Rain LTE: Horizontal vs. Vertical (B618)

[OneKnight]

Try this and see if you get the same result:

Place your B618 router on its side instead of standing upright.

I accidentally discovered that this boosted my download speed from 5Mb/s to 15Mb/s in exactly the same location.

Interestingly enough it did not really increase the upload speed.

Also tested this with a Telkom sim in the router, and it too showed a substantial increase in the download speed.

 

[Nerhzelok]

I don't know, this sounds like some freaky ass high-as-a-kite ****.

 

[OneKnight]

I don't know, this sounds like some freaky ass high-as-a-kite ****.

You'd think, but no.

Will run further tests later today and post the results here.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Where is the antenna anyway inside these things?
Isn't it a loop on top?

 

[Leno]

I had the same experience, improved my downloads by 100%

 

[JimboJambo]

No difference at all. but maybe that's because I'm getting good speeds as is.

 

[Flamer283]

Do you mean face down with the antennas pointing up or ?

 

[bdt]

Well, so far, here's the speedtest data; where I've alternated the runs between vertical & horizontal, for a total of ten runs. Odds are vertical, evens are horizontal, and all tests were run against Cool Ideas in Randburg. Columns are ping / download / upload.

2. 18 25.98 13.85
3. 16 32.59 10.96
4. 17 25.82 6.79
5. 15 32.58 7.14
6. 18 30.42 9.34
7. 14 26.82 10.57
8. 18 27.14 7.39
9. 15 31.46 11.03
10. 21 27.21 7.56
11. 14 29.31 10.02

And now to generate the nperf data.