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Re: Is there a FAQ for WISP? A few questions.
Okay, specific question: what company do you want information about? Routers with PCMCIA cards on them are used for 3G, which would be in another forum. WiSPs (in this definition for this forum) can be used with routers that just take an Ethernet WAN port (the ones that are $50 a Wal-Mart).
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| said by iansltx  :Okay, specific question: what company do you want information about? Routers with PCMCIA cards on them are used for 3G, which would be in another forum. OK, FYI, Any router that needs a PCMCIA card in it is EVDO or 3G or some other form of cellular technology. These are all mainstream nationwide CO's like Verizon, AT&T, Sprint. They also pay big $$ to buy a licensed frequency that only they can use. These are NOT considered WISP's
A WISP is a local provider who is usually based in the same area you live in and they do not have a nationwide footprint. Most of them use unlicensed frequencies in the ISM or UNI bands which include 900, 2.4 and 5.8Ghz range. In most cases, WISP's are "fixed wireless" providers (They only give you internet access at one location), so once you leave your home, you can no longer access your providers service and the internet.
When you purchase internet from a large CO like AT&T or Verizon, you can use this service at any location nationwide where you can pick up signal. The speeds range from 200k to 1.5Mb. You can use either a PCMCIA card in your notebook or laptop computer or you can purchase a router that allows you hook up multiple computers(router will also require a PCMCIA card)
said by iansltx :WiSPs (in this definition for this forum) can be used with routers that just take an Ethernet WAN port (the ones that are $50 a Wal-Mart). I am going to say that at least 50% of the time, the WISP will include the router for you as it is built into their radio. All you will need is a switch to plug into the ethernet drop they give you and you could plug up to 254 computers into it (You would never need that many, it was just an example...........) 
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iansltx
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| Superdog, when I say "router" I mean "way to turn one Ethernet port into multiple and also a WiFi network". Yes a switch may work, at least for some WiSPs, but most people get a NAT\router because that NAT\router also has WiFi capability and people want that.
Also, when the local WiSP set up my 'net service here they gave us a crossover cable to use with the wireless radio to connect to one computer...the router that we had didn't work with the service...this crossover cable was on the other had not needed to the then static IP service into the router.
Now they use DHCP, though I have my still-static IP (grandfathered) keyed into the router. Okay, it's not that static. When they switched to DHCP they changed the IP, and a few months later when they switched backbone providers (AT&T -> Qwest) they switched it again. I think they also forgot to un-firewall me on the new port :/ |
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| said by iansltx :Superdog, when I say "router" I mean "way to turn one Ethernet port into multiple and also a WiFi network". Yes a switch may work, at least for some WiSPs, but most people get a NAT\router because that NAT\router also has WiFi capability and people want that. Thats fine.  I was just trying to help clarify the difference between EVDO/3G cellular and what a WISP is.
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