petch
Casual Member
Hi all,
I've gotten myself tied into a 24 month contract with Three for their 5G hub (ZTEe MC801a), but it seems I cannot get it to work with my external antenna. I'm also reading on these forums that the external antenna are for 5G only?
My situation is probably not the norm - I want this router for a narrowboat that will be moving around the inland waterways. Sometimes there will be 5G available, sometimes 4G - or maybe not even that some of the time. Since narrowboats are essentially big metal tins with very poor reception inside, I bought a Poynting XPOL-1-5G 2x2 MIMO Omni-Directional Antenna to go on the roof.
So what I need is a mobile broadband router that actually works with external antenna (and doesn't just have the ports that seem to do nothing) but also works with 4G as well as 5G. I don't know much about this stuff, is there a reason one pair of antenna ports can't cover more than one frequency band?
I was looking at the Zyxel NR5101 router, but their online documentation here seems to state that the external antenna only work between 3300-4200 MHz, which I understand is just the 5G frequencies. I've asked their support for clarification on 4G with the antenna, but I'm not hopeful. I'd really like a router that also supports the 600-700MHz 5G which will hopefully provide coverage to more rural locations. But that would just be a bonus.
Any help would be much appreciated!
I've gotten myself tied into a 24 month contract with Three for their 5G hub (ZTEe MC801a), but it seems I cannot get it to work with my external antenna. I'm also reading on these forums that the external antenna are for 5G only?
My situation is probably not the norm - I want this router for a narrowboat that will be moving around the inland waterways. Sometimes there will be 5G available, sometimes 4G - or maybe not even that some of the time. Since narrowboats are essentially big metal tins with very poor reception inside, I bought a Poynting XPOL-1-5G 2x2 MIMO Omni-Directional Antenna to go on the roof.
So what I need is a mobile broadband router that actually works with external antenna (and doesn't just have the ports that seem to do nothing) but also works with 4G as well as 5G. I don't know much about this stuff, is there a reason one pair of antenna ports can't cover more than one frequency band?
I was looking at the Zyxel NR5101 router, but their online documentation here seems to state that the external antenna only work between 3300-4200 MHz, which I understand is just the 5G frequencies. I've asked their support for clarification on 4G with the antenna, but I'm not hopeful. I'd really like a router that also supports the 600-700MHz 5G which will hopefully provide coverage to more rural locations. But that would just be a bonus.
Any help would be much appreciated!