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Thermal Issues With Home Internet Gateway/Router as a Cause of Dropped/Slow Internet or Wi-Fi Connection
I am a Newbie here and a fairly new T-Mobile Home Internet customer. But my background is electrical engineering and I've been around a while. Like many community members I have experienced frustrati...
As another datapoint, I received my gateway in early September. So far it has worked better than what I had expected, albeit not supporting uPNP (PLEX), no help from the UPS port, and no idea about the mesh functionality requirements. I am also an EE PCB designer. I'm using a 12VDC battery backup UPS designed for 12VDC telecom equipment to power the gateway (as the internal battery is configured to drop WiFi when power is lost) for my ring doorbells. Wish I was in the 5G Ultra area but I'm in the extended area. Speed tests are generally around 150Mbps down, 40-60Mbps up. LOTS of packet loss when I first turned this on and tried, but after 30 mins, re-trying I still see 0.0% from speedtest.net site. From 192.168.12.1:
- hardware version = 3TG00739AABB
- versión de software = 1.2101.00.1609
- “Running Time” = 3d 20h 56m (as of 2:22PM EST)
- Cellular “Data Sent” 6.03 GB “Data Received” 76.60 GB (Wifi is significantly more - NAS)
- Ubicación: 2nd floor in a closet on top shelf, in a conditioned house
- No fans, no metal objects within 3 feet.
- Nothing loose (BTW the heat sinks should be retained to PCB via wire, otherwise they could short internal components and perhaps cause a fire (very unlikely but not impossible).
