NEC MobilePro 900 -CAN I USE A BROADBAND ACCESS CARD?

Does anyone know if I can use a broadband access card with my MobilePro 900?? I use HPC 2000 (not .NET). I have a wireless PC card that works great but I was hoping to use a Verizon cellular broadband access card when I travel (which I do frequently) to construction jobsites where wireless networks are few and far between.

BroadbandAccess, meaning EVDO? Then no. All EVDO cards are 32-bit CardBus, which no known HPC supports.

Other options for CDMA internet on HPC2000:
- 1xRTT PCMCIA cards (slow - probably not what you're looking for)
- Access a phone's via infrared (slow again), bluetooth (slowish), or wifi

Another option: a GPRS/3G adapter, like the Nokia D311 (GPRS) or the Sierra AirCard 775 (GPRS/3G), using the SIM card from your cell phone.

BTW, please post a new thread in only one place from now on. See Rule 8 in the Forum Rules:

http://www.hpcfactor.com/info/help/forums/rules/

I've deleted the other identical thread in the H/PC 2000 forum.

Edited by CE Geek 2008-09-23 7:02 PM

CE Geek, those will not work with verizon.

but if OP is willing to switch to GSM, then, he should try sierra 860

Edited by cmonex 2008-09-23 11:31 PM

Is the 860 known to work with the 900 (H/PC 2000)? (If so, a submission to the HCL might be in order.) The original poster doesn't say which cell phone provider she has - if the Verizon card she has is like the one I've used, it was separate service from my cell phone.

I use an AT&T PCMIA card in a AirLink 101 model AR360W3G router.
You put the PCMIA card in the router's slot
Connect to a PC via LAN
Setup the info for the log into- WAP@CINULARGPRS.COM
Setup the built-in WIFI
After initial setup you can take the router anywhere you go. I use mine to make my pickup truck a moblile WIFI hotspot.

BTW, after the initial setup you do not need a PC to run the router. It will auto connect to the broadband when powered on. I've used it with all my HPC's and pocket PC units.

I got the AirLink at Fry's.

Edited by stftclmshell 2008-10-24 10:07 PM

I need to submit a form to the HCL reporting the 860 card working in CE 4.2 .net. I'm posting this from my Netbook Pro, using 3G via the 860, while riding a bus to Vegas.