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Tplink and Smarty not working. Help please.

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Lycamobile 2mb, so O2 is terrible too.

I'm now getting about 10mbs on Lebara on Band 20, so Vodafone seems best.
 
Lycamobile 2mb, so O2 is terrible too.

I'm now getting about 10mbs on Lebara on Band 20, so Vodafone seems best.
There are 1 of 2 locations you're connecting to. 1 locations has 1,7 and 20 (Weston college) and the other 1 and 20 (wooler road) You could be connected to another but unlikely if cellmapper is semi accurate. Depending on where the cells are pointing, i think you could get a little more out of Vodafone with forced band changing, when/if you feel up to that.
Cellmapper reports the cells on Weston college and i do see some equipment up there with google street view . Here is the other reported Vodafone location with street view
 
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Band 20 with Vodafone may be your best bet after seeing the cell locations. Only other thing i can think of is popping up into the attic with the tp-link and doing a few speedtests.
 
Thanks Adam. Popping into the loft isn't an option as there's a flat above me!

Download 7mbs.Upload 11mbs.

I don't mind adjusting the band manually on the router but band 20 is the default the router has chosen and sounds like the best option anyway?
 
I don't mind adjusting the band manually on the router but band 20 is the default the router has chosen and sounds like the best option anyway?
In my experience, no. When i first got into the mobile broadband market with Three, i would connect to Band 20 and the speeds were poor, until i came across manual band changing and band 3 was now an option. My router wouldn't automatically connect to band 3 nor would it carrier aggregate, even though it was available. Speeds went from 15mbps with B20 only to 70mbps with B3+B20. That's not the case now though with congestion and all.

You may find that B20 is all you can get at your location but you won't know until you test other bands. Perhaps the signal is just too poor with other bands that the router sticks with b20. But in my experience, my router rarely made the best choice when set to auto.
 
If you do try manually changing them, try Band 1 (2100) band 7 (2600) with the Lebara sim and see how you get on. And band 1 and band 3 with your smarty sim if you still have it. If cell mapper is anything to go by
 
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Hi there! It sounds like you're having trouble getting your new setup connected to the Internet. It can be frustrating when something isn't working as expected. Have you tried troubleshooting the connection using your router's admin page? It's possible that the router isn't properly connected to the SIM card, which could explain why you can't access the Internet. If you need help with the troubleshooting process, plenty of resources online can help. Here's an excellent guide about 192.168.o.1 login that you might find helpful. LMK if this works for you! Good luck!
 
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