Just a fun blog this week. I really love my iPhone 3GS.
And I really love my Hava TV streaming appliance:
The Hava appliance, very similar to a Slingbox, is connected to my DirecTV HD DVR and connected to my home LAN. I can stream the DirecTV picture to any PC in the house and a remote PC over the Internet (for example, like at work...not that I ever watch TV at work!). The Hava appliance PC software includes the ability to remote control the DirecTV box too.
So, anything that can be done on the DirecTV box I can control via the Hava PC software.
Then, last week, Hava released an app for the iPhone!
Christmas definitely came early this year.
But there was one lump of coal in my stocking. The Hava iPhone app requires a WLAN connection. It will not run over AT&T's 3G network. Yeah, yeah, AT&T can't afford to allow streaming video over their wireless network (because their network suc....never mind).
So, I needed a way to fix this problem. Enter my new Verizon MiFi which I am testing for work.
The MiFi creates a small, personal hotspot providing an 802.11b/g connection to clients - umm, like my iPhone running the Hava streaming software - with a 3G connection to the Internet via Verizon wireless. Now I can stream my DirecTV box to my iPhone wherever I am. Like while waiting for the car to get clean today I was watching NFL football from home.
Now that's a network design worthy of the CCDE!
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Michael Morris is a communications engineering manager at a $3-billion high-tech company. His background is in enterprise WANs working with telcos and developing large-scale routing designs. He has worked on networks at government and corporate organizations, including networks at two Fortune 10 companies. In his current role, he leads a team of 10 engineers responsible for large-scale IT networking projects and architectural standards for data networks, storage area networks, IP telephony, contact centers, and security. Michael is CCIE #11733 and recently became one of the first three Cisco Certified Design Experts (CCDE) ever (#20080002). He has 11 years experience in networking and communications, including four years as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army. He has a bachelor's degree in MIS from the University at Buffalo and is working on his MBA from NC State University. In 2008, he was awarded the Network Professional Association (NPA) Professional Excellence and Innovation Award for his work on network architecture, templates and enterprise MPLS design.
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Verizon Mi-Fi
Word of caution: The Mi-Fi with Verizon has a data limit of 5 GB per month on the highest $60/month plan, or 250MB on the $30/month. Once you reach 5 GB of data, they will bill you (your company) $.05 per MB, which comes to $50 per GB! Your Hava plan looks like it will work well, but it pays to watch your usage by month very carefully, and know which plan your company signed up for.
RE: Verizon Mi-Fi
Ah, good tip. Thanks. I will have to watch judiciously. :-)
Mike
Why Hava vs. Slingbox?
Why Hava vs. Slingbox?
Just want to understand if there is something technical reason?
thx!
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