[Q] Motorola XOOM + Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150

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Hey everyone,

I have this WiMAX/WiFi card and would love to have it working in Xoom
Intel WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150
Model: 512ANX MMW
Not so familiar with development and hacking... That's why I'm asking for help from local guru. Is there any chance to have it working?
Any clue on which way should i dig?
It looks to be fully functional under Ubuntu 10.04 (translated page here http://translate.google.com/translat...2F2259&act=url)
PS: Sorry if this should be posted in some other place on the forum

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What service does it work through?

Originally Posted by jshuford

What service does it work through?

Didn't quite get the question.. Was it about service provider? I yes, it works with both Russian WiMAX providers (Yota and Comstar). There is no need in SIM card, autentification is based on cards MAC address. So the point is to make this card actually work and be identified by OS

I too am in moscow with the verizon xoom! Sadly, yota is on the wrong bands for the wimax that will be available for update from moto for everyone else, but it would be interesting if we could install our own hardware and drivers, so we dont have to use a hotspot when theres no free wifi.

Its certainly something to look into!

at this point, such a task is impossible. You would have to build an additional framework of massive proportions similar to how #teamwin ported wimax to cyanogenmod on the Evo. There are few in the world that good. In addition, we don't even have hc source, nor will we for the foreseeable future. Sorry guys, dead in the water. At least you can enjoy my Tiamat series kernel.

Found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=12363793
Didn't understand much, but could it be useful or somehow related to getting use of built-in modem in GSM networks?

Originally Posted by ftgg99

I too am in moscow with the verizon xoom! Sadly, yota is on the wrong bands for the wimax that will be available for update from moto for everyone else, but it would be interesting if we could install our own hardware and drivers, so we dont have to use a hotspot when theres no free wifi.

Its certainly something to look into!

Verizon's Xoom does not do WiMax. You meant LTE, which will be on the 700mhz band. WiMax is on 2.5ghz band.

Originally Posted by LordLugard

You meant LTE

Nope, he didn't mean LTE. We're talking about inserting additional card (intel 5150 in this case) into mini-pci slot that is reserved for Verizon LTE upgrade. I've got an answer from some linux guru in which he said that Android WiMax stack isn't implemented yet