Christopher Vance wrote:
On Nov 13, 2007 3:20 PM, Dean Hamstead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How does unwired know who you are if it is using dhcp? do they
want your MAC address?
Unless things have changed since a friend got rid of his, the Unwired
modem is your dhcp server.
I've used unwired as recently as 2 months ago (with the Ethernet
version), and it was a standard DHCP server. It operates like a hotel
wifi gateway in that it "redirects" all web requests to an activation
site. Once you activate the modem, it just operates as a standard
DHCP/NAT gateway. There shouldn't be an issues with Linux.
Can't speak for the PC Card version.
I have the Ethernet modem still if you want to buy one cheap -it works
fine. I'm not sure if the same modem is used for prepaid (I had the
month-to-month service), but I would expect it is. (I switched to Optus
DSL to get better latency and higher download limits.)
--Jeremy
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