norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2008/07/12/hardwarehttp://norman.walsh.name/2008/07/12/hardware/comments.atom2012-02-13T10:27:35.623307ZComment 1 on /2008/07/12/hardwarehttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012008-07-12T21:13:12Z2008-07-12T21:13:12Zdavid tolpinda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

assuming you've got also a 3g phone, why wouldn't you just connect via bluetooth and your phone's 3g? what's the point in having a separate device?

Comment 2 on /2008/07/12/hardwarehttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022008-07-13T03:01:29Z2008-07-13T03:01:29ZJean Kaplanskyda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Oh, ICK! You've been caught in the router quagmire. We've gone through at least one router a year for the last 5 years until we gave up on Linksys altogether and got ourselves a high end DLink N model...

This was the (highly debated) agreed upon solution to support our gaming house guest, Arch's bit torrenting, and my (minimal by comparison to the other guys) connectivity so that I could actually work. We got rid of the eternal house guest, so now things are fairly stable most of the time. :)

As for your Mac... Have you been using Time Capsule? If so, you may be able to use the way back machine to get to a more stable pre-GlobalConnect state.

I've actually had good luck using my blackberry for connectivity in airports, so you may want to consider going that route if you don't want to do the USB thing. I used the tether, but IIRC I think you can bluetooth it.

Just a thought. Good luck, and have a better next week!

-J

Comment 3 on /2008/07/12/hardwarehttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032008-07-13T14:14:39Z2008-07-13T14:14:39ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I don't actually have a 3G phone, and it's not clear that the one I'm likely to get (the iPhone, probably) will support tethering (bluetooth or otherwise). I figure I'll know that within the thirty day window for canceling the service on the separate device. And it was very handy (bugs aside) for the trips I took last week.

Restoring to a pre-GlobalConnect world with Time Machine is an interesting idea. I wonder if that'd be more or less work (what with managing all the other changes I did in the last week) than just starting over.

Comment 4 on /2008/07/12/hardwarehttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00042008-07-21T14:21:04Z2008-07-21T14:21:04ZBen Galbraithda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Too late now, but I have that same 3G card. It's true, the GlobalConnect software was required for Tiger and earlier versions of OS X, but on Leopard it's natively supported and works really well.

When I ran on Tiger, I had struggled unsuccessfully with the GlobalConnect software. Thanks for the resurfacing the memories.

Comment 5 on /2008/07/12/hardwarehttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00052008-07-21T20:50:30Z2008-07-21T20:50:30ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Some of the cards are supported natively by Leopard, but not the one I had. The USB device is supported and seems to be running flawlessly, I'm happy to report.

Comment 6 on /2008/07/12/hardwarehttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00062008-08-05T04:15:46Z2008-08-05T04:15:46ZMike Pierceda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I learned the extra hard way about how awful the GlobalConnect is. I had just installed it before a trip and when I got back I thought the bumpy plane ride had caused a hardware connection failure. After weeks of living with only the GlobalConnect option - which crashed and scrambled things on a regular basis, I took my computer in for service. They straigtened out my services for $150 but warned me about GC. I opened the software ONCE without even putting the card in and it screwed everything again. But now I knew I could work through it. What a mess. I'm running Leopard and am planning on taking my GC card back tomorrow.