LHG LTE6 kit - RBLHGR&R11e-LTE6 Cranberry

My Broadband provider ceased operations and Gigaclear installation could be 6 months away, so I needed a temporary internet solution (in rural Glocestershire). I spent £300 on a Netgear Nighthawk M1 modem and puck antenna, with an O2 SIM, but I could only get 2 bars and 3-5 Mbps on a very intermittent basis (worked for a couple of hours then whole days with nothing). A neighbour recommended the Mikrotik LTE6 so I did some online research and decided to throw another £150 at the problem. I paid for fast delivery on Amazon and received the Mikrotik dish in 2 days (from Denmark). Using the same O2 Sim I'm getting a fairly steady 8-12Mbps, which is better than BT broadband out here (2Mbps), or my previous supplier Voneus (6-8Mbps). Gigaclear will give us over 50Mbps, eventually, but Mikrotik is a great solution till we can get that. It was relatively easy to set up. You need a long Ethernet cable plugged into a laptop to log into the Mikrotik and then you have to check out location and direction for the best signal. The antenna is directional so worth spending the time (using Ookla speed tester) to check the signal in every direction before finalising the perfect location/direction. Be aware that you may need to go onto the roof for best signal and you need to mount this to a pole using the clamps provided. Once I realised that I needed to input the APN code for O2 and took it outside it all worked great - more or less 'out of the box'. I was then able to run the ethernet cable direct to my Mesh Router and I had wifi all over the house again at a steady 8-12 Mbps. So I'm really pleased with this device and would definitely recommend if you're in an area of poor broadband/phone signal. However, if what I wrote above sounds like techno-babble to you, then maybe its not the solution for you.

received product very fast 3 days from shipping. shipped with DHL Express. Setup was easy and straight fwd. I am on island and base station with line of sight is on another island approx 10 km away. Directed antenna there, and immediately it picked up 2 bands 1 and 20. Base station is emitting 1,3,20. I have excluded 1, and allowed only 3 and 20 because when i measured speeds 3 was be than 1. 20 is low freq and it is there if 3 goes down for maintenance or if it get to crowded. all in all, i am satisfied with choice.

Después de demasiadas horas, mas por cabezonería que por necesidad, me di por vencido. No hay forma de conseguir "Carrier aggregation" en este dispositivo. Obviamente me funciona perfectamente en otros routers. Me fuerzo y me conecto a las mismas antenas... consiguiendo velocidades de 50/60mb con LTE+. Pero con este dispositivo no hay forma. Solo se conecta a una, con la consecuente pérdida de velocidad...

These are very much for technically minded individuals. I have been an IT / Network Engineer for over 10 years, so setup was easy. I had to get deep into the command line to change settings for TTL, etc. Overall it works great. I have a strong T-Mobile signal at home and regularly get over 60mbit down, 10mbit up. It makes a great backup to my Unlimited VDSL2 from Frontier that has issues from time to time. These are a great investment as a backup or primary connectivity mecahnism.

Ottimo router. Abito in alta montagna e con questa parabola direttiva sono riuscito a collegarmi perfettamente al ripetitore Vodafone. Passando dai 3mbit del cellulare a 50mbit in ethernet. Il software interno è incredibile. Permette di fare di tutto. Danno anche un alimentatore esterno per il POE. Non c'è bisogno di un router Poe. Basta collegarlo ad un access point wifi. Consigliatissimo

Set up the sim card in a phone, remove it from the phone and put it in the modem, connect the modem to a POE router or use the included adapter, and enjoy. I never had issues with orientation, but I've never tried to use it in a very remote location where the dish would be a gain.