T&T: Verizon Aircar

[Ken Tischler]

Bob,

I use the Verizon air card in the course of my day to day business as
a computer service company. I use it for the laptop in my Suburban
(service vehicle) and connect in the morning as I leave for my service
all rounds. The connection stays active all day until I shut it down
in the early evening when I return home. No dropped connections.

However, if I insert the card in the KR1, then I usually lose
connection at least twice daily, requiring a reboot of the KR1. I
think this is more an issue with the router. I am hoping that a
firmware update will resolve the issue,

In the meantime, I am content to reboot the router periodically for
the convenience of having Internet access on multiple PC's as we
cruise on the boat.

Ken



On 7/2/06, Bob Miller <bobmi@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Some of the on-line Ed-Vo forums mention problems with the PC5740 card in
> regards to performance, but I haven't seen anything bad.
>
> The KR1 does, indeed, occasionally drop connections, but I suspect that is a
> Verizon item. They designed the Broadband network for occasional access and
> have quite a few rules on network usage and routers, in particular.
>
> Bob Miller
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces@lists.samurai.com
> [mailto:trawlers-and-trawlering-bounces@lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of Ken
> Tischler
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 3:40 PM
> To: Larry N. Brown
> Cc: Trawlers and Trawlering
> Subject: Re: T&T: Verizon Aircar
>
> 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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-- 
Ken Tischler
Tischler Computer Services