Yeah that is the big problem pete with Celluar Data and linux is there is no
effective ways of telling signal strength, unelsess it is something they
built into the driver. Like on my old GPRS card Siera Wireless 750 I could
query it with a long drawn out perl script, but it was a function of the
driver that was made for it. That is why I still dual boot. For those
peesky things that you need diagnostics on and the manufacture only supports
windows.
On 9/3/06, Pete Theisen <petetheisen@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 03 September 2006 14:02, Robert Snyder wrote:
>
> Hi Robert!
>
> Missed you the last couple meetings. The machine in question does not have
> Windows, can't say I miss Windows.
>
> The database was updated at the Verizon store by the counter guy who used
> his
> own Windows machine to do it. This was maybe two weeks ago.
>
> I have no idea what the signal is on the evdo line. I am using it at
> various
> locations, and have the same trouble at all of them. At the moment I am at
> home using the faster DSL. How can I read the signal? (system is the
> recent
> gentoo, kde 3.5.3, Machine is gateway solo mobile P II, 400 mhz 256 cache,
> 281 meg, 8 gig circa 1997)
>
> I could see the tower out the (glass) window at the last location I tried
> it
> at, maybe 500 feet away. It practically microwaved my lunch for me. During
> the minute or so it is on it is as fast as "slow" DSL. Don't know where
> the
> towers were at the other locations.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pete
>
> > Pete
> >
> > A. Are you having the same problems on the windows side or is just on
> the
> > linux side.
> >
> > B. Have you updated its PRL (database of towers/ roaming agreements)
> You
> > can do by getting your card via the windows software to dial *228
> >
> > C. What is your signal on the evdo line. They might be having problems
> > where you are trying to use it. if your signal is weak which it can be
> > depending on which towers it pulling it off from. It should drop down
> to
> > CDMA 2000 1x which is apporx 144kbps.
> >
> >
> > Just a recap of CDMA Data
> > ( in terms of max throughput)
> > QNC - 14.4 KBPS
> > CDMA 2000 1x
> > CDMA 2000 EVDO (shortened to just EVDO) 2.0 Mbps 150 - 500 ms latceny
> > CDMA 2000 EVDO Rev A 3.0 mbps burstable 50 to 100 ms latceny.
> >
> > Verizon is mostly Rev A as very few did early adoption of the orginal
> EVDO
> > standard. Still around most of SRQ I am only get 1x and not EVDO and
> I
> > have not had problems it beeing realible.
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