Editing WiMAX (section)

=== Gateways ===
WiMAX gateway devices are available as both indoor and outdoor versions from manufacturers including [[Vecima Networks]], [[Alvarion]], [[Airspan]], [[ZyXEL]], [[Huawei]], and [[Motorola]]. The [[list of WiMAX networks]] and WiMAX Forum<ref>[http://www.wimaxforum.org/about/member-companies WiMAX Forum Member Companies] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130416032658/http://www.wimaxforum.org/about/member-companies |date=2013-04-16 }}. Wimaxforum.org. Retrieved on 2013-09-18.</ref> provide more links to specific vendors, products and installations.
Many of the WiMAX gateways that are offered by manufactures such as these are stand-alone self-install indoor units. Such devices typically sit near the customer's window with the best signal, and provide:

* An integrated Wi-Fi access point to provide the WiMAX Internet connectivity to multiple devices throughout the home or business.
* [[Ethernet]] ports  to connect directly to a computer, [[router (computing)|router]], [[printer (computing)|printer]] or [[Digital video recorder|DVR]] on a local wired network.
* One or two [[Plain old telephone service|analog telephone]] jacks to connect a land-line phone and take advantage of VoIP.

Indoor gateways are convenient, but radio losses mean that the subscriber may need to be significantly closer to the WiMAX base station than with professionally installed external units.

Outdoor units are roughly the size of a laptop PC, and their installation is comparable to the installation of a residential [[satellite dish]]. A higher-[[Gain (electronics)|gain]] directional outdoor unit will generally result in greatly increased range and throughput but with the obvious loss of practical mobility of the unit.