Giv a brief history of your modem like

1) Model and make

2) FW version or have you flashed it recently or stock FW

3) Did you Supercharged it.

4) Did you used an extension cable.

5) etc, etc ...............

could be signal problem, if your RSSI via MDMA is below -70dBm, get a Patch Antenna. Blacktubi have very good Patch Antenna for sale

Chuah, you should try your hands on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND, MR3420 is too easy for you already, no more fun for you liao......

how can u plug in the Mf680 without its case?

In your Opinion, which router which can support 3G USB Modem which is Value for Money and is DDWRT friendly (free licence DDWRT one la ) and is powerful enough ?

How do u come to the conclusion that 1043ND is underpower, Output = 2A ?

You pawned SiFu Chua kawkaw,



trust me go for this, 2 versions, rm240 and rm350 ( hav doubled RAM, new CPU and all five gigabit ports )

http://routerboard.com/RB751G-2HnD

Best value for a Commercial Router and is DDWRT supported too.

These are Router, it will boost your speed and stability and provides the best signal you can get at a low cost compared to other commercial routers.

By default our Modems dun get enough of Power (500mA shared) to draw in signal for consistency, hence we use Routers to stabilise the signal. But most Routers ( Consumer brand like Asus or TP Link ( except High End ones >rm400 ) lacked the omph. I believe with this Router, your connection can be very stable.

this is my eg,

without this HW550 ( default FW, no OpenWRT/DDWRT ), my consistency sucks, with it stablise , opening of pages is fast , like Fibre ( Chuah's word )

I am using MR3420 V2, its cool in design and cool on usage, very good heat dispersal. rm85\

RB751G-2HnD, rm350

However, for more stable hardware get the above.

I am contemplating it now.

This post has been edited by digilife: Nov 9 2012, 09:18 PM

What telco you using?

If Maxis, call them to give you a Public IP, but the speed will be slower BUT stable

Wat ever Y cable or Lightning port also come to "no use" , because if you use the PC/Laptop for some time, the whole damn mobo gets heated up and when there is too much heat on the mobo, the whole circuit will slow slow dei , meaning your system and USB connection/data transmission also slow slow dei...........

to over come this , dun use WiFi as WiFi also consume power, dun use USB plug-in as this also gets jammed up with less power as its being "eaten" by the mobo........connect via LAN cable from the Router , as LAN routes dun utilise power (CAT6e LAN Cable ~ faster transmission, proven with low ping ) ~ btw, also disable WiFi from the router as that the router dun have to power up the WiFi Chips and fully utilise the 1A of electricity to suck in the signal into the modem.

@Chuah

Have you used a CAT6e cable to benchmark before?

If not you should try, after that you would "hard sell" this cable like you have been doing to OpenWRT these past week again

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Added on November 11, 2012, 4:24 pm@Chuah

Have you used a CAT6e cable to benchmark before?

If not you should try, after that you would "hard sell" this cable like you have been doing to OpenWRT these past week again



This post has been edited by digilife: Nov 11 2012, 04:24 PM

That cable have could have some broken bits inside.

I tried a Cat5 ( supplied with the V2 and the ping averages at 100~120ms, whereas my Cat6e cable, longer at 2meters ping at abt 27~100ms, averages 45ms ~ current LIVE result , via Router only........

your area RSSI= 55~65

my area RSSI=93 and yet i can touch 23~29 ms, on a HW550 default FW, no OpenWRT, no Antenna , no fan , no stripping , no cooler pad ,

Imagine if i bring my HW550+Cat6E to your place, can i get <20ms ?

bro, you wan to exchange your HW550 with my MR3420 ?

I was trying to drive home the point that a HW550 + CAT6e LAN cable on a RSSI of -93dBm can get a ping of between 23~29 , why can it go lower if the RSSI is 55~65 dBm ? All these is without OpenWRT, No Cooling Pad, No Fan blowing, No Modem and Router stripping, No cool mountain air , No Antenna.

You cant say NO, when you have not tested my setup in your area.

I am trying to say that HW550 can achieve it. You try what ever means with your MR3420 and show me a ping of 23~29 , then i say that MR3420 is much better

I even give you the handicap of you having a more superior RSSI compared to my jeeby RSSI of -93dBM compared to yours of -55dBm and a lousy speedtest of



which you constantly getting >10Mbps too

This is how my HW550 looks when stripped.

Care to show a MR3420 looks inside ?

Remember to standby some Panadol ActiveFast when you do it.

Remember the first time you setup the HW550 ?



Wat time you finally have time to go mandi ?




btw, i found out that HW550 ROCKS, sell me yours can ?

Remember the first time when you bought the HW550 and tried to setup to match it with your MF622 ?

This Router if you match it with a MF680, dismantle the Antenna , disable WiFi can give you very low ping.

My Mr3420 V1 and V2 cannot match it at all on ping.

Moreover, i discover that without using WiFi, the router is not hot and does not requires a Fan to blow it.

I open up , as shown in my earlier posting, the inside was nicely spaced out, no cramped circuits, capacitor also good quality.

I even re-enabled back wifi without putting back the Antenna, it too work great.

Now the next step is to get a DDWRT flashed router and LAN out from HW550, you can have very good WiFi in your place.

I just missed the chance to buy a used Linksys DDWRT flashed router for only rm60