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Mobile broadband router now available from 3
IT SEEMS that UK mobile operator, 3, is now shipping a wireless router – the D100 from Huawei – which the company claims can enable up to four people to share a mobile broadband connection.
The idea is that you slot your 3G USB modem into the wireless router made by Huawei and others can access the Net via a Wi-fi link. The device will only work with a USB modem supplied by 3, it seems.
The INQ was alerted to the fact that this product has finally been made available by Edd Dawson of Broadband.co.uk.
He claimed that, "The only solution [for mobile broadband sharing] was to buy extra dongles on additional contracts, so you lost the cost advantage of not having a fixed line."
Sadly, this is utter nonsense. There are several ways of sharing your mobile broadband connection. For starters, you can simply turn your, PC, Mac, or laptop into a wireless access point through software.
With a Mac, you go to system preferences/sharing/internet option and activate the Airport checkbox.
Naturally, it's more difficult for Windows but try activating Internet Connection Sharing which is explained here.
According to the official 3 UK online store the D100 is available in black or while and costs £69.99 as a one-off cost. The store also list which USB modems you can use with it here.
So for those who hate messing with software settings, the D100 is the easy answer. µ
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actually I'll think it is against the contract rules to share the internet connection provided over cellular
I have one of these and I am using a 3 USB dongle - works great: http://www.dovado.com

I can definitely recommend the product.

Dennis
What a load of bull my friend is on there 18 month contract option for there 3G lives on the 20th of 1 of the estate flats in Hull.

After 8pm or after midnight he can never get a connection hardly and when it does according to AVG updater he's download at wait for it..... 2.9kbps and it never gets any higher.

God help the idiots who fall for this on what they would get 3's Mobile BB is the worth in the country.

And speaking of my friends MB I'm going in to get his contract cancelled for him only got 8 months left and it's never worked but he's so lazy to do anything about it. And if they don't a nice call to trading standards or OFCOM should get them to understand where I'm coming from.
Draytek recently (I think?) added a feature to their 2800-series routers via a firmware update, which allows one to use certain USB HSDPA dongles as a backup connection..

It's worth Googling for if you're a little more serious about the quality of your network.

On the other hand, if you know anything about Internet access in the UK, you'll realise that the mobile operators haven't got a bloody clue as to the meaning of the term 'Internet SERVICE PROVIDER'.
So the billion range of 3G routers and wireless routers doesn't exist?

http://au.billion.com/product/3g.php

We keep a few in stock, note also G and N support :) 

"only solution" indeed.
D-Link just added a new feature to some of it's existing and new routers. They call it SharePort and it utilizes the USB port on the back of certain routers. One function is the ability to connect a 3G USB modem to it and share it with anyone connected to the router. So you can connect either via CAT-5 or WiFi to the router and access the internet via the 3G modem.

Some of the routers capable of this are the DIR-825, DGL-4500, DIR-855, DIR-628, and DIR-655.
Utter nonsense indded, but only if you're happy to leave a PC or Mac on 24x7... and let's be honest many people don't want to do that. So maybe he has a point. Kinda.