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Ret60spFirst activity
asked in Gateways and devices
Using the TMobile ISP Box sim in a Netgear LB1120

I have the unlimited TMobile ISP internet modem, and it works ok, but it has limitations that I can solve by using a different modem.  The TMobile ISP box does NOT have a bridge mode and it does NOT have external ports for external antennas.  For those of us in rural areas this means we get maybe 1 bar of service.  The NO bridge mode means I either intend to let the TMobile modem be a router as well as a modem, and I don’t like this idea for several reasons: 1) The firewall sucks.  2) no masquerade 3) No detail configurable firewall with subnets, 4) No embedded GPS for location & 5) the 2.4 & 5 Mhz Wifi is not powerful enough to reach the far corners of the home and those emitters interfere with the cellular signal at 1 bar, making upload speeds suck for a Plex server.  So I prefer my Mikrotik router, and my Mikrotik AP’s stanmding alone on the network - which means I need the TMobile ISP modem to be in bridge mode, (but they don’t have a bridge mode) or I’ll encounter a double

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2 years ago
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Toastman88First activity
asked in Troubleshooting
Home Internet slow speed anyway to force b12?

Hi everybody new to the community hope everyone is doing well 🙂 I'm currently on my 2nd Nokia 5g21 gateway which seems to connect to b12 temporarily kick over to b2 primary n71 secondary which creates a miserable experience about 3 down and about the same up I was if there is anyway I can or someone can force b12 on this device it would seem to be the only way at this point I could have a meaningful internet connection with this service thanks everyone for their time

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2 years ago
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mezRookie
asked in Troubleshooting
Setting up guest network on t-mobile highspeed home internet

Hi all, just received our new home high speed home internet device (the barrel-shaped gray one) and so far, so good. Is there a way to set up a guest network on it, so there are two separate logins on the device?The end goal is to create a separate system for our smart devices, so the next question is whether we can set up a normal router (vs a mesh) and accomplish that (like we did previously with our former coaxial cable internet provider).Thanks in advance for your help!

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2 years ago
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vicki4575First activity
asked in Troubleshooting
Home Internet Dreadfully Slow

We recently set up our TMobile home internet and after many issues, a new SIM card, the speed is literally 1mbps download!  Unlike the service we’re used to, the troubleshooting tech support has not been great.  Any ideas or suggestions?  Apparently it’s going to take them 5 days to escalate this and get us an answer.

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2 years ago
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Lemon CoveFirst activity
posted in Troubleshooting
Home Internet No 5G connection - Shunts me to poor 4G band

I was sold this home internet based upon “Excellent 5G signal strength” where I live, and promise of 50+Mbps.  I’ve had the unit for a couple weeks.Secondary connection (5G) never connects.  Is a special SIM card needed to get 5G?Primary connection cant be locked, and it initially connects to band B12 (5 bars) when rebooted, then quickly changes to band B4/B66 which have terrible (2 bars).  Tech support has been less than helpful.  I knew more than the first rep, then second rep said my tower was being upgraded and would be finished March 21.  The 21st came and no change.My other provider uses the T-Mo network, and I can lock to 4G band B12 with excellent signal strength and get around 15Mbps.  Dont understand why T-Mo boots me to a band with poor signal strength and abysmal speed.

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2 years ago
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TimswHelper Level 1
asked in Troubleshooting
Do you have 1609 gateway firmware update yet and how is it working for you?

It’s September 14, 2021, and the awaited 1.2101.00.1609 gateway firmware update was finally pushed out to me automatically. You can see if you have it yet in the GUI. Select “Overview” and It is called “Software Version” below the gateway icon to the right.You can see the GUI for your gateway by typing 192.168.12.1 in the address window of a browser. If you haven’t gotten the new 1609 version pushed out to you yet, you will see the old version 0178 still. Please note that Tmobile does these gateway upgrades automatically, pushing them out over weeks, so you may not get yours for a few weeks yet.According to the  T-mo Report of a month ago, here is what is in the update:The update claims to fix two known VPN issues, one with Cisco AnyConnect and one with GlobalProtect. More importantly, the update claims to improve the poor 5G signal experience. Apparently, this fixes situations where a 5G signal is poor and the LTE signal would be a better connection. If you think that means if you hav

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2 years ago
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thejuiceweaselFirst activity
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Slow downloads on PlayStation 5?

The PS5's internet connection test always reads 300+mbps download speed, but PS5 Downloads (game patches) download slowly on THI.THI gets really good service and speed in my area and all of my Wi-Fi devices get fast, stable speeds as well. The only exception is the PS5 download speeds. No idea why they're always slow while anything else is fast.Is there a setting the PS5 needs changed or maybe a setting or issue with the Gateway??Thanks

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2 years ago
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redhandy1First activity
asked in Troubleshooting
T-Mobile internet

My modem/router is only showing two bars. My app says I have a weak signal. My speednet checks are from 250 to almost 400 mbps. I am not complaining but I am confused. 

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tinslep
2 years ago
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vampLerFirst activity
asked in Troubleshooting
Home Internet Issues/Rant

I’ve had T-Mobile home internet for about a six weeks. The first three weeks it was awesome. My speeds were between 20-70mbps. I live in a rural area and my land line DSL would top out at 10mbps on a good day. I kept my land line for two week overlapping my T-Mobile home internet to make sure there weren’t any issues, as I was skeptical it would work in my area. It did though and it worked great. SO after two weeks I canceled my DSL line (Big mistake!) After three weeks there was a complete (T-Mobile) cellular outage in my area. After that my Home internet won’t work during the day. At night from approximately 11PM-6:30AM (night time) it works fine usually at speeds above 50mbps. However after 6:30AM (sunrise) I get about 55kbps if I get anything at all. My phone also will also not work in 5G during these same hours. I’ve had to set all the phones in my house to 4G only so I can get any internet access at all. I’ve been calling into tech support everyday for the last two weeks with no

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2 years ago
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DrMan217First activity
posted in Troubleshooting
Newly Installed LTE Home Internet, Now Slow Speed...

Just installed the LTE Home Internet yesterday and worked great out of the box after setup, called AT&T and cancelled the internet service right away. Now today my internet speeds are way down. Is there something I’m missing? Is there a way to reliably test the internet Up/Down speeds? Signal thing says very good with four bars. Would like my speed to be back up again.  Side note, we are a large family with easily 15-20 devices that would connect to the router. 

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2 years ago
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Cornet579First activity
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T mobile internet is working perfectly

I am glad I did not depend on this community forum for my decision to try T mobile home internet.  I live in a suburb of Cincinnati and have been using T mobile for 6 weeks now.  The first gateway picked up 3 bars signal strength but would not stay connected.  T mobile concluded the gateway was defective and promptly sent a replacement gateway which I use with a Netgear Nighthawk router (30 connected devices). I am using a small USB powered fan to keep the gateway cool.  I have consistently had download speeds between 200 and 300 mbps with a rare drop to around 100.  Spectrum was 200 max.  Upload speeds range from 10 to 30.  Spectrum was 10 max.  The gateway is sensitive.  Rotating the cylinder about 30 degrees increased download speed by 50 mbps. Only one internet drop for about 5 minutes late one night which was traced to work on the nearby cell tower. 

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2 years ago
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MNSamFirst activity
asked in Troubleshooting
Slow MiFi

I just received and set up a new MiFi 5G hotspot. Yesterday, things seemed pretty good, although I didn’t run a speed test. This evening, the MiFi is slower than the DSL router with downloads ranging from 0.49mbps to 4.44mbps. I’ve restarted it and the MacBook Pro but nothing seems to help. I have 4 bars showing on the hotspot. What’s the solution? I don’t need to be paying for a slower solution than the DSL I was trying to replace.

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3 years ago
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devtinagubHelper Level 1
asked in Gateways and devices
connecting smart devices

how do you connect smart devices? i have smart home light bulbs that require 2.4ghz band to setup. they connect to my cox internet (getting ready to say bye) which broadcasts the 2.4 band separately but this gateway doesn't separate the ssid broadcast so it seems like it wont work but hopefully I'm just confused.

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3 years ago
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Aaron WatSonFirst activity
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T Mobile home internet under 1mbps speeds

got up this morning and i’m only getting 500-800kbps download speed on my t mobile home internet, i’m located in arlington va, is it just mine thats messed up or is this a more widespread problem, have tried multiple resets through the router itself, as well as powering it off for about 20 minutes, no luck.

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3 years ago
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K4DKXFirst activity
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Devices

How many devices can I connect to my wifi knowing that speed will change.

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3 years ago
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RobertbFirst activity
posted in Troubleshooting
Has anyone figured out how to configure port forwarding on home internet on Nokia modem

I’m trying to setup basic port forwarding rules for cameras as well as RDP access to my computer. The unit is so simple it’s dummy proof to the extreme. I tried calling t-Mobile, but the tech support gave the the website to Nokia and said have at it (Useless support). Has anyone found a different firmware that allows any of these modification or am I out of luck; if so, this thing is going back to T-Mobile!

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3 years ago
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steve-home-internetFirst activity
asked in Troubleshooting
Home Internet Slow Upload Speeds in 06877

I’m new to T-Mobile’s Home Internet service.  I only have about 2 bars connectivity inside my house (3 bars outside).  The download speeds are consistently >100MB/S, but the upload speeds are too often <3 or even as low as 1.5 MB/S.  I have moved the device to different rooms and into different orientations with no improvement.  Would an external antenna or positioning outside (within a weather enclosure) improve my upload speed experience?thanksSteve  

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3 years ago
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MGM46Rookie
asked in Troubleshooting
USB Access Point

I have the TMobile home internet and it works fine but the Gateway has no USB ports.  Does someone have a suggestion on the best way to add USB ports (Preferably 4)  Currently I am using a Netgear router as an access point.  It has one USB and is slow as can be.  Is there a solution that won’t break the bank?ThanksMGM

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scottjd
3 years ago
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ka79535Rookie
posted in Troubleshooting
Home internet not the option for rural areas that was hoped for.

I live in a rural area an while I am pretty close to a T-Mobile tower, there are lots of trees. I just received the T-mobile home internet receiver and, so far after 3 days, I can tell this is not going to work. My internet is currently through Frontier and I get about 16  up and  1 down.T-mobile had promised me I would get 20 minimum down. Well, it is more like an average of about  10 to 11 mbps down. I have hit  mbps twice during constant speed tests.Sadly, this just is not living up to promises or expectations. It likely works fine in an urban setting, but the signals are just too weak in rural settings, or at least the one I am in.T-mobile is very loose with there definition of areas where this can function as described. 

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scottjd
3 years ago
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Firebirds36First activity
asked in Troubleshooting
Block Spam Messages on High Speed Gateway

My high speed gateway is getting spam messages that might be causing my connection to drop. Is there a way to block Spam messages to the gateway?

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3 years ago
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Mstrunk448First activity
posted in Gateways and devices
Devices wont connect to home internet

Hi! We just got our home internet device yesterday. Set up easily with the app and shows everything is connected with excellent range. However, we can’t get any device to connect to the internet. Every single device says “connected, no internet access”. I’ve tried calling a few times today to no avail. I have tried resetting, restore to factory settings and starting from scratch, moving locations, everything but connecting via Ethernet because well, I don’t have a cord. Nothing works.  Any advice to try is appreciated! 

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3 years ago
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ROLLAWAYNEFirst activity
asked in Troubleshooting
is it possible to get a static IP address in order to use HULU as my TV provider?

My TV provider HULU needs a static IP address to ensure my location. Dynamic IP addressing will not work with HULU .

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MisterK
3 years ago
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007BondMI6Helper Level 3
asked in Troubleshooting
Backordered

Being fed up with my current internet provider raising cost, data caps and chargers for overage, not great speeds, as well as bundles of services I don't need I decided to switch or at least give T-M a try. My current contract is up in Aug and will go up quite a lot unless I sign up for a long term contract that I don't want to do. I also live in a neighborhood that has an exclusive contract with Comcast so I have no other options for internet that is wired to the home.So I placed my order a week ago, shortly after I received email confirmation of my order with ETA Sept due to backorders. The rep said I could use the link in the email to check status but that still says no orders for me check back after 48 hours of placing the order. Well that was a week ago so 48 hr has come and gone a few times.Is anyone else seeing this same ETA and the order not showing in your account after the 48hr?If I at the least seen the order in my account that would be a positive indicator.Thanks

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iTinkeralot
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3 years ago
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EricMFirst activity
asked in Troubleshooting
5G Home Internet is not 5G

I guess when I see 5G Home Internet titles and my house sits in the 5G Ultra Capacity on the map.  I assume I am getting 5G service with a 5G device.  Talking with a friend with the same service he mentioned our devices are not 5G capable.  Is 5G Internet home with 5G coverage and 5G devices released?  If not when does T-Mobile expect this to occur?To the community who reads this the 4G LTE is doing the job for the most part out side a few speed glitches.  It is more around getting what I thought I was buying.Thanks I looked forward to the response.

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3 years ago
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jviolaRookie
asked in Troubleshooting
Where to find new firmware

Does anyone know where to download the latest firmware or how to find out if you have the latest firmware?

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iTinkeralot
Pillar
3 years ago
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