I see this subject is a little off topic, so I hope the moderator will let this one through since this can be very handy for users of Clear's USB devises.
I had been trying to figure out how to have wireless internet for other devises in my house given that I am just using the USB dongle system from Clear. ( with antennas from RFWel, thank-you
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One reliable software based product ( a free product) is Wlan Controller. Find here: http://wlancontroller.com/ It's a pretty easy to use product. You set up a few basic things and it then automatically sets your windows 7 computer so that you then have a virtual router with secure wireless available to your other devises coming from your laptop that is connected to Clear via the USB devise.
Similarly, I just found out today that it is possible to do something similar and end up using any wireless router for any other computer or devise you may have.
First, I'll put a link here to a youtube vid that shows this process . It's a well done video that shows the steps as he does them on his computer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifDyMaWC0Mk
What he sets up, using Internet Connection Sharing, is a way to share his wireless by linking his wireless connection ( or card) to his ethernet card using the Internet connection sharing in Windows 7. It appears to be easier in Windows 7 but I understand this is also possible in earlier windows versions. He then uses a crossover ethernet cable to connect this primary internet connected computer to another laptop.
I thought, hey, if this can be done by attaching computer to computer, maybe it can work to attach the ethernet on my laptop to the ethernet in- port on my wireless router.
Guess what, it worked. I now have my regular, unmodified wireless router delivering wireless internet to the rest of my house- no longer stuck with just my USB-Clear internet linked laptop.
And in this set up, I just used a regular ethernet cable- not crossover.
So,
Use that Youtube vid to learn how to link the Clear network adapter ( virtually inside your computer) to your Ethernet port, connect a regular ethernet cable to your laptop ethernet port and your in-port on your wireless router and turn everything on. There is no need to do anything particularly complex and it's free if you already have a router.
One down side is that ,in my case, McAfee firewall had to be disabled in my primary internet connected laptop. I'll have to install more ICS friendly firewall software to deal with that problem. The same happens with the Wlan Controller software.
Hope this helps someone. It's working great for me.
Neil
I had been trying to figure out how to have wireless internet for other devises in my house given that I am just using the USB dongle system from Clear. ( with antennas from RFWel, thank-you

One reliable software based product ( a free product) is Wlan Controller. Find here: http://wlancontroller.com/ It's a pretty easy to use product. You set up a few basic things and it then automatically sets your windows 7 computer so that you then have a virtual router with secure wireless available to your other devises coming from your laptop that is connected to Clear via the USB devise.
Similarly, I just found out today that it is possible to do something similar and end up using any wireless router for any other computer or devise you may have.
First, I'll put a link here to a youtube vid that shows this process . It's a well done video that shows the steps as he does them on his computer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifDyMaWC0Mk
What he sets up, using Internet Connection Sharing, is a way to share his wireless by linking his wireless connection ( or card) to his ethernet card using the Internet connection sharing in Windows 7. It appears to be easier in Windows 7 but I understand this is also possible in earlier windows versions. He then uses a crossover ethernet cable to connect this primary internet connected computer to another laptop.
I thought, hey, if this can be done by attaching computer to computer, maybe it can work to attach the ethernet on my laptop to the ethernet in- port on my wireless router.
Guess what, it worked. I now have my regular, unmodified wireless router delivering wireless internet to the rest of my house- no longer stuck with just my USB-Clear internet linked laptop.
And in this set up, I just used a regular ethernet cable- not crossover.
So,
Use that Youtube vid to learn how to link the Clear network adapter ( virtually inside your computer) to your Ethernet port, connect a regular ethernet cable to your laptop ethernet port and your in-port on your wireless router and turn everything on. There is no need to do anything particularly complex and it's free if you already have a router.
One down side is that ,in my case, McAfee firewall had to be disabled in my primary internet connected laptop. I'll have to install more ICS friendly firewall software to deal with that problem. The same happens with the Wlan Controller software.
Hope this helps someone. It's working great for me.
Neil
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