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« on: March 09, 2007, 08:38:16 PM »
does anyone have any information on this?
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« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2007, 08:57:31 PM »
I'm afraid the only thing I can do is say Welcome Aboard, terry! Hope you find this place as friendly as I do! smile.gif

And I assure you, if anyone has had any experience with that device, they'll be along to share it with you.

Now, you did a wonderful job of making the thread title very detailed ( so much better than some which simply say "HELP!" laugh.gif ). But perhaps you can add even more info in another post. For instance, is the Verizon USB720 actually the wifi device and your DSL modem? I know there are people here who use non-Apple wireless routers, hopefully they can also help with this one. Is it actually a DSL wireless modem/router combination?
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2007, 10:58:12 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2007, 02:56:52 PM »
QUOTE(terry @ Mar 10 2007, 02:38 AM) [snapback]121480[/snapback]
does anyone have any information on this?


Parallels "piggybacks" on your existing net connection, so the Windows install in Parallels will work as long as the device works on the Mac side. You don't need to do anything special, and it doesn't matter how the computer is connected to the Internet; it just works.

Boot Camp is another story. Boot Camp boots the computer directly into Windows. For that reason, you will need to install a Windows driver for your device.
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2007, 04:48:17 PM »
Did some quick searching and it sounds like the 720 thing is a 'dongle' that attaches between you internet connection and the computer! That may mean that Parrellels won't be able to use it, since it is limited in what hardware it is allowed/can access. Boot Camp may be the only alternative on the Mac side. Here's a short thread at <MacNNForms> discussing if, in fact, it is the same device you have. dntknw.gif

Is <this> what you're talking about?
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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2007, 02:41:47 PM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Mar 10 2007, 10:48 PM) [snapback]121584[/snapback]
Did some quick searching and it sounds like the 720 thing is a 'dongle' that attaches between you internet connection and the computer! That may mean that Parrellels won't be able to use it, since it is limited in what hardware it is allowed/can access. Boot Camp may be the only alternative on the Mac side. Here's a short thread at <MacNNForms> discussing if, in fact, it is the same device you have. dntknw.gif

Is <this> what you're talking about?


Parallels can't access the device directly,but what it *can* do is bridge the Windows network to the Mac network. Since this is a networking device, Parallels doesn't need to be able to access it directly, or allow Windows to connect to it directly.

Instead, what Parallels does with any networking device is allow the Mac driver to do the access. Parallels creates a fictional "virtual network card" that emulates a Realtek Ethernet card, then translates any calls that Windows makes to that virtual device into networking calls for the Mac network driver. Since it's the Mac driver that's doing the real networking, Parallels can work with any network device that works on the Mac.
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« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2007, 04:09:24 PM »
Could it be that terry doesn't even need that device ( or Parallels ) on the Apple? Thinking.gif

The device appears to be a 'simple' receiver for the transmitted signal of a WIFI cable/DSL modem. I can see a need in a non-WIFI capable PC, but I thought most Intel Apple notebooks come with an Airport card already installed. So, unless this WIFI transmitter is doing something weird, I wouldn't think the notebook would even need the device. dntknw.gif
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« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2007, 10:55:01 PM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Mar 9 2007, 04:57 PM) [snapback]121483[/snapback]
I'm afraid the only thing I can do is say Welcome Aboard, terry! Hope you find this place as friendly as I do! smile.gif

And I assure you, if anyone has had any experience with that device, they'll be along to share it with you.

Now, you did a wonderful job of making the thread title very detailed ( so much better than some which simply say "HELP!" laugh.gif ). But perhaps you can add even more info in another post. For instance, is the Verizon USB720 actually the wifi device and your DSL modem? I know there are people here who use non-Apple wireless routers, hopefully they can also help with this one. Is it actually a DSL wireless modem/router combination?
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« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2007, 12:32:55 PM »
From an email I got today, it seems that this device is very similar to what Airport cards do. It can receive WIFI signals from where ever. terry uses his in a USB port. Still not certain that he doesn't already have an Airport card installed, however. I think System Profiler will show that. Look under the Apple menu. Select "About this Mac...". In the small window that appears, click on the "More Info..." button. Under "Network", click on "Airport Card". Hopefully, you will not get "No information found." as I do in my 'old' iGloo! ;-) If you do have an Airport Card, it should be completely usable to access/use any WIFI 'hotspot'.

Now, you may still have the problem on the PC and the Apple if there is no Airport Card. Thinking.gif

So, while we now know how the thing works, we still don't know how to make it work. wallbash.gif There will be help here, if you actually have an Airport Card, however.

From an email I got today, it seems that this device is very similar to what Airport cards do. It can receive WIFI signals from where ever. terry uses his in a USB port. Still not certain that he doesn't already have an Airport card installed, however. I think System Profiler will show that. Look under the Apple menu. Select "About this Mac...". In the small window that appears, click on the "More Info..." button. Under "Network", click on "Airport Card". Hopefully, you will not get "No information found." as I do in my 'old' iGloo! ;-) If you do have an Airport Card, it should be completely usable to access/use any WIFI 'hotspot'.

Now, you may still have the problem on the PC and the Apple if there is no Airport Card. Thinking.gif

So, while we now know how the thing works, we still don't know how to make it work. wallbash.gif There will be help here, if you actually have an Airport Card, however.
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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2007, 08:06:41 PM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Mar 10 2007, 12:48 PM) [snapback]121584[/snapback]
Did some quick searching and it sounds like the 720 thing is a 'dongle' that attaches between you internet connection and the computer! That may mean that Parrellels won't be able to use it, since it is limited in what hardware it is allowed/can access. Boot Camp may be the only alternative on the Mac side. Here's a short thread at <MacNNForms> discussing if, in fact, it is the same device you have. dntknw.gif

Is <this> what you're talking about?
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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2007, 11:12:18 PM »
Hey Guys, thanks for all the help. Ms. Terry really appreciates it. To clarify a bit. This nice Macbook, purchased new in August has built-in wireless if you are at a hot spot. However, and this is the cool part, this thing works everywhere there is a cell tower. It has a cell phone number. Now, for the hard part. It works fine as long as I stay in Mac. But I must use Windows XP for work. Thanks, Terry coolio.gif
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« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2007, 09:59:29 AM »
OK, I understand the device better and the problem ( which is actually a Windows thing... ). Seems you've found something that won't work in Parrallels, but might with BootCamp. I think you said you were going to try BootCamp, also. Again, Parrallels does have problems accessing some hardware features and they are "working on that". Not that that helps much, right now.

Please let us know if using BootCamp helps, even if it does kill the Mac OS. :sad:

So, any takers on how to get XP, running on the Intel Mac under Parrallels or BootCamp, to recognize the 'phone' dongle, so terry doesn't have to carry a PC only notebook?
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« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2007, 12:46:18 PM »
QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Mar 14 2007, 04:59 AM) [snapback]121876[/snapback]
OK, I understand the device better and the problem ( which is actually a Windows thing... ). Seems you've found something that won't work in Parrallels, but might with BootCamp. I think you said you were going to try BootCamp, also. Again, Parrallels does have problems accessing some hardware features and they are "working on that". Not that that helps much, right now.

Please let us know if using BootCamp helps, even if it does kill the Mac OS. :sad:

So, any takers on how to get XP, running on the Intel Mac under Parrallels or BootCamp, to recognize the 'phone' dongle, so terry doesn't have to carry a PC only notebook?
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« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2007, 06:05:25 PM »
terry. I think you're Quoting when you mean to Reply. I could be wrong. smile.gif

Look at the Bottom Right of the page.

Two reply buttons.

One is Fast Reply. No smilies to click on.

The other Reply button has them. smile.gif
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« Reply #14 on: March 14, 2007, 07:15:53 PM »
I think terry is using the "Reply To" button and then failing to add her own text.

Terry, as kelly said, either use the "Add Reply" or if you use the "Reply To", add your own text below the quoted text in the reply box.

The Fast Reply is OK as well as long as you don't need to quote anyone else.
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