[Eug-lug] Clearwire

[Jim K]

The modem just has a single Ethernet port on it, and a place to plug in
the power supply. It is plug in and it works.
I am not sure how the voice bundle works.
Jim K
BB wrote:
> thanks Jim, so the ClearWire modem is, just that, a modem.
>
> The person I am working with is a chat friend, and so I'm working
> blind in two ways. 1) I can't see their equipment AND 2) I don't know
> them well, and visa versa, so I'm talking about  security issues where
> the trust level is weak, as it should be.  Also, I notice that
> ClearWire is somewhat obscure and there isn't much tech talk on the
> web about the innards of this equipment.
>
> My objective is to prove to this person that they have some encryption
> on their wired/wireless mix of computing systems. Thats about it.  Put
> their mind at ease, somewhat, given the sloppy state of personal
> security in the computing world.
>
> Further, I am more computer artist then technician, so I'm weak also. 
> I've been letting another do my Broadband access and now I have to
> learn myself.  I pay for access to a WRT54GL w/ DD-WRT now I'm going
> to setup my own.
>
> Not to bend your ear, but I felt it was important to know my
> situation.  I have enough hardware experience to know not to blow
> things up.  I also have my own dummy network setup of Windoz and Linux
> systems spread around the house.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Jim K <jimkahn12 at clearwire.net
> <mailto:jimkahn12 at clearwire.net>> wrote:
>
>     I use clearwire but don't have the voice bundle. I use a linksys
>     wrt54g
>     wireless router the linksys supports wpa. The clearwire modem uses a
>     encryption method but I am not sure of the method used.
>     Jim K
>     BB wrote:
>     > thanks for getting back to me, I'm trying to help a friend who's old
>     > and doesn't know tech.
>     >
>     > Does the equipment have a WPA setting?
>     >
>     > Can you access it via a browser, via 192.168.0.1
>     <http://192.168.0.1> <http://192.168.0.1>
>     > or such?
>     >
>     > Any way to reset the equipment, reset button or such?
>     >
>     > Brian
>     >
>     > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Peter Thurston
>     <thurstop at gmail.com <mailto:thurstop at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:thurstop at gmail.com <mailto:thurstop at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I have a Clearwire connection.  Over the past year it has
>     provided
>     >     fairly consistent 600-800 Kbs down and 150-400 Kbs up.  QOS as
>     >     measured by on-line servers is typically 10-20 percent and there
>     >     is a fairly high jitter, indicating VOIP my be unreliable.  It
>     >     does stream Netflix at the basic level, and fairly reliably.
>     >
>     >     Peter
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