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Advice needed on external 3G/4G antenna
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Up and running.
A bit of background, my brother lives in a difficult mobile signal area, uses a Stelladoradus 900 MHz mobile repeater for voice calls inside the house (3g data only). As mentioned above our WISP is shutting down at the end of June due to NBI's advancing fibre rollout (not around here unfortunately until 2025/26). So an interim solution is required.
Huawei B818 router & P60 antenna (on 3m pole) installed this week.
4 potential mobile sites identified on Siteviewer at 16.5, 8.3, 9.25 and 3 kms.
During testing the best mast on the highest band was at 8.3 kms with the figures below. Getting approx 130 Mbps down (on 5 GHz WiFi) and 60-75 Mbps on 2.4 GHz. The antenna is pointing at the roof of a neighbouring house, surrounded by trees, direct line to the mast (via Google maps).
The local mast connects on B1/B3 but the figures were less stable due to terrain. The mast at 16.5 Kms we were receiving approx up to 15 Mbps on B20/B28. The 9.25 km mast was connecting on B3, speed ?.
Without the directional antennas we wound not be getting these figures. A big improvement on the current up to 5 Mbps WISP.
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Nice achievement.
Why Eir if dont mind me asking?
I see GUI on yours firmware actually display Band - not shown on neither units of mine (v10.0.2.2 and v10.0.3.0)
For me(on Three, ~4km) connection work better on B3, B1 second, B20 bad, B7 below floor
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Would suggest to read from page 1 - good info and tips/links all along, but even this page(15) alone has all that it takes
3km distance should be very doable, but i'll stick * here😊
Iskra P60 on the gable wall or chimney. note: no more than 10m cables, so most likely will need to relocate your router upstairs/attic (power, Ethernet)
Using Siteviewer and G maps determine mast location/direction, point antenna there.
Once connected, antenna should be recognized by router, but in settings can enforce.
Thereafter, just testing and adjusting if needed
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Celmapper is based on info provided by users like you and me - install app, run it, check in a day or two
As per router metrics, you are on cell 816902 and it serve B20,
Mast(eNB ID) has several cells and they serve different bands
As per other thread, your speed might change depending on what mast or even band(cell) on same mast you are connected at given time. Other factors remain in effect
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Thank you, it's connecting to a mast 1km away from me if comparing cellmapper data to the router device info - so I can take it that's what mast I'm working off at present? The mast isn't on Comreg SiteViewer, so un-sure. Going to take a spin down road later and see what it is that's marked on cellmapper and go from there.
Would changing to band 3 be an option from band 20? No admin access on the router so presume I need to run a script of some sort (tried a few scripts but failed) or 3rd party app as mentioned on this thread.
Mast on Cellmapper - 3191 on right.
Not seen on SiteViewer, should be to the right of Clodiagh Church. But mast bottom left it the one I have clear line of sight to - 3 miles away.
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Cellmapper show real eNB and cell id's, you can verify on your router/phone
Commreg nomenclature is different - same masts, but no match to numbers/lack of other info. Commreg map could be out of date, however, cellmapper might missplace eNB's if not enough data about it(red outline vs green outline - those are confirmed location). see site next to Tullagher(NW) on commreg - potential location for 3191
if you click on eNB tag on callmapper map, it will display relevant info on the left pane related to known cells on it
you can attempt to force specific band(not cell) with LTE H-monitor, i think it support B535.
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