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herrie's avatar
herrie
Aspirant
Jan 26, 2022

MR1100

Hi Totally new here

Very difficult to find out how this works, but nevertheless.

I looked to the M1 MR1100 and never found out what the phone uses is.

Can I connect my cellphone to it so I can phone.

I am not so much interested in the wifi - have enough other routers - but I need a cell-phone extender which I can connect to my double cross Polarized antenna and this one is one of the few who has two antenna connections.

But nowhere I can find if I can phone with it and especially HOW FAR is the reach. Do I have to be 25 cm from the devize or can I phone in the whole room say 10 meter from it.

I need one cell-phone extender for the B28 700Mhz but I understood they are available.

And how far should the M1 be from the external antenna to not interfere?

Thanks for some ideas.

 

6 Replies

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru
    Jan 26, 2022

    I guess i"m confused as to what you're attempting. 

    This is a cellular hotspot, not a cellular booster/amplifier. 

     

    You could use it for soemthing like wifi calling. 

     

    A little better description of what you're wanting to use it for might help. 

    • herrie's avatar
      herrie
      Aspirant
      Jan 26, 2022

      Hi Plemans

      First of all : Thank you for your reply.

       

      I Have no cellphone signal in the House.

      I a  have a small - 1 bar , 110 db – on the roof top.

      I installed a cross Polarized antenna for a modem router from Huawai. Given for a test from my Provider in France B28 700Mhz.

      I used an extra SIM cart for this. Costs  € 42 monthly.

      The signal improved very mich to 4 bar 95db in the house. I could even stream TV.

      I could use Wifi-calling. So I cold use the cell-phone in House.

      The provider wants me to use a cloned Sim cart and the moment they activated this They stopped the “wifi calling”

      They want to protect themselves for mis-usage, but in fact they want to protect their money.

      So I do not have any calling possibility anymore which in emergency is very bad.

       

      I try to find a cell-phone modem for my double antenna.

      The M1 has a double aux input.

       

      You write “This is a cellular hotspot”

      That is exact what I am looking for a Hotspot so I can use my cell-phone again.

      Looking on the internet for cellular hotspots it is always about data and wifi and not about cellular phones. Very confusing.

       

      So the question is : Is the M1 a cell-phone hotspot.

      Nice when it has a LAN too so iI can use it instead of the Huawai B535-232, but it is not my first point.

       

      Looking for extenders and amplifiers.

      I found out that none has two aux inputs and most of them do have a very weak signal in the house so you need an extra cell-phone booster (?) . I could not find which one in that case.

       

      I hope I have written the case good enough for a Dutchman.