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Date:	Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:02:35 PST8
From:	Tom Brown <thombrown@san.rr.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Verizon Broadband card

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There could have been different loading on Hobbes or caching involved on
a Verizon server. What happens with different files?

Mark Abramowitz wrote:
> Yesterday we tried Jerry's new card in my machine. The card looked almost
> identical to mine. It didn't work. I ran USBres, and it showed the card
> as having a different ID as mine. The ID on the driver than Steven and I
> worked on was hardcoded into the driver. Jerry is going to hack the
> driver, and change the ID, then report back.
>
> Another interesting development. Larry Tawa, who has the same Verizon
> card as I have, told me about a firmware update. After testing his card
> in my ThinkPad, to ensure that the upgrade wouldn't break the driver,
> Larry performed the upgrade on my card. The results were interesting, to
> say the least.
>
> I did a sample download from Hobbes incoming of a file a bit less than a
> meg. It took about 10-15 second to do the download, and the speed was
> reported at about 30 KB/sec. Not great, but it was in the lab, with a
> signal strength I didn't know. After the firmware upgrade, I tried the
> same file again, and the file was immediately downloaded - and I do mean
> immediate! The reported speed was 450 KB/sec! I deleted the old file, and
> tried again, with the same result! Talk about flying!
>

--
Tom Brown, Catherder
thombrown at san dot rr dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E. & SDAA

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