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Trouble with 5g Internet in Metal Buildings
We have 5G hooked up for our business. It is housed in a metal building. I get great service outside but inside the metal building the service is not so great. Is there an easy way to connect an ante...
None of the T-Mobile gateways are rated for outdoor use. Some users have put them in water tight boxes and done some crazy things with them but if you live in an area where lightning storms are common it is probably not a very good idea. In the summer heat can be an issue.
If you add an external antenna you can better locate the gateway for wireless coverage inside your building and not need another wireless router or mesh solution to distribute wireless coverage in your location. Some users do add an additional router or mesh solution just for the functionality of their own router solution which might be a mesh solution to expand coverage over a larger more complicated floor plan. T-Mobile does not support or promote adding an external antenna so do be aware if you go that route and damage it they will hold you accountable for any damage to the gateway.
Nate has covered all three of the T-Mobile 5G gateways. Waveform has guides for all of them. You can also find them on Amazon. If there is only n71 coverage now you might want to still do the 4X4 MIMO antenna just in case they upgrade the cells to n41. They did that here after about 14 months or so and it came as a surprise to me. So, strange things do happen.
