KR2 - bandwidth reduction problems & provider signal met

Malignity · EVDO Newbie Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 7

Hey all,

Its been a while since I've been here. A long while back I was greatly interested in the EVDO Linksys Router but recall reading A LOT of complaints about it bottlenecking the evdo bandwidth. So I've put off buying any hardware.

I see now the KR2 has been released and read only one post so far (that I could find) regarding a potential bottleneck. I was just wondering about the rest of the community?

If you had your card directly installed to your PC and ran a bandwidth test vs having it installed in the router - what were your results?

I realize having security setup on your router will slow things down but I'm talking zero security restrictions - as much apples to apples as you can get pc vs router.

Lastly - I thought I read in the KR2 release post that there still is no way to tell (evdo / provider) signal strength from within the router? Is that true to date or has it been resolved?

Thanks!

Mackieman · EVDO Junkie Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 490

Torrey · Site Admin Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 282 Location: USA

The CTR350 & PHS300 now provide RSSI information within the Modem Info page, and this feature is expected to be present in future versions of firmware for the MBR1000 & CTR500.

No word if the KR2 will provide RSSI anytime in the near future. I would highly suggest you consider an MBR1000 over the KR2, unless you are specifically using a PCMCIA card.

What Is RSSI?

Malignity · EVDO Newbie Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 7

Yes, unfortunately I was one of the first to sign up with Sprint and have a Sierra 595 PCMCIA device.

Thanks for the info!