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Hello, I am living in a bit isolated area where there's no broadband capabilities. For a long time I've been using a basic 4g router, which doesn't seem to perform very well. Since I am quite away from the cell tower, in a foresty area, the signal is very often super bad, the connection isn't always stable, and in the summer we always suffer from network congestion, I started looking for an alternative. Seeing that LTE antennas suffer from signal degradation over distance, the next obvious choice would be an outdoor 4g router. Sadly, for some reason, these routers aren't really reviewed by tech sites and I cannot find enough information about these products, to be able to form an opinion whether they're worth buying or not. I recently stumbled upon this one: https://www.outdoorrouter.com/product/outdoor-4g-sim-card-router-eu-lte-advanced-modem/ It seems to tick all the boxes, despite the steep price. But for the life of me, I cannot find enough reviews. So my question is, is this router worth the money? Will it solve my issue? I'd be happy if you could also link me some cheaper alternatives that would get the job done. Please help!!

Hi, frankly speaking, I am quite selfish for asking this, so straight forward - I have Huawei B2368-66 and need firmware update but can't get an upgrade to equipment account because Huawei either doesn't care or ignores me (I say "I don't have/work in any company, they say "contact hotline/forum admin/etc." - I got no answers but only some redirections back and forth) and equipment account is necessary to enter the official firmware source page. The support system sucks but I don't blame them - they are busy business. Have anyone who are willing to lend a hand and has an upgraded Huawei account or new firmware files with a password or other info? Thanks in advance. P.S. B2368 is a great gear for home 4G internet source but DO NOT ALTER THE FIRMWARE IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF THE NEW PASSWORD OR LOCKED BANDS. The default password is built into the code and only way to upload firmware is after logging in ,therefor, if you upload the code with unknown password, you won't be able to access router anymore. I know my current password so it's still possible to change firmware but the version I uploaded has some bands locked and I can no longer use the outdoor unit. It's not urgent to me because I already have other router for replacement (Huawei b818 - works great). have a good day

Hello all, Long post, but I would really appreciate any help you can give. I am at a dead end. So due to locational restraints, my only viable option for a decent high speed connection is 4G/LTE. Presently, the best I can do is a 1.5Mb/s DSL connection. It's absolute trash at the best of times, and if more than one person wants to use the internet at a time, forget about it. So I recently switched to AT&T's unlimited data plan, which allows "unlimited" data usage to both mine and my fiance's phones (22GB per device per month before they start throttling speeds based on cell tower traffic). So far so good. We also added a third SIM card to the plan: This SIM would ordinarily go into their little mobile hotspot thingy that you can buy at the ATT store for $150. I didn't want to use this dinky little modem, so I purchased a more robust modem that has ethernet ports and options for future antenna expansion. The specific modem I purchased is the D-Link DWR-921. The DWR-921 had pretty good reviews. What research I did before I purchased the modem seemed to reveal that this was a solid unit that would do everything I needed it to. I could just pop in the SIM card, and I'd be up and running off of my 4G network. It wasn't as premium as some of the modems from Asus for example, but I didn't want to spend much more than $150 on this setup. Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/LTE-HSPA-ROUTER-DUAL-MODE/dp/B00BN36NMM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496330631&sr=8-1&keywords=d-link+dwr-921 Product page link: http://www.dlink.com/uk/en/products/dwr-921-4g-lte-router So I ordered from a UK vendor that I hadn't heard of before. They seemed legit and had a professional website. They were cool, and it only took about 3 days to get to Texas. There was some weird labeling on the box that was a little bit fishy (it said a different model #), but I have no reason to believe that I received a bootleg unit or anything like that. I assumed that this was kind of a warehouse surplus stocking type scenario. The unit powers up and detects a signal as it should. So I connect it to my PC via ethernet, and follow the instructions to set up the network. I open chrome and type in the IP address listed in the manual. This takes me to the D-Link router setup page. The same page that I assume all D-Link routers deal with. This is where things start to get weird: I don't have internet access yet. The internet icon in the lower righthand corner (Windows 10) shows the ethernet symbol with the yellow triangle, NOT the red X that you see when your computer is unplugged. I go through the setup Wizard, which prompts me to select the type of connection (4G), and then it asks me to set up a username and password, select encryption type, blah blah blah, standard stuff. After selecting "4G/LTE" for my connection type, it gives me the option to auto-detect my cellular network, or to manually enter all of the information. The auto detect feature does not seem to do anything for me, so I start filling out the options manually. It asks me to select country, and then carrier. So after selecting USA, I open the drop-down menu for carriers. They have a couple I have never heard of before, a bunch for T-Mobile, a few for Cingular (who was acquired by AT&T some 10 years or so ago), and an 'Other' option. It then asks for additional information such as 'Dial Up Number', which defaults to *99#. I have tried that as well as the phone number I see associated with the SIM card on my devices page on the ATT website. I still show 0% connection, and it is not even displaying that it detects a network at all. The signal light on the front of the modem is blinking orange, which I take to mean that it has a signal, just not a very strong one. BUT WAIT - There's more. So I called AT&T tech support, because I thought that the SIM might not be activated. The SIM card IS activated, but the IMEI number that they had associated with it was not the IMEI number of my router. I assume that the store tech just assigned it an obligatory one that was SUPPOSED to correspond with the mobile hotpot thing that they sell. So I give the tech support person the IMEI number printed on the bottom of my unit. They tell me that this is a 2G IMEI number! This makes no since to me, because the DWR-921 is definitely a 4g/LTE modem. Whatever. I tell them to go ahead and change it, just to see if it works. It does not. So I call D-Link customer support and make it to a tech services guy. He tells me that the D-Link DWR-921 is not an officially supported product (at least by their tech support), and that it is the sort of device that a phone company would provide to their customers. I don't know why this is, as this product can be purchased on Amazon, and can be found on D-Link's website (although the .uk site only, NOT the US website). So that's where I am right now... Did I just not do my homework well enough and end up with a modem that doesn't support AT&T's network? Is there a chance I got some weird bootleg unit (2G IMEI number????) or something? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have little to no networking experience, and I just want to play video games without spiking up to 500 ping. Thanks.

Hey All, I hope all is well I just watched LTT recent video about upgrading the wifi And I just have a small question, I am currently living in a place where broadband is super slow I mean like less than 1 MB in download and less than 100 kB in upload and, I am currently connecting to the Internet through an unlimited plan from the phone provider through a 4G Sim inside a router, I recently started buying computer parts to build my first computer to start gaming/streaming/video editing, however with those terrible speeds I’m unable to do so and when I test the 4G speed it’s actually kind of decent, you can reach up to 30 to 40 MB download And 10 to 15 MB of upload, my main question however would be the ping or latency in video game, so I was hoping if you can help me find a good 4G Sim card router that will give me good speed and at the same time low latency for video games and streaming at the same time. Br MotazBellah

I just got a 4G router and my internet speed has increased from 5 mb/s to 35 mb/s (download) and even the ping acceptable, all set to browse the dankest memes. My only problems are the occasional loss of connection or extreme drops in speed, these occur like at max once per day, but when they do they're at the most inconvenient times. I know about load balancing routers but my knowledge of networking is pretty basic, so i'm not even sure if this is the best solution and what to look for. As far as i've seen the TP-LINK TL-R470T+ should be a good solution for me. I could hook this up to the 4G router (Huawei E5186) and old ADSL line, and let it use the ADSL connection when the 4G speed drops below that of the ADSL. I think this will work for me, but I also want my wireless network to profit from the back up connection. Of course I could hookup a wireless acces point, but i'd prefer a load balancing router with wireless. So at the end my questions are: What is a good load balancing router with wireless, Or is there a better solution for my problem?