Sprint Airave external Antenna

[shdwknt]

Originally Posted by DaveTN

The GPS antenna doesn't necessarily need to stay plugged into the airave for the airave to work. I plugged mine in to set my airave up but once it was set up, I was able to disconnect the antenna. In fact, it is only for use if you can't get a gps positioning signal inside your house.

So, if possible, moving the airave close to a window or another location may help your situation.

David

What if you cant get a gps signal and have no windows in a basement of a building to be near

If we run a cat5 upstairs.. plug in the airave and get service to it.. then get a gps lock and it programs.. if I unplug the airave from the cat5 and take it back to the basement will it still hold that info - or am i screwed?

[DaveTN]

Originally Posted by shdwknt

What if you cant get a gps signal and have no windows in a basement of a building to be near

If we run a cat5 upstairs.. plug in the airave and get service to it.. then get a gps lock and it programs.. if I unplug the airave from the cat5 and take it back to the basement will it still hold that info - or am i screwed?

If I'm not mistaken, it will retain the information.

The reason I say this is the first time I set mine up it took a very long time to get a gps lock. Subsequent powercycles like power failures and rebooting were much quicker.

David

[shdwknt]

Originally Posted by DaveTN

If I'm not mistaken, it will retain the information.

The reason I say this is the first time I set mine up it took a very long time to get a gps lock. Subsequent powercycles like power failures and rebooting were much quicker.

David

My problem is - we are using it in the basement of an old bank - there is no windows - and no chance of getting a GPS lock.. so if we take it upstairs.. get the gps lock - then unplug it and move it downstairs will it work?? otherwise the device is useless

[DavidinCT]

Originally Posted by shdwknt

My problem is - we are using it in the basement of an old bank - there is no windows - and no chance of getting a GPS lock.. so if we take it upstairs.. get the gps lock - then unplug it and move it downstairs will it work?? otherwise the device is useless

Does the Airware work just like the Verizon extender ? They have a 25-50' GPS cable that comes with it (a very thin cable) so you can remove the GPS sensor, connect the cable and put the GPS device by a window or something.

I do that in my basement, right below where we use the phone the most but, it would be impossable to get GPS where it's located but, with the cord, I put it right next to a basement window and it works fine.

The Verizon one needs to have GPS always, I tried to remove it and it didn't work any more.