satalite internet

Hi do u have any photos of your internal setup of your truck we are setting one up and are interested in what others have done what works what doesnt and yours sounds greeat
ta kate

Hi katepaul

if you have an email address I will send some to you

Graeme

thanks a lot its paulkatie@optusnet.com.au
have been away 4 a few days only have internet at home hence the delay in replying
thanks again kate

Hi waza

I have not used ANT internet but am seriously considering it. These people have not only used it but think its great.
http://www.hobohome.com/news/?p=350

Peter

Hey Peter what a good website with excellent infomation and articles.

Wi Fi is a local area network connection as in a house or a building and connects Computers and printers together wirelessly.

You can also connect at a McDonalds who have a WIFI node in their shops.

To connect to Next G You must have a wireless MODEM.

Why you would need a Gateway as above in a van beats me.

For portability a USB modem provided it has an external aerial connector is average.

I use an old slow Bigpond home modem and it connects in places my Iphone has trouble

Cost me $85 on Ebay and has been far better than the $299 ZTE USb modem that Telstra sold me.

If you intend spending long periods more than 40k away from the nearest tower you would be far better with the satellite service.

This can also be done by using an Iridium Satfone but again could be expensive.
Ring Telstra Country wide for Sat fone service NOT the normal hopeless call operators.

Or some one who deals in that line

Graham,

This unit creates a wifi gateway using a NextG connection.

So it is both a WiFi access point plus a NextG Modem.

Its useful in circumstances where you want internet connection for multiple devices and no other internet access. Once set up its a no brainer to use.

I just put it up as extra info for those considering using NextG as a "NextG Plus". It is not instead of NextG.

I fully realise that but the way you wrote is is ambiguous.


QUOTE Telstra now have these wireless nextg modems that allow you to

setup a wireless (WiFi 802.11???) network using a NextG service.

You do not need Next G to setup a WiFi network


It creates a gateway to a Next G service but not necessary to be Wifi as If i remember rightly it also has ports for wired connections.

At least the one I had at home which was a linksys WAG45???? Cant remember actual model.

I used to work as a computer tech in a previous life and my brother is a Network troubleshooter so have a little bit of a knowledge of this stuff.

Also have used satellite internet but where we had it was too far south and a

thick cloud would cause it to drop out as the signal to noise ratio was very

poor in comparison to say SKY Tv This was in NZ.

What I meant was why would you need to spend all the money on one of

those which are probably only available on contract and use it in the small

space of a van or tent.

Cheers

No worries Graham.

I'm in IT too - so my post probably assumed too much. I think between us we've cleared up the ambiguity.

Thanks

Graham

If you take the time to read Gaz's first post you will see what he is saying is correct.

Ie Telstra released a product that allows you to connect WiFi ( 802.11b,g) devices using Next G.

If you think of it as a internet gateway that uses Next G instead of ADSL you will get it.

Im sorry but it DOES NOT connect local devices together USING NEXT G network

It has built in WI FI for linking devices in a house together wirelessly using 802.11 b,g.
Wi fi should be using security like WEP or WPA and then all the machines on

the WIFI network have to be set up with identical secutity keys or they

cannot talk to each other or to the gateway

If they do they then wouldnt be able to connect to 3G as it wouldnt have the key

It then connects them to the internet USING THE WIRELESS MODEM that connects to the CELLULAR network

Two different things in one box.

Wi fi has very limited coverage and would not under any circumstances reach a Cellphone tower The frequencies are also a mile apart.

Mcdonalds have Wifi hotspots that you can go and hook into with a WIFI equipped computer

If Telstra told you it doeswell usual B>>>>>T from them as a lot of there sales people cant find the door to go home

I have an Iphone and asked at a Telstra Life shop for a car cradle that connects to an external aerial.,. Cant be done there are none the boss at that shop told me..
Well 10 mins on the net and I have one So much for Telstras advice.

AS I said I have one at home so know what it does.

GAZA and I agreed on an interpretation of it

You can buy WIFI gateways which i also have that connect to ADSL which have 802.11 and an ADSL modem in them.

The Telstra one is the same except it has a cellular frequency Wireless modem in it.

Have a read of the exchange between us after his first post.

Cheers we understood each other it seems

On rethinking your post
In the broadest sense it does connect computers that are linked to the gateway by WIFI to other computers that may or may not be also connected by WIFI to a modem either through ADSL or Wireless

But only the modems use the cellular network

I think you just took 5 paragraphs to say it connects wifi devices to the internet via 3G like to OP said.

There are many routers that do that these days.

"for daily updating of blogs in the field"

Why's that ? to out do Mick.. LOL

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haha, no Richard, I dare not venture onto his territory :))

From my reading of the forum, I have only ever noticed 1 post put up via satellite internet - by Ian @ Mt. Dare from somewhere in the Simpson, a year or two back..there probably would be more but none I have noticed.