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Maximizing the Value of
Your Mobile Broadband
Service
The Advantages of the WiPipe™ Platform
Overview
This white paper looks at how users can maximize the value they get from
their mobile broadband service plans. It explains how mobile broadband
routers (also known as cellular routers or 3G/4G broadband routers) allow
users to share their mobile broadband access via a Wi-Fi hotspot and/or
Ethernet LAN connections. Further, it examines CradlePoint’s WiPipe™
platform for mobile broadband routing and how it enhances security, ease of
use, performance, functionality and management control.
Mobile vs. wired broadband routers
Mobile broadband routers and wired broadband routers share a number of
similar capabilities/functions:
Connect to a broadband source for Internet access (generally this is a
DSL, cable, satellite or T1 Internet service delivered via a wired network)
Provide a 802.11 wireless LAN (a.k.a. Wi-Fi hotspot) that enables
multiple Wi-Fi-enabled devices to share the broadband Internet
connection
Laptops
Printers
Desktop PCs
PDAs
Gaming consoles
Any device capable of receiving a Wi-Fi signal
Provide Ethernet port(s) that enable devices to share the broadband
Internet connection through a wired connection
Desktop computer
Laptop
Printers
Server
Storage device/appliance
Network switch/print server
Any device with an Ethernet port
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W H I T E P A P E R
Every CradlePoint Mobile Broadband Router is built
on the WiPipe™ platform, which is based on more
than 27 patents pending. The WiPipe™ platform
enables best-in-class performance, functionality,
security, and interoperability while providing “plug-
and-play” ease of use.