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Old 01-18-2011, 03:00 PM
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Sprint is sending me an "Airave" because of my low signal in the house. I live in a Ranch (2 Story house). My Modem & Router is in the basement. Whats the best location for me to place the Airave to get the most signal? Reply asap. thanks!!
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Old 01-18-2011, 06:08 PM
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Re: Sprint "Airave" signal booster question

The best location in the house I would say would be the most central point in the house, but not always possible.

It needs to go Between the Modem and Router. So it sounds like it will go in your basement, unless you want to run a cat5 cable up to another room in your house.
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Old 01-18-2011, 06:14 PM
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It should be placed near a window to get its gps signal. If you can't, it does come wit an external gps antenna you will need to run outside.
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Old 01-18-2011, 06:16 PM
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Re: Sprint "Airave" signal booster question

I've got mine in my basement and have no issues. I have a split level (3 floors) and can even pick up the signal down the road.
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Old 01-18-2011, 08:53 PM
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I've got mine in my basement and have no issues. I have a split level (3 floors) and can even pick up the signal down the road.
Thanks for the replys guys! How do you have your Antenna's faced? Do you have the Antenna's both facing upwards or you have them both facing sideways?
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Thanks for the replys guys! How do you have your Antenna's faced? Do you have the Antenna's both facing upwards or you have them both facing sideways?
What antenna, My Air-rave has NO antenna!
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Old 01-18-2011, 09:09 PM
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Re: Sprint "Airave" signal booster question

i have an airvana. (3g airave) no antenna here. mine came with a magnetic gps hub, to run out side if i wasnt close to a window, but it doesnt look like an antenna. it looks like a hockey puck on a cord.
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Old 01-18-2011, 11:15 PM
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Re: Sprint "Airave" signal booster question

Antenna --- we don't need no stinking antennas.

My best results with the Air Rave 2 ( Airvana ) , was in an upstairs room along with my wireless router and modem.

I put the GPS sensor in the window.
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Re: Sprint "Airave" signal booster question

1. Do NOT put the Airave between the modem and router. Connect it the same way you connect your PC to your router, and let your routed manage QoS instead of the Airave.

2. The GPS antenna (the wire with the GPS receiver) is ridiculously long and that is the only part that needs to be near a window. The Airave itself can be anywhere that the antenna wire will allow.
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Re: Sprint "Airave" signal booster question

I have an original airave and was updated to the airvana, but had nothing but issues with the airvana and actually went back to the original airave. The only differences is that the airvana can handle data too, not only phone calls and texts, but I got so fed up with dropped calls and the system losing signal, I went back to the airave and haven't had issues since. I spoke with tech support almost daily for a couple of weeks and they kept updating software, etc, and finally the device remained connected (no amber lights on it) yet it would still drop calls out of the blue. I haven't heard of anyone else having these issues, everyone loves theirs, so maybe I just got a faulty device. And I completely agree with quick99 above, do not put it between the modem and router, the paperwork says to, but tech support said it doesn't make a difference and if the airvana gets borked, it won't impact your router. Good luck!
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