[ale] OT: Clear Wimax going live on June 16

Omar Chanouha ofosho at gatech.edu
Sat Jun 27 09:42:02 EDT 2009


So has anyone signed up? Any news on the modem working with linux? How
about driving around, is the connection solid?

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Michael B. Trausch<mbt at zest.trausch.us> wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:44:01 -0400
> Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So far, it looks like there is no Linux or Mac driver support for the
>> USB modem. If you get the home unit, it's just an ethernet connection
>> and there is no driver to think about.
>
> Depends on how the modem works... I know that cable modems act like
> Ethernet over USB, so they are covered by a functional class driver.
> You might try to see if these devices do something similar.
>
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