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Regarding LB2120-100UKS.
The Network selection and Data connection options are far too limited to provide any real use from the device. We require the ability to manually select not only the type of Cellular Base Station (3G/4G), but also the particular band/ frequency of the required base station. This is mandatory for our particular application, as in our location we get very poor, unacceptable download speeds when connected to base stations operating on LTE band 20, while we receive an adequate, acceptable download speed when connected to a base station which uses LTE band 3.
See following link for a close approximation of what we require.
In fact a better implementation of the required function would also allow for any/ all individual band/ bands to be enabled or disabled, so that automatic selection could occur between the enabled bands, see following picture.
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2.5 Mbps download, 17.6 Mbps upload on band 20.
39.7 Mbps download, 11.9 Mbps upload on band 3.
Download speed is generally more important than upload for most conventional applications.
- 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.
- Would love this on the AUS version too =)
- Just to add a few words of support to this thread. I live in a rural areal where the radio propagation path is to say the least complex:-- in the winter I can use the GHz+ 4G options, whilst in the summer I need to drop down to the old TV UHF frequencies. Downlink performance is no indication of uplink performance and vice versa.. I can give the modem a little nudge by using frequency tweaked antenna, but I would rather have the flexibility of a broadband MIMO array. So please, Netgear, give us some way to force bands utilised:- other observations in this thread give some good ideas
Looks like the LB2120 has some features to select witch LTE band to use but it not fully implemented and hidden for the normal user.
DarrenM Is there a way you could please escalate this to the developers?
Yeah, I stumbled across those, but unless I am mistaken the band numbers are fixed, it is just the priority that you can change ..... and I believe those band numbers to be specific to the North American market
psynpase wrote:
unless I am mistaken the band numbers are fixed, it is just the priority that you can change ..... and I believe those band numbers to be specific to the North American market
Probably down to the regulators.
This is certainly the case for wifi bands. Locked in the USA, but available for user tweaking in some other markets.
If seems to be down to the FCC, there is nothing that Netgear can do about it.
Does anyone know how this works with other brands?
