T&T: Verizon Aircar

[Ken Tischler]

Larry,

I have a KR1 and it works fine with my Verizon Kyocera 650 aircard. It
is supposed to work with any EVDO capable card. I know there were some
performance problems with either the PC5220 or the PC5740, can't
remember which. I don't know if they have gotten fixed yet.

I use on the boat with two laptops and a desktop, and it works great.
It does occasionally drop the connection and requires rebooting to get
it back online. No big deal.

The WiFi rubber duck antenna that comes on the KR1 it pretty wimpy. It
had problems transmitting a signal throughout the boat. I replaced it
with a 5,5db antenna ($9) and now the range is very good. I have used
it at our 3,000 sq. ft. home and have coverage in every room.

By the way, we are in your neck of the woods. We are spending the long
weekend on the Tchefuncte, anchored down by the mouth of the river.
Wow, it gets crazy down here. Almost as bad as the Tickfaw River,
which is what we were trying to escape.

Ken Tischler
Microship
Defever 49RPH



On 7/2/06, Larry N. Brown <cigano55@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I remember a thread from a few months ago about the Kyocera KR1 EVDO wireless
> router. I saw one on Ebay for $240 today. 2 questions. 1- Will this unit work
> with my Verizon Aircard? 2- Will it link my Dell laptop and my Dell desktop so
> that I can upload/download routes for the CAPN with wifi or an ethernet
> cable?
>
> Regards.
>
> Larry
> Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck
> Lying Covington, LA
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