Kyocera KR1 Router

MaximumSignal · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:17 pm Post subject: Linksys

Just met the people from Linksys. The release of thier EVDO router in North America is not even in the planning stages. Basically I was told They do not see the demand here that there was in Europe for the product. So basically kids it seems like all our hopes and dreams rest with the Kyocera / DLiank KR1

wirelessguru · EVDO Newbie Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 2

I called DLINK and they say DI-725 won't be released until Q2. Sad

MaximumSignal · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: release date

wirelessguru · EVDO Newbie Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 2

he will tell you, they are the same device.

check out the reveiw which indicates it is DLINK...

http://www.evdoinfo.com/EVDO_Products/EVDO_Routers/Kyocera_KR1_EVDO_Router_with_WiFi_20050427264/

Has Kyocera given an official relaease date? Their site just says coming soon!

Thanks!

MaximumSignal · Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject:

morpheus · EVDO User Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 42

Has anyone discovered which pc-card produces the best performance with this device? (the Kyocera?) is there anything that can be done to improve the performance of the solution like the tweeks I have read about for an installation in a workstation?
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Michael · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject:

It says powered by D-Link, because Kyocera contracted D-Link to write half the firmware (the router side), they wrote the other 1/2 that deals with communicating with the cards & the communications side of things.

Regarding which card produces the best results, you are going to have to wait for the thing to ship and others to post their comments. I believe that cards that work best in PCs will work best in the KR1 too (e.g. Kyocera KR1). Lots of factors, on where you are going to be locating the KR1, do you need an external antenna (e.g. putting the router in a truck/limo, it may be good to have a magnetic mount). The tweaks mentioned here are not going to apply, since they are in the OS, and not in the card - no way to apply them - however - there are a ton of Performance settings for the KR1 (see below):

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morpheus · EVDO User Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 42

I see, so we don't know which EVDO modem provides the best performance "out-of-the-box"? I am a bit surprised that we don't know this ... well I guess that I am assuming the one that performs the best out of the box will perform the best when used with the router.

Are there any performance benchmarks for the evdo modems without the tweeks? also, your picture looks like the WiFi configuration for the router.
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TheSpillmonkey · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 25

because what is "best" all depends on your setup. an older card with a magnetic antenna may run better in a mobile setup than a new one with an antenna. A newer card may run better in a stationary high signal environment. It will be more dependent on the locale than the router as the router just dials out. (the tweak settings are all after effects)

Michael · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:17 pm Post subject:

There are plenty of reviews, here are a few of the latest EVDO cards:

KPC650 Review by PC Magazine

PC5740 Review by PC Magazine
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pismo · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject:

so i guess with the new intel macbook we will have to use a KR1 since there are no evdo pci express 34 cards.
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Michael · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject:

Yep, if you actually could get a MacBook Pro today, your only option is the KR1 (which funny enough, isn't available today either).

BTW, we have a page at EVDOinfo.com that we will keep updated on MacBook Pro Options at:

MacBook and EVDO
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morpheus · EVDO User Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 42

Thanks SpillMonkey - Michael. I was hoping we had a baseline of data collected in a controlled environment that we could apply to the router.

Fresh XP build, newly patched but standard configuration "right out of the box." Plug in the card, run our speed tests and record what we fine. Setup the router with the latest binary and run the same battery of tests and access the results. Could be interesting ... wish I had the hardware and 3/4 of a day. Would be a fun project ...
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nschwen · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:56 am Post subject:

The PCMag review of the KPC650 seems to indicate they did this sort of controlled testing, but strangely they don't list full results, just some of the numbers in the article. Seems that their findings pointed toward the KPC650 as being the king of the hill, but as stated by others, there are just so many potential variables it’s near impossible to pick a ‘best’ card.

Mackieman · EVDO Junkie Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 491

The review in PCMagazine was based on data gathered by an independent third party test house called Quality Partners. They tested our card and two or three others in the same environment to benchmark performance.

The PCMag folks also did OTA testing in New York and found better performance with the KPC650 in low signal areas. Mike will tell you the same thing.