As an update for anyone reading this. Had Luo Teamview to my computer today and play around with my MiFi. Found out that the EP06-E unit was locked to Band 1 and 3. Must have been like this from the factory when I received it as my first tests on Optus fresh out of the box gave about 12Mbps (as mentioned above about half of my other devices) Now the bands are unlocked I’m seeing around 25-30Mbps. Much, much betterer.
Interesting, any word/documentation on what steps were need to either lock to specific bands, or unlock the bands? Just curious in case it comes up as an issue in the future…
Sorry, as I say Luo Teamviewered in and issued a bunch of AT commands that meant nothing to me along with a bunch of cryptic hex addresses (bands) and in the end after maybe half an hour said “It was locked to band 1 and 3, now fixed”
There is an automated command in the “AT Commands” section of the interface and then you can pick the band from a dropdown but I think there’s an issue and you have to add “” marks around band i.e. “band” when the command comes up and I’m unclear if you are just locking to that one band or if it’s accumulative and I’m not sure if the “reset modem” command actually just powers off/on the modem or clears all the settings you’ve changed .
Post that I’ve been doing a little research but still not confident to start doing any changes and currently for me the “default” setup is doing me fine.
So…If I use this just as a normal WISP WiFi repeater and completely ignore LTE I still get substandard speeds compared to other devices both connecting via wire or wifi (Channel on the repeater (MiFi/Mango) for WISP and LAN is the same as it’s set by the “source” router):
I don’t believe the n150 (Mifi) versus n300 (Mango) would cause this?
So the combination of “poor” LTE due to the internal antenna and poor WiFi due to ?? adds up to poor speeds. My belief is that the wifi is actually MORE of a contributor than the LTE
Can anyone else confirm they are seeing similar performance issues?
Or tell me I’m barking up the wrong tree and completely wrong if that’s the case
You’re probably right, WiFi plays a role, but I am convinced LTE antenna is the source of your issue. It seems the internal antennae quality is a bit hit and miss.
Have you tried getting other unit to compare and contrast? It might sound silly but there here are some pretty good deals on the X750 on various sites (e.g. eBay UK) which could help getting a cheap(er) test unit.
The external antennas are from the AR-150 and it does make a difference, it was on to get the signal strength . What is 3 for? And is 4 the internal LTE antenna?
What is the external antenna you are attached to? LTE or WiFi? I guess there are WIFI!
