Sprint Linksys WRT54G3G-ST vs KR1?

Scott · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:47 pm Post subject:

The funny thing is, outside of the nine of us here posting to this thread and then those stumbling across our dialog later, many will see the images of the WRT54G3G-ST on the box or elsewhere, or find the little plastic stand and just prop the router up ("like it is supposed to be"), going off their merry way.

Most folks are hardly nerdy enough to test various physical orientations. Meanwhile, doing so may grant them a 150-200 kbps increase in transfer rate (that's as fast as some folks even GET).

2¢ piece of plastic or engineering failure, you decide. lol.

fastlane · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

Well, hopefully those people will find there way here and learn that they need to try several locations and orientations to optimize their Mobile Broadband connection.

Mine happens to work best with the router on the provided stand, facing west with the s720 antenna open, like a flag as you call it.

and yes the different orientations yielded delta of 500kbps in my results!

ranging from 700mbps laying flat pointing east with the antenna open to 1.2Mbps with the router on the provided stand, facing west with the s720 antenna open....

jackrodgers · EVDO Addict Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 1131

Imagine if you will that the wave front as it reaches your card is somewhat close to being a straight line. OK, one step more, imagine a pencil as being the wave and then hold it over your card and turn it hither and yon. My guess is that the best reception will be when the wave front is parallel to the antenna as the entire antenna would then receive the same bit of data at the same time. If the wave front is perpidicular to the antenna then each point on the antenna is going to be receiving a different bit of data. This logic may be a bit exagerated but I can see it clearly. However I do not know how significant this is.

BillGets · EVDO Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3

BillG49 · EVDO User Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 27

fastlane · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

Hi Bill, Bill is correct, you must activate the card directly in a computer before you put it in the router.

To answer your question, my router has firmware v2.00.4 Aug. 9, 2006

The setup disk that came with it says software Version 4.0

I upgraded my s720 to firmware version "m6800A-RAPTOR_SPRINT-128 [SEP 08 2006 18:00:00]" But it also worked fine with version 125, which is what the card came with. The card firmware version upgrade has to be done directly in a computer, not with the card in the router...

Does Sprint provide the Firmware upgrades??

BillG49 · EVDO User Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 27

timeshifter · EVDO Newbie Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 8

This verbage from the Sprint page concerns me:

BillGets · EVDO Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3

Bill, fastlane,
Thank you for your reply,
my S720 can work on computer,
and I will contact Linksys for the new firmware.

Thanks again.

fastlane · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 13

Billgets, do you get any lights on the s720 when it is in the router? Red, Green, solid or blinking?

BillGets · EVDO Newbie Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Posts: 3

The light ... I don't know, I've returned the router to linksys.

slotcarguy · EVDO Newbie Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

I am testing a Linksys router and I am using the S620 with good success. The speeds seem the same as the KR1, the connection so far seems consistant,

And most importantly, My ATT VPN client into DaimlerChrysler works great.

I was NEVER able to make VPN data pass on the KR1

However, this Linksys is a test unit from Sprint and it did not come with instructions. I need to know how to turn on the wireless. I do not know how to get to the admin page on this router.

Can anyone tell me the address.

Thanks,
Paul

slotcarguy · EVDO Newbie Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 10

I have a test unit with NO instructions. Can someone tell me how to get to the admin page and turn on wireless?

BillG49 · EVDO User Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 27