From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 13:05:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAF80106564A for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:05:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from me@benedikt-stockebrand.de) Received: from mo-p00-ob.rzone.de (mo-p00-ob.rzone.de [81.169.146.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BFE68FC18 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:05:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1295269555; l=1261; s=domk; d=benedikt-stockebrand.de; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:Date:From:References:Subject: Cc:To:X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH; bh=oKT0XwN2V0BdQ36OkLv8j0pVJvc=; b=FxQ8X/KzaDTYuIHcMExSGcShoJWb/uFaQgeGDp6fwR3I6jEFabkmyIlF+HXMAk5uOX2 ms9UBVsCx3tBI32Fawm9yr+EWwnft7T0zqSX2QiI0Ek+8b42SaB+NTvrParFmJ46maxf9 PY/6b0J7Q1SgQab4AYThANNjTUfm59nqszk= X-RZG-AUTH: :IW0NeUmmK99S4Xps764bDZ/+hjTHEW0KIlyyPnyWeCYivvf//hL5LKviHjbg/iq59SgxUU4jzsdlhg== X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from benedikt-stockebrand.de (port-83-236-238-169.static.qsc.de [83.236.238.169]) by post.strato.de (fruni mo46) (RZmta 24.9) with ESMTP id D04334n0HC40Bo ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:54:52 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=mx0) by benedikt-stockebrand.de with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Peo8R-0002nX-Fh; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:24:36 +0000 To: Matthias Apitz References: <20110110103730.GA3386@current.Sisis.de> From: Benedikt Stockebrand Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:24:35 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20110110103730.GA3386@current.Sisis.de> (Matthias Apitz's message of "Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:37:30 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, usg-unix-v) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WLAN / UMTS router Huawei E5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:05:57 -0000 Hello Matthias and list, sorry for the late reply, but anyway: > Someone from the FreeBSD' mobile users has this device in use: Huawei E5: > [...] > and could share some experience? Thanks in advance Since nobody else with more experience on that thing has turned up: There's rather little (Free)BSD specific about it: The E5 works as an independent router with a WLAN and an UMTS/3G interface, offers a DHCP server, NAT, as far as I know only vintage IPv4 but no IPv6, and runs as an independent device, including its own battery. Apparently it can be connected directly via USB, but I have never bothered to try, except to recharge the battery. Instead I only use it as a standalone device, and as such it works fine with me so far. It has one possibly annoying limitation: It can handle at most five clients at a time. Beyond that it is significantly more expensive than a USB UMTS/3G stick, but involves less fiddling around when on the road and lets one place it near windows or wherever to improve the signal while one is still free to move around in its vicinity. Cheers, Benedikt -- Business Grade IPv6 Consulting, Training, Projects Benedikt Stockebrand, Dipl.-Inform. http://www.benedikt-stockebrand.de/