Dear users,

did u still charge ur maxis moderm's battery after remove it for the 1st day?
If we did not charge the battery more than a few mths, will the battery die?
Anyone can share ur experince here ? TQ

I remove the battery from my modem long long time ago. Coz if you use the modem with the battery on. Your modem end up very hot.

This post has been edited by llhm87: Nov 21 2007, 05:48 PM

To all those USB users with poor indoor signal, you may want to consider doing this:







I also got the 5m usb cable extension solution from this site [Thread: Click here]

Even I'm on HSDPA 5-full-bar, I'm considering this as recently i tested my usb at Ground floor vs my 19th Floor, the signal at G is almost constant at 1.2mbps whereas my unit at 19th floor can only achieve 700kbps constant with spike not more than 1mbps...

[hope this can help, for those who has tested this please share your findings, thanks in advance]

I'm subscribing Maxis 768k RM98 package. What is the max actual download speed i can get at my HSDPA availabled area?

The maximum you can get is around 600Kbps. But sometimes it can go faster then that due to burst. So you'll be able to get 1Mbps++ during bursts but then it will quickly drop ...

Oh the 768k package is now 3.6Mbps. So there is no limit on what you can get.

I'm no tech-savvy (downright n00b) but, would you be so kind to explain to me how you're able to achieve that constant speed with that high-gain antenna? And where can you get an antenna like that in Malaysia? If I'm using it at ground level, will I be able to maximise my bps?

i juz appy the maxis broadband Rm98 power package, at noon i test can get around 1mbps, but y after 6pm my intenet speed become very low??

Is normal. Coz there are many user during the night time. But you should get roughly around 600-700 or even higher kbps.

In layman's term, the parabolic dish helps to focus the signal to a central focal point to increase the signal (using square shape will be easier to construct;


http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template/index.html

I've not seen any astro-like dish in the market but it can be homemade as the theory is the same, follow the shape using reflector material. Actually, because the signal is from base-station, ground level should have the best reception compared to high-ground.

Please read post #1 by PRASYS!!! Very useful link.

Recently due to the wet weather, I've been using a net-like parabolic in front of my E220 and I manage to add +100kbps, no more than that. No signal-bar gain as I'm already at 5-bar HSDPA.

Thanks JW. According to the video by Prasys, it says that I can use a second foil.

Does this means that I should combine that foil with the first one hence, making a second layer on the first one? I can't seem to get a good look of how the 2nd foil looks like over the first...or perhaps it was something else of me that n00bs terribly. That'll explain my ignorance towards the definition of a what a wind-surfer booster is (at which point when I feel absolutely isolated for my lack of knowledge and background of the Internet), which was shown in the pic from Prays first pic.

This post has been edited by Noobimus: Nov 23 2007, 08:28 AM

You can use a second foil. It shouldn't be a problem. Technically its possible. Again , its all about trial and error method. I'll try to get the right calculations for the parabolic dish !

Hmmm..... not worthwhile as there are too many factors affecting the actual signal itself. By using the RSSI as a guide but not reliable. Just my tots...

I'm on the other hand trying to figure out if i can build a (f)3G Generic adapter cable and connecting it to a parabolic dish mounting it at the balcony... currently I'm actually hanging out the E220 at the balcony railing which worries me when its raining ....

Hello guys...
quick question here,....

Since the modem doesnt require any ppoe/dialer/username setting & stuff, how do you guys make it wireless?..
my friend ask me about this but i really dunno la...

You set it to use DHCP. Thats all. Just set it as Automatic IP and it will be configured automatically. You just have to plug and play !

ah....I see.....thanks man...

The offical site, http://www.maxis.com.my/maxisbb/ has updated with a link to a software patch for the ZTE-MF600 modem.

"To further improve the internet browsing experience".

Or is ita trick, the software actually to control more of our bandwidth?

It says mine is already updated. If someone managed to get hold of the firmware. Please let me know , with that..I can able to unlock certain things and crack it !

I checked mine as well. It says "Your modem is already updated with the latest firmware". How about others?

This is the screenshots:


This post has been edited by llhm87: Nov 23 2007, 11:34 PM

My modem is in PJ now; will be checking it out when I return back to PJ. XD

I think the firmware is for the 1st Gen ZTE users... u know.... the one without the RSSI values and stuff.

[Prasys] : I was just wondering if you can crack it rite.... why not get the Vodafone firmware off their website and do script modifications? I'm not sure how but they are some doing it as we speak. I found out that some in SA has managed to crack the IBURST [Izzi] card by removing the BW capped and throttling.

This post has been edited by JWCheah: Nov 24 2007, 01:50 AM