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Originally Posted by J_hulk2010  thanks RSOT
hey greenbean what usb modem would you recommend? i live in southern california. if that help any with your recommendation. | Hello,
Yesterday I picked up the Mifi 2200 wireless hotspot from Verizon and it's working perfectly. I simply close the Verizon Access Manager(program that loads onto your computer to use the Mifi modem/router) turn off the mifi, then switch to whatever user account on my computer that I want to use, open Verizon access manager and turn the Mifi back on, it reconnects with a new IP address every time. The Mifi device is free with a broadband contract. I have a plan for 3 GB per month for $35. This should be plenty since I only plan on using it when I'm stealth or not at home.
You can also connect to the device wirelessly, however, I have DSL at home(I wasn't able to easily get a new IP address every time, hence the dicision to go with wireless broadband) connected to a wirelss router. I was worried that if I connect to the Mifi wirelessly, my computer might reconnect to my home wireless router at some point which would go back to an old IP address wich would link me to my old suspended ebay accounts, for this reason I use the Mifi with the usb cable and disable the wireless on my computer whenever I am going stealth. This new setup works great! An additional safety feature with this setup is that I'm not able to switch to another computer user account and remain connected, if I go back to the user account with the open Verizon Access Manager and conection, it will still be connected, but you have to close the Verizon program, turn off the Mifi, then switch user accounts and open the Verizon program again and turn on the Mifi.
All verizon internet devices have a new IP everytime they are cycled off and on. You can also use the new Droid X as a connection. On my Droid, whenever I put it into airplane mode, then out of airplane mode, it has a new IP address.
------SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND: I just read eBay Stealth, which I am extremely happy to have found and have learned a priceless amount of information! I thought that I saw in the book somewhere(or maybe here in the forums) that it's not a good idea to connect through usb since it slows you down and it carries some other kind of information with it. The speed doesn't concern me since I'm not transfering any large files. However, I am curious about what kind of information you might be sharing with the use of a usb connection vs. another type of connection. Any insight on this by one of the veterans would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry for typing so much.
Thank you,
Vegas.
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