ATT Nighthawk LTE Mobile Hotspot Router LTE Bands

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Just got this and set it up. I dont have an external antenna yet&nbsp; My home has great reception since its on a high ridge with line of sight to horizen. this device locks onto LTE band 12 at -93 dbm in window. Band 2 is also in my area and my smartphones will switch to band 2 put in the window at -99dbm.&nbsp; band 12 is giving me 25mb down and 5 up on nighthawk.&nbsp; Band 2 on my smartphones will give 82mb down 20mb up. night hawk refuses to switch to band 2 in my window. Very disappointed at this is there any method to force the nighthawk onto band 2?? Im still waiting for the external mimo antenna but not sure this will help...&nbsp;

JSchnee21 · Answer

Shoot, lost my first response.&nbsp;Unfortunately, no.&nbsp; There's nothing in the Mobile App or web based interface to choose a particular band.&nbsp; Many have been asking for a similar feature.&nbsp; Though in general most mobile MFG seem reluctant to give this capability.&nbsp;I assume both bands are on the same tower?&nbsp; If they were not, some have had success using a directional antenna tuned for Band 2 and pointing it at the tower with Band 2 (UL1850 - 1910&nbsp; DL1930 - 1990 MHz).&nbsp; You could also try a 700MHz filter.&nbsp;Or an amplifier that lets you tune the gain on individual bands -- like this one:https://www.surecall.com/signal-booster/home-office/FUSION4HOME/&nbsp;Theoretically, once carrier aggregation is ubiquitious this should be less of an issue.&nbsp; But, I've not yet been convinced my MR1100 is even doing CA on AT&amp;T yet.&nbsp; I agree, I often get faster download speeds on my old iPhone 6s.&nbsp;Ultimately the tower&nbsp; / band selection&nbsp;algorithms are controlled by the carrier.&nbsp; They may just want to park on you on a particular band and will bias the device to connect in that order.&nbsp; This is done on the carrier update file and/or by the tower.&nbsp;-Jonathan

ubeguy9613 · Answer

Thanks Jonathan,&nbsp; Band 2 on same tower. Very interesting. I am not convinced either this device has active CA on it even in the short time I have had it. Think I have seen a&nbsp; small window high frequency only external antenna for 1700 to 2100. I have to research again and will post the link when I find it.&nbsp;

ubeguy9613 · Answer

Heres the link.&nbsp; &nbsp;https://www.ebay.com/i/182409255737?chn=ps&amp;dispItem=1

countrywidewifi · Answer

Keep us updated on if the antenna is successful on making the hotspot lock on to band2. I have a similar problem here

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ATT Nighthawk LTE Mobile Hotspot Router LTE Bands

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