That is probably the question that causes most head-scratching for Irish Dovado users, during the initial wizard configuration of the Dovado USB Mobile Broadband Router (UMR).
Your Access Point Name (APN) identifies the access point on your provider’s 3G network your modem will use to connect to the internet. There may be some information provided with your USB modem by the mobile phone company specifying the APN you should use. You can also check the default settings on the software used to configure the USB modem on your computer. Continued…
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As suppliers we were a bit shocked when we heard Dovado were discontinuing the UMR as it was such a well received product, we thought: why fix what isn’t broken. However it is the way of the consumer electronics market. Technology improvements turnaround in very short timescales, so manufacturers have to have the next product lined up. The 3GN and 4GR have faster WiFi chips so that they can provide 802.11n which is becoming the standard wireless protocol. The 4GR also has very fast (gigabit) ethernet and they both can support extremely fast (greater than 21Mbps) modems. They have abandoned the detachable antenna, which was a very strong factor for Irish customers. We did point this out to Dovado numerous times and now in hindsight I think they acknowledge that it may have been better to have retained that feature.
So, in summary, there is no problem with the UMR, the 3GN and 4GR simply take advantage of faster WiFi, ethernet and mobile broadband capability.
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Dovado UMR
The 4dBi antenna, which comes with the UMR, has an outdoors range of 300m unobstructed. In favourable conditions indoors (e.g. where the material in the walls isn’t very obstructive) it would be reasonable to see a WiFi range of up to 100m.
However, given the variation in materials in Irish houses it’s pretty meaningless to specify an indoor range. We generally recommend that customers try out the router with the standard antenna in their location and if they discover that the WiFi coverage needs a boost, the great thing about the UMR is that you can replace the standard antenna with a higher gain antenna best suited to your specific requirements.
Dovado 3GN
The antenna on the 3GN has a gain of 3dBi and is not detachable, so the wireless range is not quite as far-reaching as the UMR and cannot be extended with a higher gain antenna. Having said that, the WiFi coverage of the 3GN should be sufficient for typical home environments.
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Tagged with range, WiFi, wireless.
Sierra 302 from O2
Vodafone K3765
Dovado today released a major new
firmware revision v4.1.0 which extends the already long list of USB modems supported on the UMR to include the Vodafone (Huawei) K3765 and Sierra 302 among others. This will be good news for
Irish mobile broadband customers with Vodafone and O2 who may have purchased these modems recently and wish to take advantage of the extensive features and convenience of the Dovado UMR.
Continued…
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Tagged with firmware, Global positioning, GPS, Home automation, K3765, o2, remote management, Sierra 302, usb modem, Vodafone, VPN.
By gerry
15 December 2009
ComReg provides a siteviewer website for locating GSM and 3G masts in Ireland. You can either search by placename or use the clickable map interface to discover where the mobile operators’ masts are located in your area. You can click on each mast location (displayed as a blue square) to find out specific details about the mast, such as operator, OS coordinates and type of transmission (GSM or 3G). Continued…
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Joe Drumgoole
Every Monday on Ireland’s News Talk radio station, approximately between 18.30 and 19.00 George Hook discusses technology with Joe Drumgoole. Tomorrow (Mon 28 Sep 2009) there is a fair chance they will discuss the Dovado USB Mobile Broadband Router (UMR). You can listen to the News Talk Technology Slot online or right at the end of your FM radio dial on 106-108FM. Regardless of whether the Dovado UMR gets a mention, it’s always an entertaining and informative discussion.
George Hook
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By gerry
27 September 2009
On 22 Sep 2009 Dovado released the v4.0.2 firmware update for the Dovado UMR. Users can download this update from http://www.dovado.com/umrfirmware. Here is what Dovado say about this firmware update:
We have corrected an issue which was pointed out to us by a few of
you out there. The issue was that the UMR might lock itself up (“crash”)
during operation.
NOTICE : We strongly recommend you to upgrade to this release! Continued…
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By gerry
26 September 2009
Today Dovado released v4.0.1 firmware for their USB Mobile Broadband Router (UMR). This is great news for O2 customers in Ireland as included in this firmware is support for the Huawei E1752 USB modem, which O2 Ireland are currently offering as their “best value modem”. Continued…
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By gerry
7 September 2009
If you’ve just received your Dovado UMR but you can’t get connected to the configuration web address http://192.168.0.1, the video below may help you overcome the networking issues in your way.
The initial configuration of your Dovado UMR should be a quick and straight-forward process. Unfortunately your computer can conspire to throw a couple of confusing obstacles in your way. This video demonstrates how to get overcome a couple of networking issues you may come up against. The demonstration uses Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6.
One potential source of confusion for some users is that the Dovado reference guide instructs you Continued…
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Tagged with configuration, Connect to Dialup, Dovado UMR, Networking issues, Windows XP, wireless router, Working Offline.
To avoid duplicate content, the Dovado UMR firmware timeline is now kept up to date on a single page on the international site.
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Tagged with 3G router, dovado, firmware, usb modem.
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