<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 6:01 PM, E.S. Rosenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:esr@g.jct.ac.il" target="_blank">esr@g.jct.ac.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
2012/11/20 Erez D <<a href="mailto:erez0001@gmail.com">erez0001@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Jason Friedman <<a href="mailto:write.to.jason@gmail.com">write.to.jason@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Erez,<br>
>><br>
>> Your original email was pretty vague:<br>
>><br>
>> > I am looking for a Mifi (i.e. cellular wifi) router which i can run<br>
>> > linux on.<br>
>><br>
>> So I'm not sure why you are surprised with the responses. I interpreted<br>
>> that as you wanting something relatively small that runs linux and can<br>
>> connect to cellular networks. You might want to be a little more specific<br>
>> with what you want if you want more specific responses.<br>
>><br>
>> Here is another suggestion (again, it depends on why you want to run linux<br>
>> on it). Get a cheap android phone. It runs linux (sort of) and can act as a<br>
>> router.<br>
>><br>
>> Hope that helps :)<br>
><br>
> This suggestion is a lot better,<br>
> however I would still preffer a mifi, as it is cheaper, and exactly does<br>
> what i want, nothing more, nothing less<br>
> ( i do not need the screen, audio, computing power, etc, )<br>
><br>
> Thanks for your help,<br>
> Erez.<br>
><br>
> btw, did i made anybody smile with the true story of the zebra ?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Jason<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Erez D <<a href="mailto:erez0001@gmail.com">erez0001@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> A real story:<br>
>>><br>
>>> In the Palestinian zoo, they didn't have a zebra, and they wanted one,<br>
>>> So they took a donkey, and drew stripes on it with paint.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Why am i telling this story,<br>
>>> because i wanted a MIFI, and i got 10 replies telling me to take a<br>
>>> wireless router and add a 3g dongle.<br>
>>> and that reminded me about the donkey with painted stripes.<br>
>>><br>
>>> no offense but,<br>
>>> maybe this is because people are too eager to help<br>
>>> but a wireless router is not built with small size, low battery<br>
>>> consumption and many other consideration a mifi does.<br>
>>> do you thing i can sell a "wireless router + 3g dongle + battery" as a<br>
>>> product ? people will laugh at me and i will be out of business.<br>
>>><br>
>>> so thanks for your help, but if you know of a MIFI I can put some kind of<br>
>>> Linux on, please let me know<br>
</div></div>If you trust alibaba:<br>
<a href="http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/667512945/openwrt_router_mifi_3g_router_usb.html" target="_blank">http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/667512945/openwrt_router_mifi_3g_router_usb.html</a><br>
<br></blockquote><div>thanks for the link, i will contact the supplier <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Second result of google search for "mifi router openwrt"...<br></blockquote><div>i did the same search, however i somehow missed this <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Although my guess is that you also found that and your real question is:<br>
"Has anyone else done this and can they recommend some device so that<br>
I spend my money well"<br></blockquote><div>sure this would be best, but i guess no one did.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Erez. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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HTH,<br>
Eliyahu - אליהו<br>
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>>><br>
>>> Thanks<br>
>>> Erez<br>
>>><br>
>>> (and again, no offense meant)<br>
>>><br>
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>> Tel Aviv University<br>
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