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some reported increase in wifi range , I am hoping it will help when hooking an external antenna ( will do that when I have time , I need to mod the 4G outputs )This sounds interesting, are there any benefits to using a 3.5 amp psu over the original?
The three home broadband terms state that the 5G equipment is loaned for the duration of the contract. If it is not returned within 28 days of the contract ending the person who took out the contract must pay a non-return charge. It does not say anything about blacklisting them.any pros and cons on buying used 3 branded MC801A? Ive read they are supposed to be send back to 3 after contract term.
Do you think they will get blacklisted? worth the risk?
Way too tight.. Try the pigtails, something likeim trying to fit a 5G Poynting XPOL-1 V2 antenna to the MC801A, which TS9 adapters do you use? i grabbed some of these:
and are little too wide and reallty right fit, which others shall i try?
Thanks. Ordered!Way too tight.. Try the pigtails, something like
Eightwood 4G Antenna SMA to TS9 Cable 4G LTE Antenna Extension Cable SMA Female Bulkhead to TS9 Plug Right Angle Cable RG174 6inch 15cm 2pcs for 4G Router 2G 3G 4G LTE Antenna UMTS Mobile: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
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im trying to fit a 5G Poynting XPOL-1 V2 antenna to the MC801A, which TS9 adapters do you use? i grabbed some of these:
and are little too wide and reallty right fit, which others shall i try?
Hi @dandring,Hi,
Hoping someone might be able to help me
Ive had a ZTE MC801A from Three for a month or so. Not in an area they say is supported but my friend bought his around mine to test before I ordered one and I got great speeds 400-600 in multiple window sills in my house and its been great since i've had it.
Since Sunday ive had terrible connection and speeds. It changes from 5G to 4G+ to 4G constantly (every few seconds), flicking between all 3.
CA Status keeps changing from CA Active to NO CA to CA Inactive. Not sure if this is relevant?
Only thing I can see which has changed since Sunday is an automatic firmware update at 02:30 in the morning, and ive had issues since.
Ive tried the device in every window now and its the same throughout.
Any suggestions of things to try? Ive tried factory reset.
Thanks in advance.
Having the same problem here. ZTE 5G Hub connected fine but only getting ~4Mbps downloads. Was 400+Mbps until this morning. Looks like the hub did an update early this morning (3am ish), I suspect the issue started at that point.Hi @dandring,
I’ve been experiencing exactly the same issue with my ZTE 5G Hub all morning. Switches from the white light (5G) to the blue light (4G) and does not seem to be latching onto 5G at all. 4G speeds in my area are dramatically different than the usual 400-600Mbps I usually receive from 5G. So I phoned 500 earlier this morning and they went through all different types of troubleshooting, such as restart, hard reset, take the SIM card out and back and checking if there was any outages in my area. Once they did all these checks they then passed me to the 2nd line team who in there words ‘would be able to fix the issue right away’.
Long story short nothing was fixed and I was told it’s not a faulty hub and is definitely a network issue. The network support team are giving me a ring in a few days while they run investigations but for the meantime they credited my account for the week because of the inconvenience. Guess that’s better than nothing if you wanted to give it go on the phone. I’d suggest you give them a call, the more people who call about the same issue should help them resolve the problem faster. Might be bigger than there aware of, on the phone they really didn’t understand why it wasn’t working as it should.
Same issue here on a three UK branded version. Not got a fix unfortunately but it does appear to be caused by the firmware update B07Having the same problem here. ZTE 5G Hub connected fine but only getting ~4Mbps downloads. Was 400+Mbps until this morning. Looks like the hub did an update early this morning (3am ish), I suspect the issue started at that point.
Also seeing the "CA Status keeps changing from CA Active to NO CA to CA Inactive" as well, don't know if that's relevant, not sure what it is.
Direct line of sight to the 5G mast a few 100m away so it's not signal issues I don't think (and has always been very fast and stable up until now, couple of months since I got the thing).
Edit: forgot to mention, it has the white 5G connected light fine on the front of the hub - just isn't getting those speeds!
2nd Edit: found the network info on the hub and it doesn't seem to actually have a 5G connection despite the white light, looks like this :
3G/4G Frequency 99
3G/4G Connected Band 1800MHz(B3)
3G/4G Signal Strength -79 dBm
3G/4G ECIO/SINR 0.0 dB
3G/4G PCI 257
3G/4G Cell ID 3295746
5G Frequency — —
5G Connected Band — —
5G Signal Strength — —
5G SINR — —
5G PCI — —
5G Cell ID — —
Exact same issue as me, no signal for 5g just like that, been an issue since firmware updated Saturday morning, don't download over 4mbps. Seems to keep flicking between frequencies and bands.Having the same problem here. ZTE 5G Hub connected fine but only getting ~4Mbps downloads. Was 400+Mbps until this morning. Looks like the hub did an update early this morning (3am ish), I suspect the issue started at that point.
Also seeing the "CA Status keeps changing from CA Active to NO CA to CA Inactive" as well, don't know if that's relevant, not sure what it is.
Direct line of sight to the 5G mast a few 100m away so it's not signal issues I don't think (and has always been very fast and stable up until now, couple of months since I got the thing).
Edit: forgot to mention, it has the white 5G connected light fine on the front of the hub - just isn't getting those speeds!
2nd Edit: found the network info on the hub and it doesn't seem to actually have a 5G connection despite the white light, looks like this :
3G/4G Frequency 99
3G/4G Connected Band 1800MHz(B3)
3G/4G Signal Strength -79 dBm
3G/4G ECIO/SINR 0.0 dB
3G/4G PCI 257
3G/4G Cell ID 3295746
5G Frequency — —
5G Connected Band — —
5G Signal Strength — —
5G SINR — —
5G PCI — —
5G Cell ID — —
Same issue, have called the L2 support and was told that the team is aware of the issue and are working on a firmware fix. Wasn't given any timelines for the fix, sadly.Having the same problem here. ZTE 5G Hub connected fine but only getting ~4Mbps downloads. Was 400+Mbps until this morning. Looks like the hub did an update early this morning (3am ish), I suspect the issue started at that point.
Also seeing the "CA Status keeps changing from CA Active to NO CA to CA Inactive" as well, don't know if that's relevant, not sure what it is.
Direct line of sight to the 5G mast a few 100m away so it's not signal issues I don't think (and has always been very fast and stable up until now, couple of months since I got the thing).
Edit: forgot to mention, it has the white 5G connected light fine on the front of the hub - just isn't getting those speeds!
2nd Edit: found the network info on the hub and it doesn't seem to actually have a 5G connection despite the white light, looks like this :
3G/4G Frequency 99
3G/4G Connected Band 1800MHz(B3)
3G/4G Signal Strength -79 dBm
3G/4G ECIO/SINR 0.0 dB
3G/4G PCI 257
3G/4G Cell ID 3295746
5G Frequency — —
5G Connected Band — —
5G Signal Strength — —
5G SINR — —
5G PCI — —
5G Cell ID — —