you have to buy more equipment,
rather than using your existing wireless router.

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