Mofi / T Mo - Slow DL, Fast UL

[someguy]

Long time lurker, first time poster. I recently set up Mofi Sim7 with a T Mo card. I have it hooked to a Proxicast MIMO antenna using Proxicast cables. The tower is about 4 miles away but I have LoS. I get good signal strength, usually around -80. I've locked onto bands 2, 4, 66, and 71. I have the same problem with all of them, my DL is usually around 3-4 Mbs while my UL usually stays around 20-21 Mbs. when I leave it on auto it barely registers anything on the speed test. To add to my confusion, when I take off the Proxicast antenna and pt the regular ones back on the strength goes down to about -100, but the DL speed stays about the same, while the UL comes down to about 6-7 Mbs. I think there's just something stupid that I'm missing. Any advice or information to lead me the right direction would be great. Thank You.

Signal Strength Sample -

Operational Mode: FDD LTE (LTE Band 2)
Registered On Network: YES
CSQ: 31
RSSI: -51dBm
ECIO: -13 (RSRQ) dB
RSRP - 78 (RSRP) dBm

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What is your TTL set too?

[someguy]

Sorry took so long, I was helping someone move. I have tried both 64 and 65. Same results with both. Is there another to try? I'm still having the same original problem. Thank You!

[BillA]

Long time lurker, first time poster. I recently set up Mofi Sim7 with a T Mo card. I have it hooked to a Proxicast MIMO antenna using Proxicast cables. The tower is about 4 miles away but I have LoS. I get good signal strength, usually around -80. I've locked onto bands 2, 4, 66, and 71. I have the same problem with all of them, my DL is usually around 3-4 Mbs while my UL usually stays around 20-21 Mbs. when I leave it on auto it barely registers anything on the speed test. To add to my confusion, when I take off the Proxicast antenna and pt the regular ones back on the strength goes down to about -100, but the DL speed stays about the same, while the UL comes down to about 6-7 Mbs. I think there's just something stupid that I'm missing. Any advice or information to lead me the right direction would be great. Thank You.

Signal Strength Sample -

Operational Mode: FDD LTE (LTE Band 2)
Registered On Network: YES
CSQ: 31
RSSI: -51dBm
ECIO: -13 (RSRQ) dB
RSRP - 78 (RSRP) dBm

Try switching the antennas cables which go to the modem's M1/D1 connectors (swap them around). Sometimes the polarization can make a big difference. Also, try TTL settings 64 and 65 and see which one gives better results.

[Didneywhorl]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Welcome!

I recently set up Mofi Sim7 with a T Mo card.

Booo! get a thewirelesshaven.com router and modem

I have it hooked to a Proxicast MIMO antenna using Proxicast cables. The tower is about 4 miles away but I have LoS. I get good signal strength, usually around -80. I've locked onto bands 2, 4, 66, and 71.

You may want to lock one at a time and test speeds after reboots to see which are your best, as the SIM7 cannot CA anyway.

I have the same problem with all of them, my DL is usually around 3-4 Mbs while my UL usually stays around 20-21 Mbs. when I leave it on auto it barely registers anything on the speed test.

This is 100% from tower congestion and deprioritization I'll bet. Good upload with bad download speeds is the tell tale. Again try one band at a time. I'll bet you have faster DL speeds lat at night or early morning. I could totally be wrong, but I dont think I am.

To add to my confusion, when I take off the Proxicast antenna and pt the regular ones back on the strength goes down to about -100, but the DL speed stays about the same, while the UL comes down to about 6-7 Mbs.

Again, to beat the horse some more, its dead anyway, your experiencing this due to congestion on your tower, not from issues with signal or modem or router.

I think there's just something stupid that I'm missing. Any advice or information to lead me the right direction would be great. Thank You.

Signal Strength Sample -

Operational Mode: FDD LTE (LTE Band 2)
Registered On Network: YES
CSQ: 31
RSSI: -51dBm
ECIO: -13 (RSRQ) dB
RSRP - 78 (RSRP) dBm

Your signals are fine, fantastic really.