is there any way to hook that thing up to a router?

So my question to the wifi'ers, is this:
How do you stand all the issues with trying to get a wifi connection on the road?

Why not just own up to it and pay for a better, more reliable, (a lot more) secure connection?

I have a Wifi card in my Jeep because at work we have 3 locations that are open and I have access to all three locations. I would be nuts to pay when I could use it for free. As well I update my machine and my files at home while sitting in the garage. I dont need on the road internet access because I have a cell phone that has web access and a browser so I can check my email without my Jeep too.

As for all that Mac filtering stuff. Sure hack my system and use my wireless. I just hope you know what MAC addresses I have allowed and what computer names I have set to allow. Its not that tough to setup. Basic security goes along way.

i can download e-mails while driving, and then, when i'm stopped and it's safe to do so, read through them. also, my passenger can go onto google and look up a restaurant we want to go to, get the number, and call for reservations, etc.

for me the cost is negligible. i use the mobile broadband as my only internet access. So I just bring the card with me in my car.

RE: MAC address (or other security) it's not about bypassing any security, or any of that. It's more about the fact that you have to go stop somewhere and sit outside the place, to get your weather updates, etc. Also my client just happened to get new equipment and hadn't gone through their security set-up anyways.

I actually only pay $15/month for it (employee discount!) but after I leave this company, I will gladly pay $60/for the access. This is the competing rate for other connections, and I get speeds like this:



This is an average speed, most of the time I get around this number.

My whole point with the thread is, how do you guys do it? Go sit in front of coffee shops when you need to update anything?

Oh, and you can get dictation software (TTS) to read the email to you, or web pages, etc. The situation above would have been a perfect situation. I could have had my e-mail in the background, downloading new messages, and when I stopped, I could have just gone through my front end to the email and made sure I was at the right place and time.

I actualy just added the $20 unlimited data plan onto my cell service and use my RAZR V3xx which is 3.5G capable as a modem, works great, just wish AT&T would upgrade their towers around here since I only average about 768k down, not that 768k down is bad or anything for what I actualy use it for, fast enough to stream sirius internet radio and videos on youtube.

Mac filtering won't do ****. I can change my mac address at will. I don't know about you guys, but $40 a month or whatever it is, is way cheaper than a felony conviction. Me, I can wait till I'm at work or home.

So mac filtering really does nothing.

I think you misunderstood the above.

It's not that most of us don't want to spend the money (in this case $40/month). It's that we've done the calculation in our own heads and determined that, IN OUR CASE, we don't get enough use out of the internet on a day to day basis to justify the expense. For instance, MAYBE once or so a week, as I drive my cab around, I have both tthe time and the need to look something up/check my mail. I use my wireless sitting in front of a hotel in Downtown...A place I spend most of my time in anyway.

Your contention is that rather than doing this, I should go out & spend the $40/month for that one google-search per week? Perhaps for yourself. Perhaps you use the internet enough to justify the cost. But for me the cost/benefit ratio is just too high.

I'd think there are a lot of people who'd agree.