GL-X3000, worse speeds than my standard 5G router

Router Cellular, USB modems
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Hi all,

Not an overly techy person here. I live just outside London UK and can't get fast home internet.

I'm with Three mobile 5G and have their router that comes with the broadband packaged. Speeds have peaked as high as 250 mbps but averages at around 80-100.

I brought the X3000 based on all of the glowing reviews I've seen and the speed on average is around 20mbps.

So before I send it back for a refund can anyone advise on any settings that potentially need changing/unlocking to at least find the same speed that I used to get.

I have done the fireware update to bring it up to date

Cheers

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Do you know if they limit the speed to their devices maybe? Is there something in the contract like this?

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Have you changed the TTL to 65? And changed the IMEI number to that of a mobile phone?

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No there's no speed cap

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I changed it to 65 like you suggested, but didn't make any difference. I'll try and find a guide to change the iMEI number cheers

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AT +EGMR=1,7,"357994257490972"

Is the AT command, Galaxy S24 Ultra.
https://www.imei.info/

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I'm noticing a similar problem. I recently tried testing again with the T-Mobile G4AR 5G gateway and can achieve download speeds of 850Mbit on it. I'm lucky if I can break 500Mbit on the GL-X3000. I have tried factory reset, different bands, NSA/SA, different modem selections with
AT+QMBNCFG, etc.

Nothing seems to give me the raw download speeds that the T-Mobile gateway provides. It's strange because it's using an x62 modem chipset also and locked to NSA mode, yet getting faster speeds.

EDIT: To add, I am using a Waveform QuadPro external antenna with both. Not sure if that matters much.

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Try changing the IMEI of the X3000.
Try replacing the attached antenna.

Have you ever tried to upgrade the modem firmware?

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I have a colleague here in Italy with the same problem, I suggested this solution but doesn't works.
The same SIM with an iPhone 16 PRO goes much better (2x on both uplink and downlink)

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I’ve changed the IMEI number, I found a Reddit post and copied and pasted but it doesn’t seem to have helped. What IMEI number should be in there and what’s the benefit of changing it?

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Same issue in my case. I have tried with original antennas and with Waveform Quadpro, both get similar speeds. I have even replaced my TMHI sim and repaired the IMEI to no avail. I have also performed a modem firmware update to the latest.

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I am in the UK and a new user too
The x3000 is horrendously complex for my level of IT skills but I have managed to get it working by not fiddling with bits like IMEI etc.
It is therefore bog standard.
BUT the device has managed to make a very week 5G signal reliable 24 hrs a day at 100mbps, the 3 network card can only manage about 25mbps via LTE in my Tp-link router!?
The support you have received is very poor , you should get better for £400. Send it back and stick with 3!!!

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I'm in the same situation as many others. My iPhone gives me much better speeds than the GL-X3000.

Now that I know the issue, searching on the internet there is many people complaining about the same speed problems

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Your iPhone most certainly has a much more advanced cellular modem than the X3000 and can benefit from this when it has a good signal. Find a location that your phone has very low signal strength and test again. In my experience the X3000 does much better than the cell phone in low signal strength conditions due to it's larger antennas.

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A Qualcomm snapdragon X62 in the Quectel RM520N modem vs an X70 from an iPhone 15. One year difference, still such a big gap in performance.

I even would expect that a mobile phone will balance power efficiency with performance because it runs on a battery and has no active cooling.

Plus those maximum crazy speeds of an X70 probably are on a network that supports all the features and channels. So on not so advanced 5G networks, the baseline should be more equal... but it is not.

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Here are the numbers for my X3000 and Pixel 9 Pro XL sitting next to each other in my house which is ~2000 feet from the tower without line of sight. Both using a Verizon sim with priority data. Speeds are DL/UL and an average of three tests. X3000 speeds tested via an ethernet connected computer. The tower does have n77 which both devices support but not a great signal strength in the house.
Pixel 139/3
X3000 182/9
So, it really depends on many variables when testing cellular speeds. Near the tower the phone does > 1Gbit. Perhaps I'll take the X3000 closer to the tower and do a test at some point.

Edit: Wish I had access to a Qualcomm modem based cell phone. The Samsung modem in the Pixels doesn't seem to perform as well as the Qualcomm modems per the internet's opinion.

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iPhone 15Pro can get 800mbps on t-mobile USa
Rm520n-gl used in in GL-XE3000 /X3000 same location can get 250-280mbps.

Custom made router with installed RM551e-gl X75 modem also giving 800mbps.
So yes, X72/X75 and X62 giving big differents in speed.

Tried install rm551e-gl in to x3000, but router does not detecting this modem, gl-inet support don’t want adjust firmware for support rm551e-gl.

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Hello,

The RM551E-GL is not an official component of X3000 and has not been tested in the whole device.
We can try to remote check and debug to see if it is available, but we cannot be responsible for other modem models which custom replacing the module.

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I do it on own risk, no problem at all, I did lot of test, just tell what to do step by step and you can try remotes. I think let’s start from dev board with rm551e-gl

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Wow! I assume you are using an engineering sample of the RM551. I've seen that also the Fibocom FM190-GL uses an X75. But probably that is a 100% guaranteed not to be compatible.

Still, since Fibocom modems are final, you can find them at 60 USD a piece.