[pfSense Support] Re: Internet at the lake? Rogers Mobile Internet Stick (Rocket) with pfSense?
In message 4ad1738e0903271251l1713a491y14a69e8496202...@mail.gmail.com Dave Donovan donovan.da...@gmail.com was claimed to have wrote: I've got an HTC TyTn II. I think you told me that you had the same one, or a similar one. It has a connector for 2 external antennae. One is for GPS, I think the other is for cellular. The external antenna may also solve the all-or-nothing issue with your 3g phone by giving you a bit of a boost. You're correct, this is an external antenna jack. There is a registry hack to make the device support WiFi tethering. Note that this needs WM6.0, WM6.1 apparently allows the carrier to detect tethering and bill you extra (not that Rogers does this, to my knowledge, but they could start) I know a TyTn isn't exactly cheap but if you don't have one already, you might be able to get one cheap with a screen defect or something. It's also quite possible that other, older/cheaper models would serve as well but I can only speak for what I've got. They're surprisingly cheap on eBay/Craigslist now (vs the $600 I paid for an unlocked unit when they first came out) I could probably be talked into selling mine with some minor cosmetic damage for $250 or so (I haven't looked at the new/replacement costs yet, I just know what I want to buy instead, I need a replacement as part of $DAYJOB involves testing WM software) Contact me off-list if this looks useful. Note that you'll probably have to reflash the firmware, I'm on a modified one, although I could probably flash a stock ATT image back on the device before sending it out. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
[pfSense Support] Re: Internet at the lake? Rogers Mobile Internet Stick (Rocket) with pfSense?
In message 8a93eaa824a48b4abc87b3e3da03256ba953670...@xmail01.xunity.com Chuck Mariotti cmario...@xunity.com was claimed to have wrote: I have the option of staying/working from a home on a the Lake for a number of weeks this summer here in Ontario/Canada. Nice and relaxed. Unfortunately, the only internet access is dialup, which is not acceptable (of course). I spent my last summer working remotely from various campsites and cabins, it's well worth the pain. After much poking around, I borrowed my wife's iPhone, went up to the highest point in the house, stuck it up against each window, and low and behold with one of those windows... one bar of 3G. 3G / Edge jumped In and Out, but it was definitely there. Some tests were pretty good... 2mbit down, 500kup... others, pretty bad... very bad... 3G signal would go down, etc... but it's there! The one problem is, there are no leaves on the trees yet... and it's just one bar of signal. So I imagine it will get worse in a couple of months time. Second problem is, that the wireless provider here (Rogers) sells a USB Stick that will give me 3G Internet Access (like the iPhone). Model Ovation MC950D 7.2 USB Modem - HSDPA/HSUPA/UMTS... My concern is that this thing is as bad or Worse than the iPhone for receiving 3G signals. I would really like to not have to worry about signals here. Does anyone know if the antenna on this thing is significantly better than an iPHone? Will I get 0 bars or 5 bars? In my experience, the iPhone's 3G antenna / transmitter is less able to cope with inconsistent or spotty signal then either my ATT Tilt or my Razr2 V9 (all on Rogers Wireless 3G) Also investigate whether you can find an external antenna for whatever device you end up, a $100 whip style antenna will take an unreliable signal and make it reliable, a Yagi will make you think you're hardwired. Anyone have any suggestions or solutions to this problem? Depending on the area, you might want to take a look at TELUS' data services. I much prefer Rogers on my primary service, but I've taken my TELUS EVDO card out camping with me, one trip we moved to a new campground every day for almost two weeks only once ending up without a solid EVDO signal, whereas we only had reliable 3G every third or fourth day, we ended up having to fall back on GSM/EDGE the other days. My experience was in Western Canada though, out east you might have better luck with Bell rather then TELUS. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
Re: [pfSense Support] Multi-WAN with Fail Over
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Alexsander Loula alex.lo...@gmail.com wrote: This is my config: You're missing a static route for a DNS server on your second WAN, assuming you use the DNS forwarder on pfSense. You may be using a monitor IP that doesn't reliably respond to pings when the connection is up. Your LAN rules route all TCP to the load balancing pool and every other protocol out WAN2, which may not be your intention. Your last LAN rule doesn't do anything because it'll never be hit. Your balance and failover pools are fine. I don't see any issues other than that. If you're more specific about how you're testing and what you're seeing, maybe something will be apparent. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
