I had some problems with my 3G last week, it kept dropping the connection. Now this is straight after I had installed Windows 7 so I was thinking of blaming the OS. However I ordered a 3G aerial with magnetic base. I have been running it now for 4 hours without a single drop out [...]
Following on my my mast locator post, This is the Aerial I will be fitting.
I am going to be buying an external 3G antennae to mount on my van roof. To get the best possible speed I am choosing a directional one. The problem with this is I will need to know what direction the mast is from my van. After much googling I found the Ofcom site this [...]
I have had an orange data dongle for 6 months now and not used it in anger. I have been lucky to have had access to WiFi and even an ethernet connection in one place. Internet access is absolutely critical to me which is why I am saving for the Alden Netmaster before I start [...]
I have not attempted this before, but I wanted to take my laptop into town. In the van I have a full size desktop which dual boots windows XP and Linux. I use the Laptop running linux via a wifi router normally and use the Orange 3G on my desktop under windows when not near [...]