Does this use up data while idle?I want to connect this to my virgin mobile mifi on the wifi side and to a powered-off PC on the ethernet side. I have data limititations for the mifi (5GB). I'm wondering if I leave this device and the mifi on, does this device use up data (i.e. - request stuff) from the mifi device? Update: Thanks to all who have provided answers. I purchased this device and tried it out. It's indeed true that if I connect this to an inactive item such as laptop, it'll use virtually no bandwidth (0MB in 1 hour). It's the same story when I hooked it as the ethernet input to a router - 0MB. However, if I have a VOIP phone hooked up to the router (my intended use), it uses about 5MB/hour. That comes out to about 3.5GB/month and my data limit is 5GB/month. So my original idea of using a mifi as a replacement for home dsl probably won't work out due to the data bandwidth limit. Does this use up data while idle?I want to connect this to my virgin mobile mifi on the wifi side and to a powered-off PC on the ethernet side. I have data limititations for the mifi (5GB). ... » Read More Does this use up data while idle?I want to connect this to my virgin mobile mifi on the wifi side and to a powered-off PC on the ethernet side. I have data limititations for the mifi (5GB). I'm wondering if I leave this device and the mifi on, does this device use up data (i.e. - request stuff) from the mifi device? Update: Thanks to all who have provided answers. I purchased this device and tried it out. It's indeed true that if I connect this to an inactive item such as laptop, it'll use virtually no bandwidth (0MB in 1 hour). It's the same story when I hooked it as the ethernet input to a router - 0MB. However, if I have a VOIP phone hooked up to the router (my intended use), it uses about 5MB/hour. That comes out to about 3.5GB/month and my data limit is 5GB/month. So my original idea of using a mifi as a replacement for home dsl probably won't work out due to the data bandwidth limit. « Show Less
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I really don't know. The unit kept dropping out so much that I returned it and bought a Netgear device. Wish I could be more help. Sorry.
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if your device is off, the adapter will turn off. so it will not use connection when not being used.
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If you power it through the device your connecting it to and not an external USB power supply then it doesn't use band width when the host device is powered off. The only drawback is that takes about a minute to re-aquire every time it is turned on. If you keep it on all the time I'm not sure how much data it would use when idle. Band width would definetely be used, but I "assume" negligable data would be transfered.
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Don't know for sure, but knowing how these things usually operate, I would certainly doubt that it would need to use any appreciable bandwidth, if the tv is off.
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Hard to say as I never ran a sniffer trace and also I've always had my tv connected to it. bUT that sais. My guess would be maybe and this a very small maybe theres just the smallest amount of hello handshakes back and forth outside of my tv traffic. Bit ill bet the number is really small. Sorry I don't have a definitive answer for you.
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if the PC is off and there are no programs requesting data, no data will be used.
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It needs to have a active SIM card with a data plan to work. It won't connect to another Wi-Fi. If you have a router that supports USB ethernet then you can use this to provide mobile data to that router.
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Hello, FRANKLIN SPRINGER.I have used it with the Internet and DLNA and that last one does not have more of downloading 10Mbps and promotion when in the description is selling like high-speed even of 300Mbps.Try to use it in the USB ports with hard drive of 1TB and also gave the same downloading speed and promotion.The reference it mistakes telephony in the description and I thought it was a servers and SIP for customers only SIP.The truth is the high cost is preferable to buy a Buffalo for the same price, and even less since the end just use wireless Internet for DNLA since it does not do me at that speed. Hello, FRANKLIN SPRINGER.I have used it with the Internet and DLNA and that last one does not have more of downloading 10Mbps and promotion when in the description is selling like high-speed even of 300Mbps.Try to use it in the USB ports with hard drive of 1TB and also gave the same downloading speed and promotion.The reference it mistakes telephony in the description and I thought it was a servers and SIP for customers only SIP.The truth is the high cost is preferable to buy a Buffalo for the same price, and even less since the end just use wireless Internet for... » Read More Hello, FRANKLIN SPRINGER.I have used it with the Internet and DLNA and that last one does not have more of downloading 10Mbps and promotion when in the description is selling like high-speed even of 300Mbps.Try to use it in the USB ports with hard drive of 1TB and also gave the same downloading speed and promotion.The reference it mistakes telephony in the description and I thought it was a servers and SIP for customers only SIP.The truth is the high cost is preferable to buy a Buffalo for the same price, and even less since the end just use wireless Internet for DNLA since it does not do me at that speed. « Show Less
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Check other responses, but it really only communicates during setup. Once you have devices added and timers set, it pretty much never uses the Internet until you add another device or change the setup/config.
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No unless you have the 3G. It picks up on wi-fi. So if you have wi-fi in your home, then it will use that. Just like your laptop when it picks up neighbors networks. Going down the road you wont have internet because you wont have wi-fi. I think the specifications are around 6-10 hours. Im not sure, have not looked at them since I bought them. Just google and it will tell you.
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If you are using Virgin Mobile's 3G I believe all U.S. plans include unlimited 3G for no additional cost (although there is, if I recall correctly, some fine print about limiting the speed past a basic threshold of usage). At home -- or in 'friendly' (accessible) WiFi situations you are not using the 3G and there would be no additional cost to you beyond what you are already paying for your internet connection. FOR THE RECORD though, I dumped this phone because the multiprocessing affects the pitch of the music being played, which is totally unforgivable to my hears. I moved up to the HTC One V that can be found here for between $49 and $99 dollars. If you are using Virgin Mobile's 3G I believe all U.S. plans include unlimited 3G for no additional cost (although there is, if I recall correctly, some fine print about limiting the speed past a basic threshold of usage). At home -- or in 'friendly' (accessible) WiFi situations you are not using the 3G and there would be no additional cost to you beyond what you are already paying for your internet connection. FOR THE RECORD though, I dumped this phone because the multiprocessing affects the pitch of the music being played, which is totally unforgivable to my hears. I moved up to the HTC... » Read More If you are using Virgin Mobile's 3G I believe all U.S. plans include unlimited 3G for no additional cost (although there is, if I recall correctly, some fine print about limiting the speed past a basic threshold of usage). At home -- or in 'friendly' (accessible) WiFi situations you are not using the 3G and there would be no additional cost to you beyond what you are already paying for your internet connection. FOR THE RECORD though, I dumped this phone because the multiprocessing affects the pitch of the music being played, which is totally unforgivable to my hears. I moved up to the HTC One V that can be found here for between $49 and $99 dollars. « Show Less
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Hello, thanks for your inquiry. According to HP support this uses wifi only there is no data connection.
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I didn't have a great experience with this device, and was unable to connect -anything- to it. But... it sounds like what you're actually looking for is a buddy who can do a good job wiring a connection between your two devices. There's no reason you should have to use a wireless connection between your cable modem and your wifi router. Doing so is likely to slow down whatever broadband speed you're getting, unless you're subscribing to such a low tier that you won't notice the difference anyway.Running a single cable drop isn't a terribly complicated job to do, and is very inexpensive. It's much less expensive than buying equipment like this, unless you have to pay someone to do it. I didn't have a great experience with this device, and was unable to connect -anything- to it. But... it sounds like what you're actually looking for is a buddy who can do a good job wiring a connection between your two devices. There's no reason you should have to use a wireless connection between your cable modem and your wifi router. Doing so is likely to slow down whatever broadband speed you're getting, unless you're subscribing to such a low tier that you won't notice the difference anyway.Running a single cable drop isn't a terribly complicated job to do, and is very... » Read More I didn't have a great experience with this device, and was unable to connect -anything- to it. But... it sounds like what you're actually looking for is a buddy who can do a good job wiring a connection between your two devices. There's no reason you should have to use a wireless connection between your cable modem and your wifi router. Doing so is likely to slow down whatever broadband speed you're getting, unless you're subscribing to such a low tier that you won't notice the difference anyway.Running a single cable drop isn't a terribly complicated job to do, and is very inexpensive. It's much less expensive than buying equipment like this, unless you have to pay someone to do it. « Show Less
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Sorry my friend, I only used it like a Wifi device. And its very good. It's installed on my pc to use Internet by wifi.
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No, it works fine and if your internet carrier is good/fast you will have great WiFi @home or office. This little device is worth its price!! Never had issues to re-start since I purchased last year
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No you don't need internet at all the way it works is its a hard drive but instead of using a usb cable to connect to the hard drive this drive uses wifi.To connect to the drive wirelessly you need the android app or the iOS version, now if you have internet on your phone or tablet the drive works as a hot spot but this is an additional feature it works well without Internet.
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If WiFi signal is readily available (no matter how poor or slow that the WiFi signal is) the HP slate will try its best to connect to WiFi (assuming that you have required credentials/password) to preserve 4G LTE data consumption. If WiFi is too slow or not secure, then you can turn off WiFi on the device and turn on cellular data then it will get ONLY cellular (4G LTE or 3G if 4G signal is absent). You can "force" it to use WiFi and NOT cellular signal in settings OR you can "force" it to use cellular and NOT WiFi (as I do for secure on-line banking, when the WiFi available is public and not secured). I hope that this helps you! If WiFi signal is readily available (no matter how poor or slow that the WiFi signal is) the HP slate will try its best to connect to WiFi (assuming that you have required credentials/password) to preserve 4G LTE data consumption. If WiFi is too slow or not secure, then you can turn off WiFi on the device and turn on cellular data then it will get ONLY cellular (4G LTE or 3G if 4G signal is absent). You can "force" it to use WiFi and NOT cellular signal in settings OR you can "force" it to use cellular and NOT WiFi (as I do for secure on-line banking, when the WiFi... » Read More If WiFi signal is readily available (no matter how poor or slow that the WiFi signal is) the HP slate will try its best to connect to WiFi (assuming that you have required credentials/password) to preserve 4G LTE data consumption. If WiFi is too slow or not secure, then you can turn off WiFi on the device and turn on cellular data then it will get ONLY cellular (4G LTE or 3G if 4G signal is absent). You can "force" it to use WiFi and NOT cellular signal in settings OR you can "force" it to use cellular and NOT WiFi (as I do for secure on-line banking, when the WiFi available is public and not secured). I hope that this helps you! « Show Less
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No internet connection needed, it will boost the lower frequency phone signal as well as a high frequency data signal. Which will allow you to use your data as well as voice.
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I just read this. Very good info. But does the computer have to be on the internet all the time or just on. I do not mind keeping it on but I find my router often goes off the internet if I leave it too long. Can you Help LaRaine
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Honestly i dont even know if the device works at all, i have not used it ever. I bought it just before i got a satellite internet setup at my house.sorry not much help.
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Not sure how all this works? Can someone please tell me what I need to install this and what does it do? If i understand correctly, I have to already have internet set up in my home, then with this device, i can get wifi for up to serveral devices? so its like a wifi hotspot?
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Those questions have nothing to do with this device. You plug your USB cellular data dongle (normally plugged into a laptop) into this device, and it distributes the Internet connection via WiFi. Dongle compatibility is the only valid question.