topic Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR in Mobile Broadband

D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

MarcusGC — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 15:27:55 GMT

D-Link DWR-978

Shows 5g connected LED on the front, however in the settings page i have

Download speeds seem to be in the upper range (60-80Mbps) of what I was receiving on an older 4g router.

EE website says i have 5G indoor and outdoor coverage.

My 5g phone will connect with full 5g signal, and will get around 100-120Mbps.

Any ideas anyone please?

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

XRaySpeX — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:05:00 GMT

@MarcusGC : What SIM have you got in it? Is it from T-Mobile? They are only 3G plans.

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

MarcusGC — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:37:43 GMT

Its an EE sim, T-mobile seems to be EE from what i read. And thats what the router is pulling from the cell tower i think, as i put in the EE apn detaios.

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

XRaySpeX — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:45:22 GMT

Still I do wonder why it's saying the provider is T-M UK. I'd expect it to be EE.

Would it be possible to put the SIM in a phone & text NUMBER to 150? Maybe that router can even do SMS?

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

MarcusGC — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:15:41 GMT

I agree its quite odd. It can send and receive SMS, and ther Number is definately EE as its connected with my EE account, and the sim has EE on it

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

XRaySpeX — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:30:03 GMT

It could be an EE 3G plan migrated from T-M. What does NUMBER respond obscuring your no.?

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

MarcusGC — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:29:21 GMT

Its only like less than a year old - and i can connect to a 4g network so i dont think its a 3G one...

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

MarcusGC — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:34:06 GMT

ant get my router to send or receive SMS now it keeps hanging

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

MarcusGC — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:41:15 GMT

hold the fort

Not sure how this happened

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

XRaySpeX — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 18:26:17 GMT

What is "this"?

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

CJTalbot — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 06:22:36 GMT

Hi @MarcusGC, I also have this problem. What was the fix?

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

MarcusGC — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 08:38:27 GMT

There isn't one really... I just put the apn details in correctly a dozen
times, got frustrated that it still didn't work, left it go for a few days
and it now sometimes connects to 5g and sometimes not. Marginal at best.
According to EE I should have good indoor and outdoor coverage at my
address. So I don't know. I've tried a few different routers, and this is
the first that has connected at all.

Re: D-Link DWR-978 Doesnt seem to connect to 5g NR

danharper83 — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:23:51 GMT

I'm having the same issue, I have two sims both get 5g on my iPhone but the router won't get 5g signal.

It's really hard to find accurate information about which routers support which networks. I'm using mne for business rather than having to deal with a landline provider.