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On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:53:15 +0000 Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/3/13 Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > I've just seen this on The Register... > > http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/03/13/review_networking_solwise_mobile_router/ > > > > I use my mobile phone (Nokia N82) to do something similar, running > some software called joikuspot on it. > > The phone connects to the internet via 3G and shares that out over > wifi to the surrounding area. I use it each day on the train to and > from work. It means I can connect any device that has wifi to the > internet very easily by connecting to the access point. It supports > connections from multiple machines just fine. In fact up until I > enabled WEP on it, a few random people on the train discovered it and > used it :) > > Now I have it WEP secured (joikuspot doesn't support WPA at the > moment) I have a nice relatively secure access point. The fact that > it's "only" WEP isn't an issue for me given I'm on a train for only an > hour so people wouldn't get long to hack it. Plus I can see on the > phone when people connect, so can easily boot them off and change the > key. > > Cheers, > Al. > I use Joikuspot on my N95-1 as well. It's a great bit of software. I just wish Symbian S60v3 had the ability to *create* infrastructure WiFi networks rather than AdHoc ones. Grant. :) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html