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External Antenna Ports
Is there a new model of the Home Internet Gateway that includes the option of adding external cellular antennas? I see all these videos that show opening the gateway up and soldering in your own con...
That's a good question. I've seen other posts of people adding their own antenna's but there's not a model T-Mobile that's got a antenna option that's directly offered.
External antennas never used to be a problem (many devices had removable antenna or a port for external. Of course, that was back in the analog/2G days. Interference/noise floor can disrupt a lot with 4G LTE/5G signal. FCC has regulations on many external antenna boosters, and often require sign off from a carrier.
TBH, one of the things lacking on the current gateways are
- carrier aggregation on 5G
- n25 (Sagemcomm spec shows … n24?)
Where I am, its n41 / n71. Daily reset brings back n41 over n71. Speeds are still good regardless - better outdoors.
Almost a ‘wish list’ item would be a weatherproof device - I can add +100Mbps by putting my device outside the window.
