evdo router

[luv2liv]

i read about evdo router in the news, but seems nobody is selling it?? the evdo i have now is the laptop aircard from sprint.

what evdo router do you have?

news article

 

[corkyg]

I have the Sprint EVDO 5740 connection card in my laptop. It is for travel. It lives alone - no router needed.

But, that news article is interesting for sure. I drop into the Sprint store now and then, but have not seen anything on a router.

This month, Sprint is supposed to relase the next generation of EVDO called Rev. 1 I believe. It is supposed to be faster. That could be what is holding up the router.

I can't see a big market for the router - as I said, most laptops with aircards are for mobile use. Why haul around a router?

 

[corkyg]

Here's another article - looks like it is not yet released. I see how it works - the aircard slips into the router, so that the laptop can then use Wi-Fi. Hmmmm! Wonder how secure that will be?

EVDO

 

[WackyDan]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Here's another article - looks like it is not yet released. I see how it works - the aircard slips into the router, so that the laptop can then use Wi-Fi. Hmmmm! Wonder how secure that will be?

EVDO

Ahhh.....

I get it.

Pointless unless you can't afford both the Data card service cost and home wired internet. Plus the latency with EVDO sucks... though it's supposed to be better with this new gen from Sprint.

Security on EVDO is is pretty good, it's the WiFI that would still be the weak link. Neat concept though.

 

[luv2liv]

the router is for sharing internet on the go with other users.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: luv2liv
the router is for sharing internet on the go with other users.

Ahh! OK. So now that is something else to carry. I thought it might be more appropriate for an office where several road warriors have laptops with air cards so they can easily sync stuff preparing for a "mission."

Home use is questionable unless you have more than one laptop and want to share a single EVDO card.

EVDO security is pretty good - it is the WiFi extension I would be concerned with.

 

[NoVo]

Kyocera KR1

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[deadseasquirrel]

Most of my customers are just using their existing router and matching it up with a mobile bridge like the Lucent MB8000. For private networks, such as VPN or MPLS, most failures occur at the local loop or smartjack. EVDO will provide a non-terrestrial backup to that unreliable loop. In the past, I've had to design my customers a backup network using satellite. Though, satellite still has some advantages over EVDO since it cannot be affected by local disruptions such as CO outages or towers. It also has very low jitter (I can provision VoIP over our VSAT service), and high speeds up to 2megs up and down. Plus, it can be used pretty much ANYWHERE that has the line-of-sight (i.e. doesn't have to be in a small wireless footprint).

As others said, EVDO is pretty darn secure... but I wouldn't call CDMA weak. I'm not sure how everyone else is rolling out their wifi, but at Verizon, it's not like tapping into a TDM or analog signal. Is there even a commercial device that can tap into CDMA? If you're using it to connect back to a HQ or whatnot, you'd definitely want a router initiating an IPSEC VPN and have a mobile bridge that will do VPN pass-thru. In order to eliminate this problem for MPLS-based customers, Verizon is planning on releasing EVDO backup direct to their MPLS network. No encryption needed (like we do with VSAT right now).

 

[jersiq]

Is there even a commercial device that can tap into CDMA?

No, not unless you purchase the algorithim from Qualcomm, which will cost you a pretty penny.

There are devices that can view the channels on the particular spectrum, but no demodulation. i.e, your CDMA air interface is rather secure.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: luv2liv
the router is for sharing internet on the go with other users.

Maybe, but mostlikely no. It is for providing internet connections to wireless clients. Which can mean that now you can have cable, DSL, or EVDO = competition = price decrease on internet. OR, for folks that cannot get cable or DSL, it means they can fire their modem.

 

[gsellis]

Just realized. This is a really old article.

And Kyocera sells them for $299 with a $50 rebate (249).