Lead17
Casual Member
Hi All,
I have been reading the forums for the last couple of weeks but have not been able to get a straight answer (If this is possible) on what people recommend in terms of 5G routers.
I currently have a 4G setup using a B525 with external antenna, I also have the Mikrotik LHGG which I currently don't use but have experience with Router OS. Recently 5G has been switch on in my area and I am able to get 220mbps from the loft in my house on my phone, signal is 3 out of 4 bars and mast is 2.5 miles away with no clear line of sight. It seems to be using band N28 with MIMO. Not sure if it will be using LTE as well but it is using band 1, 3 and 20 in aggregation. Note my LTE alone is giving roughly 100 Mbps combing those three bands. Long story short I want to sell my 4G routers and upgrade to a 5G.
I would be happy with a router that I could sit inside my loft without to pair to and mount an external aerial with lots of leads. An alternative I would consider is a simple outdoor router that requires just a POE network connection, if that would give me better performance. I would like a router that can tell me what I am locking onto and aggregating, as well as potentially being able to lock to a cell. It needs toe aggregate the bands mentioned above and provide MIMO. In addition, something that is stable and doesn't drop connection. I am happy to add it to my wifi setup so wifi performance isn't a big issue. I don't want to go too mad on price, hopefully something around £200.
So far from what I have read there are the ZYXEL NR5101 (Indoor) and NR7101 (Outdoor), they get good reviews generally. However is there much difference between these two in terms of performance? Also they seem to allow remote management and cell locking is that true? Not sure what the FWA versions do?
There is the CPE PRO2, I have currently the B525 which has given me good performance so that is a possibility. What are people's thought in this over the NR above?
Another popular recommendation is the ZTE MC888 but I am not sure if it is better than any of the above. Or maybe another ZTE would be worth ago?
There are the MikroTIK chateau 5G but there isn't much on the internet about people's experiences with these. Plus they are expensive.
Outside of this there seems to be a d-link DX 5G router but not many seem to use it.
I would be interested to know your thoughts on the above routers, or any other recommendations, which you think might work for me.
Thanks in advance
Paul
I have been reading the forums for the last couple of weeks but have not been able to get a straight answer (If this is possible) on what people recommend in terms of 5G routers.
I currently have a 4G setup using a B525 with external antenna, I also have the Mikrotik LHGG which I currently don't use but have experience with Router OS. Recently 5G has been switch on in my area and I am able to get 220mbps from the loft in my house on my phone, signal is 3 out of 4 bars and mast is 2.5 miles away with no clear line of sight. It seems to be using band N28 with MIMO. Not sure if it will be using LTE as well but it is using band 1, 3 and 20 in aggregation. Note my LTE alone is giving roughly 100 Mbps combing those three bands. Long story short I want to sell my 4G routers and upgrade to a 5G.
I would be happy with a router that I could sit inside my loft without to pair to and mount an external aerial with lots of leads. An alternative I would consider is a simple outdoor router that requires just a POE network connection, if that would give me better performance. I would like a router that can tell me what I am locking onto and aggregating, as well as potentially being able to lock to a cell. It needs toe aggregate the bands mentioned above and provide MIMO. In addition, something that is stable and doesn't drop connection. I am happy to add it to my wifi setup so wifi performance isn't a big issue. I don't want to go too mad on price, hopefully something around £200.
So far from what I have read there are the ZYXEL NR5101 (Indoor) and NR7101 (Outdoor), they get good reviews generally. However is there much difference between these two in terms of performance? Also they seem to allow remote management and cell locking is that true? Not sure what the FWA versions do?
There is the CPE PRO2, I have currently the B525 which has given me good performance so that is a possibility. What are people's thought in this over the NR above?
Another popular recommendation is the ZTE MC888 but I am not sure if it is better than any of the above. Or maybe another ZTE would be worth ago?
There are the MikroTIK chateau 5G but there isn't much on the internet about people's experiences with these. Plus they are expensive.
Outside of this there seems to be a d-link DX 5G router but not many seem to use it.
I would be interested to know your thoughts on the above routers, or any other recommendations, which you think might work for me.
Thanks in advance
Paul























