Cradlepoint vs. wifi ranger
We start fulltiming this winter and the wife needs good internet for work, who has which and what are your suggestions/recomendations? Thanks, Gregg
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quote I have followed essentially the same path that Bill has. Had the original Wifi Ranger, tried the Sky and finally the GO. While the concept is fantastic and the CS folks at WFR are terrific to deal with, the product is just not ready for primetime, IMO. I found myself having to continually futz with the units to keep my connection in place. They would lock up, reboot on their own, lose connectivity requiruing a restart. At one point they would not work with iOS devices, certain modems, blah, blah, blah....
My wife would call me almost daily with problems in the RV while I was away at work. Rarely did a day go by where I didn't have to play with the WFR to keep connectivity going.
So, I too now have a Cradlepoint, but I chose the MBR1400 model. More expensive that Bill's MBR95, but offers load balancing which I use all the time because I have 2 Mifi units (one verizon and one AT&T). The MBR1400 does a terrific job of balancing usage between the two!
I have my WFR GO in a box in the closet and continue to monitor their progress. Maybe if they ever offer a firmware release that makes the product ready for every day use, I'll put it back in service and give it a go, but for now, I'm so much happier with the Cradlepoint!!!! end quote
I was under the impression that cradlepoint would not connect to MiFi units, in fact that's what they told me when I called them. Are they connecting wirelessly or are your MiFi's tethered? Which MiFi units are you using? Also are you able to use park internet with your cradlepoint?
My wife would call me almost daily with problems in the RV while I was away at work. Rarely did a day go by where I didn't have to play with the WFR to keep connectivity going.
So, I too now have a Cradlepoint, but I chose the MBR1400 model. More expensive that Bill's MBR95, but offers load balancing which I use all the time because I have 2 Mifi units (one verizon and one AT&T). The MBR1400 does a terrific job of balancing usage between the two!
I have my WFR GO in a box in the closet and continue to monitor their progress. Maybe if they ever offer a firmware release that makes the product ready for every day use, I'll put it back in service and give it a go, but for now, I'm so much happier with the Cradlepoint!!!! end quote
I was under the impression that cradlepoint would not connect to MiFi units, in fact that's what they told me when I called them. Are they connecting wirelessly or are your MiFi's tethered? Which MiFi units are you using? Also are you able to use park internet with your cradlepoint?
