Woodpecker01
Casual Member
So thanks to the forum i am a full convert to the 5g router lark 
After a month of tinkering I thought i would share some of my failures and successes in the search of speed.
I have a Huawei 5g CPE Pro sat on a shelf in my loft cabled down via ethernet.
The mast that I connect to ( verified mast via cell mapper) is approx. 4.5 miles away
Theoretically I think that if the roof was transparent i would have LOS to the mast.
I am, on a good day getting 300 down and 45 up on a bad day 120 down 25 up ( my BT fixed BB is 38 and 8), the good and bad seemed to be heavily influenced by what sector or TAC-CID is indicated on the LTE H-Monitor. I have restricted the router to B3 and B7 bands as well.
In this period i have tried two aerials ( Huawei AF9E and the Poynting XPOL-1 V2 5g ) neither of which gave any improvement in either speed or signal strength on 5g and only marginal gains on 4g when compared to the built in aerials in the router.
The biggest result and my current setup is a home made reflector made from tin foil and a carboard box !
This contraption has a radius in the foil and is pointing in the direction of the mast, the router sits in focal point of this and after much trial and error i now get a consistent 20-21dB on 5g, I have proved to myself it makes a difference by altering the distance between the router and the reflector and can see definite link between the signal strength and the distance from the reflector. Wifi is also switched off on the router.
Just wanted to feed back as this forum has been a font of useful info and given my something else to be able to tinker with, if this helps anyone then great
After a month of tinkering I thought i would share some of my failures and successes in the search of speed.
I have a Huawei 5g CPE Pro sat on a shelf in my loft cabled down via ethernet.
The mast that I connect to ( verified mast via cell mapper) is approx. 4.5 miles away
Theoretically I think that if the roof was transparent i would have LOS to the mast.
I am, on a good day getting 300 down and 45 up on a bad day 120 down 25 up ( my BT fixed BB is 38 and 8), the good and bad seemed to be heavily influenced by what sector or TAC-CID is indicated on the LTE H-Monitor. I have restricted the router to B3 and B7 bands as well.
In this period i have tried two aerials ( Huawei AF9E and the Poynting XPOL-1 V2 5g ) neither of which gave any improvement in either speed or signal strength on 5g and only marginal gains on 4g when compared to the built in aerials in the router.
The biggest result and my current setup is a home made reflector made from tin foil and a carboard box !
This contraption has a radius in the foil and is pointing in the direction of the mast, the router sits in focal point of this and after much trial and error i now get a consistent 20-21dB on 5g, I have proved to myself it makes a difference by altering the distance between the router and the reflector and can see definite link between the signal strength and the distance from the reflector. Wifi is also switched off on the router.
Just wanted to feed back as this forum has been a font of useful info and given my something else to be able to tinker with, if this helps anyone then great























