mad monk
join:2007-11-02
usa east coa | reply to hitman_001
Re: Evdo Tweaks and Tuning
Jim in VA - appreciate the info. Looks like I am about 2.5 miles from the sprint tower. Now i guess i need a wireless router for the franklin that i can use with an external antenna. |
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Jim_in_VA
join:2004-07-11
Cobbs Creek, VA | I just ordered the cradlepoint router. I've heard good things about it and it has a much more reasonable price ($150). www.cradlepoint.com |
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mad monk
join:2007-11-02
usa east coa
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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ok folks got another one here. I've tried several of the recommended/suggested "tweaks" and each one seemed to improve up & down speeds, but no "WOW" factor yet. getting avg 500kbs dn & 250kbs up,(pings 200ms+/- 50ms). now for the franklin 680 i have it attached to an 8ft lg usb cable in order for me to place near the window for better signal reception. I was thinking of getting a good quality usb cable, (ie., shielded with Au connectors) to see if it would get me a better signal, currently getting around -95dBm, +/-5dBm. (FYI - about 2.4 mi from tower,Non-LOS). |
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CMoore2004
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Jonesville, MI
| A little off-topic, but I don't recommend the gold connectors. I once had a guy at Radio Shack tell me gold was a better conducter than copper. I asked him if he was serious and he said with 100% certainty that it was. I couldn't help but laugh, then left.
Gold is not a better conductor--it's just more resistent to corrosion. You may have already known, but if not I hope I can save you from getting suckered by a Radio Shack guy.
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mjwalfredo
join:2007-06-05
Blythewood, SC
| reply to mad monk
This is just my own opinion but I don't think that a better quality USB cable would have any effect whatsoever on your signal levels. It could possibly help out your transfer rates but since these modems are not all that fast compared to say a USB hard drive or something that is capable of transferring data much much faster than that, it probably won't be worth it |
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mad monk
join:2007-11-02
usa east coa
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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here's the verdict, found a USB shielded cable, about 2ft shorter than what i had and it seems to have helped. picked up 2-3dB better signal, better pings.
appreciate the help.
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CMoore2004
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Jonesville, MI
| I must say, I really don't understand why you'd have a better signal. The signal isn't transported to the PC over the USB... it ends and starts at the modem. Perhaps the other USB cable just had enough power loss that it couldn't perform at 100%.
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Jack_in_VA
Premium
join:2007-11-26
Mathews, VA
| said by CMoore2004  :I must say, I really don't understand why you'd have a better signal. The signal isn't transported to the PC over the USB... it ends and starts at the modem. Perhaps the other USB cable just had enough power loss that it couldn't perform at 100%. It's probably a power issue. The Franklin I just got came with a special USB adapter cord. It has two plugs for the USB ports on the computer and one for the modem. That way power from 2 USB ports powers the modem according to franklin. |
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mad monk
join:2007-11-02
usa east coa | reply to hitman_001
don't care how i do it just as long as i get there. 
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Jack_in_VA
Premium
join:2007-11-26
Mathews, VA
1 edit | Yep, this is so good compared to HN. 2 speedtests compare very close. Sprint in Atlanta and Speedtest in LA.
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netwire
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Mooresboro, NC
 ·RoadRunner Cable
·Millenicom
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Vonage
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Area 7 must have issues, becaue I changed my HA to Area 2 and I've had nothing but good speedtest since. With Area 7 I'd see down to 79kbps with a high of 400kbps average. Now I'm getting speeds like this constantly:
Download Speed: 1211 kbps (151.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 223 kbps (27.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
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W4DRA
D a v e
join:2003-06-02
Dunnellon, FL
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| I think they must have fixed the problem. Mine has been doing better for about a week now.
But sometimes it times out on a test or webpage loading. I can deal with that though.
I can't deal with speeds less that half advertised on up and downloads.
OH BTW,
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all who read this...
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ruralbb1
@spcsdns.net
|  On this end I am getting awful performance and have been getting inconsistent service for months. It just seems to drop off for no reason. Latency goes through the roof. Funny thing is I usually keep the device in the same location and for no reason the signal just seems to drop off. In the same location for days at a time I have signal in the mid 80s consistently then for several days at a time the signal drops off and is all over the place. I called support and they swapped out the device with no improvement.
Its almost as though the tower goes into a low power mode or something and the signal just drops off.
Today my latency is crazy high and I have changed my HA to where I usually get the best performance and then back to default with no improvement. I am using the usb sierra device and have tried using scm and through my topp global router same problem. Anyone have any ideas? I am using a wilson trucker omni with no cable extension.
This is kind of a pain. |
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ruralbb1
@spcsdns.net
| Here is the best of what I have been getting the past few days....
There seems to be a significant pause before the tests actually starts.
The latency really is killing me for online gaming.
This last one is odd. Download speed is not that bad but the latency is just not usable.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I am running vista 32 btw. |
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caribconsult
Premium
join:2003-03-19
Mayaguez, PR
 ·HughesNet Satellit..
·Millenicom
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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Can someone here please provide the specifics on changing HA with the Sierra Aircard?
Another poster above MJWALFREDO asked this question and I don't see any answer to it yet. The original poster stated that his changes weren't being saved, and it was unclear as to which profile got changed and how. PLease, someone help on this? |
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W4DRA
D a v e
join:2003-06-02
Dunnellon, FL
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
1 edit | reply to ruralbb1
ruralbb1 are you sure you are in a EVDO area? And if so is your modem in that mode? There isn't much info in your post to give you help on.
 
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Jack_in_VA
Premium
join:2007-11-26
Mathews, VA
| reply to ruralbb1
said by ruralbb1 :Here is the best of what I have been getting the past few days.... There seems to be a significant pause before the tests actually starts. The latency really is killing me for online gaming. This last one is odd. Download speed is not that bad but the latency is just not usable. Any help is greatly appreciated. I am running vista 32 btw. I don't know where you are located but I'm on the East Coast of Virginia and my HA is San Jose, CA. I can change my speedtest server site and I don't see where it makes any difference.
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jgombos
join:2003-05-19
Fort Wayne, IN
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I just wanted to add that changing the first HA value in the dialog box (not the primary or secondary) on a CDU-680, it will do nothing for you but deactivate your equipment. It caused me some frustration to get it working again, and also caused someone else to send their brick back to Millenicom. The OP might want to add some stress to their instructions - that folks should only change the primary or secondary HA. |
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caribconsult
Premium
join:2003-03-19
Mayaguez, PR
·HughesNet Satellit..
·Millenicom
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| reply to hitman_001
Here's my speedtest today. I'm located in Puerto Rico and my HA is KC. The KC HA seems to give me the best results. I suppose the higher ping time is due to the satellite uplink from PR to stateside, but the up/down speeds are quite acceptible.
BTW, my RWIN is 26280. I've tried all sorts of other values, including the 65535 value posted elsewhere, but the one I'm using seems to give the most consistently high results.
The main issue here is staying connected. I'm in the middle of two towers and I have 2, 3 sometimes even 4 active pilots. I'm waiting for 3G to send me a replacement pigtail for the broken one they sent, so I can hookup my panel antenna (CAY1912) and see if isolating to one tower cures the disconnect issue.
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Derfdog
join:2003-08-29
Centerburg, OH
| reply to hitman_001
I set up both my Primary & Secondary HA addresses to Roachdale IN, and I am getting good response times. Reading through this topic and some of the topics in the Sprint forum about loosing connections got me to thinking (a dangerous thing in itself)...
Would it be possible/good idea to set the Primary and secondary HA to different cities in the same areas or different areas?
Do HAs act like DNS servers? IF the primary falls off the network then the secondary takes over? If that is the case then it might be better to point to different areas, so for example my primary would be Roachdale but my secondary might be Relay, MD.
The reasoning for this is that if a primary goes out it might have a cascading effect on the surrounding area(s)and by pointing to a secondary HA that is in the opposite direction (but as close as possible)you'd still have connectivity.
Got other questions too but that is enough for now.
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