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[kcflhrc]

I didn't make any changes to the default in my Netgear LB1120. All I did was power it up. Logged into it. It gave me a message to enter the PIN. I entered 1234 for the PIN 3 times then it prompted me for the PUK Code. I then set a new PIN Code I could remember and as soon as I entered that it synced up and that was that. I then connected it to a new Netgear Nighthawk router and went through the quick set up on that and all was good. The Netgear stuff is pretty easy to set up.

 

[TractorGuy]

This may have been posted but I just came across this link that helps a great deal. CellReception | Find a better signal.



Man would it ever be nice to have a tower in sight. I drove over by my nearest AT&T tower yesterday and ran a speed test on my phone. WOW! I think I'm gonna have to buy a yagi and try to capture some of this action. My current unit is in a window on the opposite side of my house from the direction of the closest tower so probably pulling from one that is further away.

I went in my attic and ran a test on my phone and got a solid 13 down and 1.5 up. When my external antenna I ordered for the Netgear LB1120 comes in I will probably retest it on that end of the house in the attic. I already have a cat5 cable not in use that runs from that end of the house to the computer room so I could connect through that.

How do you guys think this antenna booster setup would work if I got it over my roof and aimed at the tower?
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[Xfaxman]

Your post reminded me that soon after We got the Mobley in 2017, I put it and my laptop in the truck and drove within sight of the ATT&T cell tower. fast.net showed the fastest speed ever:

 

[TheMan419]

Amazon.com: Wilson Electronics Wideband Directional Antenna 7-27 MHz, 5 Ohm (314411)

I got this antenna for my set up. Works great.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Amazon.com: Wilson Electronics Wideband Directional Antenna 7-27 MHz, 5 Ohm (314411)

I got this antenna for my set up. Works great.

Some people have added that to mobley using an antenna test point inside. I have one but not using it.

 

[BigBlue1]

I tried an ext antenna with my Mobley and the throughput got worse. Apparently you have to be really good at aiming an ext antenna and I wasn't. The Nighthawk M1 was worlds better and not really that expensive.

Rob

 

[sd455dan]

I tried an ext antenna with my Mobley and the throughput got worse. Apparently you have to be really good at aiming an ext antenna and I wasn't. The Nighthawk M1 was worlds better and not really that expensive.

Rob

That is an interesting question , now that the Mobleys have some real time on them.

Has anyone had a Real and Consistent improvement in their signal/ speeds with an add on antenna(s) with their Mobley?

I tried 1 for a car 4G LTE, drilled the Mobley housing out bought the test point connector - lost speed and also lost bars

 

[TractorGuy]

Update on testing the Netgear LB1120. The $15 mimo antenna I purchased off eBay came in so I decided to retest the Netgear modem. I am still not using it on the ideal side of my house but to do so would be more involved and end up with the modem in a hot garage or attic. With the external antenna plugged in it loaded up in 4G. I had to restart the modem to get it to connect after the first attempt failed.

Here is a pic of how I have it set up.

Here are the speed tests after it got stabilized.

Neither are as fast as I've seen with my ZTE Velocity but the Velocity goes through spells of having to be restarted and sometimes the restart has to be repeated often. Not sure how or why but I can clean the sim card and it seems to help with the Velocity. I was hoping for faster speeds and more stability but I will settle for one or the other. Seeing as how the speed is not faster I am hoping for better stability. Time will tell.

Soooo, while the Netgear may produce faster speeds than the Mobley for some it isn't any faster than my Velocity was, at least not for me and my location. The velocity was not actually much if any faster than my Mobley with both in the same position. I originally had the Mobley taped to the window and I think the heat killed it. I had the Velocity in the same spot but it was tied on the room side of the blinds to keep the direct heat of the sun off of it. FYI the blinds will remain closed to keep some heat out. I just opened them to place the mimo antenna and take the photo. The router needs to stay in the window sill for my wifi cameras.

At the risk of repeating myself my sim got moved before the update occurred that locked it. I did not have to use a pin or PUK code to get this working. Hopefully the change will not get my account flagged and locked. The first change resulted in AT&T recognizing my device after some time passed. Maybe it will just do the same with the Netgear.

Those of you that are trying to go straight from a updated Mobley to a Netgear will have to go through getting the unlock codes.

 

[jcummins]

I have a Netgear lb1120 coming to replace my Mobley. I got to thinking about the DNS setting that I'm using right now and come to find out the Mobley has the DNS set to auto and the manual DNS enable you to put an entry in is grayed out. So I'm not even sure what DNS I'm using and I do not have a PC. I use an Android tablet. Microsoft screwed up my laptop one too many times and I did not replace it on the last time. So doing an IP config is not something that's I can do.

Is this something I need to be concerned about before pulling this Sim and getting it over to the Netgear.

 

[TractorGuy]

I was able to log in with my Android phone but it's already connected through my wireless router.

When I started the unit I couldn't log into the modem through my router UNTIL the modem conneted to the network.

I think you might have a problem unless you have a computer or some way to connect directly to the modem.