how to improve signal and speed on home internet¿

H0GGZ1LLA wrote:

I'm only getting about 25 to 45 Mbps down and similar up. I keep seeing people get in the 200s down! How can I get those kind of speeds? I'm not very far from a tower and I've tried the Nokia Gateway all over the house!

I was in the same boat until I placed the “can” in the kitchen on top of the upper cupboard.  My can jumped to over 350 down & ~11-16 up.  I used an extension cord after it worked out I drilled through the back of the cupboard from top to bottom 3 holes ran the plug wire from the top down where it met an outlet.  Then I added a new plug fastened with screws for ~$2.00.  All set. 

I don’t know why but the “can” likes being up by the ceiling.

May want to focus more on the "quality" indexes.  Can have a "good" quality connection at 105 RSRP, provided the other indexes are strong.

The more usable headroom within the wave form, the better the CQI value can calculate, which impacts the symbol rate it will try to run.

I can get the same throughput at 90 as I can at 96, provided the noise and other metrics stay strong.

007BondMI6 wrote:

Depends on if you are happy with what you have. I installed an external antenna made a world of difference very happy.

I was hoping there was a way other than that but that looks like what I'm going to have to do

Depends on if you are happy with what you have. I installed an external antenna made a world of difference very happy.

Yea those are about the best numbers as far as cellular strength I can get in my house. I've tried just about every nook and cranny

Yeah... need to dial in better numbers for the 4g side.  That is going to dramatically limit the symbol rate it allows.  Those 5g numbers on a straight 4g line would easily get you symbol rates that could break 100 by 30 provided there wasn't a lot of congestion.

You may want to try some tests to some other destinations too to get a better idea of how things look.  The screwy CGNAT/XLAT464 tunneling they do (sort of like a VPN) can really screw up geolocstion and routing stuff.  The "closest" location that those tests tend to select can be pretty bad... Laden with congestion.

Mine will pick spots in NC/GA (I am in SC), and often may come in around 60/15... but I can test 80/20 or better to Seattle (CenturyLink) or somewhere off the wall like Montréal or Toronto.

In other words, sometimes it isn't the wireless bogging you down, but the congestion, be that localized traffic or the routing/peering further upstream

007BondMI6 wrote:

H0GGZ1LLA wrote:

Primary Signal B2

RSRP -108dBm This is bad you want to get this in the low -90’s

SNR 2dB This is also not good aim to get this at the least 7+

RSRQ -13dB This is ok

RSSI -77dBm Not good needs to be lower

 

Secondary Connection n71

RSRP -92dBm OK would be nice if it was lower but ok

SNR 12dB decent

RSRQ -12dB ok

 

 

So the thing is this crazy gateway needs the 4G LTE to kinda also be solid to hold on to the 5G.

So don't worry about the bars try to figure out where the 4G tower is and the 5G tower is and then get a spot where you improve those Primary reading without making the secoday any worse.

 

Example my home the 5G tower is 3 miles SW where the 4G tower is .5 miles W. To make matters worse there is a slower 5G tower only 2 miles NW. So my goal was to lock onto the faster 5G to the SW get on the 4G to the W good and totally avoid the 5G to the NW. Not an easy task but I did find a spot that did the trick. You can also call TMHI tech and just ask where the towers are what bands they have they will give you the addresses. Then use Google maps to plot the best angles to your home so you get an ideal of the best spots to test.

BTW with that n71 depending on how far it is the most you can hope for is 200+ down as that is where those towers max out normally. But still that’s better than what you are getting you just need to work on those reading and get some improvement.

 

 

 

the LTE and 5G tower are the same. its roughly 3 to 5 miles away

H0GGZ1LLA wrote:

Primary Signal B2

RSRP -108dBm This is bad you want to get this in the low -90’s

SNR 2dB This is also not good aim to get this at the least 7+

RSRQ -13dB This is ok

RSSI -77dBm Not good needs to be lower

 

Secondary Connection n71

RSRP -92dBm OK would be nice if it was lower but ok

SNR 12dB decent

RSRQ -12dB ok

So the thing is this crazy gateway needs the 4G LTE to kinda also be solid to hold on to the 5G.

So don't worry about the bars try to figure out where the 4G tower is and the 5G tower is and then get a spot where you improve those Primary reading without making the secoday any worse.

Example my home the 5G tower is 3 miles SW where the 4G tower is .5 miles W. To make matters worse there is a slower 5G tower only 2 miles NW. So my goal was to lock onto the faster 5G to the SW get on the 4G to the W good and totally avoid the 5G to the NW. Not an easy task but I did find a spot that did the trick. You can also call TMHI tech and just ask where the towers are what bands they have they will give you the addresses. Then use Google maps to plot the best angles to your home so you get an ideal of the best spots to test.

BTW with that n71 depending on how far it is the most you can hope for is 200+ down as that is where those towers max out normally. But still that’s better than what you are getting you just need to work on those reading and get some improvement.

Speed Tests

Connection info

Primary Signal B2

RSRP -108dBm

SNR 2dB

RSRQ -13dB

RSSI -77dBm

Secondary Connection n71

RSRP -92dBm

SNR 12dB

RSRQ -12dB