Window frames = bad for 5g from what I've experienced. 12 inches away is good, but with the router sat on a window sill you'll see a worse signal.
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I was about to say your ping is fairly high but then I saw you're 4km from the mast... Impressive! That's really good speed for that distance, you must be right on the limit of any signal.
Also, not sure if true or not, but ping figures up north appear to be higher than down here in the south.
Also, not sure if true or not, but ping figures up north appear to be higher than down here in the south.
I'd suggest doing more experimentation with the location of your hub, do you know where your mast is?
You shouldn't see that huge of a drop from outside to inside, keep the hub at least a foot away from window frames as they can mess with the signal, and once you know your mast location you'll want to play with the location. I get the fastest speeds right next to an exterior wall, not next to the big bifold doors - presumably they affect the signal.
Even a 30cm difference in location can make a big difference.
5G signal doesn't penetrate buildings/walls/solid objects very well, so yeah you really need to know where your mast is, and the router needs to be on the correct side of the house, with as little solid objects between it and the mast. So, a single wall, or a window - no obstruction is obviously best but the more direct line of sight you have, the better.
In the window is fine, but on a window sill right next to the frame you might have issues, I found lifting it up 12 inches so it's away from the frame was fine.
Plus, height is generally a good thing.
I'd stick with using the router, the 5G antennas in it will be much bigger than your phone antenna.
In simple terms, once you know which direction your mast is, put the router in the room facing that way to start, and then plug it into an extension reel and start putting it in various places in that room.
*cough* I think you mean 8 ping
Yep, that's me! I post in ISPReview mobile broadband site occasionally.
I'd 100% try and locate your mast, then play with the router location. Remember also that upload is handled by 4g so you might find that your router connects to a different mast for 5g and 4g.
As a comparison, I'm 300m away from my 5g mast and see 750-800mbps download and 40-60mbps upload. I doubt you'll need an external antenna if you're that close to the mast.
Depends who you speak to. I'm still very happy with mine, still getting a solid 700-800mbps down, 40-50mbps up at any time of the day since my mast went in.
I'm coming up for the end of my contract in December and I'll be going with three again, no questions.
It doesn't take long to work out the best position for the router tbh, first job is finding where your mast is - once you know this you know which side of the house to place the router. And then its basic rules like higher is better, and even 3ft in one direction can make a huge difference.
Depending how far you are away from the mast and how clear your line of sight is will determine what download speed you get.
Then of course you have to remember that upload is handled by 4g so you also need to take that into account when positioning the router.
Essentially, an hour with an extension reel and the phone app can give you up to several hundred Mbps extra speed.
Depending how far you are away from the mast and how clear your line of sight is will determine what download speed you get.
Then of course you have to remember that upload is handled by 4g so you also need to take that into account when positioning the router.
Essentially, an hour with an extension reel and the phone app can give you up to several hundred Mbps extra speed.
My Three 24 month contract is up in 2 months in January, just got an email through with an "Exclusive home 5g broadband upgrade offer" of 24 months at £22 a month.
Erm, it's £10 for 6 months then £20 for the remaining 18 months on the website, why the hell would I take that "offer"
Anyone else got to the end of their contract and cancelled and then re ordered? I want the new hub too as the current hub doesn't have bridge mode so I have to run my mesh network in ap mode.
Erm, it's £10 for 6 months then £20 for the remaining 18 months on the website, why the hell would I take that "offer"
Anyone else got to the end of their contract and cancelled and then re ordered? I want the new hub too as the current hub doesn't have bridge mode so I have to run my mesh network in ap mode.
I have the original 5G CPE Pro, and I have a mesh WiFi system - the 5G router doesn't have the option to turn off DHCP, DNS etc and let the mesh handle it all, I have to have the mesh in access point mode.
I'd prefer to be able to use all the features of the mesh in router mode.
Yeah that, basically.
Just makes things simpler, plus there's a "feature" on my Deco mesh that if the router drops out and the mesh doesn't detect a DHCP server, it will automatically take over DHCP and assign IP's from within it's own subnet, which means I've had no internet occasionally when the router reboots for an update, lots of post about this online, it's called "Deco Smart DHCP".
Letting the mesh manage DHCP all the time would solve this. And I'd get the other features that the mesh offers like QoS.
So, as the starter of this thread, the time has come for me to bow out!
I've been a happy 5G user for the past 2.5 years, on my latest mast I was seeing 700-800mbps down, however recently speed has been reducing to 600ish Mbps with regular DNS drops where pages wouldn't load. Ping is about 12-15ms on a wired connection.
I've been paying £16 a month for a while on a Smarty monthly contract.
A few weeks back, I spotted some work being done in my area by Netomnia, installing FTTH over the telegraph poles, and this afternoon I had Youfibre round to install the 1gbps up & down service.
£1 a month for the first 3 months then £30 a month
On WiFi
And on eithernet
I've been a happy 5G user for the past 2.5 years, on my latest mast I was seeing 700-800mbps down, however recently speed has been reducing to 600ish Mbps with regular DNS drops where pages wouldn't load. Ping is about 12-15ms on a wired connection.
I've been paying £16 a month for a while on a Smarty monthly contract.
A few weeks back, I spotted some work being done in my area by Netomnia, installing FTTH over the telegraph poles, and this afternoon I had Youfibre round to install the 1gbps up & down service.
£1 a month for the first 3 months then £30 a month
On WiFi
And on eithernet
For 5G?
I'm on the Huawei 5G CPE pro, and no antenna. I'm lucky that I have a 5G mast 300m away with almost uninterrupted line of sight.