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Rottweiler
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Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas
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 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:08 am Post subject: I need a router (that works) |
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I've sent this same thing in an email to 3GStore to get their advice, but I'd like to hear what everyone here would recommend...
Some time ago I foolishly bought a Kyocera KR-1 router and it is a piece of junk. Locks up several times per day. Not even heavy enough to serve as a paper weight or boat anchor. Garbage.
So... I need an EVDO router that *actually* works.
I have Alltel EVDO service with a Kyocera KPC-650 card.
What do you recommend? |
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Alex
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:34 am Post subject: Re: I need a router (that works) |
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| Rottweiler wrote: | ... I need an EVDO router that *actually* works.
I have Alltel EVDO service with a Kyocera KPC-650 card.
What do you recommend? |
exchange your KPC650 for a UM150, and get a CTR350  |
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Rottweiler
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Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: I need a router (that works) |
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| Alex wrote: |
exchange your KPC650 for a UM150, and get a CTR350 |
Must be a conspiracy ... 3GStore recommended almost exactly the same thing.
Deal is, I have about 15 months left on my Alltel contract and I'm pretty happy with my service. So can I buy a UM150 from anyone and pop in my simm? Or do I have to buy the UM150 from Alltel?
This is getting "spendsive".  |
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JGriggs
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Location: North Central Indiana
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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Or you heard the same information twice [from the same source].
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with it.... |
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DOVEFreak
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Joined: 28 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject: IPCop Firewall (router alternative) |
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Maybe rig up an IPCop firewall...
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lewxam
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Location: Southwest Georgia
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:50 am Post subject: |
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Rottweiler,
Check eBay or craigslist for an Alltel UM150. If they do not have one currently listed, check kikaenterprisesinc.com. That is where I got mine. I found them through a Google search. I do NOT work for them but they were the only place that had them available when I wanted mine. Alltel does not care where you buy it, they will activate it for you. |
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Rottweiler
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Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone.
I ordered a UM150 from here:
http://www.ubid.com/actn/opn/getpage.asp?AuctionId=802208597&uwb=uwbc10397
and a CTR350 and antenna adapter from 3GStore.
Wish me luck.
I may want to try out the IPCOP idea later. I'd really like to have a Linux box at the head of my network. But just don't have the time to mess with it right now. (And the reports of slower speeds scared me off.) |
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apmeister
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Rottweiler:
I'm thinking of doing the same setup, but with a handset and usb connection instead of the UM150 because it's $9.99/mo plus $25 unl internet fee instead of 59.99/mo.
How has it worked for you? |
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Rottweiler
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Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| apmeister wrote: |
I'm thinking of doing the same setup, but with a handset and usb connection instead of the UM150 because it's $9.99/mo plus $25 unl internet fee instead of 59.99/mo.
How has it worked for you? |
I got the UM150 and CTR350 right on schedule. Activating the UM was a snapwith Alltel. And the combo has performed splendidly. In about a month and a half it has been trouble free. The CTR has not needed reset or reconfigured a single time. (I would have rebooted the KR1 about, oh, 300 times in that same period.)
And this is all with, I'm pretty sure, a yagi antenna that's gotten turned and is now pointing a the wrong forested hill. I see 29 as a signal strength. But I'm getting downloads typically of 100kB/sec.
Overall I'd have to say I'm now a very Cappy Hamper. |
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