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Shauns65's avatar
Shauns65
Aspirant
May 21, 2021

MR5200 poor 5g speeds EE

Somebody please help, i've come from a Nighthawk M2 to an M5 and the 5g speeds i'm getting from it are dreadful, I took the sim out of it and placed it in my Iphone 12 & was getting 300 Mbps download...
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TeeJay74
Virtuoso
May 21, 2021

Is your Band Region setting: LTE and NR5G ?

Shauns65's avatar
Shauns65
Aspirant
May 21, 2021
I’ve tried that setting and the “ALL” setting.
  • JohnPeng's avatar
    JohnPeng
    NETGEAR Expert
    May 21, 2021

    Please makes sure your SIM card is 5G capable. May need to ask your carrier whether your SIM card has the 5G subscription.

     

    Thanks

     

    John

    • Shauns65's avatar
      Shauns65
      Aspirant
      May 22, 2021
      It is John. I placed it into my iPhone 12 Pro Max and got 5g at 300 Mbps from it.
  • W1lliam's avatar
    W1lliam
    Virtuoso
    May 22, 2021
    MR5200 is not having all available bands opened in “Auto” (no longer named “All”), you might need to pick up “LTE and NR5G” to try with full supported bands.
    • Shauns65's avatar
      Shauns65
      Aspirant
      May 22, 2021
      That’s handy to know. Will try that. Thank you.
    • TeeJay74's avatar
      TeeJay74
      Virtuoso
      May 22, 2021

      Network can handle certain amount of CA combos, much less than terminal side. Band region "All" includes 3G which is obsolete technology, so to get best CA combo's it requires "LTE and NR5G". Then it's up to network side what happens next, does network force terminal to use only CA combo's which are supported on the network side(I think this is preferred method), or does it prefer terminal side CA combo list.