benparker
Super Pro Member
Hello I hope some experts can help here.
So after moving properties and having to pay a hefty cancellation fee to Hyperoptic (landlord issues) I've decided against to try a 4G sim and router combo. Just over a year ago I bought an unlimited data Smarty SIM and the TP-Link Archer MR200 router. Not sure why chose it over a Huawei. For the duration up until a few days ago, I would get 10mb down but if I switch to 3G its about 20mb but upload speeds drops.
So apparently some spots in the house give better speeds. It turns out another room was giving just about 40mb but not that consistent but definitely seeing more than 20mb. So after checking the whole house I found the best spot and the router is now hanging high up on the wall lol. I don't really want another contact and I'm not a heavy downloader as I was before but thinking of getting Netflix or maybe IPTV (are we allowed to discuss about that here?)
I bought an XPol 1 and connected to the mr200 and it seems to be worse. Even tried hanging outside window but still bad. Does it support xpols?
I also bought a Huawei B535 router and surprisingly it does worse than the mr200, this is with the bunny ears antenna and XPol 1 connected. I even set it to use external antenna. I moved to different rooms but no luck.
Back to the mr200 and it's so sensitive, I placed it in same position and the antenna and speeds dramatically dropped. Guess I have to fiddle around again with the antenna position.
I also read that you can change bands on the B535 but I can't find that setting anywhere. Im using a Smarty sim.
Any help is appreciated as this is really depressing.
So after moving properties and having to pay a hefty cancellation fee to Hyperoptic (landlord issues) I've decided against to try a 4G sim and router combo. Just over a year ago I bought an unlimited data Smarty SIM and the TP-Link Archer MR200 router. Not sure why chose it over a Huawei. For the duration up until a few days ago, I would get 10mb down but if I switch to 3G its about 20mb but upload speeds drops.
So apparently some spots in the house give better speeds. It turns out another room was giving just about 40mb but not that consistent but definitely seeing more than 20mb. So after checking the whole house I found the best spot and the router is now hanging high up on the wall lol. I don't really want another contact and I'm not a heavy downloader as I was before but thinking of getting Netflix or maybe IPTV (are we allowed to discuss about that here?)
I bought an XPol 1 and connected to the mr200 and it seems to be worse. Even tried hanging outside window but still bad. Does it support xpols?
I also bought a Huawei B535 router and surprisingly it does worse than the mr200, this is with the bunny ears antenna and XPol 1 connected. I even set it to use external antenna. I moved to different rooms but no luck.
Back to the mr200 and it's so sensitive, I placed it in same position and the antenna and speeds dramatically dropped. Guess I have to fiddle around again with the antenna position.
I also read that you can change bands on the B535 but I can't find that setting anywhere. Im using a Smarty sim.
Any help is appreciated as this is really depressing.























