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Wireless router help needed.

Mac Forums - iPod touch

- 9 hours and 37 minutes ago

I'm a complete dope when it comes to this. Basically, here is the situation..,

I have the Linksys WAP54G. Basically, I have my Mac (the iMac, which is where Comcast installed the modem and plugged the ethernet into), a Toshiba laptop with Windows, and an older model PC with Windows (all in different rooms, not to mention a 360 and Wii, sheesh). Comcast refused to help when they came over to install our internet, saying we had to call anybody in the world other than them, but I have a coax cable running into our modem, and an ethernet cable running from the modem into the Mac.

What we're wanting to do is just run the ethernet cable into the wireless router, and that should just give us all wireless internet access. Right? I mean, it seems to want to work for the Mac minus one problem: when I'm setting up airport (is that what I need to do?) it tells me a password is required. So I typed in just random stuff and it said it's not the right password. I undid everything, and tried again a few hours later and suddenly it tells me it's name is Gerald. So I guess that's somebody else's wireless connection or...something Linksys set up...who knows. Anyway, typing in that, or admin, or any other password I try comes back with "incompatible security".

Now, I went straight to Linksys' website first and asked their forums what to do and the ONLY advice I got, hours later, was "download the manual". Well, I did. And all it is is a guide through the install disc. Which is for Windows. And it doesn't mention anything about a password other than the one I create so nobody else can use my wireless internet. WAY TO GO LINKSYS FORUM.

So, can anybody help me set this crap up? I'm unbelievably frustrated as whatever someone tells me to try results in me having to disconnect my internet and not have it for support.

Thanks. Sorry if this is in the wrong board. I'm not sure where it goes.

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Let’s Be Clear: I Love XOHM!

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- 11 hours and 59 minutes ago

Pretty much every tech source out there is reporting that the merger between Sprint’s XOHM WiMax service and Clearwire has been finalized with $3.2 Billion in funding coming from Google, Comcast, Intel, Time Warner and Bright House Networks. What a coincidence… Comcast has failed me miserably in the past week and today I purchased a XOHM Wireless USB connection.
This past Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, I woke up early to write a couple articles for phandroid. A sigh of WTF billowed out as I could not connect to the internet. Repair network - nothing. Restart computer? nothing. Reset my modem, router and computer? Nada. Zilch. Zero.
So I call customer service and after 1 hour on the line? Nothing. Well that’s not completely true… they scheduled a technician to come out today (Monday) 5 days later. Luckily I have a few alternative places I can “stay” and access the Internet… so a trip it was!
I came back this morning to find that:

My roomate rescheduled the appointment for Sunday
They never came
My roomate called and they rescheduled for Tuesday
So that left me here, on Monday, without access to Internet. Sure, I could have packed my bags and headed to a little cafe with WiFi. Or I could even make an hour or so drive to one of the several friends/family who would take me in for the day/night so I could leech their interwebs. But I have a bunch of packages on the way and need to be home for the next several days to ensure they arrive.
But beyond that, I was sick of the uncertainty. This could happen at any given time - Comcast could just POOF go out - and I could be left without a convenient internet connection for days on end. And no, there aren’t any other WiFi signals I can pick up from my house that aren’t painfully slow.
I took a quick drive to BestBuy and grabbed a XOHM USB hub for $60, came home, installed the software, paid for 24 hours service for $5 and within 10 minutes I had a blazing fast connection to the internet. A blazing fast connection that for all intents ans purposes, can’t go down.

I know I’m opening up the door to* all sorts of agruments in the comments, but I’m simplifying the facts. The point is, even if XOHM service WERE to go down it would get back up and running MUCH faster. Because they are more than likely fixing a tower rather than having to set up an individual schedule to fix my personal problem.
Comcast is scheduled to come tomorrow between 7am and 10am at which point they’ll either fix the problem or diagnose the problem and schedule another ridiculous time several days into the future that they plan on fixing it. If the latter happens, I’ll probably tell them to take a hike and just start using XOHM full-time.

XOHM packages are both unique and awesome, if you ask me. You can get 24 hour web access for $5 or a month of web access for $30. The best part? No contracts! Just pay by the month! I’m lucky to be in Baltimore where XOHM made its debut and I’m happy it did. XOHM was a lifesaver for me today and it will probably save me again tomorrow when Comcast shows their incompetence yet again. In fact, many people I know locally are switching their Internet/TV service to Verizon.
And this is where the story comes full circle. Tomorrow, I might be leaving Comcast to use XOHM full time. But XOHM was part of Sprint and the service will be renamed Clear under the new company, Clearwire. The same Clearwire that was just approved for $3.2 Billion in financing… $1 Billion of which comes from Comcast.

So is this a case of “The Grass Is Always Greener Between The Two Fences Which is Partially Owned By Numerous Neighbors?” You betchya… and that is the main problem that Clearwire will have if you ask me. There are many stakeholders in Clearwire that have priorities and interests pulling in different directions. If execs in these companies sit on the Clearwire board or hold prominent positions in the company, there will be a tremendous conflict of interest that could create huge problems.
Myself, I’m sure along with many reading this article now, would love to see XOHM/WiMax/Clear used to conjunction with mobile devices, like an Android Phone, to support tremendous growth in mobile web speed and capabilities. Officials at Comcast and Time Warner likely have other ideas in mind. You can spin it however you want but the fact is that resources are never unlimited and at some point, decisions on how and where to use those resources must be made.
If one were looking at this in the most optimistic of manners than the investment is an insurance policy purchased by the investors. They’ll have a stake in a possible industry juggernaut moving forward and regardless of how their own company performs, Clearwire will provide some balance and diversity depending on which direction the tech sector heads next… its often hard to tell.
But lets not be naive. Do you think for a second that these huge companies with enormous power not only within their industry but within the world are just going to plop down hunderds of millions of dollars, pat Clearwire on the back and say, “go out and play?”
Not a chance. They’re going to keep an eye on their investment and make sure the company is being managed properly. And what Comcast or Time Warner views as “properly” could differ greatly from what Google views as “properly”.
That’s one way to look at it. The pessimistic way to look at it. But you could also look at Clearwire as more of a “meeting of the minds” where the best ideas and actions will be discussed by these various stakeholders and the CEO of Clearwire will attempt to do what is best for the company and its investors moving forward. Sound familiar?
It reminded me a lot of what Barack Obama said today as he announced more members of his cabinet including Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State:“I assembled this team because I am a strong believer in strong personalities and strong opinions,” he said.
“I think that’s how the best decisions are made. One of the dangers in a White House, based on my reading of history, is that you get wrapped up in group-think and everybody agrees with everything and there’s no discussion and there are no dissenting views. So I am going to be welcoming a vigorous debate inside the White House.”
And if this Obamian perspective is to be believed, then Clearwire CEO Benjamin C. Wolff had better be prepared to be a strong, visionary leader.
So as I sit here writing this article with my little XOHM USB plugged in, I am quite literally wondering if I am looking at my solution for today’s problem or if another industry powerhouse is being created before our eyes. Unfortunately, the answer is anything but Clear.
[Via Clearwire PR]

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Sprint and Clearwire Marriage Official: WiMax Network Branded "Clear" [WiMax]

Gizmodo

- 15 hours and 34 minutes ago

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/voltron_wimax.jpg" width="494" height="496" /The Sprint/Clearwire joint WiMax venture a href="http://gizmodo.com/388132/wimax-just-might-make-it-sprints-wimax-and-clearwire-officially-merge"announced back in July/a is a href="http://investors.clearwire.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=198722p=irol-newsArticleID=1231015highlight="a done deal/a, as is the $3.2 billion investmenta href="http://gizmodo.com/387852/wimax-joint-venture-sprint-clearwire-comcast-and-time-warner-with--from-google-and-intel-maybe-announced-tomorrow"from Intel, Google and others/a. The WiMax network will branded Clear, replacing the stupid Xohm moniker./p pInitially, the network will deliver an average of 2-4Mbps downstream, with the first devices outside of laptops and USB modems arriving in the middle of next yearmdash;stuff like mobile internet devices and MP3 players. Another interesting tidbit: Clearwire is building the Clear network with equipment that can be used for LTE, meaning they can upgrade to it if they have to. And the way things are going for LTEmdash;emeveryone/em is on board with it as the pick for 4Gmdash;that's a pretty smart move. [a href="http://investors.clearwire.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=198722p=irol-newsArticleID=1231015highlight="Clearwire/a via A href="http://gigaom.com/2008/12/01/despite-downturn-clearwire-gets-xohm-and-32-billion/"GigaOM/a]/p br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=38a5d71f95ad147a5c5e250248f7dcc3p=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=38a5d71f95ad147a5c5e250248f7dcc3p=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=38a5d71f95ad147a5c5e250248f7dcc3" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=rpz58gF4"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=RQXIz8BY"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=61CBqIdv"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=61CBqIdv" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=WqfhEY8D"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=WqfhEY8D" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/9kfMDFMC1sg" height="1" width="1"/

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Nokia Lance Le 2608

Ubergizmo FR

- 17 hours and 12 minutes ago

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Nokia Launches 2608

Ubergizmo

- 18 hours and 26 minutes ago

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Despite Downturn Clearwire Gets Xohm and $3.2 Billion

GigaOM

- 18 hours and 40 minutes ago

Clearwire said today that it has closed several transactions that will allow it to build out a nationwide WiMAX network, including gaining control of Sprint’s Xohm network and a $3.2 billion investment from several large companies. These deals were announced in May, and despite the downturn that has pummeled stocks since then, the terms of the deal have not changed. The new nationwide WiMAX service will be branded Clear.

Clearwire received the $3.2 billion investment from Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, Google and Bright House Networks. The cable providers will also resell the WiMAX service, even hinting that they will integrate wireless into some of their other broadband and entertainment offerings, much like AT&T and Nokia each hope to do. Sprint will also resell access to its current 3G network to the newly created Clear, paving the way for dual-mode 3G and 4G devices that will ensure that WiMAX devices work even where there’s no WiMAX network. This will be important in signing up mobile users. Below are other important bits from the call:

Baltimore, Md., and Portland, Ore., will be the first cities to go online, with no mention of Chicago and Dallas which were to go live under Sprint’s Xohm brand soon.
Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff says most of the $3.2 billion investment will go toward building out the nationwide network. Many of the pre-WiMAX markets that currently have Clearwire service will get Clear service in 2009.
Wolff also said that Clearwire is building the Clear network with equipment that can also be used for LTE deployments, meaning if LTE becomes necessary, Clearwire can upgrade its network more easily.
Barry West, the former CTO of Sprint Nextel and head of the Xohm efforts, will become president and chief architect of Clearwire.
Atish Gude, formerly senior vice president of Sprint’s XOHM mobile broadband operations, is now senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Clearwire.
First products on the market are embedded WiMax chips in laptops and USB modems, but by mid-2009 consumers will see more mobile Internet devices, MP3 players and other consumer electronics that can run on the Clear WiMAX network.
The Clear network should provide customers with average download speeds initially of 2-4 megabits per second and peak rates that are considerably faster.
Clearwire now has 100 MHz or more of 4G spectrum in most markets across the U.S.

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