Chuah, please do something to get the router work with Nokia phones. Then I might considering getting a cheapo HSPA Nokia phone to pair with it.

trust me fruitie, i really trying,. was hoping this router can support nokia x3-02,but oh well at the moments nothing works unless someone know how to flash it open-wrt then add in the nokia driver manually,... it might work,... which i totally dont know much about linux,.

Can anyone explain what's the difference between IP reservation and IP & MAC binding?

Anyone use the u-mobile 42 Mbps modem with this router.

IP reservation & "IP & MAC Binding" are basically the same thing except the latter "bind" the IP address to MAC address. Meaning, for example IP address AA.BB.CC.DD is bind to MAC address 00-11-22-33-44-55. If there is another PC (which obviously have different MAC address) trying to use the IP address AA.BB.CC.DD, that PC will be blocked by router from communicating with other PC/device in the network. "IP reservation" didn't enforce this. If two PC/devices using the same IP address, one or both will failed to communicate due to IP address conflict.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Nov 15 2011, 01:59 PM

Hey folks, thinking of getting this router. I'm planning to use it with E1762 (for parents in PG). Chuah, is this modem easy to manage? Old folks are not too tech savvy so I'm planning to configure and let them plug and play. More like 1 time settle, no more worries.

well, this TpLink router is very flexible compare with Aztech or other 3G brand router,. can even plug in your sonyericsson phone,.. yea u just need to set it properly and then second time onwards is plug N play only,. works great for sure if have more than 2 device,.. for signal the wireless N really penetrate well in my house,.. good enough for me,.

I am also planning to get this TP Link MR3420 router, and also planning to get U-Mobile 42 Mbps modem is it compatible.

This post has been edited by wongsf: Nov 17 2011, 08:58 AM

the model is ZTE MF680
i saw the modem yesterday at plaza alam sentral shah alam but i cannot buy the modem seperately.. must subscribe to U postpaid.. so
i notice for HSPA+ it only supports 2100MHz... so for maxis n celcom who is rolling out 900MHz HSPA cannot be support by this ZTE modem

I rephrase my question. Can I use the ZTE MR680 modem with the TP Link MR3420 Router. TQ.

This post has been edited by wongsf: Nov 17 2011, 10:36 AM

You see, none of u knows because we don't own that modem.
If follow the compatible list on TP-Link's site, clearly shows this modem is not in the list.

Update:
got a hold of ZTE MF100 and it worked flawlessly, so my guess would be the problem lies in router driver support or in my MF636.

So whoever is going to buy MR3420 for MF636 be careful.

some ZTE modem doesnt support . i think the tp link firmware dont include it yet,

But it should. MF636 is mentioned on the box as supported modem model.

oh for MF 636 u need to go to HERE and download the ZTE MF636 modem bin to add in your TP LINK router, then reboot and u are good to go with ZTE MF636

hope it helps,..

This post has been edited by chuahcs79: Nov 18 2011, 05:04 AM

Nope, that made no difference either.

is weird that is the ZTE MF 636 modem bin file though, have u flash your ZTE MF636 yourself before ?

there are 2 different versions of modem bin files on the page, tried all already?

This post has been edited by maxcheam: Nov 18 2011, 06:14 PM

is weird because the bin file there stated is fro ZTE MF636,.. weird

I couldn't test the Australian ISP 636 bin file. It's too big for uploading (at least that's the error i got)

Nope, haven't flashed the modem; only thing i have done is disabling the autorun with AT command, and that was done after i got the router.