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The extra bandwidth however, means I don't have to nurse my network when we are all busy doing something.
The current QoS and limiting rules will remain in place whether 10Mbps ADSL or xxxxMbps LTE-A
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External Antenna for Huawei B618s-22d
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life is good, and do you need to pay for more data? life is also costing.
DominionZA
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Life costs anyway. May as well spend where you enjoy it the most.
DominionZA
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Tomatousb flashed on an Asus RT-N66U
DominionZA
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My speeds are still consistent at 50 to 70Mbps since I did what you are busy doing.
Good luck!
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Has anyone tried these 15dbi Yaggi antenna's on the Huawei B618 routers: http://www.otto.co.za/product/lte-3g-4g-gsm-yagi-antenna-11db-with-bracket-and-7-meter-cable/ ?
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Bought 2 TS9 to SMA male connectors.
Increases signal quite a lot with my xpol 6 antenna. Speeds only marginally better though like 20 down and 25Mbps upload. Similar speeds on my Huawei B315 so I'm doubting this tower is activating LTE-A but yeah....
https://www.zasttra.com/products/15cm-ts9-male-to-sma-female-cable
Shipping took like 3 weeks because they import it.
Increases signal quite a lot with my xpol 6 antenna. Speeds only marginally better though like 20 down and 25Mbps upload. Similar speeds on my Huawei B315 so I'm doubting this tower is activating LTE-A but yeah....
https://www.zasttra.com/products/15cm-ts9-male-to-sma-female-cable
Shipping took like 3 weeks because they import it.
DominionZA
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Ouch. Mine were overnight from Otto or something like that.Bought 2 TS9 to SMA male connectors.
Increases signal quite a lot with my xpol 6 antenna. Speeds only marginally better though like 20 down and 25Mbps upload. Similar speeds on my Huawei B315 so I'm doubting this tower is activating LTE-A but yeah....
https://www.zasttra.com/products/15cm-ts9-male-to-sma-female-cable
Shipping took like 3 weeks because they import it.
Any reason you went the import route?
Zasttra.com have these external LTE antennae on special with Black Friday Code BFW5 for R410
https://www.zasttra.com/products/hi...-x-19cm-x-2-1cm?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=2
There is also this LTE MIMO antenna for R522
https://www.zasttra.com/products/lf...-port-s-pc-0506?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=1
......and an LTE Yagi for R400 here:
https://www.zasttra.com/products/hi...hz-yagi-antenna?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=1
Cannot vouch whether any of these will work better than the Poynting or Otto Ottenna ones on the RAIN network though
The RP-SMA to TS9 Adapters are here for R43 each:
https://www.zasttra.com/products/rp-sma-to-ts9-adapter?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=1
indoor LTE Antenna with TS9 connector for R274 here:
https://www.zasttra.com/products/4g...for-huaweiwhite?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=2
https://www.zasttra.com/products/hi...-x-19cm-x-2-1cm?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=2
There is also this LTE MIMO antenna for R522
https://www.zasttra.com/products/lf...-port-s-pc-0506?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=1
......and an LTE Yagi for R400 here:
https://www.zasttra.com/products/hi...hz-yagi-antenna?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=1
Cannot vouch whether any of these will work better than the Poynting or Otto Ottenna ones on the RAIN network though
The RP-SMA to TS9 Adapters are here for R43 each:
https://www.zasttra.com/products/rp-sma-to-ts9-adapter?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=1
indoor LTE Antenna with TS9 connector for R274 here:
https://www.zasttra.com/products/4g...for-huaweiwhite?ref=isp_rel_prd&isp_ref_pos=2
cavedog
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Bought from them my adapters. They import from China then ship it so expect your items to be locally couriered only 15 days after placing your order. That said once it was couriered it was next day.
Basically resell Chinese products so if you want to save more but don't want to wait you could also try alliexpress but longer wait + possible customs duties. Also can not comment on whether the Chinese antennas work as good or better as local ones.
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That does not sound right. I had to like force my connectors in they sit really tight.
I also have the same problem, did not try forcing too hard was scared, will give it a try
(my adapters were from Takealot)
Yes mine are from Takealot as well said it was a Poynting product though .....
Maybe you could try to wedge in a small piece of thin paper between the connector and the socket to get it to stay in place.
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Got my XPOL-6-10M from Takealot and SMA to TS9 Pigtail Connector Converter from GeeWiz https://www.geewiz.co.za/jumper-cables/56745-sma-to-ts9-pigtail-connector-converter.html. Up and running in 3 days and boosted my connection by a lot went from 5-30mbps dl to 30-60mbps dl 
Got my XPOL-6-10M from Takealot and SMA to TS9 Pigtail Connector Converter from GeeWiz https://www.geewiz.co.za/jumper-cables/56745-sma-to-ts9-pigtail-connector-converter.html. Up and running in 3 days and boosted my connection by a lot went from 5-30mbps dl to 30-60mbps dl
You are very lucky, My speeds only got worse with the Antenna. lol.