request for advice on aircards

[Bill Tabor]

I've been able to force the 595U to EVDO and only connect to EVDO no problem. Often if I'm in a native Sprint 1xRTT area with EVDO roaming on alltel, it will want to connect to the 1xRTT, but all I have to do is force the card to EVDO and it works great. Usually it automatically picks EVDO roam over native 1x, and I've only had to force it into EVDO in one area.

I'll have that card in a few days Scott. How do you go about forcing it - assuming I need to?

 

[J Kinkaid]

I'll have that card in a few days Scott. How do you go about forcing it - assuming I need to?

From the tools menu you can access the SMS composer/reader, call log, connection manager and options. Under Options there is access to the network menu. My suggestion is to set the 595U to 'EVDO Only' when in EVDO coverage. This way the 595U never checks for a 1xRTT network. I believe that continually 'looking for' a 1x network can affect performance.

 

[Bill Tabor]

From the tools menu you can access the SMS composer/reader, call log, connection manager and options. Under Options there is access to the network menu. My suggestion is to set the 595U to 'EVDO Only' when in EVDO coverage. This way the 595U never checks for a 1xRTT network. I believe that continually 'looking for' a 1x network can affect performance.

J, my setup is up and running and works well. However I can't get to the settings you mention. Mine are greyed out. I don't see the Tools Menu in the Connection Manager. In Connection Manager I have a menu I can click on and from the pull down I go to 'Settings' and then 'Sprint Mobile Broadband - Sierra Wireless'. That pulls up a Settings page and under 'Network Mode' and 'Roam Mode' everything is greyed out and unable to be selected. Does anyone know how to enable these settings?