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Nighthawk M1 - selection of LTE Frequency/Band
Hello there, is there any way to select the LTE Band/Frequency the router should log on to? This would really help to avoid switching from a "good" cell to a bad one. With Huawei Routers I can do th...
2.5 Mbps download, 17.6 Mbps upload on band 20.
39.7 Mbps download, 11.9 on band 3.
Download speed is generally more important than upload for most conventional applications.
Edit: 39.7 Mbps download, 11.9 Mbps upload on band 3.
Just to add a little context, while the device was connected using band 20, the signal strength indicator was showing 4/5, whereas while connected using band 3, the signal strength was showing 2/5.
So the connection using band 3 was actually yielding a substantially superior download speed despite the fact that signal strength was apparently half that of the connection using band 20.