4g Router upgrade

terry111

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I'm presently using an old phone as a mobile hot-spot. I think I could do better with a dedicated 4g router (I'm usually out in the sticks, so 5g seems pointless). I'll use it for TV and Internet on 3 or 4 devices

I've seen ZTE, TP-Link and Kuma. Any recommendations of these or others?
Thanks
 
TJBi said:
I have a ZTE MF920N; very pleased with it.
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This one that I have is a ZTE MF917V, it has two aerial ports and open to all networks, I reset it to factory status and I will be pleased to see it go to a good home, so Terry111, pm me your address, I will send it and let you know the postage cost but whatever that is can you donate it to a cancer charity
 
Tezza33 said:
This one that I have is a ZTE MF917V, it has two aerial ports and open to all networks, I reset it to factory status and I will be pleased to see it go to a good home, so Terry111, pm me your address, I will send it and let you know the postage cost but whatever that is can you donate it to a cancer charity
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Sounds great, thank you. Not sure how to send a pm. Maybe not possible on my phone? I have to go out now but I'll get my computer out later. I'm very happy to make a donation as you suggest.
 
FWIW, I have a ZTE MF920. I'm pleased with it overall, but there is a 'gotcha' in that it doesn't have a port for an external aerial; so I've got to be careful where I put it in the van and so I was looking for something with an external aerial port. Then ...

Tezza33 said:
This one that I have is a ZTE MF917V, it has two aerial ports and open to all networks, I reset it to factory status and I will be pleased to see it go to a good home, so Terry111, pm me your address, I will send it and let you know the postage cost but whatever that is can you donate it to a cancer charity
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I know that's going to a good home, but I found a supplier that's selling these on eBay as open box/refurb for £17.99 and just bit his hand off! Thanks for the pointer...
 
GeoffL said:
FWIW, I have a ZTE MF920. I'm pleased with it overall, but there is a 'gotcha' in that it doesn't have a port for an external aerial; so I've got to be careful where I put it in the van and so I was looking for something with an external aerial port. Then ...


I know that's going to a good home, but I found a supplier that's selling these on eBay as open box/refurb for £17.99 and just bit his hand off! Thanks for the pointer...
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I checked the prices on eBay, Amazon, etc and I saw the ones for £17.99, which is a bargain because these are Wi-Fi 6.
 
I'd like to go down that road, but it escapes me how it works and how I'd set it up. I've noticed in the specs that a lot of New vans come with it.
 
I assume it's just a Carlos Fandango high-gain antenna that boosts the signal and a bit of trickery to let your phone log on to it, it's all work of the divil.
 
Pudsey Bear said:
I'd like to go down that road, but it escapes me how it works and how I'd set it up. I've noticed in the specs that a lot of New vans come with it.
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RSD7a said:
Also interested in this answer
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Pudsey Bear said:
I assume it's just a Carlos Fandango high-gain antenna that boosts the signal and a bit of trickery to let your phone log on to it, it's all work of the divil.
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I don't know if you are both referring to a mobile router, but they are the size of a small mobile phone, you put a SIM card in and instead of using a phone as a hotspot you use this, not everyone needs one, I do because if I use my phone as a hotspot and I leave the van there is no internet available, so my internet cameras don't work, my streaming devices that I am recording something on don't work.
If all you do is access the internet and send emails etc then it would be a waste of money for you.
I have internet available in the van (and my car) 24/7, I use Tapo cameras which record anyone coming near the vehicle, one internal and one security camera outside, I couldn't do this without a permanent internet connection.
I have a Nighthawk M6 in the van (which is why I have this spare one to gift), a Huawei E5577C in the car.
Can you tell that I get bored without a good internet connection 🤣🤣🤣🤣
 
Ah, I see Terry, thank you, I'm ok in the UK, but in France I get a Reglu SIM and put that in my spare S9+ and we both hotspot from that, so to my feeble 05:42 mind, I've got more or less the same.
 
Ah, I see Terry, thank you, I'm ok in the UK, but in France I get a Reglu SIM and put that in my spare S9+ and we both hotspot from that, so to my feeble 05:42 mind, I've got more or less the same.
 
Tezza33 said:
I checked the prices on eBay, Amazon, etc and I saw the ones for £17.99, which is a bargain because these are Wi-Fi 6.
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FWIW, I've now received the ZTE MF971V router and at first I thought I'd got a dud as it returned "No Service" even though it correctly identified the SIM I installed. After some poking around in the settings, I found the network type was set manually to 3G -- and there were no 3G masts within sniffing distance! Changing this to "Automatic" solved the issue. I now just need to find some cheap external antennae, a 12v USB socket and then mount the device semi-permanently in the van.
 
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