Comments on: Cradlepoint CTR500 Personal Wi-Fi Hotspot Mobile EV-DO Router http://laughingsquid.com/cradlepoint-ctr500-personal-wi-fi-hotspot-mobile-ev-do-router/ art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:36:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: rstevens http://laughingsquid.com/cradlepoint-ctr500-personal-wi-fi-hotspot-mobile-ev-do-router/comment-page-1/#comment-542697 rstevens Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:07:39 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5144#comment-542697 I bought one of these buggers because it was Squid Approved and could not be happier. ESSENTIAL nerd gear. I bought one of these buggers because it was Squid Approved and could not be happier. ESSENTIAL nerd gear.

]]> By: Michael http://laughingsquid.com/cradlepoint-ctr500-personal-wi-fi-hotspot-mobile-ev-do-router/comment-page-1/#comment-527182 Michael Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:47:54 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5144#comment-527182 I go camping a lot and occasionally my friends and I will sit around at the campsite with our laptops. The cradlepoint would be a great way for us all to use a single EVDO connection for all of our laptops. Currently one of us would use the EVDO connection with a single laptop and share it over Wifi but I think this would be a more elegant solution. I go camping a lot and occasionally my friends and I will sit around at the campsite with our laptops. The cradlepoint would be a great way for us all to use a single EVDO connection for all of our laptops. Currently one of us would use the EVDO connection with a single laptop and share it over Wifi but I think this would be a more elegant solution.

]]> By: Jorel http://laughingsquid.com/cradlepoint-ctr500-personal-wi-fi-hotspot-mobile-ev-do-router/comment-page-1/#comment-527130 Jorel Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:22:39 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5144#comment-527130 Most people already have the necessary hardware to create a mobile hotspot. - 3g Phone with USB DUN or Bluetooth DUN or PAN - Laptop with Wifi When I went to Disneyland and didn't want to pay for wifi at the hotel, I just tethered my 3g phone to my laptop and shared that connection over wifi to my familly, so they could play their PSP's. Most people already have the necessary hardware to create a mobile hotspot.

- 3g Phone with USB DUN or Bluetooth DUN or PAN
- Laptop with Wifi

When I went to Disneyland and didn’t want to pay for wifi at the hotel, I just tethered my 3g phone to my laptop and shared that connection over wifi to my familly, so they could play their PSP’s.

]]> By: alex http://laughingsquid.com/cradlepoint-ctr500-personal-wi-fi-hotspot-mobile-ev-do-router/comment-page-1/#comment-527129 alex Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:22:16 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5144#comment-527129 the CTR500 has a cool failover feature that not only will work from cable/dsl to EVDO, but also from EVDO to EVDO or EVDO to HSDPA. check out this cool video demo of the CTR500 failover feature, between a verizon expresscard and a sprint compass 597: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Zv-94ydC8 the CTR500 has a cool failover feature that not only will work from cable/dsl to EVDO, but also from EVDO to EVDO or EVDO to HSDPA.

check out this cool video demo of the CTR500 failover feature, between a verizon expresscard and a sprint compass 597: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Zv-94ydC8

]]> By: Todd http://laughingsquid.com/cradlepoint-ctr500-personal-wi-fi-hotspot-mobile-ev-do-router/comment-page-1/#comment-527127 Todd Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:57:02 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=5144#comment-527127 That is a nice looking device does it handle multiple connections to it well. ie; if your ISP is down and your desktop and a couple of laptops are connected at the same time? That is a nice looking device does it handle multiple connections to it well. ie; if your ISP is down and your desktop and a couple of laptops are connected at the same time?

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