Computers & Networking

[rivbrat74]

I purchased my laptop from best buy and at the time only needed internet for just the one laptop.  Now I have 2 laptops and a wii.  I use the Alltel UM175 (3g) wireless internet usb plug for my internet.  But that only runs one component at a time.  I am trying to find a good router that will connect all 3 to the internet using the wireless usb plug.  Any suggestions?  I don't know if I used to correct terminology in describing this but I am not very computer literate so please bare with me.  Thank you.

[TheLexMachine]

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rivbrat74 wrote:

I purchased my laptop from best buy and at the time only needed internet for just the one laptop.  Now I have 2 laptops and a wii.  I use the Alltel UM175 (3g) wireless internet usb plug for my internet.  But that only runs one component at a time.  I am trying to find a good router that will connect all 3 to the internet using the wireless usb plug.  Any suggestions?  I don't know if I used to correct terminology in describing this but I am not very computer literate so please bare with me.  Thank you.

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You need to get a Cradlepoint home router. You can plug the USB modem into the router and set it up to work with your account so that your wireless devices can share the connection through your wireless network. However, using two notebooks at once is probably going to saturate the bandwidth and eat up your data allotment which will cause overage charges.

[rivbrat74]

I wasnt aware that I was limited to how much internet time I can use.  I better check with my cell carrier before I do this.  Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

[Entropy]

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rivbrat74 wrote:

I wasnt aware that I was limited to how much internet time I can use.  I better check with my cell carrier before I do this.  Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

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It's not actually time-based, it is throughput-based.

Typically cell providers have a limit on the number of gigabytes per month you can transfer.  Depending on the provider it is usually between 1 and 5 GB.