[Eug-lug] Clearwire

[Edward Craig]

Clearwire is wireless.
Basically a Cleartwire modem is an antenna, somewhat directional, if
one has difficulty getting a signal the clearwire help line tells one
which direction to point toward the nearest cell-tower/

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:29 PM, BB <bilbobaggab at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is some sort of cell tower transmitter/receiver or the signal comes in
> on the phone line?
>
> Brian
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> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Jim K <jimkahn12 at clearwire.net> wrote:
>
> > 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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Edward P. Craig
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