Hello, Is it possible to use a mobile hot spot such as the one from Verizon to run a home network? Is there a way to do this without having to buy wireless cards? I was thinking maybe I would have to buy one for my centos machine which acts as my gateway but would like to have other devices wired. Not sure if a wireless router or access point would allow me to do so. TIA, Eddie
tdukes at sc.rr.com wrote:> > Is it possible to use a mobile hot spot such as the one from Verizon toWhat do you mean b "a mobile hot spot"? Do you mean the router they give you? If so, that's both wireless and wired.> run a home network? Is there a way to do this without having to buy > wireless cards? I was thinking maybe I would have to buy one for my centos > machine which acts as my gateway but would like to have other devices > wired.>From there to a switch, the other boxen wired to the switch, and run NATon your CentOS system. HARDEN IT!!! You'd also have to run dhcpd, and configure that to recognize your other systems. <snip> mark
Question is a bit vague, but you can look at wifiranger.com was a possiblity. On Tue, 6 Sep 2011, tdukes at sc.rr.com wrote:> Hello, > > Is it possible to use a mobile hot spot such as the one from Verizon to run a home network? Is there a way to do this without having to buy wireless cards? I was thinking maybe I would have to buy one for my centos machine which acts as my gateway but would like to have other devices wired. > > Not sure if a wireless router or access point would allow me to do so. > > TIA, > > Eddie > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim at rossberry.com rossberry.net "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." Thomas Paine
<tdukes at ...> writes:> > Hello, > > Is it possible to use a mobile hot spot such as the one from Verizon > to run a home network? Is there a way to do > this without having to buy wireless cards? I was thinking maybe I would > have to buy one for my centos machine > which acts as my gateway but would like to have other devices wired. > > Not sure if a wireless router or access point would allow me to do so. > > TIA, > > Eddie >My experience with mobile hotspots is that they work just like having a DSL or cable connected wireless router. You don't need a separate router but you will want to make sure everything that connects to it is firewalled. The one I tried out earlier this year was even running Linux "under the hood." The big difference between a mobile hotspot and some other form of connectivity is cost since you need a cell phone type data plan for the mobile hotspot. These aren't too bad for surfing the 'net but you can blow your data cap by downloading one ISO or chew through a lot of it with just a point release update. I can't imagine what a suitable data plan would cost for multiple systems. Cheers, Dave