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sarahrn76
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Apr 15, 2022

Nighthawk MR1100 tower connection

Hello.  I just got the MR1100 Nighthawk LTE Mobile Hotspot Router from ATT.  I live in a rural area, but have a cell tower within 4 miles from my home.  When I run a speedtest, through speedtest.net,...
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Cricket-user
Guide
Apr 19, 2022

Speedtest.net does not tell you which tower you are connected to. It does allow which server to run a speed test from. The default one may or may not give you the best readings. In your MR1100 settings under diagnostics is the Cell number for the tower it is connected to.  That may match up to a tower if you can get a tower ID location. Chances are you are connected to the closest simply because of best signal, but if not, that is because the closest one is not providing the best signal due to blockage of some kind. External antennas might be one way to improve signal.