Anyone using a USB 3G connection?
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Anyone using a USB 3G connection?
09-10-2008 10:55 PM
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Whats your experience of it? What is the connection like?
Also, can you host servers on it and allow incoming connections? - EG http, ftp, custom TCP servers etc or do they use port blocking on the ISP side?
Anyone had luck with one of those new micro laptop thingies running XP and using a 3G connection? - This is what I'm really interested in as it would be handy for break time at work!
Re: Anyone using a USB 3G connection?
09-10-2008 11:16 PM
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Note that inbound connections aren't possible unless you set up a VPN to somewhere else as many, if not all, of the 3G suppliers use NAT at a point between the modem and the 'net. You may also find that upload speeds will be less than you might expect for landline based broadband.
Mike
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09-10-2008 11:22 PM
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I'd really like to think about switching to a usb connection but would be a bit limited without incoming traffic (though i don't currently host anything but do have plans).
Can you do p2p sharing?
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10-10-2008 9:13 AM
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Also, because there's no dynamic dns available, each time the connection gets dropped/reconnected you'll have a new public IP address and systems outside will have no way of working out what the new IP address is.
The only way to do this currently would be to initiate a VPN from the mobile broadband connected system to another system connected elsewhere on the net that can accept inbound connections, and then route IP traffic via that one across the VPN using a separately assigned public IP address. All reasonably straightforward but a bit of a maintenance headache.
It might be worth firing off a few emails to the support areas of each provider asking whether inbound connections are supported, or will be.
Mike
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Re: Anyone using a USB 3G connection?
10-10-2008 9:36 AM
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Yeah I sent virgin an email yesterday but as of yet they've still not responded. I'll try 3 next time I'm in town as they do a rather nice deal too. Not so keen on voda, T-Mob etc.
Re: Anyone using a USB 3G connection?
10-10-2008 10:11 AM
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Quote from: okrzynska I was just wondering if anyone here is using one of those USB 3G modems?
Just to clarify, I am assuming you mean a modem connecting using a 3 G network and not the company 3?
I use a 3G Vodafone USB modem E220 and it works very well.
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10-10-2008 10:58 AM
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Can you on your network allow incoming traffic?
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10-10-2008 12:10 PM
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10-10-2008 12:30 PM
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10-10-2008 1:22 PM
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10-10-2008 1:48 PM
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I was asking if you can HOST a server on that connection and allow others to make an incoming connection. I didn't need to know that you can make outgoing connections TO a server - since that is what the internet on these 3G devices is suppose to offer in the first place
Thanks anyway
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10-10-2008 2:58 PM
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10-10-2008 3:23 PM
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