Topic 'Access to Clear Modem?' in forum 'Clearwire' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Access-to-Clear-Modem-23301859 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:10:03 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:10:03 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23628645
I'll try 5GHz WLAN if I could borrow a pair of device. Don't know if it will help. But before any solution I will have to stick with the all wired setup... :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23628645 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:57:26 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23602889 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23602889 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:16:44 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23602504 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23602504 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:13:28 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23601989
Yeah there are so many things hard to explain/find out...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23601989 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:23:49 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23601714 said by ygtai:

said by kram1984j:

Hmmm.. so your connection is through 2 wireless devices wirelessly with good speed? That means there is really no significant interference between WiMAX and WiFi. What are your wireless routers? I read a review somewhere online that the Clear Spot WiMAX to WiFi device cuts the throughput by half. But not as bad as what I got (1/4) with Netgear WGR614v6.
I have two Netgear WNDR3300's running dd-wrt firmware. The one connected to the Clear modem by an ethernet cable (actual modem is located about 15 feet from router) is setup in AP mode with 802.1g on channels 5 and 10. The second modem is connected through its LAN port to my main PC and is set in Client Bridge mode (it connects to channel 5). I connect my other 802.1g devices to the channel 10 network which is only transmitted from the one near the Clear modem. Goes through a brick wall and 2 other walls and 50' or so. I get the full 10-12/1ish (sometimes 6 down but not just from the wireless link, the tower's just supplying less bandwidth to me sometimes) on both my PC and a netbook at that distance. I have a PS3 in another room speedtests on there are wonky though if I go to speedtest.net in the browser it shows wildly varying results and reports 30MBPS sometimes (there's something strange going on with the speedtest.net test and the PS3 browser). The WNDR3300 are dual-band modems but the dd-wrt firmware is kind of wonky to get it to use both of the wireless transmitters (one is supposed to be at 2.4ghz and one at 5ghz, but I "think" they're both at 2.4.... not an easy way for me to test or confirm that). Interestingly, it was also much more finicky/difficult to get the connection stable/high-quality between my PC and the wifi router than from the netbook, but it's completely solid now after tons of settings tweaks.

Changing the MTU in "my" setup had a huge effect on both upload/download and general webpage-fetching times from my primary PC. It would make sense that only the upload would be affected much... but maybe in my setup the router had been sending 1500 sized packets to the Clear modem and the clear modem was splitting them up (inefficiently and with severe degredation to overall operating limits of the processor in the router/modem). I really don't have a good reason why it would degrade the connection so much, but it definitely was having a negative effect in my setup.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23601714 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:32:12 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23596952 said by knighthawktf :

Do your traceroutes filter out though this guy?
75.94.255.161
I'm not very sure what do you mean? I tried traceroute to the Google public DNS, and the address you mentioned was not among the hops.

My next hop to the modem was 71.20.64.2, which is in Houston.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23596952 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:36:35 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23596951 said by kram1984j:

try changing the max MTU to 1400 not 1500 in your router. My router was performing poorly with 1500 set both in much slower speed tests and more lag. MTU=1500 in the router should only affect upstream, and upstream traffic are just small TCP ack packets during download test. I tried setting it to 1400 anyway. Unfortunately it didn't help.

(Although I did not try connecting wired to the router connected directly to the Clear router when it was at the default of 1500.... I only connected with my end setup of "Clear Home Modem-->Wifi Router as AP-->Wifi Router as client bridge-->ethernet to PC"
Hmmm.. so your connection is through 2 wireless devices wirelessly with good speed? That means there is really no significant interference between WiMAX and WiFi. What are your wireless routers? I read a review somewhere online that the Clear Spot WiMAX to WiFi device cuts the throughput by half. But not as bad as what I got (1/4) with Netgear WGR614v6.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23596951 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:32:27 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23594968 75.94.255.161 ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23594968 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:48:15 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23591243 Wifi Router as AP-->Wifi Router as client bridge-->ethernet to PC"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23591243 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:02:44 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23590571 said by kram1984j:

hmm it's fast connected through your wifi modem wired but slow over wireless.... Have you seen faster speeds with that same wifi modem connected to your previous ISP or did you experience the same problems?
With my previous ISP (TWC RoadRunner 7Mbps) I constantly got a stable 6.5-6.8Mbps, no matter wired or wireless.

So I suspected it were WiMAX Wi-Fi interference. I did a little test trying to identify it using a desktop computer (wired to router) and a notebook computer (wireless to router).

1) Background transfer between desktop (wired) and notebook (wireless) using iperf I got 16-20Mbps. So wired to wireless on the router is normal.

2) In addition to the desktop-notebook transfer, I tested internet (speedtest.net) to notebook (wireless) at the same time. I got 10-17Mbps desktop-notebook and 2Mbps internet-notebook. So it looks that Wi-Fi was not affected by WiMAX too much.

3) Then in addition to the test in 2), I added internet to desktop (wired) test at the same time. I still got 10-17Mbps desktop-notebook, 2Mbps internet-notebook, and 7-9Mbps internet-desktop. The combined WiMAX speed was still fast. It seems that WiMAX was not affected as well.

So it's probably not interference. Then I don't get it. Changing MTU probably doesn't help because it was set to 1500 and I only care about downstream. Double NAT is also not a problem because it's fast when wired. What else could it be?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23590571 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:00:42 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23590517 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23590517 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:29:08 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23589825
But I do have a slowdown problem when connecting my computer to the Clear home modem through a wireless router (Netgear WGR614v6) wirelessly. If I use the Netgear's wired LAN port, I get a great 6-11Mbps throughput, with 9-11Mbps not unusual. But if I connect through the Netgear's wireless channel, I get around 2Mbps all the time. Any ideas?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23589825 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:09:35 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23577356 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23577356 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:40:46 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23575499 --
www.aimless.us - irc.aimless.us channel #fix]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23575499 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:19:29 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23575138
I have had Clear WiMax in Atlanta, GA for about 5 months now; average is around 100ms (vs. 10ms on BellSouth DSL).

Another thing to note is that Clear WiMax is very prone to slow-downs during peak hours (I believe they oversold it in the Atlanta area) and they are now cap bandwidth if you saturate your connection for more than 10 mins. I am seeing a drop to 1Mbps after I use my connection for about 10 mins...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23575138 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:41:06 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23318292 said by TheRedDuke :

Uhh my connection was wireless with TWC too so stop with the whole wired vs wireless argument.

If one provide can give me excellent service using wireless internet I expect the same from another company who's competing for my business.

And your whole "everything should be wired" is just dumb. So I should use Ethernet cables for my 2 laptops, my iPhone (which is impossible in case you didn't know), my 360 Arcade, my playstation 3, AND my gaming desktop?

Umm yeah sure I'll get back to you on that!

Again is there anything I can do to lower the latency on my end?
desreversti is correct, i was referring to your actual connection not your home wireless.

and yes, if you only care about latency, everything should be wired. that is the nature of the technology of wired vs wireless. but in home wireless situations the range is not very long so the difference is not noticeable.

i'm 100% seriously when i say if the latency is bothering you that much just switch back to TWC because there isn't anything you can do
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Uhh my connection was wireless with TWC too so stop with the whole wired vs wireless argument.

If one provide can give me excellent service using wireless internet I expect the same from another company who's competing for my business.

And your whole "everything should be wired" is just dumb. So I should use Ethernet cables for my 2 laptops, my iPhone (which is impossible in case you didn't know), my 360 Arcade, my playstation 3, AND my gaming desktop?

Umm yeah sure I'll get back to you on that!

Again is there anything I can do to lower the latency on my end?
I think that BK was referring to the "last mile" when he mentioned wired versus wireless. For TWC to work, they ran a wired connection to your house and then you used a wi-fi router to get a short range wireless network in your house. For Clear, they use a wireless connection from a base station to your Clear modem. Then you can use a wi-fi conection to give your local network a wireless connection.

I would have to agree that in terms of last mile connectivity, a wired connection is superior over a wireless one.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23314188 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:31:55 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23311755 --
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If one provide can give me excellent service using wireless internet I expect the same from another company who's competing for my business.

And your whole "everything should be wired" is just dumb. So I should use Ethernet cables for my 2 laptops, my iPhone (which is impossible in case you didn't know), my 360 Arcade, my playstation 3, AND my gaming desktop?

Umm yeah sure I'll get back to you on that!

Again is there anything I can do to lower the latency on my end?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23311698 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:55:39 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23309760
You are never going to get the speeds from a wireless connection as you will a wired one. plain and simple. if you aren't happy with it now switch back to TWC
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So double NAT and DHCP isn't the issue then right?

I've noticed that the latency (or Ping) with TWC was between 19 and 25 ms.

And with Clear 4G/WiMax it's usually around 99. The lowest I've seen the latency (Ping) is 78 ms.

And from what I've read latency determines how fast webpages will load. So I'm asking you guys is that true? Is there anything else I can do that will decrease the latency? My setup right now is this.

Clear Modem (Motorola Device) ---> Clear Voice (VoIP) ---> Linksys WRT610N]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23307494 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:51:05 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23307157 --
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Because the webpages are loading very slowly over here and I'm trying to do all I can to make the internet as fast or faster than when we had time warner cable.

If i disable DHCP on the Linksys router will I have to do anything after that?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23305308 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:14:34 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23305111
The clear modem is supplying all this already to your linksys router with dhcp.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23305111 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:52:10 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23304939 --
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you will need a route that states 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 be sent to 192.168.15.1

your wan ip can be 192.168.15.2 mask 255.255.255.0]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23304719 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:05:31 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23304290
Okay now we're getting somewhere....

As for assigning the Static IP address to my Linksys Router would I do that before or after I disable the DHCP on the clear modem?

And what exactly do you mean default route to route the traffic"

What does that involve? I'm sorry but I need specifics...steps would be nice.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23304290 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:10:35 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23304226 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23304226 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:40:45 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23304139
Will that destroy the internet/wireless at my house? Will everything work properly as before?

That's the most important thing....forget all that other stuff you were saying.

If I simply uncheck the "dhcp enabled" box within the WiMax modem will my internet continue going on like before of have I done something major which requires other things to be done?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23304139 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:26:10 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23304073 --
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Anyways I'd rather not disable the routers settings. I like those. Wouldn't I be fine just disabling DHCP on the Clear Modem (the motorola one)?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23303779 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:05:01 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23303471 --
www.aimless.us - irc.aimless.us channel #fix]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23303471 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:37:50 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23302802 However -- The Motorola model does NAT (Network Address Translation) as (probably) does your home router that your computers connect to. If your computer uses any IP address not in the 192.168.15.xxx range then this proves your home router is using NAT and translating the IP address from the modem into a different range of IP addresses. In this case you probably should not disable DHCP on your home router -- it will make it complicated and you'll have to to configure static IP addreses on your home computers, as well as DNS server info, gateway address, etc. The reason for this is that DHCP will not pass through a NAT device, the nature of NAT renders requires this behavior.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23302802 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:08:53 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23302021
Also I have a Linksys Router and Clear Voice.

I know the Linksys router has DHCP enabled and I want to keep it that way and disable the DHCP on all the other devices. That should improve the latency for WiMax right? Cuz right now my download speeds and uploads are decent but the webpage loading is kinda slow. So that's why I want to log in to look at the settings and see what I can do to improve that part.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23302021 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:43 EDT Re: Access to Clear Modem? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Access-to-Clear-Modem-23301980 192.168.15.1/ - you can also try "http://mywimax./" and if none of these work, try the address of your connections default gateway (ipconfig /all).

Password by default is motorola.
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I just got it 2 days ago in Raleigh, NC. So far it's OKAY. The webpages are loading kinda slow though when compared to TWC.

However I think it's cuz we're in the middle of the transition. Also I was using it on my mom's laptop wirelessly connected to the Linksys router.

I have the Clear Voice as well which so far seems to be exactly the same as TWC phone service.

But my main issue is to get to the Motorola modems home page so I can look at the settings.

IS that possible or not?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Access-to-Clear-Modem-23301859 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:42:02 EDT