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Any Secret to using an external antenna with the LG6100D?
Hello. I'm thrilled to have a shiny-new Netgear LTE Gateway LG6100D from Sprint, or I was until I cannot get it to work with an external antenna system. I bought a 50' LMR-400 cable and an adapto...
Well maybe some tips for you:
1. Are you pointing it at your correct ISP's antenna?
2. Maybe you need to earth the antenna?
3. Depending on the ISP/s antenna it may be only dispersing 180 degrees, so you could be potentially pointing towards the rear at the antenna and therefore its doing nothing for you.
I'm a mobile provider engineer. Ask me anything.
1. Are you pointing it at your correct ISP's antenna?
2. Maybe you need to earth the antenna?
3. Depending on the ISP/s antenna it may be only dispersing 180 degrees, so you could be potentially pointing towards the rear at the antenna and therefore its doing nothing for you.
I'm a mobile provider engineer. Ask me anything.
I bought an external antenna just today to hook up to the 6100d. I could not get it to recognize although the two paddle antennas worked.
Our Sprint Tower is having issues per Sprint but my old Clear Express Hub with external Amp antenna worked just fine on same tower. Of course WIMAX is now shutdown.
The antenna I bought is a Hawkings MIMO HOA12DP. It supports both 2.4 and 5 ghz but not working. Sprint did not have a list of compatible externals. Netgear does not have a list. Amazon and Ebay sell a couple that are touted to work.
Any suggestions? If changing channels from 41 to 25 would work, let me know.
Helpless in Dallas2 things to check - make sure the male pin on the antenna is reaching the female conector, I had one that was to short. You may have to file the non treaded extention to the female on the router to make the pin reach. Band 25 is a freqency that seems to be stronger than 41.
I just turned off Band 41 in advanced setting and my signal strenght went from 1-2 to 5 bars. Had to get MSL from Sprint to try it and it worked.
Open Sprint Gateway router webpage and do the following - Settings, Network, Setup, Advanced Settings, Get MSL# from Sprint and enter, uncheck 41box, Submit.
It also increased the SINR/SNR to a better quality which is what I was looking for as my VOIP needs a clean signal. Lost a little speed in down load but worth it.
This site has good information to understand what all the readings mean.
http://knowledge.digi.com/articles/Knowledge_Base_Article/Understanding-LTE-Signal-Strength-Values
After I did this I decided I didn't need a antenna.
Hopes this helps
VSPP
PS The 2.4 and 5 ghz are not what you are recieving from the tower but is the wi-fi sent out by the router.
