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Hey folks.

I snuck in here from NBR and haven't had much time to mess around with my Toughbooks lately. I'll eventually post about my CF-29 project. I have a MK3 and recently acquired a MK5 that needs its thermal pads changed or re-installed. I'm looking into a media bay battery and eventually a WWAN solution compatible with 1700AWS/UMTS band 4.

I'm a Linux guy, do some occasional netsec and love to tinker.

See you guys around!

Welcome.
One more Linux guy can't hurt.

Jeff

Welcome to toughbook talk

Well if you like Linux then you have come to the right place. Jeff is our Linux "go to guy" so sit back and enjoy

Cool.
'lo there Jeff
I don't have many posts there either, but me and Jeff may have had a discussion or two in NBR already since I joined a month ago.

Tell me more about 1700/AWS/UMTS. Power requirements? Do you have a pin-out for the sled yet? Do you have a sled? Do you want one or two? Heh! Back a few days ago my first post was "What's a sled"?
The corner antenna on 29's will work with a Gobi 2000 card though it gives a pop-up about power availability being low. Something like "this device will work better with more juice".

Final question this time...what wave length antenna is necessary?

Sounds like fun.

J'd

kode-niner wrote:Hey folks.

I snuck in here from NBR and haven't had much time to mess around with my Toughbooks lately. I'll eventually post about my CF-29 project. I have a MK3 and recently acquired a MK5 that needs its thermal pads changed or re-installed. I'm looking into a media bay battery and eventually a WWAN solution compatible with 1700AWS/UMTS band 4.

I'm a Linux guy, do some occasional netsec and love to tinker.

See you guys around!

Ah, now we're getting into the meat of the matter. Truth is I have trouble finding a WWAN module that does AWS 1700, so I don't exactly have specs. I found this, though, but at that price point and with all those features, I might as well forget AWS 1700 and switch carriers or use LTE: http://goo.gl/e6YxX1
1700Mhz wavelength is 17.635cm according to my calculator, so that's what I would have to divide from.

What I am doing now works, but is definitely not ideal for outdoor use. I use these two options currently and don't have a sled yet:

Dangling carrier-issued Huawei USB dongle with short pigtail cable and velcro:


Unlocked GT Express 307 card with PCMCIA adapter found on fleabay:



Edit: fixed anti-leaching rule to allow toughbooktalk.com to hotlink my hosted pics.

I guess the simple question to ask in this case is, what do T-Mo WCDMA users do?

http://forum.notebookreview.com/panason ... ost8496335

Glen said a lot here.

When I say it will run, it means I have used /tested (of a sort) the unit. 5725 card picks up 2 to three bars at 15 miles from inside the house. Gobi 2000 the same. I have a sled that has been tested in CF-29(MK4/5), 30 MK1 MK2 using stock antenna.
A wireless ready machine is necessary...look for the antenna on 29/30. Model number contains anything but Z rare G) at 5th position. Others can be retrofitted with a few parts.

Pull down the arrow from above and check old configurator.

My location is not a good place to test( considering the distance to the tower), even though it is line of sight. Carrier is Verizon.

My MK3 29HTM50BM has a corner antennae that leads into the PC card bay. However my MK5 is a 29NBLGZBM. Once I get serious into looking for parts I'll post in the CF29 section.