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lake_woman
Senior
8 years ago

Gen5 cheaper modem?

Will a cheaper modem without WiFi be offered?

  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    8 years ago

    It's mostly wifi tools like Wifi Analyzer on Android devices I use.  Don't have any laptops or anything that I can really put stuff on at the moment.

    How does nmap determine who makes what? Surely it's just going based upon MAC addressing?

    Here is what I can find from the F.C.C. filings...

    Qualcomm QCA9882-BR4A - AC Wifi
    Qualcomm QCA8337-AL3C - 7 port switch
    Qualcomm QCA9563-AL3A - BGN Wifi

    Looks like they used some off the shelf components, but they don't appear to be too cheap.

    The AC controller alone, if Hughes ordered 150,000 units of it would be about $8.50 per chip, that's just the chip.  That's not counting any of the supporting components, nor engineering that was required to interface that chip with the SoC and Switch that was used.

    All in all, each of these units do cost a good bit more than the old units.

  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    Associate Professor
    8 years ago

    Not for Jupiter II, though they may later on offer the HT1100 modem on Jupiter One with Gen5 plans, but I suspect that is unlikely.

    • lake_woman's avatar
      lake_woman
      Senior
      8 years ago
      C0RR0SIVE wrote:

      Not for Jupiter II, though they may later on offer the HT1100 modem on Jupiter One with Gen5 plans, but I suspect that is unlikely.

      Well that's the pits. Force the expensive modem with no other choice. Just like Directv making you take whatever they have on the truck regardless of the fact that it isn't the one you ordered.

       

      Thanks for the response, Corrosive

      • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
        C0RR0SIVE
        Associate Professor
        8 years ago

        Not much we can really do about it since the modem has to handle all sorts of things dealing with satellite communications and the only Jupiter II compatible one happens to be the more expensive one.