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Re: MIMO antenna for T-Mobile 5G home internet gateway?
I mounted them vertically cross polarized, on two separate poles 420 feet away from my house, 20 feet above the ground,on the top of a hill away from my home. The antennas are still below the tree line. I would have to have a 60 ft tower if I were to go above the tree line. The 5G Nokia gateway is also at the antenna site inside a NEMA box that is cooled with fans. The box is from Hana Wireless. My home has a metal roof, so there is now way I would have been able to receive a consistent signal. Right now I just have a ethernet cable laying on the ground. Every location is different. If your more than 2.50 miles from the tower and have a dense forest like mine, then I would suggest the parabolic antennas. A 4X4 yagi antenna setup might work for you. With the Bolton antennas I can connect to any T-mobile internet 5G tower within 12.5 miles or more. If one tower goes down for repair I can turn the antennas to 1 of 4 towers in my area. Parabolic antennas are much more versatile. They will take them back. I kept them though.2Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: MIMO antenna for T-Mobile 5G home internet gateway?
Hi Ijh, Yep, those are the antennas, I used four of those. Was expensive, well worth it and I have not lost the secondary signal once. First setup was two flat panels from Waveform for a 4X4 mimo. Would work for a day and then I would lose the secondary signal. This setup was also picking up a T-mobile tower that is not 5G, and thus dropping the secondary connection. Great download speed, upload speed was horrible at .30mbps Second setup was a Yagi combined with a flat panel for a 4X4 mimo. Would work for about three days and then drop the secondary signal. Great download speed, upload speed was horrible at .30mbps Third try was two Bolton Long Ranger Parabolic antennas & and it still dropped the secondary signal. Fourth try was 4 Bolton Long Ranger Parabolic antennas,it has held the secondary signal. It switches from band B2 to band B66 with 5G band N71. Download speed of 155mbps, upload speed of 15mbps.20Visto1like0ComentariosRe: MIMO antenna for T-Mobile 5G home internet gateway?
I had no luck with the waveform yagi or mimo antennas. The Nokia works best if you use all four ports. The only antenna that worked for me was the Bolton Long ranger antenna. I am six miles from the tower with really dense forest.6Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Home Internet Overheating
THIS IS HOW I FIXED THE SECONDARY Signal FROM CONSTANTLY DROPPING & ROUTER FREEZING UP. I have been working with the T-mobile 5G router for 8 months, and have tested three of the Nokia 5G router/modem. All three tested were constantly losing the secondary connection and freezing up, but still showing on the router that it was connected. In your service area there will be T-mobile towers that do not have a 5G connection but do have an LTE. If the LTE connection is stronger on the tower that does not have a 5G connection, then your Nokia Gateway will connect to that tower and drop the secondary connection. Also, you will lose the secondary signal if you are too far from the tower. HOW TO FIX THE ISSUE: You will have to add external parabolic antennas to the Nokia Gateway. I added two parabolic antennas and two yagi antennas. Check cellmapper.net for towers in your area.2Visto0likes0Comentarios