Cradlepoint vs. wifi ranger

paulcardoza wrote:
Hi Doc ---

Quick question.... Do you have your WFR on full manual or are any automatic features, such as failover set up???

docj wrote:

paulcardoza wrote:
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....

I bought my first WiFi Ranger router three years ago and I will agree with Paul that there were many nights when I went to sleep frustrated because I couldn't get it to work no matter what I tried. However, I will argue that those nights were fairly far in the past and that Paul's summary compresses three years of product development experiences without differentiating between the past and present.

Some WFR customers, like Bill and Paul, chose to "get off the train" during that process and I can't fault them for that. However, I know from my own personal experience that WFR products today are much different and far better than those that were marketed several years ago.

To avoid having this post deleted because the moderators consider it marketing, I will simply note that the control panel on my WiFi Ranger is currently showing that it has been operational for 18 days since its last reboot. It has been connected to my Verizon phone's hotspot for that entire period, except when the phone has needed to be rebooted. The Ranger was connected to the hotspot when I went to bed last night and it was connected and ready for use this morning. I can't ask a router to do any more than that.

Paul:

I don't use failover unless there is an alternative internet connection I can use. Most of the time that's not the case. If my internet connection is unstable (like an erratic wifi) I make the "check internet" interval large so there is less chance that the WFR will check the connection and find it off. If the WFR finds that your internet connection doesn't have internet connectivity it will tend to drop it even if it doesn't have an alternative.

Joe;