Wireless Joint

Well it ain't pretty, but I could do that. It's set up in my wife's duck pen. The path to the tower was the best in that spot and the ducks don't mind either.

Thanks again Bill. The way I had the IP addresses configured was the only way the MR1100 would work with my old Netgear RP114. I ended up buying a TP-Link AC1750 Archer A7 with version 5 firmware. I was then able to set the MR1100 to bridge mode or IP Passthrough as they call it and disable the DHCP ...

In the link there is a how-to video for connecting the MR1100 to a network router. What I have found is many people have tried this and they end up with no internet connection. That is what happens when I try it with my old Netgear RP114.
The only way I could get it to work is to set the default ...

To follow up on this project I now have the Nighthawk and antennas relocated. I ran 100 ft. of direct burial network cable and light duty (#16) direct burial power cable to power the unit. I Have the nighthawk enclosed in a Coleman six pack cooler. The cooler has to vent holes with filter screens ...

The battery is remove per Netgear's recommendation when it's being used full time.

I wonder if anyone has used the MR1100 Nighthawk outdoors. I don't think the heat would be a problem because it will be in shade. The cold however cold get as low as 10-15 below zero. It's only rated to 32 degrees.

My Iphone doesn't have such a feature. The NIghthawk router has been modded to select other bands. I could try selecting each of those and see what happens. I haven't done that because cellmapper only shows band 2&12 and the Nighthawk and Iphone automatically selected band 2, so I assumed that there ...

That was test mode not teat mode.

Speed fluctuations can occur when a phone's or router's modem changes bands (to a narrower bandwidth or no CA), so it's kind of a hit and miss, so clearing trees may or may not improve it by much. The mere fact that you can get up to 60Mbps down is a really good sign.


I ran my phone in teat ...

Another thought with the remote option. The Nighthawk routers operating temp. range is 32 -95 degrees. Would it hold up if there is no temperature control added to the enclosure such as a heating device and cooling fan? The ethernet run would be 150 ft. at the most so that part should be okay.

"Trees 1 and 2" are not so much a problem (multi-path reflection could get around them), but the large collection of trees near your house could be interfering (the thickness of their crowns could attenuate the signal). If you cleared those (or maybe just their top) and have a tall pole for your ...

Not sure the picture attachment is showing. Let me try it again.

So in the attachment I have the house and the path from the house to the 4G tower. There is another maker for a pole about 100 ft. from the house. That has a path to the tower as well.
The problem I have is trees are blocking the path to the house. This Google Earth view has a lot of shadows which ...

So it sounds like the most important thing in aiming is to rotate the pole until the signal is best. Makes sense. The yagis did not give the gain I was hoping for. My primary issue is trees, so any increase I can find I'll take. I'm really thinking about moving the yagis to get a better line to the ...

I have two of these yagis installed at 45 degrees to each other and they are hooked up to a MR 1100 Nighthawk. They are about 12 ft. up on the pole and I am 1.4 miles from the tower.
https://thewirelesshaven.com/shop/antennas/4g-lte-antennas/yagi/698-2700mhz-yagi-radome-9dbi-11dbi-4g-lte-directional ...

You can find the towers with this:
https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=310&MNC=410&type=LTE&latitude=41.39572844434903&longitude=-86.54119464969665&zoom=12&showTowers=true&showTowerLabels=true&clusterEnabled=true&tilesEnabled=true&showOrphans=false&showNoFrequencyOnly=false&showFrequencyOnly=false ...