graraps
Feb 25, 08, 7:40 pm
For the past couple of days, I've been the proud owner of a Huawei UMTS modem (with SIM from the Hutchinson "3" network in the UK if that makes any difference).
I am in what seems to be a well-covered area, the signal is showing as 5-bands, my speed tests always show acceptable speeds (consistently around 1.6-1.8 mbps down, 0.35 mbps up) with a less-than-excellent but still fair ping (200ish milliseconds), but the thing just disconnects itself from time to time. It used to do crazy things such as being unable to find the modem, deciding the SIM was locked and having an error along the lines of "write failure in registry" (or something in equally incomprehensible English). I've reinstalled the drivers, and it seems that I don't get these funny problems anymore, but it still goes off after any amount of minutes (let's say between 4 and 27), without the computer or modem being moved or disturbed in any way. While it will reconnect when asked, I am finding this very annoying.
Any ideas about potential sources of the problem and/or course(s) of action for troubleshooting?
I am in what seems to be a well-covered area, the signal is showing as 5-bands, my speed tests always show acceptable speeds (consistently around 1.6-1.8 mbps down, 0.35 mbps up) with a less-than-excellent but still fair ping (200ish milliseconds), but the thing just disconnects itself from time to time. It used to do crazy things such as being unable to find the modem, deciding the SIM was locked and having an error along the lines of "write failure in registry" (or something in equally incomprehensible English). I've reinstalled the drivers, and it seems that I don't get these funny problems anymore, but it still goes off after any amount of minutes (let's say between 4 and 27), without the computer or modem being moved or disturbed in any way. While it will reconnect when asked, I am finding this very annoying.
Any ideas about potential sources of the problem and/or course(s) of action for troubleshooting?