Best External LTE Antenna Options for Huawei B818 Router: Recommendations & Buying Guide

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The question is, what external LTE antenna to buy Huawei B818

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The best one, why did you buy this crap from TP-link?

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I needed internet on a recreational plot, unfortunately the coverage is poor there and I need quite a high speed.
@ matek451 Your answer did not contribute anything the best , give a specific model if you know it.
Why shit from TP-Link .

Thanks for any suggestions and suggestions.
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You gave "precise" information, you got the same answer, the antenna is selected for a specific band, you need to know the operator, the location of the plot and its closest BTSs and LTE bands on them, do some tests.
MR600 is a router with 2 CC CA but it does not aggregate B7 + B1 and B3 + B1, it does not have advanced signal diagnostics and BTS - and, you cannot force specific aggregation bands on it, worth PLN 200 and there are several models on the market that these functions do. For PLN 650, today you can buy a router with LTE category 9 and even LTE category 19 at which this TP-link is a toy.

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@ matek451 I am asking for specificities , the distance is about 6 km, not a toy you can suggest

Data from btsearch.pl is irrelevant, in the case of Play the LTE network looks completely different, most of this operator's stations are unverified and the bands on them also work. Please forgive the operators of Orange and T-Mobile, they do not exist there and the only station in Pełczyce with a bare LTE800 is laughter in the hall and mockery of customers, avoid like fire. Plus, in turn, has 3 stations with LTE1800 + 900. You should do the Play and Plus tests at the beginning, and above all, what is the place?

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Data from btsearch.pl is irrelevant, in the case of Play the LTE network looks completely different, most of this operator's stations are unverified and the bands on them also work. Please forgive the operators of Orange and T-Mobile, they do not exist there and the only station in Pełczyce with a bare LTE800 is laughter in the hall and mockery of customers, avoid like fire. Plus, in turn, has 3 stations with LTE1800 + 900. You should do the Play and Plus tests at the beginning, and above all, what is the place?

@mothers, my assumption was not to reveal the exact place , 3 times I was robbed for several thousand .
Okay, the data goes to PW.
Please provide specific equipment . TP-Link has a chance of a refund.
At the town you mentioned there are physically three relays.

The operator's choice is obvious, i.e. Play, the nearest station is Jarosławsko with LTE1800 and LTE800, in Pełczyce, aggregation of 3 bands, i.e. LTe1800 + 2100 + 800.

@ matek451 operator Ok to eat, although I am fighting with Play on various matters. Specificities please, router? antenna?
I will add that I have cards with PremiumMobile, Plusz, Nju, Orange and preferably in TP-Link, everything was flickering with PremiumMobile, but there is not enough data for two weeks it went 25GB

What are your problems with Play? Prejudices don't matter, maybe you have the teleon of this operator. And what does it mean with Śmigało on the PLUSA network? This is a poverty because BTS Plus in Jarosławsko works only on LTE900 aero2, i.e. on 5MHz band, by design it is slow and clogged. Play has 15MHz bandwidth on LTE1800 and 5MHz on LT800 with a total of 20MHz, i.e. 4x as much as Plus, it is radio and resources decide about speeds. On the other hand, Pełczynie Plus has a 20MHz band on LTE1800 AERO2 and 5MHz on the mentioned LTE900, 25MHz in total, Play is just like in Jarosławsko, i.e. 20MHz on LTE1800 + 800 and additionally 10MHz band on LTE2100 and it is possible to run LTE2600 on another 20MHz band, you need it check near this BTS-A. Why do you need Orange cards? This is a muck in this area, which is not enough. In this area, in recent years only Play has invested in the network and has left the competition far behind. Selection of the operator, equipment and antenna always after testing. All you need is an LTE phone with Android and the application https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.mroczis.netmonster&hl=pl as well as Play and Plus cards (Plush or Premium0, outdoor test and screenshots from the application and speedtests.

@ matek451 Okay, tomorrow I'll take a ride and test. I won't describe problems with Play here because it's not a topic. I bought cards from various prepaid operators for testing.
I still do not know what router (no crap from TP-Link for so much money )suggestions because we write, we write and nothing is short of time . If it is possible, I will come tomorrow and give screenshots.
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For aggregation of 2 LTE bands, including LTE2100 + 1800 and LtE1800 + 800 or LTE1800 + 900 Huawei B535 l only not with Orange because they have a simlock. On Allegro, OLX is 250-350 PLN, with aggregation of 3 LTE bands is B715 for about 400 PLN. And for PLN 650, you buy the best LTE router, i.e. B818, both come from Play, you can manage LTE bands on them and do signal diagnostics using external applications for Android or Windows. In Play, the B818 subscription costs PLN 229.

You could provide a link to this B818 for 229 in Play because unfortunately I cannot find this offer on the website. It is not laziness, I have made various combinations of offers and I cannot find this one

Currently, there is no B818 in the online store, for PLN 229 there is a 200GB subscription for PLN 70, but there are options to have such a subscription for PLN 50 / month and a router at this price as above. Ask at https://forumplay.pl/showthread.php/55333-Int...u-GB-(200)-z-urz%C4%85dzeniem-Promocja/page40 business advisors have vouchers for such an offer and access to B818 .

Thanks, we will wait for the response of the advisors for now. On the well-known portal 9 .... Any external antenna for this equipment?

Do the tests first, you need to check what bands are on the PLAY BTSs.

Such results from the application


I do not know if that was it. There was one more frequency, but I did not have time to make a screen, probably 2100

This is BTS Pełczyce, the signal on LTE800 is weak and even worse on LTE1800 and probably LTE2100, an external antenna is necessary.

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@ matek451 necessary OK but what? I'm assuming by next week I will have a B818

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Will something like that work?

https://allegro.pl/oferta/antena-dual-tajfun-ii-3g-4g-lte-46dbi-zte-huawei-7207646700

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Do not joke, I certainly do not recommend the equipment from this trader, trash, the description is a load of rubbish and the profit sucked from your finger, contradicts the laws of physics, the LOG-PERIOD antenna has no chance to achieve such a profit. Wait for the router, you will do tests on it, let's select the antenna.

OK, I'm waiting for the router. I'll let you know.
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The router has arrived I'm going out into the field tomorrow . How - computer, phone, application to test the router connection?

And d..pa. Router purchased from the promotion you entered The advisor did his job Three, sometimes two LEDs shine from the antenna, so the signal is OK. Unfortunately, the cameras are practically impossible to control.
On the old TP-Link MR6400 one dash but it works quite smoothly. I wanted to replace it because it sometimes crashed. On the TP-Link MR600 that I returned, the control and preview of the cameras also worked much smoother, although only one line was shining.
I checked both on the Play card and on Premiummobile, Njumobile (on the old router on all cards it is similar, i.e. relatively smooth, you can control, cameras react relatively quickly to commands to change position and zoom)
Maybe something needs to be changed in the B818 settings? I just don't really see any possibilities there.
And one more disadvantage of B818 - no remote access as MR600 had

What is your upload / download performance on the B818?

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@jimasek, unfortunately, I am not there where the equipment is, unfortunately I do not have remote access .
I made such screenshots this morning

Weak signal so what do you expect? What are the parameters of the up.down link, it is probably crucial and prevents the correct operation of the camera controlled and viewed from the Internet - @ matek451 have a look at it.

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It looks like something else, maybe some problem with UL or communication with cameras.

I think this is a problem with the upload, but without specifics it is difficult to deduce something after the signal.

@_cheetah_ hello, @ jjimasek
Communication with cameras? rather not, they are connected via LAN and WiFi. On the old equipment, as I described, it works fairly smoothly, only the router sometimes had triggers .
Being on site and connecting the computer or smart with WiFi B818, the control and operation of the cameras is ... extraordinary.
Now, somewhere around 15 minutes from home, the software on the computer and on the smartphone also works very smoothly. The card currently sitting in B818 is Prem ..., ultimately it should be the one from the Play set. In the morning when I was there, Premi was doing better ... that's why I left her until tomorrow.
Well, at the moment it is busy ..., the camera's reactions are immediate, but it's been for several minutes

@ kameleon11116 - take into account that the entire internet network is now very overloaded. We're having a hard time.