Can I connect RJ-45 ethernet cords using a Sprint Wireless Broadband card?

[Renegade23216]

I'm thinking about getting a Sprint Wireless Boardband card. It's a PCMCIA card which plugs into your laptop giving you a wireless connection anywhere Sprint has coverage.

This device does not have an RJ-45 connection to add extra devices, such as a router, PS2, XBox, etc. I'm wondering if anyone knows a way to connect external devices. Perhaps by connecting to the computer's USB, or likewise, to get an Internet connecton from the Sprint card.

Is this possible, if so, how?

 

[azev]

you can get evdo router if you want to do that. They are expansive though.

 

[jlazzaro]

D-Link DI-725, Kyocera's KR1, Junxion, StompBox just to name a few.

I think the Kyocera is around $300, not sure about the others. You also need to check Sprint's plan and their terms. Carriers like Verizon are complaining about sharing the wireless broadband for some reason:

"The premise is one person buys an air card and one person uses the service, not an entire neighborhood," said Jeffrey Nelson, executive director for corporate communications at Verizon Wireless. "Giving things away for free doesn't work anymore. It never did."

 

[FoBoT]

you can get a device like mentioned above, we have the junxion box at work and have tested a few others

other options, use a dedicated laptop for a router, could be as simple as XP with ICS (internet connection sharing) or there are some small form factor desktop computers that have PCMCIA slots (i have one) and do the same thing, either windows or linux and make it a router

i use a sprint card from work in my desktop computer and use ICS as a backup for my normal internet and i may be switching to this permanently , but with a TMobile card