Thursday, June 4, 2009

Fast Internet access with a modem (GSM) Huawei E220

Needs access to the internet that the more important and more people in need, the telecommunication service providers have started offering cheap internet access, either based on time, until the Quota Unlimited. If previously developed based on CDMA, GSM at this time also began to develop.

But to access the Internet, and buy card GSM / CDMA is not enough. Still need a modem via either HP or a special modem. One particular a GSM modem is a Huawei E220, which is capable of handling up to 7.2 Mbps bandwidth.

Huawei E220 Modem with a USB interface (USB modem) that allows for mengakes internet wirelessly (wireless) using the telephone network selluler 3.5G, 3G, or 2G that has started many scattered in Indonesia. This modem supports UMTS (including HSDPA), EDGE, GPRS and GSM.


Technology with HSDPA (3.5G), enables Internet connection up to 3.6 Mbps, UMTS (3G) allows Internet connection up to 384 kbps, EDGE (GPRS) up to a maximum of 236.8 kbps. Modem itself with the firmware (internal software) able to serve an internet connection to 7.2 Mbps.

Key Features

  • HSDPA / UMTS / EDGE / GPRS / GSM
  • HSDPA (3.5G) data packet transmission with a maximum of 3.6 Mbps
  • UMTS (3G) packet data transmission with a maximum of 384 kbps
  • EDGE (EGPRS) packet data transmission with a maximum of 236.8 kbps
  • SMS service
  • Auto installation, suitable for Windows 2000 and Windows XP (also can run on Linux, since Linux Kernel 2.6.20 and Vista)

If you are in the big cities that have affordable 3G or 3.5G, it can optimize the speed of access, according to the speed of telecommunications provider or a package taken. If no, then can use the GPRS access with speeds around 54 kbps.

Modem 21 is released since June 2006. Although, according to the official website that the Huawei modem is only intended for Windows 2000/XP, but based on the article in wikipedia, also have support for Linux and Vista.



Modem driver is already included in the modem itself, so that when the purchase may not be accompanied by a CD. Huawei E220 has 22 MB internal memory (10 MB version) in the CDFS (Virtual CD-ROM), so it can be directly accessed with Win 2000/XP and will be considered (virtualisasikan) as a CD-ROM. With the CDFS file system, we do not need to worry the virus will be exposed, removed or altered, because the files are only readable (read only), as well as data on the CD-ROM.

To support that is always updated, then the modem can be in Flash (as well as the computer BIOS). Firmware Update and is available on the website Huawei

In addition to E220 actually have some other products from Huawei, but it seems that many circulating at this time is this type. In addition because the price is relatively cheaper than the USB Modem GSM other kind.

This is what the modem?

When this article was written, the modem price is about $ 90. In Jogja itself, prices vary, there is a $ 87 - $ 95.

Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_E220
http://www.huawei.com/mobileweb/en/products/view.do?id=282
ebsoft.web.id

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