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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.
ThorTheDestroyer wrote: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 connections but we can't be the only ones that noticed the poor performance of the internal antennas. I know that being outside with the gateway makes the difference between getting a good signal outside and a poor signal outside and the signal to noise ratio improves too. I just don't want to put my gateway on the outside covered deck just to get a decent signal. I'm not sure what the temps and humidity will do to the unit over time. I've done the cell tower mapping and I know where my cell tower is located.
There is a new (White) Gateway that has four connections in the back for its proprietary antenna ($100.00). Absolutely worthless!
I found absolutely no improvement in signal strength. Yes, i did switch to external antenna.
