topic Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router in Mobile Network discussions

best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 19:10:33 GMT

hey guys so i recently got the ee 5g router because i live in the middle of nowhere but luckily i have a 5g mass near me, i am getting 80-130 mb download but would like to up it which ee said i could benefit off an antenna but i want to buy and fit my own could anyone recommend which one to get

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

MozzaSec — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:02:01 GMT

best place to look is on the ISP Review forums, as they have a dedicated board to Mobile Broadband, and there are so many options...

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

EssexBoyEE — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:35:53 GMT

Depends on the Router Model No. If it's a Huawei or EE Badged Router with only 2 Antenna Ports then its an easy choice.

If it's a Zyxel NR5301 with 4 Antenna Ports then its not so easy and will depend on your 4G Signal and your 5G Freq Band.

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:39:53 GMT

for model on bottom just says 5gee router it has 4 antenna ports vertically

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:42:08 GMT

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 21:58:44 GMT

is that any good

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:08:20 GMT

https://www.solwise.co.uk/5G-XPOL-1 Would this be Suitable ?

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

EssexBoyEE — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:28:24 GMT

Yes, that's the Zyxel NR5301 with the 4 Antenna Ports, best to say its not as straight forward as the 2 Port Routers because of the way the Ports have been configured (or EE have requested it to be configured).

Youve got a few options with this, depending on what 4G and 5G Bands are in your area, either 2 lots of 2x2 Mimo Antennas or 1 4x4 Mimo Antenna, but the later would need to cover All of EE's 4G and 5G Bands currently being used now or in the future.

On the Routers Status Page (Admin Area) there will be a Signal Status Info, which should report some or all of the following, Network in use 4G or 5G (the later may say NR or NSA), 4G and 5G Bands currently in use, 4G will be B(something) 5G will be n(something), RSRP for both 4 and 5G, enBid or Cell ID Number, plus anything else that apears on the Status Page.

Post up what you have (please dont post any Mobile Numbers or IMEI Numbers).

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:33:10 GMT

Wireless network name: 5GEE-Router-2ZHK

2.4GHz WiFi: Enabled

Connected devices: 0

5GHz WiFi: Enabled

Connected devices: 4

Guest WiFi: Disabled

is this the correct information ? ive never logged onto the ee hub thing to check it

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

EssexBoyEE — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:37:24 GMT

No thats WiFi Info, you need the Status of the Mobile Network.

Let me see if I can find a screenshot on the Web or something.

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:05:24 GMT

Thank you I’m not sure how to navigate this never used it before haha

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 17:37:52 GMT

SIM status:

SIM PIN Verified

Connection status:

Connected

Disconnect

Network name:

Network type:

RSRP:

-111 dBm

RSSI:

-99 dBm

Band:

B3+B7+B3+B1+N78

Is this correct.

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

EssexBoyEE — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 18:45:22 GMT

Ok. yes that's fine. I'm out till quiet late now so I will respond later.

Ideally does it also show the Cell ID or Mast enBID numbers.

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:10:31 GMT

no problem thank you is this it

Cell ID:

7462912

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 22:11:58 GMT

Did you manage to take a look

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 22:53:46 GMT

Was the one I posted adequate ?

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

EssexBoyEE — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:06:45 GMT

Hi, first off, sorry for the delay

@lowdown94 wrote -

Network type: 5G
RSRP: -111 dBm
RSSI: -99 dBm
Band: B3+B7+B3+B1+N78
Cell ID: 7462912

Ok, so let's start with the Good News, the good news is .....there isn't much Bad News, you're picking up and getting good 4G+ (4G LTE Advanced) and 5G.

On the 4G side you're getting good CA (Carrier Aggregation) your Router is Registering on Band 3 (1800mhz PCi 208) and getting additional CA on Band 3 (1800mhz), Band 1 (2100Mhz) and Band 7 (2600Mhz). On the 5G side you're Picking up Band n78 (3500Mhz), this Signal Info is all good stuff. The 5G n78 Band is the better of all of EE's 5G Bands, again good news, it's the one to have for best Bandwidth and hence speed, despite that fact that it's a bit of an odd ball in its own frequency compared to the normal 4G Bands and this is where it's important to source and install the correct Antenna(s).

Going slightly Off-Piste here, a quick average calculation of your available bandwidth is, on 4G, 20+15+15+20 Mhz and 5G, 40 Mhz so an average Total of over 100mhz, all very techy but again this is good news and should provide a fairly decent and more to the point consistent download speed quality for your Router.

From the information you provided your Router is Registering on its Cell ID 7462912 and firing Sector 0 to you, which is an EE mast located at Sunnydale Nursery, Mansfield Woodhouse, this EE Site seems to be recently updated from an original 4G to a newer 4/5G mast which is also a bonus as your 4G registration and the 5G NSA Signal layer are coming from the same Mast, so this in effect rules out the need for 2 separate External Antennas to cover two different Site locations, meaning you can concentrate your External Antenna for both 4G and 5G using a single Antenna setup in the same direction.

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

EssexBoyEE — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:10:21 GMT

Have a look at my above post Re your Cell ID location and recommendations, and I will look at your suggested Antenna (Poynting specs) and post back in the morning.

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 10:00:41 GMT

Hey that’s for the detailed reply, yes all that tech talk is very confusing for me 😂 but I’m glad it’s good news for once not bad Mansfield wood house nursery is about a mile from me so not to far, this was the antenna I was looking at no clue if it’s any good https://www.solwise.co.uk/5G-XPOL-1

Re: best outdoor antenna for my 5gee router

lowdown94 — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 22:58:50 GMT

Need something good asap my signal keeps dropping so really need antenna I guess