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From: Sak Wathanasin on 18 Jun 2010 09:08 On 18 June, 14:00, thn...(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid (Tim Hodgson) wrote: > Did you know that if a search fails on the New Yorker website it says > "I'm sorry I couldn't find that for which you were looking". That'll have Strunk and White spinning in their graves; well, White anyway as he was editor of the NY.
From: smurf on 18 Jun 2010 09:36 Woody wrote: > On 18/06/2010 13:35, smurf wrote: >> Woody wrote: >>> Sak Wathanasin<sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> I was never keen on the �10/1G pay as you go plan not rolling over. >>> i have a contract one now which is �7.50/5G, but I do use mine a lot >>> now. >> >> I am on �9 a month for 10gb, but got a mifi as part of the deal. >> Great idea, poorly implemented, but still great that my car is a >> wireless hotspot! > > I love the mifi, although I must remember to change my AP name as > 3wireless-xxxx is getting a popular name for APs at work! > > The standard firmware is pretty useless I must admit, but mine came > already broken so I never needed to use that. oops, �9 a month for 5gb. sorry. yes the firmware is worse then useless its positively awful
From: Woody on 18 Jun 2010 10:10 On 18/06/2010 14:36, smurf wrote: > Woody wrote: >> On 18/06/2010 13:35, smurf wrote: >>> Woody wrote: >>>> Sak Wathanasin<sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> I was never keen on the �10/1G pay as you go plan not rolling over. >>>> i have a contract one now which is �7.50/5G, but I do use mine a lot >>>> now. >>> >>> I am on �9 a month for 10gb, but got a mifi as part of the deal. >>> Great idea, poorly implemented, but still great that my car is a >>> wireless hotspot! >> >> I love the mifi, although I must remember to change my AP name as >> 3wireless-xxxx is getting a popular name for APs at work! >> >> The standard firmware is pretty useless I must admit, but mine came >> already broken so I never needed to use that. > > oops, �9 a month for 5gb. sorry. yes the firmware is worse then useless its > positively awful I have never used it, just heard about it. Does it not work when charging or something? That would be useless for me, when I am using it now at a show or something I just plug it in and leave it there. The web interface is pretty good, although the english is entertaining - This page enables you to set up the product in the safe way - and gives a lot of options. Well worth the hack tbh. -- Woody
From: smurf on 18 Jun 2010 11:27 Woody wrote: > On 18/06/2010 14:36, smurf wrote: >> Woody wrote: >>> On 18/06/2010 13:35, smurf wrote: >>>> Woody wrote: >>>>> Sak Wathanasin<sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I was never keen on the �10/1G pay as you go plan not rolling >>>>> over. i have a contract one now which is �7.50/5G, but I do use >>>>> mine a lot now. >>>> >>>> I am on �9 a month for 10gb, but got a mifi as part of the deal. >>>> Great idea, poorly implemented, but still great that my car is a >>>> wireless hotspot! >>> >>> I love the mifi, although I must remember to change my AP name as >>> 3wireless-xxxx is getting a popular name for APs at work! >>> >>> The standard firmware is pretty useless I must admit, but mine came >>> already broken so I never needed to use that. >> >> oops, �9 a month for 5gb. sorry. yes the firmware is worse then >> useless its positively awful > > I have never used it, just heard about it. Does it not work when > charging or something? That would be useless for me, when I am using > it now at a show or something I just plug it in and leave it there. > > The web interface is pretty good, although the english is > entertaining - This page enables you to set up the product in the > safe way - and gives a lot of options. > > Well worth the hack tbh. It is the pure inconvenience of it. Getting any device connected is a three stage button, first you press the on button, then a minute later you press the internet connect button, and then you press the wireless button. The wireless and the internet disconnect after a period of inactivity and need to both be reactivated manually. It is not possible to automate the process or stop disconnection with the original firmware.
From: Woody on 18 Jun 2010 11:57
On 18/06/2010 16:27, smurf wrote: > Woody wrote: >> I have never used it, just heard about it. Does it not work when >> charging or something? That would be useless for me, when I am using >> it now at a show or something I just plug it in and leave it there. >> >> The web interface is pretty good, although the english is >> entertaining - This page enables you to set up the product in the >> safe way - and gives a lot of options. >> >> Well worth the hack tbh. > > It is the pure inconvenience of it. Getting any device connected is a three > stage button, first you press the on button, then a minute later you press > the internet connect button, and then you press the wireless button. The > wireless and the internet disconnect after a period of inactivity and need > to both be reactivated manually. It is not possible to automate the process > or stop disconnection with the original firmware. Oh yes, that is how mine was originally. You press the bottom button to power it, the middle one to connect the wireless and then the top one to connect to the net. Only sometimes they don't and you have to wait a bit to see if they did, and then sometimes you press them again and thye start and stop. Yes, a big faff. Now I have them set to automatically connect, so I just press and hold the bottom button, and then some while later everything is on. I turned the auto disconnect off too, as in the way that I use it, it either needs to be all on or all off and power is not that much of an issue. -- Woody |