what can i do to improve my speeds ??

bbwithdrawls

Hello everyone ,

I'm wanting to know what else I can do to tweak the system and get a better signal , here is what Im currently running

I have a xp system , sp2, an hyperlink 900mhz antenna and wilson 3 watt amp connected with 25' lmr 400 and a lighting arrestor in line , speeds don't change with arrestor or not , antenna is about 6 ft above the roof line on the 3rd story of my house

I live on a very fringe area of 3g , nlos to tower about 7 miles , very hilly and tress , after doing a 360 and tuning the antenna I can get a 87 rssi , -5 to -6 ec/lo(db) and my speeds are 600-8ookbps with about a 160 ping time , EXCEPT yesterday evening ( sunday ) after about 6pm my speeds went down to 150 - 300 kbps until about 11oopm , this morning back up to 800 kbps

what can i do to improve the signal?? , driving close to the tower without an antenna i can get 1000-1300 kbps

any suggestions , thanks in advance for all the post here that have helped me get this far

Jim_in_VA · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:46 am Post subject:

Since you have already "tuned" the antenna the likely reason for the drop in speed during that time period is tower traffic load. A couple of tweaks you can try are Home Agent changes (if your modem / connection manager supports it) and RWIN optimizing of the TCP/IP setting in Windows XP (not Vista). For that you can use Tweak Test and DrTcp. I have links for both in my article at http://evdotips.blogspot.com/2008/03/restoring-windows-tcp-settings.html
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expert007 · EVDO Heavy User Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Posts: 124

Are Home Agent settings still making a difference?? And is there any way to access the settings in the mobile routers?? (MBR1000)

Jim_in_VA · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:25 am Post subject:

They make a difference with my setup (Franklin CDU-680). HA changes cannot be made with a router, but the Cradlepoints will show the current setting.
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colebert · EVDO Junkie Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 170

I would say that you've already got a very nice setup with the parabolic and the LMR400. Anything in the 80s for signal strength is good. I would try experimenting with home agent settings. Otherwise you may just be stuck with a tower that occasionally gets bogged down.

colebert · EVDO Junkie Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 170

BTW, home agent settings are only for sprint and since you said you have a 900mhz antenna that would seems to preclude you having Sprint service.