. : : Urban Reality : : . » Vodafone http://blog.urbanreality.net hope is like a mist before the morning sunrise of reality... Wed, 05 May 2010 07:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Vodafone Zuhause Talk&Web-Box Firmware v2.63 http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/10/19/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v263/ http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/10/19/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v263/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:35:14 +0000 melz http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/10/19/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v263/ Thanks to markmoses for pointing out the firmware upgrade for Vodafone Zuhause Talk & Web 3g router. Firmware v2.63 was released on 20 Sept 2007 as a maintenance release. Unfortunately, Vodafone Support did not mention the purpose of the release. I personally have not tested this firmware yet. My unit was upgraded to v2.50 from v2.37 .

To download the firmware, click here. Please try it on your own risk. The firmware upgrade is irreversible.

If anyone tried v2.63, please share with us what’s the changes in this new firmware. Thanks

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]]> http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/10/19/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v263/feed/ 29 Celcom 3G Connection Outrage http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/03/08/celcom-3g-connection-outrage/ http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/03/08/celcom-3g-connection-outrage/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:15:08 +0000 melz http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/03/08/celcom-3g-connection-outrage/ I’ve been using Celcom 3G D120 since 2 months ago. I was satisfied with the connection in the first month. Unfortunately, I was not able to enjoy the same quality since 16 Feb 07.

The quality of the line has degraded significantly compared to the first month using it even though my connection shows a 3 bar full on UMTS/3G. My situation is, for the first month I was able to utilise the 3G connection at the rate of 120 -200kpbs DL / 56kpbs UL  with the ping time around 56 – 80 ms.

Running 3G connection under the same condition as the past month, I’ve noticed huge degration of quality of the speed. I get a lot ping timeout and transmission of data getting stalled for few seconds, sometimes even for minutes, though i’m still connected to the service.

Knowing this, I ran a similar test on the speed again. The result was outrageous. I’m only able to connect at the speed of 58Kbps DL / 45 Kpbs UL with the ping time around 200 – 1500 ms on a 3 bar full UMTS/3G connection.

My question is what could have caused such significant degration of download speed which is worst than a 56K dial up ? I’m sure it’s not because of the signal as I’m getting the same level of signal. Anyone having the same problem ?

I would appreciate it if someone would point out what’s happening to my connection. Else, I will have to terminate my subscription as I find it unworthy to pay RM120 a month to get Time Out pages all the time.

Just now, I tried the speed test again. The result was 36kbps DL/ 42kpbs UL with 267ms ping time. I wanted to post the image of the test but because of the bad connection, I couldn’t even load the result image page.

]]> http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/03/08/celcom-3g-connection-outrage/feed/ 9 Vodafone Zuhause Talk&Web-box Firmware v0250 http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/25/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v0250/ http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/25/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v0250/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:14:07 +0000 melz http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/25/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v0250/ Updates : The link to the file might have been removed by the author. I’ve uploaded my copy at http://rapidshare.com/files/43671450/Talk_Web_FW2_50.zip

After 3 days of searching through German forums and struggling to understand to German, I finally able to get a copy of the firmware for my 3G router. I was so darn happy when I received this

Hallo melz84,

Epstone hat auf das Thema ‘Firmware Update Vadafone Talk&Web Box’ im Forum ‘Internet ??ber Mobilfunk: UMTS/GPRS u. Co.’ bei onlinekosten.de Community geantwortet.

Dieses Thema ist hier zu finden:
http://www.onlinekosten.de/forum/showthread.php?t=71962&goto=newpost

Dies ist der Beitrag, der gerade geschrieben wurde:
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at 5 o’clock it should be ready downloadable http://home.arcor.de/patis-page/Talk_Web_FW2_50.zip
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Es k??nnte noch weitere Antworten auf das Thema geben, jedoch erhalten Sie keine zus?¤tzlichen Benachrichtigungen, bis Sie das Forum wieder besucht haben.

Mit freundlichen Gr????en

onlinekosten.de Community

 

I quickly went and download the firmware as this firmware is not distributed anymore in German nor any websites. Lucky for me, Epstone from the Onlinekosten.de forum uploaded the firmware back into his server again for me. Anyway, those who are using the same unit as me, you can download it from the address above. I haven’t upgrade the firmware yet. I want to read more on their discussion about the firmware before i proceed. As you know, the process is unreversible.

Updates : The link to the file has been removed by the author. I’ve uploaded my copy at http://rapidshare.com/files/43671450/Talk_Web_FW2_50.zip

Now playing: Unknown Artist – Track 3

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Finally, I got my my own 3G account. But there was a catch, which was somehow expected.. Only Celcom Postpaid users who also have a Streamyx account can sign up for the D88 plan. Sigh ! I had no choice but to take the D120 package instead. That means I have to pay RM120 per month for the 3G access.

I registered the line today noon and it got activated at around 7pm . The clerk told be it gonna take 24 hours to get my account activated. But instead, it took only 7 hours to get 3G-fied ! LoL . So far, the connection here at my apartment in Setapak Indah is acceptable. I get either 2–3 bar signal.

 

This is my download/upload test result…

 

:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::
Download Connection is:: 211 Kbps about 0.21 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Download Speed is:: 26 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 42 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 5 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Server 2)
Test Time:: 2007/01/15 – 7:58am
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-CZSWYBV9A
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-4BWZSXG1P
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) [!]

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I wonder if there’s Celcom 3G coverage in Seremban. Their offer is kinda good and since one of my commentor, Michael has pointed out that Celcom has the best 3G coverage compared to Maxis. But I can say there’s not much difference between Celcom 3G and Streamyx since it shares the same network backbone. Anyhow, I’ll dropping by Celcom to sign up for their 3G services. The best part is I won’t be tied up by a contract. That means I can terminate it anytime I want. Sounds catchy though…. Hopefully there’s no “hidden” rules & regulation in tiny little font that you have to use a magnifier to read it… haha…  Oh well, that’s how business goes and there’s no way to get around it…

Geez… it’s rather annoying seeing MSN notifier popping in and out while I was typing this.. Something is very wrong with my SuckMyx today. I’m getting disconnected almost every 5 minutes intermittently. MSN connection dropping off, DSL led kept blinking and my DSL SNR Margin is dropping to less than 5 dB. Everybody knows that Streamyx sucks but TMNet is dominating the ISP market. If other ISP were given fair chance, I’m sure there would be some better ISP other than TMNet.

]]> http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/14/my-3g-router-finally/feed/ 5 Vodafone 3G Router with WLAN http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/12/vodafone-3g-router-with-wlan/ http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/12/vodafone-3g-router-with-wlan/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:34:14 +0000 melz http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/12/vodafone-3g-router-with-wlan/ I’ve waited 3 weeks for my 3G router. Hopefully it will arrive by tomorrow or next monday. It’s quite a neat piece of gadget. It’s called Vodafone Zuhause Web & Talk.

This is a device which allows users to share a single 3G connection via wireless LAN. With this router, you can access high speed mobile data services when connected to Maxis or Celcom 3G network. It will also auto-switch to UMTS or GPRS according to the area coverage.

Other than being a 3G router, allows users to connect their normal telephone to it. You are able to make call with this unit, hence the name Web & Talk. You may insert a Mobile SIM card (with or without 3G, it does not matter) and then insert the card to the Mobile Slim slot in the route.Then you connect a normal Analogue phone to the phone slot and you will instantly be able to make a phone call using this router alone. No mobile phone is required. :-)

Another nice feature. If you add a printer to this device you are able to receive incoming fax. However to get this to work you must first make sure your Mobile SIM card is enable for fax. I think the monthly fee is about RM10. Check it out with Maxis or Celcom. It’s easy. Just ask for data call. Once done you will be given a data call (or fax) number. Eg. 012-1234567 This datacall number is in addition to your mobile phone number. Hence you get 2 mobile numbers with one card. Then you print your fax number onto your name card. Now if someone send you a fax you are able to receive the fax message printed with your printer. Cool eh!!!

(Front view)

(Back view)

Note:

The 3 slots behind the router are the Fax (1) and Phone (2) slots. To the right are the USB and RJ45 slots. The top cover can be opened manually. This is where you insert the mobile SIM card to in order to use Internet (Web) and Make call (Talk). This is meaning of Web ‘n’ Talk.

The best part is that it has a Merlin U630 pcmcia datacard included. This datacard is being sold by Maxis for around RM1200

To conclude, this 3G router is able to accomodate 2 Mobile SIM card simulataneously. One SIM card (with 3G) goes into the Novatel Merlin U630 datacard. The other SIM card (no need 3G but with datacall enabled) goes into the SIM slot next to the datacard. So, you use this router to Web and Talk. Ah, and fax too.

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