Wireless Joint

MattB29 wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 9:27 pm ... before my present setup.

Would you be willing to share what your current set up is? Unless you do think it really pertains to my situation.

Thanks for the reply and word of caution.

MattB29 wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 3:57 pm The house is one big box that constrains radio signals in all directions…

Understood. I'll do that. And thanks for the tip on the antenna.

gscheb wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 2:54 pm Have you ever seen if you have T-Mobile home isp or Verizon 5g home internet available to you?

Yes. Negative to both.

Here's the most I can seem to find form the Nighthawk:

Have you taken the nighthawk outdoors and checked how it connects?


So, the Nighthawk is sitting in my upstairs window (window open, as it's a lovely day) facing the towers to the east of our home. I'm not sure how much more "outside" it needs to be, but I was kind hoping for something simple ...

I forgot the current speeds part; my apologies.

Currently 11 down, 4 up, 75-95 ping.

I’ll see if I can hunt around for those details in the Nighthawk backend.

I’ll start researching high gain parabolic antennas. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks for the reply and clarifying questions.

• Nighthawk says it’s on LTE B14; quality 47dBm.
• We are atop a flat plateau. Some trees, but not heavy.
• No nearby obstructions.
• It looks like the closest towers on cellmapper are a few miles away; I’ll need to bust out some measurement tools ...

What antenna(s) would you recommend to increase our current two bars of LTE reception (AT&T) via a Netgear Nighthawk M1?

As of 12:00 noon EST today, we have Internet at our rural house for the first time since 2005! It’s a Christmas miracle in... well, May. But I’ll take it.

We’re using the ...

Didneywhorl wrote: Wed Dec 30, 2020 1:36 pm You would have to get an approved imei.

Please pardon the noob question (or point me elsewhere), but how does one acquire an “approved imei”?

Thanks!