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How is the Mifi device for authentication? We've been looking at them for VPN access by mobile staff but I've yet to find one that does a simple wifi router style authentication; it always seems to want a second step of clicking through a web-page wall.
After an initial setup, the connection is persistent, and your device will detect the MiFi as a regular WiFi hotspot/router. The connection to the service is persistent, too. Once you go through the hoops the first time, you don't need to again (generally speaking). My experience was the same with the Verizon 4G LTE MiFi hotspot, too.
I guess the only difference is that this is a non-contract device so when I re-up my plan, I do get redirected to a web-wall where I have to authenticate and purchase a plan option.
On our recent trip to Orlando I was far less impressed with the Virgin 2200. It was nearly useless on the road during the trip down. We stayed in South Carolina for one night at a KOA and the speed was not very good despite being in a fairly well built up area, and we found the same thing when we stayed at a Disney resort in Orlando. This made me realize the speed really wasn't great in Louisville, either. Stuttering video with Netflix and Youtube is a persistent problem in multiple locations. Driving through dense urban areas I generally get great throughput, even when mobile - but those are the places where you need a MiFi hotspot the least.
I guess the only difference is that this is a non-contract device so when I re-up my plan, I do get redirected to a web-wall where I have to authenticate and purchase a plan option.
On our recent trip to Orlando I was far less impressed with the Virgin 2200. It was nearly useless on the road during the trip down. We stayed in South Carolina for one night at a KOA and the speed was not very good despite being in a fairly well built up area, and we found the same thing when we stayed at a Disney resort in Orlando. This made me realize the speed really wasn't great in Louisville, either. Stuttering video with Netflix and Youtube is a persistent problem in multiple locations. Driving through dense urban areas I generally get great throughput, even when mobile - but those are the places where you need a MiFi hotspot the least.
The one thing that's driven me nuts with service providers is the choice to over-comlpicate things for the customer.
DSL highspeed - Bell decides to use PPoE authentication where the user must run a megalithic piece of bloatware just to feed the DSL modem the credentials. This, instead of simply realizing that the other end of the hard line was the customer's home and a dhcp would give the customer's device an IP. (I switched to Rogers just after Bell/Sympatico made that decision because they used a cable modem with dhcp)
broadband dongles; yet to see one that simply presents itself as a network device, the two that have come through here have both needed specific drivers with there own network connection managers. Why? Why not just stuff the SIM chip in the dongle, keep the cell network authentication there and tell the other end of the USB plug "I'm a wifi and I might be connected already."
Glad to hear someone is making sane Mifi bricks. They should authenticate once then operate like a normal wireless router. I was rather surprised to get a helpdesk call from a user who has to go through a browser page "yes, this is me, reconnecting to my Mifi" every time.
DSL highspeed - Bell decides to use PPoE authentication where the user must run a megalithic piece of bloatware just to feed the DSL modem the credentials. This, instead of simply realizing that the other end of the hard line was the customer's home and a dhcp would give the customer's device an IP. (I switched to Rogers just after Bell/Sympatico made that decision because they used a cable modem with dhcp)
broadband dongles; yet to see one that simply presents itself as a network device, the two that have come through here have both needed specific drivers with there own network connection managers. Why? Why not just stuff the SIM chip in the dongle, keep the cell network authentication there and tell the other end of the USB plug "I'm a wifi and I might be connected already."
Glad to hear someone is making sane Mifi bricks. They should authenticate once then operate like a normal wireless router. I was rather surprised to get a helpdesk call from a user who has to go through a browser page "yes, this is me, reconnecting to my Mifi" every time.
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