Couple of days ago it turned out at Finnish Wippies forums (in Finnish only) that Sauna27 firmware, which is the latest one for Homebox Grey, supports Huawei E180 too. That’s great news for users who have the older grey Homebox meaning that they can use that USB stick as a 3G modem as well.
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Quote from Visa on WFRID72:
The 3G Uplink is now limited to about maximum of 60KB/s download speeds. This is quite a low speed in current GSM technology speed standards.
By implementing better support to 3G, Wippies Homebox could be an attractive solution (even with current price) compared to other “3G-routers” currently on the market.
Just to let you so don’t wonder if the 3G speed with Homebox isn’t as good as when connected directly to computer.
Solution: Buy an USB hub and connect your 3G dongle thru the hub since this appears to be a power issue. Friend of mine bought an USB hub with external power adapter. Download speed with 5M mobile broadband connection and Huawei E180 thru the USB hub was 300kB/s when without the hub the download speed was approx. 60kB/s.