Neotel - Signal Enchancment Comparison

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Hi all,

I recently purchased a Wilson amplifier and window mounted omni antenna for my neotel neoflex modem.

It is the 811101 wilson amplifier for 800mhz frequency and a 15" wilson glass mount omni with built in ground plane. I wanted to show youll the difference between this and the yagi i purchased from poynting.

It must be noted that the only real world difference i have noticed is about a 20-40ms improvement in ping (however its consistently low and does not spike as much). Speedtests are pretty much the same as before - about 120 - 220 down and 50 up.

Here are my results:

Normal = -89db
YAGI = -86db
Wilson Antenna = -86db
YAGI + AMP = -76db
Wilson Antenna + Amp = -74db

As you can see- the amplifier makes a big diff - about 12dB which equates to a signal that is twice as strong. (Its measured lognormally). Anyway, i wanted this setup as i needed a stronger signal without the bulk of a yagi - the omni antenna is thin and mounts on a window and is thus very unobtrusive - its very nice for ppl who live in a complex with regulations as to what u can put on ure roof.

The amp and the antenna set me back about $200 plus another $40 for shipping plus another R400 for customs - so its not cheap.

Anyways, over the next few days I will be testing out a few tweaks on MTU and other registry settings to improve latency for online gaming. Will let youll know the results

Lemme know if youll have any questions. Ill also post some pics of my setup for those who are interested - its late now wanna go sleep :)
 
Just found out theres no way to alter MTU in the axesstel modems settings. Anyone know of any hidden setup pages on the modem?
 
Pictures as promised:

Amp:
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Router:
DSC01938.jpg


Modem:
DSC01939.jpg


Omni-antenna:
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ushir said:
Hi all,

I recently purchased a Wilson amplifier and window mounted omni antenna for my neotel neoflex modem.

It is the 811101 wilson amplifier for 800mhz frequency and a 15" wilson glass mount omni with built in ground plane. I wanted to show youll the difference between this and the yagi i purchased from poynting.

It must be noted that the only real world difference i have noticed is about a 20-40ms improvement in ping (however its consistently low and does not spike as much). Speedtests are pretty much the same as before - about 120 - 220 down and 50 up.

Here are my results:

Normal = -89db
YAGI = -86db
Wilson Antenna = -86db
YAGI + AMP = -76db
Wilson Antenna + Amp = -74db

As you can see- the amplifier makes a big diff - about 12dB which equates to a signal that is twice as strong. (Its measured lognormally). Anyway, i wanted this setup as i needed a stronger signal without the bulk of a yagi - the omni antenna is thin and mounts on a window and is thus very unobtrusive - its very nice for ppl who live in a complex with regulations as to what u can put on ure roof.

The amp and the antenna set me back about $200 plus another $40 for shipping plus another R400 for customs - so its not cheap.

Anyways, over the next few days I will be testing out a few tweaks on MTU and other registry settings to improve latency for online gaming. Will let youll know the results

Lemme know if youll have any questions. Ill also post some pics of my setup for those who are interested - its late now wanna go sleep :)
Click to expand...

You must want to spit every time you see one of Neotell's pole ad's that proudly promise:

"No installation required"
 
No I dont. Feel happy now that you got a response?
 
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Nice work there Ushir, much appreciated time and money spent on this. Very difficult thing to spend money on equipment and not knowing if it will make any real improvements. How's the tweaking going?
 
Hey Drake,

Thanks mate - I like to tinker with things so its my pleasure. Im still in the process of tweaking - ive emailed axesstel and some other people if there is any way to alter the MTU and im still waiting a response. In the meantime im busy setting up my spare laptop as a gateway - will use the laptop to dial up to neotel via USB - hopefully through that way I can alter some of the settings liek MTU, RWIN, TTL etc. After doing some research, it appears that MTU can have a significant impact on latency. MTU specified the amount of data in a packet, the higher the MTU the more likely it is that some data will get corrupted along the way causing the router to ask for a resend resulting in an increase in latency.

RWIN similarly specifies how many packets are sent in a line session, similarly if there is lost data or corruption along the way, the router will request the entire line to be resent - so it can reduce latency if configured correctly.

Ive been busy with work lately so havent been tinkering much - will definately let you know though.
 
Ushir, congrats mate on getting this working. I am sure it took alot of time and effort for you so i take my hat off to you.

Maybe you should sell your product/find to neotel.

On myside, nothing has improved over the last few months - use about 2 gigs out of 15 purely cos it only works for such a small amount of time:( I might have to go your route mate.
 
Hey Luf,

No problem! Its my pleasure =) Let me know if u need any assistance.

Cheers,
Ushir
 
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