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New Arcadyan firmware fixes dropped connections?
I set up our T-Mobile 5G home Internet last week with the new Arcadyan gateway. It was firmware 1.00.12. The reliability was terrible, we would have to restart it every few hours. We live on a hil...
Just got same about 8h ago and seen noticeable speed improvement, no stability issue before nor since update. Some tips old/new re: gateway placement with unexpected benefit (for me YMMV)…
- rotate/test in small increments, or at least try facing left-side (when viewing LCD) toward tower.
- place near window [genius right 😂] …
- thinking shear curtains (doubled), non-metallic awning or tinted window film will address direct sunlight (heat) concern;
- remove metal window screen (perhaps swap for plastic). Definite albeit limited (15%?) speed-bump for me!!!
All the talk about window placement and 1 smart soul (not me) mentioned this last point. With signal stability thinking it's similar to poor reception on digital OTA TV, drop below threshold = nothing/no signal, whereas with analog = picture tho fuzzy. Point being even a small 10-15% stronger signal may mean the difference between stable connection & frequent drops. HTH.
