Tayaout Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Is there any recommendation for a 4G+ capable modem that has external antenna? I currently use DTAC and there is currently 4G but the signal is about +-50% on my phone. Their website say 4G+ will be available within 3 months in my area. It is already available at like 15 min driving distance. I don't want a cellphone booster. Ideally I would like a modem that can be bridged to my OpenWRT Gigabit router via ethernet. I got many service on my LAN and would prefer to use my own router since most modem don't seem to support Gigabit speed. I found a lot of antenna and I'm thinking about using a directional antenna. I'm not sure what to be looking for as for the modem especially the frequency and connectors needed. TLDR: What frequency is needed for 4G+? What connector is needed for the antenna and modem? Any model recommendation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 I am thinking about using a ROCKPro64 Single Board and a LTE-A card or some plug and play solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shady86 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Doesn't make much difference if 4g is saturated at your area. Even a single antenna doesn't help to reach max speed. What speed are you getting now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 I don't think it's saturated... It'a a rural area and I get almost max speed for my package but the ping is bad because the 4G signal it at most 50% (usually around 15-20%) so an external antenna should fix this. I want to be 4G+ ready so I can choose a faster package in the future and want to go offgrid so a single board could be a nice solution. I already think I will choose this one: http://www.banana-pi.org/r2.html with https://techship.com/products/sierra-wireless-mc7455-lte-cat6/ and install OpenWRT. Edit: This one is hard to beat: https://forum.huawei.com/enterprise/en/HUAWEI-E5186-4G-LTE-CPE-Overview/thread/350483-863 Support everything I need and has SMA connector for antenna and I can get it for 2,000 baht openbox. Dtac 4G+ network is on 2300MHz band. Case probably closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shady86 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Ok. I'm getting 4g+ all the time in Bangkok but max speed can't even saturate 3G+ plus speed so I don't see any point of deploying 5G when people don't even get 4G speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayaout Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, shady86 said: Ok. I'm getting 4g+ all the time in Bangkok but max speed can't even saturate 3G+ plus speed so I don't see any point of deploying 5G when people don't even get 4G speed. I thought 4G+ was not 5G. It's 4G LTE-A. It's not really about the speed I get now but the fact that I don't want to buy another device in 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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