Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Providing wireless on a tour bus

2010-12-14 Thread heath.barnhart
I haven't had any experience with the product, but I know Sonicwall makes a wireless AP that allows you to plug a 3G USB adapter into it. The reps I was talking to say they use it on road trips. On 12/14/2010 9:23 AM, Nathan Hay wrote: Has anyone installed a wireless system on a tour bus that

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Providing wireless on a tour bus

2010-12-14 Thread Hoffman, Douglas
You may want to look at CradlePoint mobile routers. I have personally used the CTR500 with a Verizon USB760 to provide wireless in/around my car for some time, which has worked excellent. The CradlePoint devices can even be configured to failover from one cellular connection to another (even on

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Providing wireless on a tour bus

2010-12-14 Thread Osborne, Bruce W
At Liberty University, we are using some of Aruba's RAP-5WN Access points to provide Wi-Fi for scamming student IDs on our intramural athletic fields. The access point is battery powered and uses a 3G cellular data modem to tunnel back to one of our wireless controllers. We house this solution i

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Providing wireless on a tour bus

2010-12-14 Thread Fred Archibald
Another choice may be http://www.hobnob.com/ . This is the managed solution that Google uses for their staff commuter buses in Silicon Valley. This solution connects to the 4 major US carriers and aggregates traffic using multiple radio cards to each carrier. This way they are able to get more

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Providing wireless on a tour bus

2010-12-14 Thread Wier, Timothy A.
You might want to look at Cradlepoint - http://www.cradlepoint.com/. Never used one on a bus be we use them in a few remote classrooms where we cannot setup anything long term. Gives you the option to have more than 5 users and multiple vendors by just swapping out the USB modem. Tim Wier N

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Providing wireless on a tour bus

2010-12-14 Thread Mike King
Never used it personally, but our bus people were developing they're own, and scrapped it when Cisco Shipped this in 2002: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps272/index.html Looks like its EOL/EOS, and has a note to contact this email 3200transit...@cisco.com for alternative products

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Providing wireless on a tour bus

2010-12-14 Thread Bulanda, Dave G
Not that I have used it in a vehicle but you may want to look at D-Link's DIR-450 or similar. The 450 takes a 3g pc card and is a NAT router with wifi and 4 ethernet ports. David Bulanda Network Services Manager Indiana Tech www.indianatech.edu -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wir

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Providing wireless on a tour bus

2010-12-14 Thread Peter P Morrissey
I know the Megabus does. http://www.saucontds.com/us/index.html Pete M. -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Nathan Hay Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:24 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.