Joel: You are 100% correct about the USB port.  It is for "certain" USB modems and does not work with tethered iPhones (2/3or 4) at all.  According to WFR, they will be adding a blutooth USB driver to the WFRP so that an iPhone or any other bluetooth phone could provide tethering.  This is not an issue for those with iPhone 4's with OS 4.3.3 which have the native hotspot feature (replacing tethering) and provides infrastructure mode network access.
J

Coming back to the OP's question, it is easy.  What you want is a wireless network which can use any router you want that feeds the signal to your TV, laptops, cellphones, etc. This should be secured, unless you want to share with your neighbours. Set up the router as an AP (access point) which means a wireless router connected upstream to the Internet by an Ethernet cable.

Then get a Bullet and set it up as a "Station" which is Ubiquiti-speak for a router which gets its' upstream (Internet-side) signal wirelessly and feeds it out downstream (towards the user devices) by wire. If you try to use a different brand of router, it will probably be called something else than 'Station mode', maybe 'Client', it depends on the brand. The advantage of the Bullet is the size and price, and the fact it can be mounted on the antenna, rather than needing a separate mounting. The sensitivity and standard N connection don't hurt either.

Connect the Bullet by Ethernet cable to the WAN port of your distribution AP router and you are good to go. When you want wifi, just log in to the Bullet and do a site survey, then connect to whatever network you want. Once the Bullet connects, your AP will be live. (Yes, I've glossed over some of the setup, but if you need help send me a PM)

If you will always be at home or some other place where you control the upstream side of the network, you can configure the Bullet and its' upstream feed router using WDS, and it can handle both the Station and AP jobs in one Bullet. I have one here at the Motel in our guest WIFI system that works this way, fed by a cheap Linksys I had lying around.

For those still reading this thread, the WiFi Ranger Pro now can be equipped with a WFRBoost, which is a Ubiquity Bullet specially configured to work with it.  The network in my MH, consists of both wired and wireless devices.  The wired devices (DirecTV DVR, Blu-ray player) connect to the 4 Ethernet ports on the WiFi Ranger; the wireless devices (printer, laptops, web-enabled photoframe and smartphone) all connect to the Ranger's WLAN.  The Ranger, of course, can select either the cellular modem plugged into its USB port or local CG wifi, if it is available and reliable.  

Jim, Thanks for that info.  Had I know, I might have have gone that route to start.  I purchased the RangerPro and have been wrestling with it.  It's a great concept, but not quite ready for prime time.  I was looking for a router that would allow both wireless WAN and/or Internet access via my iphone's 3G connection (when CG wireless not available or driving down the road).

I will be on the phone with Bluemesh (RangerPro people) tomorrow as my router is still crashing on a regular basis - dropping the wireless LAN side as well as the Wireless WAN side.  When it works the RangerPro is very good, but until I can get it to work reliably I will continue to seek other solutions.

Joel, I've noticed your posts on the RangerPro website - how are you making out with yours?  Do you lose your wireless WAN and/or LAN side also?

I've updated to the latest FW, but still having issues.  BTW iphone < 4.3 can not do wireless hotspot, only ad-hoc network which is not compatible with the RangerPro.  BM says they will be offering bluetooth in the near future to allow iphone to RangerPro connection.  I hope this works and they get it done soon.

Jim

Quoted from Jim Casazza

Joel, I've noticed your posts on the RangerPro website - how are you making out with yours?  Do you lose your wireless WAN and/or LAN side also?
I've updated to the latest FW, but still having issues.  
Jim

Jim:

My WFR works excellently on cellular and I have no complaints whatsoever.  On wifi (even with my Boost) the behavior is "variable".  

I'm not sure what you mean about losing the LAN side; I have devices plugged into the LAN ports that operate normally.

I am still on the previous firmware since everything was working fine and some people seemed to be having issues with the update.  With the WFR I've gone to the "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" policy!

Joel

Joel,
I have 4 wired (receiver, bluray, satellite IRD and HDTV) plus a few wireless (laptop, iphones, etc) devices all connected. They all can connect to the internet just fine. and stay connected for about 5-30 minutes, then the WFRP reboots.  I notice the LAN side go down (because my laptop's wlan signal strength indicator goes blank when the WFRP's beacon goes down.  I thought at first this was a momentary drop of the beacon, but in turn it is a reboot of the WFRP.

I've scheduled a call with them for 6:00est today.  We'll see if they can tell me what is going on.  This is very unusable as it is and frustrating, since when it works - it works great!.

Jim

Quoted from Jim Casazza

Joel,
I have 4 wired (receiver, bluray, satellite IRD and HDTV) plus a few wireless (laptop, iphones, etc) devices all connected. They all can connect to the internet just fine. and stay connected for about 5-30 minutes, then the WFRP reboots.  I notice the LAN side go down (because my laptop's wlan signal strength indicator goes blank when the WFRP's beacon goes down.  I thought at first this was a momentary drop of the beacon, but in turn it is a reboot of the WFRP.

I've scheduled a call with them for 6:00est today.  We'll see if they can tell me what is going on.  This is very unusable as it is and frustrating, since when it works - it works great!.

Jim

Jim-
I assume you have disabled "failover" support.  When my WFR seems to go haywire (which it still does every once in a while) I find that disabling wifi as WAN and disabling failover gets it working again.  I have no idea how the WFR can exhibit non-reproducible behavior, but I think virtually everyone agrees it does.  I'm currently operating on a 4G connection and it has been stable for the past 19 hours, even after having driven around town with it working.
Joel

Joel,
I have failover disabled, so that isn't the problem here.  The tech "Brian" is sending me a new unit.  He feels that because the WFRP is re-booting rather than just dropping it's beacon, that the unit may be faulty.  I'll post my results when it gets here and I have some time to test it out.

I hope BMN can get there act together with this product, as it will fit my needs perfectly once it becomes stable and dependable.
Jim