Hi guys. i have been experimenting with rain, i know it is location and tower dependant, but, have you tried fiddling with your router and installing custom firmware that has custom moderms? I am mostly reaching out to owners of Huawei b315s 936 routers. I have been fiddling around with a friend's router and his speeds seem to have picked from 5 - 15mbs. It is not much but hey it is something. Just an idea though.
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I think with TP-Link you can use custom firmware such as OpenWRT and DD-WRT although I've never tried that before.
Check the supported bands on your router as well. As far as I know, RAIN uses bands 1800Mhz and 2600Mhz. If your router supports only one of the two bands that may impact performance as well.
Learn to read will ya. I said i am reaching out to b315s 936 users. It involves installing custom firmwares. Geeez.
Thanks! I think I can look into that.
Not the answer I was expecting, but all good. Thanks.
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What a nice guy.. Title is "To all rain users", guess I need to read too.
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lol, nah there's not much you can do with custom firmware. This was mostly a thing needed for TP-Link routers that couldn't change bands manually like Huawei's already do so if you can already pick up the two bands it uses you won't get better than that I'm afraid, but there's other things you can try with regards to model upgrading, external antennas etc.
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Looks like band selection might be available on beta firmware for TP-Link (although not sure across which models, don't have TP-Link myself except for an old ADSL2 router).
4G LTE Band Selection - Home Network Community
Is there anyway to select the LTE Band or request Beta firmware to Adjust LTE Band? It would be nice to have LTE band scan and LTE Band Lock Speeds could be tested to find the best LTE band for a speciofic location.
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yeah that's what I meant, I'm running this on my MR200 and it's working great so far, only complaint left is the quality of the far away tower that's still poor and subject to frequently disconnectingLooks like band selection might be available on beta firmware for TP-Link (although not sure across which models, don't have TP-Link myself except for an old ADSL2 router).
4G LTE Band Selection - Home Network Community
Is there anyway to select the LTE Band or request Beta firmware to Adjust LTE Band? It would be nice to have LTE band scan and LTE Band Lock Speeds could be tested to find the best LTE band for a speciofic location.community.tp-link.com
I am using TP Link mr6400 and connection is extremely terrible a. I actually get better connection speeds with my ZTE pocket router, but for the last 5 days the connection is horrible to the extend that i am cancelling my service..
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Agree! I'm sure the most you can do with "customizing" the router is to change the band...
Don’t matter really if the tower don’t support the 2600 band then it’s worthless if you ask me ... with the tools we find on the rain thread you can try switching bands so it’s not big deal ... if it works congratulations if it don’t then ... that’s it