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Arcadyan KVD21 5G which connectors for 5G external antenna
Recently, I moved from Comcast Xfinity Internet to T-Mobile. Like many of you I have seen videos and read articles on how to attach an external antenna. I have a 2X2 Proxicast MIMO antenna, however, ...
4-month follow-up.
After a few months of trying to chase the elusive SINR rating, a few changes to the antenna system solved the issue.
In my experience, when I can get a good SINR > 13, my web pages and YouTube content loads faster.
Taking advice from many users, I swapped out my 2x2 MIMO for a 4x4 MIMO antenna and placed it in my attic. While my RSRP and RSRQ improved, my SINR would float between 6-9, and a ping of > 40.
I remember hearing about deflecting signals with tinfoil (and my personal experience with another gateway). I looked at my cellmapper.com layout and noticed that I have 5G and LTE signals coming from the north and east. To deflect them, I tried putting up tinfoil shields to deflect them. See the photo. My SINR now floats between 15-19. Internet responsiveness is much better. Also, my ping is usually 20-40 ms.
RSRQ -11
RSRP - 84
SINR 15
Ping 20-40
My message here is simply that unless you are you have a strong signal with consistently higher speeds ( > 70 Mbs), you should be prepared to do a little tinkering to find the sweet spot. Overall, now I am a happy T-Mobile Home Internet customer.
