Sprint Connection Manager 1.10.0023.0 Success/Failure

Michael

Sprint has released am update to their new connection manager for ALL Sprint Mobile Broadband Cards and some PDAs.

You can download at:

http://www.sprint.com/downloads

The purpose of this thread is to report your success OR failure with this new version.

When posting to this thread, ONLY post if you have upgraded. Include which card you have and your success or failure that you have had with this version.

Include if you have ByteMobile on or off.

Also include your Windows Version (2000 / XP / Vista).

Thanks!

Here are the release notes:

Michael · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject:

WARNING...

When I installed on my XP laptop, it took a VERY long time to install, seemed like it was frozen. I was installing on top of a previous SCM. It took around 5 minutes after it got done installing before the "success" page came up.
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xenophon · EVDO Addict Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 2001

Anyone able to get the new SCM to work with VMWare installed? I cannot get SCM to work in any way, even if not using VMWare. It sees the card but won't maintain a connection. No luck with either Vista or XP that have VMWare installed. If I install on a laptop with no VMWare, SCM works fine. And the old SCM 3.x works great with VMWare.

I suspect it's about the network interfaces that VMWare creates and SCM conflicts.

Have to go back to SCM 3.x.

Sprint, if you're watching please check into this.

Update: Just confirmed it is VMWare. Went into Network Connections for Windows and disabled the VMWare network interfaces. The SCM connection now works. But with VMWare sessions running, there is then no network within the virtual machines. Works fine with SCM 3.x.

ebiz · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject:

Windows XP Home & Novatel S720

Be patient when you install SCM v1.10.00.23.0 (herein SCM1.x23). The installation took 8 minutes 36 seconds from clicking the Install button after acceptance of the agreements to "Finish". 5 minutes and 41 seconds into it I began getting "Found new hardware" flags in the task bar. I also got a "Device may not work properly" flag, but have noticed no problems.

SCM1.x23 seems to work fine in both the dial-up and NDIS modes. As with all other SCM versions, the installation adds a dial-up configuration named "3G Connection" in the Network Connection controls panel (dial-up mode) and, if you are connected in NDIS mode, a configuration named "Novatel Wireless Connection" under LAN or High-Speed Internet.

Immediately after installation it asks you to restart. If you do not want SCM1.x23 to be your WiFi manager as well, I recommend you disable that function before restarting by deselecting SCM1.x23>Tools>Client>"Use this as my default Wi-Fi management utility". If not, the restart will take a considerable amount of time while is rewickers your WiFi configurations.

As with SCM1.x22, it appears to use only GPS satellites for the location functions and not ground antennas, so you must be outdoors for any location functions to work. Without a satellite signal the map positions you in Coffeyville, Kansas.

Somehow, SCM1.x23 has returned to the HA I used with Novatel SCM3.10.011 - primary 68.28.153.76 (Roachdale, IN) and secondary 68.28.81.76 (Kansas City - without my making any HA adjustments and even though I had uninstalled all previous SCMs and deleted the residual Sprint or Novatel folders in C:\Program Files and C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data prior to installation. Good job Sprint! I have not yet attempted to see if we can change the HA.
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netnut · EVDO User Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 33

The WWAN/NDIS functionality is still broken for the PX-500. It shows as "Network cable unplugged".

Why do they even ship the driver if it does not work?

Otherwise it went fine on XP SP3 RC1 (3264)

aa1mike · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Posts: 11

worked great for me with the novatel u720 on my dell laptop.
i thought it was locked up but i held on and hoped for the best then the finished icon lit up. took about 30 min.
i

did speed test first before the download and my speeds doubled from 1000 range download to 1800-2464.
wow how great was that

Nighthawke · EVDO Newbie Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

Talk about a piece of bulky software. 30 megs just for a interface and a pile of drivers preinstalled.

The program uses several processes to ensure that it's installed carefully, ranging from a FIND app to search out older versions of the connection software, to digging through the system registry for rogue entries, to going through the device manager, looking for and removing older drivers.

It'll be slow, sure, but the team that chipped this one together wanted to make sure that no conflicts exist.

Works for me, updated my firmware on my PX-500

xenophon · EVDO Addict Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 2001

I can understand the large install file since it includes drivers for many kinds of devices. But it does take a while to install and the installer should show a better progress indicator, showing % complete or something as it does make you wonder if the install hung.

Hope they fix the VMWare problem. We have dozens in our IT shop using VMWare and the new SCM doesn't work at all even if not using VMWare. Just the presence of the VMWare network interfaces causes issues. SCM 3.x works great. Sprint, I know you are watching. Please put this on your list of issues as SCM 1.x doesn't work for us and we need to use both VMWare and EVDO.

ebiz · Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:14 pm Post subject:

PLYWOOD99 · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 25

Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit, U720

Installed, but with errors. Also had to manually install U720 drivers through device manager, by pointing it to connection manager folder.

Upload speed is a little faster, down stayed the same, although I average well over 140Kb second anyway.

One thing that still erks me is the increased latency when using NDIS mode. Latency under RAS pinging Google averages 80-95ms. Ndis adds roughly 20% to my latency...

Ply

makotoshishio · EVDO Newbie Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Posts: 1

My system is VISTA 32bit with Pantech 500

First I tried installing it on top of the old version, didn't seem to work well so I uninstalled everything and removed the folders created for the program manually so I could do an almost fresh install. After that it worked fine, installed properly but a little slow, and I was able to connect. Installed using the new acceleration option "byte...something"

My problem is, that I'm receiving a firmware update for my Pantech 500 but I'm unable to install it. When the install process start it takes me all the way to a firmware update screen where I have to click on update and then it says the firmware file is incorrect for my card. I cannot understand how could it be the wrong file if the CM software itself is downloading it.

In addition, when CM starts I get a message saying that a new PRL is available and ask me to click UPDATE to get it. When I click update all I get is a message from windows saying that CM stoped working and is looking for a solution OR the CM software just does nothing. When it does nothing I leave it running for a while but the PRL never updates. I tried manual update but it says the PRL file is not the right one. I downloaded it from the Corolada web page and the version should be 60610 or 60611 but it just don't take it.

Can anyone help me with this?

ebiz · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject:

PLYWOOD99 · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 25

Forgot to add, I has to manually update prl also. It would not work automatic...

Ply

ebiz · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: Sleep & NDIS Mode

If your computer goes to sleep while connected in NDIS mode, the data card does not reconnect when coming out of sleep. However, it no longer freezes as it did in the previous version (SCM1.x22). Now you just need to remove the card and reinsert it and it reconnects smoothly.
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firzle · EVDO Fledgling Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 11

Up until recently when I minimized Sprint Connection Manager I think it minimized to the 'notification area' (to the right, if your task bar is at the bottom of the screen).

Now when I minimize the SCM it becomes a taskbar button. Am I dreaming about what it used to do...or is this a change with the new version.
Thanks,