aircard routers?

I live in a rural area where my highspeed internet options are limited. I recently purchased a AT&T USB Connect 881 aircard. So far I am happy with it (much faster than dialup). Is there a router that I can plug the USB Aircard in and run my laptop and desk top off the router? I know my neighbor runs several computers off a router with a Sprint aircard. Im trying AT&T because I get a discount rate through the company I work for.
Steve

 

I think you are looking for something such as the WRT54G3G-AT.

 

The problem with that version is that it's PC Card-based, not USB, as the OP indicted as what he's using.

From all the research I've done, the only current routers that can handle aircards are all PC card-based. I could have sworn that I saw a D-Link router that was USB-based, but it's not listed on their site, so perhaps I'm just going insane.

I just check the websites for Linksys, D-Link, and Belkin, and unfortunately, the ones offered by Linksys and D-Link are PC Card-based, and Belkin doesn't seem to have any to offer in this market.

Edit:

Looks like some deeper searching gave me some better results. Here's a product that claims to be for USB mobile broadband cards from AT&T, but I've never heard of the brand before, so I'd be a bit weary.

Here's a product from an Australian company that provides another form of USB-based connection for router, but getting it to the US might be pricy.

Similarly, here's a product from a Swedish company that offers something similar to that of the Aussie company above.

Sorry I couldn't seem to find anything more well know or more local... Maybe some more searching might yield more localized or brand-specific results.

 

Yeah I know it is PCI based. If he recently purchased it, he should be able to exchange it. Otherwise, you would need to rig something up with internet connection sharing and possibly buy a wireless card that allows a computer to act as a wireless access point.

 

Umm, that's not exactly what I would call a "solution"...

Chances are, his laptop does not have a PC Card slot, if it was made in the last 2 to 3 years, so he would be unable to use said PC Card when he's traveling, basically eliminating a key use of it.

While he did get it because he does not have conventional high speed connection at his home, I doubt he wants to limit his service just to his home. He could have gotten satellite internet and paid just as much per month if he wanted that.

... or investigate buying one of the solutions I presented.

Chances are they will work, they just may be a pain the butt to get a hold of.

 

Umm... well until there are mainstream routers that support a USB aircard, I call that a solution. You can always get an adapter for the card.

 

So, your solution is to return something (hassle), and then have to spend more money later just to have more stuff to carry around?

Most people who like not having to spend more money later wouldn't call it a solution. IE, most people in the world.

Also: Adapters for this type of card aren't cheap. Not what I would consider a viable solution, much less a solution at all. Had they been $20, then maybe, but not starting at $240.

 

If you want to use it with a router for home use, then yes.