Omini vs Directional

Axwell

Sorry for the delayed reply - how is that setup working out smuggler? On the good cell here thelast 2 weeks or so and the speeds are still decent. Havent had a case where it has swapped back to the bad one. Still having the same issues with signal drops though.



Another user on the VF thread swapped over to using a different unlocked router and claims to not have the issues at all so waiting for him to confirm this is still the case after a few days. VF completely ignoring the whole thing and doing their best to bury their heads in the sand about it.

smuggler.ie

So far...

My antenna pointing towards mast that i have no LOS. Anyone can tell me how high the tower would be, or is it variable depending on location?

Got "locked" to one tower, judging by ID's, but still alternating between two cells, one of them seem bit better. Change happens during day/night(on its own) or on router restart, but random. Dish seem to help, but there is downside - winds rocking it.

There was/is moderate latency errors on speed measuring, particularly on speedtest.net, same time(right after) if kick off testmy.net it run just fine. Have not experienced general browsing or file download issues. Per say, 5.6Gb Server 2016 ISO runs 5.5-6.4 MB/s, YouTube 4K/30fps - smooth.

Noticed couple odd things - under speed testing or big file download RSRQ changes from -6 -7 to -10 -13(RSRP and SNIR remain same), then return to initial -6 - 7. Same time, "under load", router indicates 4G+ ,then returns to 4G .
Speed fluctuate "depending on the mood and weather", but in average getting better speeds than had before, was few times as high as 84Mbps.
Tests taken in sequence one-after-another as per table, at random time. Other users in household using same connection(YouTube, other video streaming involved) so might well have some effect. Might setup temp separate connection for more precise testing later.

...so good.

ED E

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Noticed couple odd things - under speed testing or big file download RSRQ changes from -6 -7 to -10 -13(RSRP and SNIR remain same), then return to initial -6 - 7. Same time, "under load", router indicates 4G+ ,then returns to 4G .
Speed fluctuate "depending on the mood and weather", but in average getting better speeds than had before, was few times as high as 84Mbps.
Tests taken in sequence one-after-another as per table, at random time. Other users in household using same connection(YouTube, other video streaming involved) so might well have some effect. Might setup temp separate connection for more precise testing later.

Thats how LTE-A works. [Simplified] You're normally on CH1 for download, CH2 for upload (we're FDD) and sitting there idling. When heavy downloading is detected for a few resource blocks the system pulls up CH3 for extra downstream bandwidth so you're CH1+3 Down and CH2 up. As soon as its done CH2 is dropped again to leave it free for others to use.

Your router is probably averaging the PCC and SCC signal values (CH1 and CH3) when displaying them to you as a single value thus the change during load.


Are 740 and 720 the full length of the id? If so I'd guess they're the eNB ids and should indicate independent units.

smuggler.ie

ED E wrote: »

Are 740 and 720 the full length of the id? If so I'd guess they're the eNB ids and should indicate independent units.

Oh no. These are just last digits out of full number, beginning numbers match.

Thanks for simplified version.

TimHorton

I see 3 have sent an update to the supplied 4G Modem , Magically my signal strength has gone from a solid 1 bar to a solid 3 bar , There is no change in performance so possibly they adjusted the firmware to increase signal strength with regard to optics..

ED E

TimHorton wrote: »

I see 3 have sent an update to the supplied 4G Modem , Magically my signal strength has gone from a solid 1 bar to a solid 3 bar , There is no change in performance so possibly they adjusted the firmware to increase signal strength with regard to optics..

Bars are always imaginary. Up to the OEM how to scale them.