PlanePlotter on two computers

[TTECH]

That's some good news, satcom!

Looking forward to the release 

If it all works correctly, I think much more spotters would buy a R820T dongle and use it with PP because that is the cheapest option.

Regards,
Tibo

[satcom]

As I mentioned in reply #5 I have a Huawei E585 MiFi router:

Thanks Tim.

My question was primarily directed at Satcom.

Hi Mike

The model I have is about 5 years old and  works really well
Its the ZTE MF627 USB Modem...

I have used it across the Uk and its fine provided you are in a good  "3" reception area.

It has been running for the last two days acting as SMU across BeNeLux and creating  3-5 mlats per sixty second cycle with ease.

[TTECH]

All going good, Satcom?

I have found  potential people that want to use PlanePlotter in Belgium 
They ask me which receiver is the cheapest for providing Mlat data?
I personally would suggest the R820T but as it can't provide Mlat data with Windows at this time, I don't know if it's a good choice till the new PP release.

[satcom]

Hi Ttech

Great work...we only need  four or five new ground stations in Belgium to get some good fixes.
Mlats are already being created , but mainly to the north of the country.

The dongle is certainly a good device to start with , perhaps eventually some will upgrade to SBS or Beast.

Meanwhile.....I am still waiting to hear from Bev and the developer of Dump1090 for PC
with regard to a release date.

Could you PM me  john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk

Thanks

[TTECH]

Hello satcom,

I don't think they well buy a SBS or Beast at this moment so I will suggest a R820T to them or is there anything under €100 that will work for Mlat data?
At this moment, are you sure the new version of PP and Dump1090 will make the R820T suitable?

Good luck.

Tibo

[satcom]

If you PM me as above I will run some tests for you

Regards

John

[TTECH]

Okay, done

[TTECH]

I am looking around for a 3G dongle.

I have a few questions:
- Three.co.uk's network has no coverage in Belgium, if I can believe their website, so I will have to use a Belgian mobile provider like Proximus.
---> To use Mlat, I will need to be able to port forward and have a static IP adress.
- So I will have to contact my mobile provider to ask if they use static IP's and I need a 3G dongle that can do port forwarding?
- Has 4G an advantage above 3G for PlanePlotter or should 3G suffice?

I have found a cheaper dongle but I think it hasn't port forwarding:
http://www.mobielinternetstore.be/product/212806/category-189668-top-5-dongels/proximus-huawei-k3806.html

Regards,
Tibo

[TTECH]

Anyone can confirm ?

[Triple7]

---> To use Mlat, I will need to be able to port forward and have a static IP adress.

As far as I am aware (happy to be corrected here) you don't need both a static IP address (WAN IP address) and use port forwarding. If your ISP gives you a WAN IP address then there is nothing to forward, as any data can only be sent to the one attached device. If however you don't get a WAN IP address you just get a LAN address on a shared WAN address, then you will need something that can port forward, e.g. the E585 mentioned above.

- So I will have to contact my mobile provider to ask if they use static IP's and I need a 3G dongle that can do port forwarding?

see above

- Has 4G an advantage above 3G for PlanePlotter or should 3G suffice?

I have only used 3G and it works perfectly well for me

I have found a cheaper dongle but I think it hasn't port forwarding:
http://www.mobielinternetstore.be/product/212806/category-189668-top-5-dongels/proximus-huawei-k3806.html

You can't tell by looking at it but it looks to be a simple dongle to me and then the IP address allocation depends on your provider.

I have a spare E585 if you are interested, it is currently locked to the '3' network but a quick Google search found this which seems to be a pretty straightforward way to unlock it:

http://m0nkeycheese.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/australian-huawei-e585-free-unlock.html

PM me if you are interested in the E585 and we can discuss.

Tim

[TTECH]

Thank you for the answer, Triple7!

I will try to ask some Belgian ISP's this week if they use WAN IP adress or a LAN adress on a shared WAN adress.

I will first take a look at some other dongles before buying a used one.


I will keep you updated.

[TTECH]

I have a reply from someone of the Belgian ISP's:

"You will get a dynamic WAN IP adress, and it depends on the dongle if you get a LAN or WAN IP adress."

- Is it a problem when the WAN IP is not static?
- It depends on the type of dongle?

[TTECH]

I am testing PlanePlotter on 3G network.

As I can't use Mlat when using 3G, will my R820T dongle supply raw data when using 3G or are there any benefits why I should use the R820T dongle when using mobile 3G network (I cant do manual Mlat with my ISP)?

Otherwise I won't use the r820t dongle when mobile.