Can I Use WMWifiRouter to connect multiple PCs

[Guest kyferez]

I have successfully tethered my Omnia using the instructions at http://www.modaco.com/content/i9x0-omnia-h...-verizon-omnia/

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE IT WORK!!! Verizon wanted to charge me an extra $30 a month for that option and then limit the monthly bandwidth usage too! Now I'm using it anyay and it's their "unlimited data" plan for the phone!

Now to my question: How can I get the Omnia to tether to my WiFi router so that I can share the connection with all my PCs? I live in an area where Verizon Wireless is the only Highspeed available (besides satellite) and my wife would like to be online at the same time as me.

Edited May 22, 2009 by kyferez

[Guest dragracekid]

From what Ive used I can use wfmr to connect to several computers Ive had it connected to my ipod and my laptop before and I was just using the router function.

[Guest kyferez]

dragracekid I tried that, but my other PC couldn't get an IP... Maybe there was an issue with that PC; I'll try a different one.

In any event, I'd like to find a way to connect it to my existing WiFi network because connecting the wireless PCs to the WMWifiRouter means I'm disconnected from my network, which messes up my printing (I have a laser printer on a print server) and file sharing.

Any other thoughts of how to do this in conjunction with an existing WiFi network? Maybe a WiFi bridge that connects to the WmWifiRouter and the bridge has a wired connection to my existing WiFi network?

Edited May 22, 2009 by kyferez

[Guest necosino]

I've used WM WifiRouter basic and pro (v1.35) I've been able to share files, music, printers, and internet with 4 laptops while I was on an audit. Nother really needed to be done other than setting up the WMWifiRouter and having the laptops connect. <_<

[Guest kyferez]

I've used WM WifiRouter basic and pro (v1.35) I've been able to share files, music, printers, and internet with 4 laptops while I was on an audit. Nother really needed to be done other than setting up the WMWifiRouter and having the laptops connect. <_<

I see what you're saying, but that still doesn't work with an existing wifi network because some of the clients are on a wired network which is tied into the existing wifi network, and one of those clients is my laser printer using a jet direct print server. If I did it the way you suggest, none of those laptops will be connected to my printer or any of the machines on the wired portion of the network.

Thanks.

[Guest kyferez]

I've tried connecting a bridge to it, but It's having the same issue as my XP and Linux PCs are having from my other thread: http://www.modaco.com/content/i9x0-omnia-h...s/#entry1019304

Thanks

[Guest thetwiztidfreak]

Verizon wanted to charge me an extra $30 a month for that option and then limit the monthly bandwidth usage too! Now I'm using it anyay and it's their "unlimited data" plan for the phone!

Just so you know they say its unlimited but im pretty sure there is a 5GB limit before they start charging for overages. For most that is unlimited but people like me i go through that in a week.

[Guest dwallersv]

To answer the OP, yes, you can use WMWifiRouter to connect to a wireless router and provide internet access through your phone to all clients on the network connected to the router.

Morose Media, the creator of WMWifiRouter, provides instructions here for how to do this.

It may only be possible with the current, paid-for commercial version. I have no idea if this will work with the dated free version from a few years ago. The commercial version is pretty inexpensive anyway (EU19.95, $28), and IMO is more than worth it for the improved functionality, GUI, bug fixes, and customer support.

Morose Media finally is offering a trial version, so you can give it a spin without having to buy it. See this page for the link to the trial download.

I have no connection with Morose Media other than being a satisfied WMWifiRouter customer.

Edited May 30, 2009 by dwallersv

[Guest kyferez]

Just so you know they say its unlimited but im pretty sure there is a 5GB limit before they start charging for overages. For most that is unlimited but people like me i go through that in a week.

I've heard that, but according to US false advertising laws, an ad cannot be misleading or deceptive. If they ever attempt to bill me for overages on an unlimited plan, I will take them to court for false advertising. Words like unlimited cannot be used in advertising of any sort if there is any sort of limit, stated or otherwise. See the FTC article: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/adv/bus35.shtm

Having a limit on an service plan which specifically states Unlimited Data is both untruthful and unfair, and therefore is defined as False Advertising.