That sounds excellent for a rural ISP! On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 8:38 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The T Mobile home internet router arrived yesterday. It is basically > simple router with 2 ports, has a port for WAN and a port for PHONE. > The WAN and PHONE ports had plugs in them and are not used. Also > includes a 2.4 and a 5 ghz wifi bands. It then has an internal "cell > phone" for LTE signal and even has a battery in case the power goes out, > the router will still run. > > I currently have 2 routers at the house, one in my office which was at > the point where the network cable came in for the internet. The other > one is in the living room so its wifi coverage would better reach the > back of the house where the kid is located with his XBox. I had to > refresh my memory on networking basics as it has been a while since I > set one up. > > I really wanted to just use the T Mobile as a modem and run everything > thru the main router in my office. I don't think that is possible so I > had to set the T Mobile router as the gateway and DHCP server with > 192.168.1.1 as its address. set its range of address to something like > .25-.254. I then plugged in both of the other 2 routers into the 2 ports > on the T Mobile router. I sent the router in my office to 192.168.1.2 > with its DHCP turned off, its default gateway is 192.168.1.1 and DNS > server is also 192.168.1.1. Same for the second router except I set its > address to 192.168.1.3. Network is now humming along just fine. > > As far as speeds go, I am testing at around 18-20Mbps, sometimes hitting > up to 30 or so. Not quite in town LTE speeds but what I usually get out > in the sticks. Last night the kid was on his Xbox, while we were > steaming Netflix and I ran several speed tests while this was going on. > It would usually run around 10-12Mbps but would sometimes hit up close > to 18. The kid who always complained about the old internet was happy. > When starting a Netflix show it figured up almost instantly instead of > having to load. > > The old WISP internet was supposed to be 12Mbps for which I was paying > $99 per month usually actually ran at around 4-6. Would sometimes hit > close to 12 but not very often. Many times I would only get 1-3 Mbps > out of it, especially when the kid was on his XBox. Supposedly there > are no data caps and I asked them if they slows down the data after you > pass a certain point. This said since this was a limited amount of > people they were allowing on the service it would not be slowed down. I > am skeptical so I will probably keep the old service active for a month > to see how this works out. Last night after about 7pm till now we have > already used 15.7GB of data. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
