On Δευ, 2012-01-09 at 10:52 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: <snip> > Nearly there :-) > You can spend money on a signal amplifier, and antenna, or a reflector - > or I can give you instruction on a 5 minute kludge that'll do the same > thing. What is the longest decent[*1] USB cable you have available to > connect the modem too?
What type of USB cable will I need? There are some USB extender cables, or I can try a hub, right? What is the idea, to put the modem in a spot with better reception? My hope is based on the fact that my cellphone which also has a Vodafone connection, can connect from the same places, at higher speeds, usually 3G, while my laptop is connected to GPRS. Hence, I deduce it's not a network issue. Can you give me some names on the products you mentioned? Where would I connect the antenna? There is no slot on the modem. You have my gratitude, you have given me a lot of help. BTW, I tried many methods (comgt and AT commands) to put the modem in 3G-only mode, and they seem to be ignored... :-) I guess the disconnects happen when signal strength drops beyond a low level. > > Cheers > -- > Iceweasel/Firefox extensions for finding answers to Debian questions:- > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ Many thanks again, Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1326102718.4682.76.camel@smyrna
