Colin Loretz » riadevshed2008 http://colinloretz.com Community builder and hacker Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:39:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Create a mobile WiFi hotspot for roadtrips http://colinloretz.com/2008/04/create-a-mobile-wifi-hotspot-for-roadtrips/ http://colinloretz.com/2008/04/create-a-mobile-wifi-hotspot-for-roadtrips/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:31:51 +0000 Colin Loretz http://colinloretz.com/?p=15 Some of the Twelve Horses crew attended the Rich Internet Application Dev Shed 2008 this week and since we would be out of the office both Thursday and Friday, we wanted to hit the road without missing a beat. We rented a van, setup our laptops, and drove five-hundred miles with a fairly speedy WiFi connection.

I have written up some instructions on how you too can free yourself from the office.
This can be done on either a PC or Macintosh, but the directions below are for Mac OS X.

What you will need:

  • Laptops with wireless connectivity
  • Cellular Wireless Card (We used a Sprint Novatel Wireless Ovation U727)
  • AC/DC Power inverter
  • A vehicle

How to share an internet connection on Mac OS X 10
I’m going to show you how to share a cellular wireless connection, however this method will work if you want to share an ethernet connection as well.

1. Install the cellular wireless card/usb stick by following the manufacturer’s instructions

2. Follow the directions in the SlideShare presentation below.

Using our Sprint connection, we were able to share a speedy wireless connection amongst three laptops and 3 iPhones, with only an occasional dead spot in cellular reception. I’m not sure how much unlimited data costs for the Sprint Novatel we used but we were definitely wired in the middle of the desert.

Below: Writing this blog post, surrounded by Utah desert

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Check back more today for live updates.

I’m currently building a Flex/AIR application at work that allows us to integrate with Salesforce.com in order to manage projects and employees.

1:30: Listening to Louie Penaflor. He is presenting on Flash Media Server (FMS). Flash media server offers a lot of opportunity for providing scalable streaming video. It sounds like Scott wants to create a video conference tool in Flex and utilize FMS.

2:49pm: Currently listening to Shelley Browning. She is presenting on Flex Charting and data visualization. The Twelve Horses project management application will have a lot of graphs, charts, and dashboards.

Below: Steve Spencer outside a RIA Dev Shed 2008 session room

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