Fast.com is run by Netflix and tells the network that it is a video stream from Netflix. Apparently Viasat throttles video streaming.

When I was a customer Netflix didn't think Vissat counted as an internet connection (not far from the truth) so count yourself lucky.

If a reseller is truly your only option, then check out https://privacy.com/ They will let you create a virtual Credit Card to just use at this one place, set spending limits, and most importantly, delete if you have trouble canceling with a service.

I second, stay away from Ubiquiti equipment. I used them at first for a few years, and have since gone over to Mikrotik. If you're in a valley and surrounded by trees you're going to want lower frequency service. 600-900mhz to penetrate the foilage, and even then it prob wont be super fast. I believe t-mobile has 600mhz. You may want to look into installing a tower to get above the tree line. You will also want your modem as close to the antenna as possible to prevent signal degradation over long runs of coax. I would prob recommend the Mikrotik LHG LTE.

Any recommendations? Like what would I look for, basically just a roof mounted directional yagi antenna right? Would this work?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09N9CCSF1/ref=ewc\_pr\_img\_1?smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&psc=1

Regular OpenWrt also works and doesn't come with as many issues as goldenorb

https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/smartphone.usb.tethering

Not that goldenorb is bad... I've been using it for over a year with my quectel em12-g, but that's exactly what it was designed for. It has a lot of modifications that aren't necessary for tethering, some of which are rather annoying (dhcp pass-through absolutely doesn't work if you want a "bridge-mode", for example)...

Goldenorb (rooter) from www.ofmodemsandmen.com should be able to handle tethering natively. It is a custom OpenWrt build with some extras for cellular modems.

If you would prefer stock OpenWrt then check out these instructions for adding tethering functionality: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/smartphone.usb.tethering

hello, I can confirm others are having similar issues with smart devices not working

we have to see if we can provide a solution for them but 100% it is something on this new sim/plan

have you try to use a VPN and then try to connect to your boxes?

Something like NordVPN?

depending on your antenna. NOT certain about other antennas. The Wilson I got had an SMA female and the Mofi has an 'N' female. My cable was SMA Male to N Male.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RXWHG5X?psc=1&pf\_rd\_p=f432e763-8872-4b0e-8b69-92927cc4af32&pf\_rd\_r=Y2CYRSVYRTFVYZCMSZ1C&pd\_rd\_wg=IOJQI&pd\_rd\_i=B07RXWHG5X&pd\_rd\_w=7cZE9&pd\_rd\_r=621c7d53-f93d-4c72-be5d-0daefe0e0cc1&a...

GliNet router.

https://www.amazon.com/GL-iNet-GL-AR300M-Pre-installed-Performance-Compatible/dp/B01K6MHRJI/ref=sr\_1\_10?dchild=1&keywords=glinet&qid=1621899132&s=electronics&sr=1-10
Rock solid. Never have to reboot these, and the Android USB tether works 100% stable.
GLiNet x750 Spitz is even better and you can forget the pixel. Just put the SIM in this router instead for the best possible ping and speed. Still works with the pixel via USB though just like the cheaper one above.

I have a real need for this right now with my new Starlink setup. During the beta period it's unreliable; you get a bunch of 5 second outages an hour. Otherwise it's great. Some folks are having luck with Speedify to bond a second ISP link and smooth over the problems. I haven't tried it yet; it seems like a good product and not too expensive, so it may be hard to compete.

I think a whole lot of rural folks would like an easy way to have an LTE backup to whatever their primary link is. That exists in a lot of router products but they don't work great.

This already exists. Load sharing exists and is free to operate just buy the hardware. I use a USG-3P and can load share / failover.

For bonding,

Or you can buy the bonding vpn service from Speedify.

Has anyone documented their experience with Speedify? I have been hacking together an OpenWRT based router solution that will hopefully (assuming I can get it working) use application-aware routing to select the best ISP for a given application. So, for instance, I am hoping to combine satellite with a cellular plan that has a monthly data limit. I wonder if Speedify can be used to accomplish this same thing?

No, that is the original (and end-of-sale) IBR600 series, which does not support the Extensibility Dock. You would need the newer 600B, 600C or IBR900. https://cradlepoint.com/product/accessories/cor-extensibility-dock-2/ https://www.amazon.com/Cradlepoint-170700-000-COR-Extensibility-Dock/dp/B01KKZEJLK

I am using the Weboost Home Complete

weBoost Home Complete (470145) Cell Phone Signal Booster Kit | Up to 7,500 sq ft | All U.S. Carriers - Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint & More | FCC Approved https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RQVVVQG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_JEzXFb3ZAHE2E?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

It was a big kit and included the directional yagi antenna

My primary is the mofi4500 and it's a good router, just picked up an Orbi LTE router for traveling around (with external antenna https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088FBV6HF). It works with the at&t sim but it's not as configurable as the mofi. I'll keep them both for the same reasons, I need Internet to work.

Put in the tmo sim today, so far so good... but it's still early. I used about 700G last month on at&t, this plan is supposed to be 900G so I should be okay.

NordVPN usually has a "dedicated IP", those usually aren't blocked from what I know. You don't want to use the standard ones, I think they have a ton if you go deeper into the app somewhere. Maybe that's just on PC.

DPI = deep packet inspection. They examine the entire data packet (not just the info in the packet header like TTL) to determine the type of traffic it is. When the packet is end-to-end encrypted (e.g., VPN), it is no longer possible to examine it, though theoretically you can actually get some information from other aspects of the traffic.

I don't mangle the TTL anymore since it stopped working anyway. VPN is required (for me anyway) to bypass the hotspot throttle. I use wireguard for my VPN but have my own wireguard server. I would assume Mullvad would work just as well. There are downsides to always using a VPN but I assume you are familiar with them.

I'm still on the old $25/mo plan. This means I get crappy ping times, generally around 150ms-200ms because of the Visible network infrastructure. It was always the worse part of the original visible/pi setup. I'm not a gamer so I never really cared much, and still don't. I understand that the new plan uses all the Verizon infrastructure and you get standard Verizon ping times (but obviously I can't confirm that myself).

Excellent info, thanks!

> Initially I could modify the TTL and it worked fine but eventually they seemed to have switched to DPI and I would get throttled to 'hotspot' speeds of 5 Mbps. I had to turn on a VPN to overcome it.

What is DPI?

So without any TTL mangling, just running all-traffic at the router level through a VPN (say Wireguard / Mullvad which I use on the phone)

bypasses the 5Mbps hotspot throttling?

Are you on the new plan now?

Could you provide a link to this Yagi antenna you might recommend? Or are they all the same?

Something like this guy? https://www.amazon.com/Antenna-Satellite-Broadcast-Epicenter-Reception/dp/B0024R4B5C/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=yagi+antennas&qid=1669229751&sr=8-3

We will be putting it up in the tree as well... I wonder if it can be in same tree as the weBoost?

Could you provide a link to this Yagi antenna you might recommend? Or are they all the same?

Something like this guy? https://www.amazon.com/Antenna-Satellite-Broadcast-Epicenter-Reception/dp/B0024R4B5C/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=yagi+antennas&qid=1669229751&sr=8-3

We will be putting it up in the tree as well... I wonder if it can be in same tree as the weBoost?

Before I went Starlink I was using an AT&T SIM card and one of these

MikroTik LHG LTE kit-US

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HYLPN3T

Inside the house I could only get 0.2 Mb/s but using this dish I was reliably getting 50Mb/a

Check out my Speedtest result! How fast is your internet? https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/6625689176

Here's what I got with the T-Mobile test drive today. I feel this is promising, would like to see it with a better modem and antenna. Is T-Mobile similar in the way of at&t where you can use in MoFi or Nighthawk with prepaid unlimited plan and use unlimited data? I still need to test Cricket/At&t

What details would you like? It's a 90ft tower, just clears my tree line. Beams to his 200ft tower about 2 miles away using Ubiquity equipment. Here are my speed test results.

I currently use NordVPN and I can set it up on my router. However I have experienced that Netflix for example does not work when I am on the VPN. Are there any suggestions or links you have that may help with streaming apps over VPN?

TMobile Line $25 (I use with a voodooed Oneplus 8) New Visible Line $30 - $5 (PayPal) I used this with a pixel 5 (properly voodooed) unlimited hotspot @ 5 MBPS unless bypassed

USB connection from both devices to a Pi 4 Use Smoothwan with integrated Speedify Smoothwan Or Use OpenMPTCP with Integrated MPTCP OpenMPTCP Ethernet out to switch for wired devices to wifi router turned to AP

Boom Bonded LTE connections with automatic fail over

$50 with no Bonded connection $55 with OpenMPTCP $65 with Speedify

I used this same setup along with a wifi client connection in an RV traveling around. I then picked up starlink and still use the same setup minus the Visible Line. I've used both Speedify and OpenMPTCP, I like both but prefer OpenMPTCP as I can get more throughput and it's my servers that it connects to. Switched out the Pi4 for a HP T730 with a quad giga nic. I really should do a complete write up but I'm lazy.

This.

And in fact, exactly a pair of these:
https://www.amazon.com/MikroTik-Wireless-Satellite-Antennas-RBLDF-5nD-US/dp/B072LQMD7N

The easiest solution since you just want to connect to a PC, is Speedify. Total software solution. Download it, install it, and it takes over from there. To really make it rock-solid, select the Redundant mode. This way it sends every packet through each network connection. If one connection goes down, you'll never notice it.

I'm assuming you're talking about a tower to mount a directional receiving antenna. Depending on how high you're trying to go, you may be able to use a telescoping mast with guy wires such as this one that extends to 41 feet:

https://www.amazon.com/Channel-Master-CM-1850-Telescoping-Antenna/dp/B007RGF2WG

If you mount it on top of a house using a tripod antenna base, your antenna will be pretty high up.

That's it. I just responded to u/ulongeth with some details, but there should also be an entire thread of emails to/from your support with additional information. Bottom line is that it is not encapsulating the packets into either the MoFi CloudLink or the NordVPN.

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And I get it - you get busy. But ignoring people is not the way to foster good customer care.

It's a MOFI5500-5GXeLTE. The problem is that, like many of you, I am using an MVNO with the carrier ultimately being AT&T. General speed tests are 100+ mbps, but due to AT&T throttling the actual performance is pretty poor.

Encapsulating the data in a VPN loaded on a client works really well, but I'd like to do this for the entire house via the router. I have a subscription to NordVPN, and MoFi gave me access to MoFi CloudLink.

I can get either one to establish a connection, but no data is actually encapsulated into the tunnel. Traceroute, checking IP address, and performance all show it is still on the AT&T network.

It's set for full tunnel mode, and IP passthrough (I am using IP passthrough with a firewall behind the MoFi).

MoFi hasn't been very helpful, if they respond at all.

Ok, so post your issue so you can see what you are asking for.

we do the best we can but sometimes, it is not easy to add feature for everyone requesting something,

Post what you want help with so everyone can see what you are asking

From what I found, this is what you are asking for and while we said we will look into this, we have a lot of our plate so please clear up if this is your issue or not?

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Here is what you asked for:
I use IP Pass Through mode because I use a Meraki router,
and will be upgrading to a Palo Alto in the very near future. Effectively, I
don't use the MoFi for either firewall or wireless access.
 
The reason I'd like to use NordVPN in IP pass through
mode is so that I can continue to use my internal network (firewall, wireless,
LAN), but have everything encrypted to NordVPN (or another service).  Neither Meraki, Cisco, or Palo have a NordVPN
option.  If the MoFi could tunnel
everything coming from the LAN port through the VPN service that would be
fantastic.

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note sure if you tested Nord VPN with the full vpn but to probably make a thread here to try to help with your issue

I used these two, cheap glass suction cup lifters: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D6GC7PC

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To test them out, they were left on my camper not supporting anything for a few days. The one on the white fiberglass held up fine. The one on the black vinyl graphic ended up falling off.

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I had to remove one of them to make the pole a bit more vertical after installation. Even with the pressure released, it was still very difficult to remove. It did leave a ring of residue on the camper, though.

This one works fine (ad supported) but you need root https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=make.more.r2d2.google.cellular_pro

This one was also popular but pretty sure you need root too https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qtrun.QuickTest

The Mofi stuff is modem and router in one. I got the 4500, but the 5500 has a few more features. The 20/month is supposed to be unlimited, but that is the price when I add it on to my plan that already has two phones. I got this tip from somewhere else on reddit, but you just get whatever tablet is free from to add on with your plan, and that's the price. You fire it up with that SIM, then you put it in the Mofi. The network sees it as the tablet. I've also heard that the Mofi identifies itself as a music streamer or something, so fends of getting capped by the cell providers.

This is my plan, but I won't know for a week or two if it's all going to work, but I'm optimistic about it from what I've read and knowing I'm getting 1-2 bars of LTE on my phone. The antenna mounted on the roof should get me pretty good speeds. Here's the antenna I ordered: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NBSLNJ6?psc=1&ref=ppx\_yo2ov\_dt\_b\_product\_details

The thing is burying a cable isn't the best solution (unless it's fiber). With Cat5/6 you have copper and possible ground (power ground) differences between the two houses. OP would need at the very least burial rated cable which isn't necessarily cheap and usually comes in bulk, so you would need to be able to terminate ends. Also with the ground difference you can end up frying equipment on either end due to lightening / ESD. I've done it, it works, but have had issues depending on the local.

A wireless bridge is most likely your best solution. The key here is think of the bridge as a "virtual" cable. This network is not used for normal wifi and is there just for the sole purpose of the bridge. I usually hide the SSID of the network for this reason. https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-LocoM2-2-PACK-Nanostation-Outdoor/dp/B0161G653W/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2VL03LA1A8EG6&keywords=nano+bridge&qid=1652984160&sprefix=nano+bridge%2Caps%2C2136&sr=8-4

This would be affordable, they are their older models but work just fine. Now it is 2.4 which could interfere with your standard wifi, but with the 2.4 it might be easier for you not directly line of site and just throwing them in a window. You would need an access point on your end for your own wifi at your house. Otherwise if mounting them properly etc, I would do 5ghz. You don't need the $500 pair that another person suggested. Thats way overkill for you.

Another/cheaper/quicker option would be to buy just one of these, disable the AirMax feature so it can connect to standard wifi networks, connect the NanoBridge to the Starlink wifi at your house, and then use an access point plugged into it to distribute your own wifi network at your house.

Actually the one place they might differ in theory, is that classical failover uses one source or the other so your backup could be an expensive connection, like a metered or data capped LTE connection that you only want to use if you absolutely have to, while pure bonding uses all the sources all the time.

In Speedify's case, you can set the connections to be primary (used all the time), secondary (used only if Speedify thinks it will improve performance) or tertiary (only used if the primary and secondary connections are down). So you set your metered connection to be tertiary and it works exactly like a router failover, but it is almost instantaneous.

Speedify also has three bonding modes, Speed, Streaming where it prioritizes streaming traffic and Redundant, where it sends every packet over every connection, and the first one to reach the other end of the VPN gets used. If you have metered connections, you're using a lot of data that may simply be discarded, but it pretty much makes Zoom connections rock solid.

How quickly are you getting failover? I tried this on my MoFi 5500, and the failover took multiple seconds, which basically either drops or badly degrades a Zoom session when you have an obstruction or other kind of Starlink interruption.

The only kind of seamless failover I've been able to find is Speedify.

Yes. You just install the Speedify software. It detects all your network connections and takes care of everything for you.

I installed a dual port network card in addition to the built-in one, so I have Starlink, a MoFi 5500 with a Verizon data SIM and a Nighthawk M1000 with a cricket data SIM going in thru the network jacks. But it will also detect your wifi connection, and you can tether your cell phone using USB for it's hotspot data if you don't want to hassle with adding a new network card.

If you set Speedify on the Redundant mode, it will send every packet over all the connections, and the first one that gets to the other end of the VPN gets used, so you'll almost never drop a packet.

If you have multiple Internet connections, you might want to look into Speedify. It bonds the connections and runs them all through a VPN. It provides instant failover, so if one connection gets choppy, it'll immediately switch over to another one.

Speedtest always showed high speeds for me so if that is also your situation I would try ProtonVPN Free to see if the VPN shows the same results for vids/webpages. I recently tried it and everything works with no issues. I assume ATT just blacklisted a bunch of high bandwidth sites so everything slows to a crawl. I am looking to buy a VPN now but the free one at least allows you to troubleshoot and see if its helpful.

I was using Ubifi first and then just ended with Viper Broadband, The service was ok but streaming twitch and other vids were dog water i couldnt even watch 360p on twitch without it loading/buffering. I paid for Private Internet Access VPN, Its was a whole new world after that, i was able to load streams 1080(source) with no buffering. Not sure why but it worked very very well and not good at all without. There are alot of free vpn's but PIA is the best hands down and one fo the fastest, they have so many locations to connect to it wouldnt matter where u lived.

It might be a DNS issue. There's a bunch of DNS services that are free and safe to use. Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 is often regarded as the fastest. There's others like Google's and others that are focused on privacy. Just do a websearch on what's available and how to implement them on your setup. It should be easy and free to try out.

Be wary of free VPNs. A lot of them mine your data to make money.

If you go that route, Windscribe is very solid and not sketchy like the others. There's a 10GB per month limit for free users, but they have regular promotions that bumps up this value.

ProtonVPN is has an unlimited free option, limited only by the level of congestion on those free servers. Though the speeds often aren't bad. It should be warned that despite advertising anonymous and secure service, they've been recently under fire for handing over IP addresses over to the authorities for a relatively benign crime.

I also went the route of Verizon because I could only get a business plan. Bottom line, it's slow, but workable.

My T-Mobile Mifi Hotspot works much better, but of course it all depends on what towers you're close to.

Take a look at T-Mobile's coverage map and see if you're in the 5G UC area. If you are, and their site says you're address isn't eligible, call them (not chat, not email, but call on the old school phone) and you'll talk to a home internet "expert" (lol) who has the power to override the system and let you try it out, basically free for a month (via a prepaid Mastercard). You might also have luck going into a physical T-Mobile store, but the customer service their is notoriously horrible.

Again, this is only if you're in the 5G UC area, otherwise they most likely won't let you try it.

I did a lot research on cell signal boosters, and decided on this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VV41RD3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

It hasn't come yet, but it claims to work with all carriers and support 5G, so I thought I'd give it a go.

Also, did you sign up for Starlink yet? Might as well get that ball rolling, if not.

This is the router I bought on Amazon. Works really well.

GL.iNet GL-AR750S-Ext (Slate) Gigabit Travel AC VPN Rout... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GBXMBQF/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_api_i_72BC37PNSS8FSDMXE8FM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

If you have an unlimited cell plan from Verizon, you can get a data SIM for $80/month for 150GB. They also have other data caps for less money.

For general use, 150GB is plenty.

I use mine in a MoFi 5500 and an external MIMO antenna. I now have Starlink, but still keep the Verizon plan (I've downgraded to 100GB) and bond it with Starlink using Speedify for Zoom calls since Starlink service is pretty inconsistent as far as 2-5 second service interruptions go.

Yes its unlocked and it will work with ATT, Verizon or T-mobile.

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Tri-Band-Internet-Supports-LBR20-100NAS/dp/B0886XZLSJ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1WDLKJVKHV93C&keywords=lbr20%2Bnetgear&qid=1650509849&sprefix=LBR20%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-2&th=1

I was using this USB c to ethernet cable with my 8800L. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NXS46DN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Its pretty much plug and play. All you have to do is turn off the the Wifi radios on the 8800L and you're good to go.

This thing was a game changer for me.

Verizon Cell Phone Signal Booster Amplifier for Home 4G LTE Cell Signal Booster Verizon Mobile Signal Repeater 700Mhz FDD Band13, Boosts 4G LTE Data&Voice, Covers 2000 sq ft Support Multiple Devices https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081YQWRT2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MVYMH7CX1RFRTENB6XFT?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Used to have to go to the front window to make calls. Inside the house now has great reception.

I use a TP Link 1750 with my M1, works just fine.

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-AC1750-Smart-WiFi-Router/dp/B079JD7F7G/ref=sr\_1\_3?crid=2365SYC1FH5MF&keywords=tp%2Blink%2B1750&qid=1649782873&sprefix=tp%2Blinl%2B1750%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-3&th=1

I grabbed PureVPN and installed in on the Mofi and so far both speed tests are showing great speeds (>30MBS down). I don't want to declare victory yet because after a Mofi reboot it always is fast but generally it would have been slowed back down by now. Hopefully it stays high - thanks for the idea!

Peplink Balance 20

https://www.amazon.com/Peplink-Balance-20-Dual-WAN-Router/dp/B0042210U6/ref=sr_1_3?gclid=CjwKCAjw3cSSBhBGEiwAVII0Z7Mw9jtWivLTN8lHoNdu7ciy4wN4jveNAZc2fHAl3RYdLleF6sRlchoCAAkQAvD_BwE&hvadid=177181305060&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1018511&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=4298090490851419303&hvtargid=kwd-27803633295&hydadcr=18008_9812099&keywords=peplink+balance+20&qid=1649536188&sr=8-3

I tried this one: https://www.amazon.com/Bingfu-Waterproof-Wireless-Cellular-Industrial/dp/B08TH35CGQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=1OEMFWBTY6VFG&keywords=bingfu+mimo+antenna&qid=1649386964&sprefix=bingfu+mimo+antenna%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-3 mimo outdoor antenna. Inside house same speed as with bunny ears: at time of testing was 8-10 mbt. Outside house I got 13 mbt, but in some place only, not everywhere. If just put in random spot speed was around the same as inside. Not sure if my antenna is not good or it is expected?

I have used that antenna in the past, but it was not working for me at my current location. I got this antenna from Amazon and it works great.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KY4Q7AY/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

Thanks for that comparison. 60 Mbps would totally meet my needs, so if I change providers in the future, it's good to know that I could do the VPN processing in the Slate router. It seems Private Internet Access is behind the times on Wireguard support, but I otherwise like their service and prepaid for several years of service a while ago, so for now I guess I just keep the VPN processing on the laptop.

>Thanks, yeah, I tried Wireguard but couldn't get it working with Private Internet Access. Found some Perl scripts to generate Wireguard config files but still couldn't get connected with the router even with the generated config. Also saw reports of the config needing daily changes. Seems like Private Internet Access really only supports Wireguard through their own client, so I gave up on that route.

Hello. An update....and request for thoughts on what the problem is with my mofi 5500 to Orbi 750R setup.

Over the past 5 months, I've literally tried 200+ setups.

1. I can get the mofi passthru to work to the Orbi & put the Orbi in router mode
2. Both work when setup as a router
3. Mofi as router to static IP to Orbi in AP mode

However, only 1 of 18 ethernet cables work from the Mofi's Lan 1 port to Orbi's WAN port. Yes, 1 of 18...and I follow the exact same process to test and confirm.

I've tried 6 types of Cables = cat8, cat7, cat6, cat 6a, cat 5e, and cat 5.

100% of these cables worked fine when plugging in a laptop to a separate router in another house, yet only 1 of the cat 8s work. In effect, 17 do not work from mofis lan1 to the orbis wan.

-- Only this 10' cat 8 shielded cable works:

Cat 8 Ethernet Cable 10 ft Shielded, 26AWG Lastest 40Gbps 2000Mhz SFTP Patch Cord, Heavy Duty High Speed Cat8 LAN Network RJ45 Cable- in Wall, Outdoor, Weatherproof Rated for Router, Modem, Gaming https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VK89XHP/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_TQ7MJD37HNPHRHEYM403?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

-- however, it's only the 10' one I bought that works...the 3 and 5 foot don't work.

I've tried jiggling the cables lightly on the orbi and mofi side...didn't help.

I'm now wondering if I have an intermittent port on the mofi lan 1 or on the orbi wan.

Final note...all of this is to get faster downloads, as my mofi is getting 100 to 150 mbps, but the orbi stays in the 35 to 44 mbps download speed range.

Thoughts?

mofinetwork

@mofinetwork

orbi

@orbi

There’s a booster that captures the cell tower transmissions and enhances your mobile phone to connect so if ya have no cell tower in range to have cell svc, it fixes it that you can.

HiBoost is what we have and we went from 1 bar inside / 2 out, to 4 both.

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As I've said, deprioritization depends on the area. I don't know how it is where op is. But as I already stated, Visible here is right at the same speed as postpaid, 24x7. If I had 10 phones, they would be (nearly) the same speed.

I didn't say anything about using SIMs in a router, in fact I mentioned using the hotspot (for that reason), which is within the terms. I did link a discussion on a setup that a longstanding member of Reddit (iirc) posted using Speedify, and they seemed to think it worked. I didn't say it would work for this, because I didn't look what the setup was. I've just seen it mentioned, and when I see someone mention something, I ~usually check if it looks like shilling.

I know Pepwave is well respected. I pointed it out, because it claimed to bond multiple connections. Whether it works for this (and adds together), didn't research (because other than a few minutes here and there, I'm busy), but from them, "whatever it does" should work.

Now, the capped or shady options might be faster. But, the other is "unlimited". And, as I've repeatedly said, use spread across multiple lines would lower use per line.

And, you didn't provide an alternate.

As to me, I have a pUDP, don't care. I just had a thought about alternatives (and I know people that would benefit from it).

My tower is also only band 13. That's confirmed, not a guess, several towers around are only 13. Also, it's a rural area, no congestion (but slow by today's standards). Postpaid and prepaid are right at the same speed 24x7. The tower is also 13 miles away.

Legit options are limited, often caps. That leaves spending a lot of money if you need a lot of data. Or shadier means, diy or resellers.

I did have a thought myself. But I haven't thought about the exact hardware setup. Also, it wouldn't be "fast", but should be useable for a fair bit of things. It's not ideal, and would have limitations.

Visible here is the same speed as postpaid/prepaid, and pings average 50-100 for me ( others have higher). Hotspot is capped, but cough, shady means might get around that. Then, you'd need hardware, but Speedify can bond multiple connections for more speed. So, you could use multiple lines, 2, 3, 4, more. Unlimited use spread out on multiple lines would result in lower use per line, and should limit people thinking it's "abuse".

I've never used Speedify, I've just seen it positively recommended a number of times. And I know it's not the best thought, but it should be legit. Might not work for everything either. Anyway, just a thought I had.

You didn't ask for it, but for fun, I want to share :)

Not necessarily.

I recently shopped around doing 30 trials with several companies; Nord VPN stood out with their rightly named NordLynx, using the newest protocol Wireguard. It's fast and, from my experience, unthrottled. They also support OpenVPN and IPSec/IKEv2, which most routers only support, and if you go this route, getting a dedicated IP address may be best, and you can purchase that from NordVPN.

The main reason NordVPN stood above was my experience with purchasing a dedicated IP address.

I tried other services that offered a dedicated IP address; they told me it was a new address, not used by others. Like buying a used car, you don't always know what is under the hood until you've driven it. I found with other companies that they reused IP addresses, and ALL of them were black-listed to some extent or entirely.

NordVPN provided a genuine, unused address to me. Yeah, as a regular consumer, that made me feel special. So I signed up for two years with them.

Considerations buying a VPN service:

• How close is the nearest data center the VPN service has to you?
• What protocols do they support?
• If a dedicated IP address is needed:
  • Is it new or used?
  • most VPN services only run dedicated IP addresses from a select number of their data centers; how close is that data center to you?
• You can create your own Full Tunnel or Split Tunnel Wireguard VPN too, and if you are interested in learning how to do that, just send me an IM. You can't run this on everyday devices on its own; you will need to use a PC or Raspberry Pi running Linux.

I recommend this.

It's inexpensive, has external LTE antennas, takes little power, is running OPENWRT, is flashable and hackable, and has good support if you need it.

Oh and it's extremely stable out of the box. Compared to tethering with a phone the ping is about half (45ms on T-Mo band 12 for me) and it will run for years straight without any reboots. The only sad thing is that it only has 10/100 ports. There is no Gigabit LAN. This means the AC wifi is the fastest method in and out. This effects me since I have both unlimited T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink. I have it WiFi as WAN as a secondary connection to the Starlink with T-Mobile as a failover. However, the max speeds are reduced.

If the cellular service is your only ISP it won't matter as much but I figured I would point it out as it's really the only flaw to this excellent hardware.

I don't think there is anything like that. You're not allowed to install any software, or you can't install PDANet? EasyTether Pro is my go-to. Works on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. But you still have to install software on the computer, and it's USB or bluetooth tethering only(and BT tethering sucks).

Hard to say which one to use because there are so many. I use easy tether usb because it works great on Windows, MacOS, and Linux, but it's USB only.

Running a GUI in Ubuntu on a Qotom (Celeron) with Speedify running encryption maxes out all four cores. You want one that does AES-NI. I think that's i3 or i5. Pi won't do encryption acceleration either, so I get better speeds and CPU utilization by turning off encryption, which kinda defeats the purpose of a VPN, but I'm not worried about security as much as encapsulation.

I've pulled the WAN inputs on multiple Speedify setups and haven't had those issues in any of the three modes, but I haven't been actively gaming while doing it, just running ping/traceroute tests.

It's probably having to go over an entirely different network to get to the gaming server. Most popular gaming servers are over provisioned, and their peering could be better.

There's only so much you can do when a server you want to connect to has poor peering.

I'm not 100% sure, because there might be some weird OS out there that works on a Pi that's not Linux, but I was under the impression it was a Linux geared solution. Maybe an ARM version of Windows can technically run on it, dunno.

Speedify updates, so whatever the latest version is.

Speedify software. It's just easier to put it on a Qotom due to the ethernet ports vs a Pi or traditional Window/Linux box.

There shouldn't be any switchover latency with Speedify if at least one WAN is active and working at the time. Which of the three modes are you using? Speed, streaming, or redundant?

Use Speedify on a Qotom box. You'll need the seamless failover. Don't go just load balancing, the micro outages don't work, and the asynchronous speeds and volatility don't work with normal load balancing.

SmoothWAN on a Pi can also work. Or Speedify on a Pi, but I think that's more complex in some ways.

Speedify. Definitely.

You can get two different carriers (assuming you have signal) on two different hotspot devices. Your computer probably has only one ethernet port (but you can get cards with multiple ports), so one source will be an ethernet connection and the other will be wifi. Speedify will bond the two sources and run it through their VPN.

If you select the redundant mode it will send a duplicate of each packet through each connection. Whichever gets there first gets used. So if all of a sudden you get throttled on line X (or it drops signal), line Y gets through, so the throttling is undetectable (unless Y is a really slow connection, of course). This happens much more quickly than a failover on a dual SIM modem like the MoFi 5500. It may take up to a minute for failover to occur on a 5500 (I have one, and went to Speedify exactly because of this).

The Speedify Streaming mode does failover too, but not as quickly as the Redundant mode (but the redundant mode uses twice as much data since each line is sending a duplicate packet). The Speed mode simply uses all your lines to increase throughput.

I have three ethernet ports on my desktop connected to AT&T, Verizon, and Starlink (I have some obstructions) sources, a slow DSL line connected by WiFi and a Visible phone tethered via a USB line. Speedify works great combining all those, and when I go into a Zoom meeting I switch from Speed to Redundant modes.

He's spot on. I've seen several towers go to crap and AT&T has recently moved their antennas around and taken certain bands away, forcing a jump to another carrier to get usable internet. You get no warning. It works until it doesn't. When it degrades, it's usually a slow march, but when they move antennas around (like right now with the 3G dismantling), it happens over a day or two.

If internet is that important, have redundancy. Look into Speedify, also.

*Managed* probably not for your situation, that's mostly useful if you are wanting to segregate traffic for security reasons. An *unmanaged* switch, definitely, and necessary if you do more than one access point.

If you are doing the UniFi access points they are powered via power over ethernet (PoE) so you could benefit from a PoE switch. You can get a cheap one for $40. https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Compliant-Shielded-Optimization-TL-SG1005P/dp/B076HZFY3F/

Of course if you plan to have more wired devices you could get a bigger switch. Not all the ports need to be PoE.

You have the right idea grandpa. Mesh router connects to Starlink router via ethernet, mesh access points connect to mesh router via wireless. Put Starlink router in bypass mode if you do this.

Of note - the best practice is to connect the access points via ethernet as well, if you're willing to pull cable or pay to have it pulled. But wireless mesh will probably be fine for your needs.

In terms of mesh hardware Eero is popular. If you have a bigger budget the AmpliFi Alien is about the best consumer router out right now. My dad (a grandpa) has one of these and loves the user experience.

idk if cheap and decent go together when it comes to this stuff. Generally you go cheap and you pay for it with signal loss.

I can vouch for these antennas: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QB1PPGM/

Good antennas and the included cables are really good. Also they will send you 2 inline lightning arrestors as a free gift, which is good because those are usually $20 each.

I've used Easy Tether Pro quite a bit and like it. You install that on the phone, go to their website, download and install the desktop installation file, and then create a hotspot in your network settings(assuming your laptop network adapter is capable of that).

With those speeds you have, you're probably going to be into the 100s of GB of data used by the end of the month though. Don't be surprised if they shut you down for violating their terms.

>I also have my normal phone of ATT but we only get 40gb of hotspot a month and streaming eats that in a long weekend.

AT&T does have a $55 100GB prepaid mobile hotspot plan. I don't know if it works on phones though, you might need to buy a hotspot router for that.

It sounds like you have many options so you have some homework to do on this to find out what's best within your budget. Like I said before, you could buy a 5G hotspot device and probably find a 3rd party Verizon reseller who offers 5G, but that might end up being pretty expensive.

Sure, I outlined that time window on the short side. The instructions are well laid out. If you're reading it here, you probably can do it.

If Speedify put this on Amazon, I guarantee about half the units would be returned.

"... less than an hour total... " - is beyond what the ordinary, for better or worse, can do.

This is why they rely on the Windows/Mac apps. Because they only take five minutes to setup, and can't be returned.

Site is working for me, from your link even.

You always need some ISP who can see a fair bit of your data, whether Comcast, Verizon, Starlink, etc. You can use a VPN (which Speedify is) to hide that data from Comcast et al. and then that VPN service can see what Comcast would have seen. You can route through a VPS, and then AWS, Digital Ocean, et al. become the one who can see that data. (though it doesn't mean they can see everything, https encryption protects a lot). For me, I trust Speedify as much or more than I would trust a major Telcom company, which is to say little, but enough.

I don't believe Speedify has open-sourced any of their software, but in my prior research I found this which seems to be the equivalent open-source project:

It looked a bit too technical for my current ability, but if I hadn't found Speedify and SmoothWAN I would probably have spent weeks diving in and learning it.

> In practice… well… Speedify doesn’t sell a router for a reason.

Have you had trouble with Speedify on a router? What kind of problems? I’ve only been using this a few weeks, but it’s been flawless so far.

I watched a couple livestreams with the Speedify CEO(?) and I got the impression they are a very small company, so not having a router doesn’t surprise me. They do have a tutorial for making an RPi4 router, and I had been planning to use that, then SmoothWAN came out and is both simpler and far more capable.

If T-Mobile works in your area check out bixwireless they have a att and T-Mobile plan for about 80-85 a month completely unlimited. What netgear do you have? If it’s the mr1100 it’s not a great fix for T-Mobile (and T-Mobile don’t want it on their network) bix does sell modems. I just bout the cradlepoint ibr900 yes it is expensive I’m a truck driver and need the better data options. And I get great speeds. https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/4026229793 the team is friendly. Helpful and will answer questions (even at 10pm via their Facebook messenger) the att has a 400gb cap set by att but T-Mobile is full steam unlimited like 800gb.

Wilson Electronics Wideband Directional Antenna 700-2700 MHz, 50 Ohm (314411) https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00J14YEHQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_EXRSER9RAVPZZTF00G52

I have this one. If starlink is delayed again I’ll get a mofi that can do carrier aggregation as that will be a huge speed increase. I will also add a second antenna and off set them 45 degrees from vertical.

Thanks. I have an Orbi 750 router. The ethernet off the Y splitters has been problematic, so me and another reddit user are looking at connecting the mifi to the router wireless using something like this (there are $29 versions on Amazon too)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MKZXGBY/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_EVZ5VD7E76VHYJJEXZZH

I use Wilson directional antennas and LMR400 Cables. The mifi needs https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082KLWVGD/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_K74VJE60HY0BF67CYDZC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

To connect the lmr400 cables.

I also had an online company Map out the towers and details as Cell mapper, etc weren't as accurate and I needed precise locations to aim the antennas as I'm 4.8 miles away from the closest tower.

I have been testing the GL-SF1200 home router for a day now in WISP repeater mode and am in almost disbelief on how inexpensive it was, how easy it was to set up, and how well it is working.

I have done multiple speed tests connecting directly with Mifi and then the repeated signal through the GL router and cannot distinguish any difference! My downs ranged between 15-40 and my ups ranged between 3-15 depending on what time of day I tested. Ping and Jitter are always all over the place.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09J8GKMRY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The timer has been working well running on two charging cycles during the day.

I got that Waveform panel antenna /after/ I got my log-periodic kit from them, since I also have a ton of trees and also a small hill in the way, before my signal would head generally downhill to the tower in the valley. I found that the log-periodic ended up being better overall, but was glad to have the panel to swap out and check when things got bad (ended up just being weather dependent, and I ended up getting another hotspot from Verizon for backup). Luckily though when I got that second hotspot, I had the panel antenna to try things with, and then got some more $22 log-periodic from Amazon (the cheapest they sold). Again, weather dependent, the log-periodic were better for upload overall, but got knocked out when weird weather change hit. Also these are in my attic, so some 2x12s and plywood and shingles to obscure things vs. being on the roof which is where they're destined. In the weird weather, the panel gets more reliable performance, but less down speed, while upload stayed pretty much the same as before weather hit (which was, as I mentioned, slower than the log-periodics). So if anything, I'd recommend grabbing the Amazon antennas or similar, and just trying directional out (though you need to aim and retest a ton more... I spent a few hours for the ones on my roof). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VUSR5GS/

If your plan doesn't allow you to enable your hotspot, use this app. Works for me. Android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gomin.portable.wifi.hotspot

There are ads, but it's skipable stuff and you could pay 2.99 for non, but I didn't bother.

No, just these converted on each end.
Motorola MoCA Adapter for Ethernet Over Coax, Plug and Play, Ultra Fast Speeds, Boost Home Network for Better Streaming and Gaming (1 Gbps – MoCA 2 Pack) https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B078HMDDVS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_BDYA2B6EC9GMJ3HKS8M5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 I ran some 12/2 wire out to provide power, no issues with voltage drop. Everything sits in a weatherproof box on a pole. Added a small computer fan to help with heat in the summer. I was fortunate, and had run conduit to the end of my driveway when I built the house - so I had a pathway for the wire and didn’t need to direct bury.

Yeah, would definitely be more convenient to run power up there. Looks like you can get 1000' of outdoor rated 14/2 cable for under $400 and just make it into a long extension cord. As long as you are only powering 10ish watts (would probably end up less than that) you should have minimal voltage drop at 120v on a 14awg wire. Don't know how good of an idea that is or not, kinda putting a lightning rod out there, but it should work.

If you did that you could even try a pair of powerline ethernet adapters instead of fiber. I don't know if they would make it 800feet, but they would certainly be cheaper if you could make them work. Might still make sense to opt to run fiber for reliability though. These tend to be a little picky at longer distances (can't have noisy things right next to them for example).

Would a wireless connection from the MiFi to the router work?

The access point (like below) is linked to the Mifi and then a Ethernet connection between the access point and my main router. The main router then would be running in standard mode getting the internet from the Ethernet on the access point.

Something like this:

AR300M16-Ext Portable Mini Travel Wireless Pocket Router - WiFi Router/Access Point/Extender/WDS | OpenWrt | 2 x Ethernet Ports

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07794JRC5/ref=crt_ewc_title_oth_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A364119SDJA4QG

I have this connected to my Nighthawk AT&T hotspot and it works great. But it is on an antenna mast outside.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KY4Q7AY/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

My internet is an AT&T Nighthawk hotspot. I have an antenna connected to the hotspot antenna port and it improved my signal/speed considerably. I have trees also and this is on the mast of my OTA TV antenna.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KY4Q7AY/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/Yagi-Antenna-White-Space-470-862/dp/B07TYGCJV8/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?keywords=white+space+yagi&qid=1641610920&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExUlRLNDdDRjdIQlpVJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTc4NzU2M0FP...

> You can continue using MOFI if you like it by making it connect to the hotspot via Wi-Fi on one of the Wi-Fi channels

You can have MOFI connect to the hotspot via Wi-Fi and treat it as WAN. That's what I used to do when I used MOFI, and that's what I do now on my Turris Omnia. https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/multiwan/mwan3

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Sounds good, if you don't have to do any trenching that simplifies it greatly. I just went with the rg6 because I had it lying around. Not sure what gate opener you have but this works great for the gate controller I have, and it works on almost any garage door opener as well. Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions.

is this to good to be true .... https://www.amazon.com/10-12dBi-Directional-Outdoor-Antenna-698-4000/dp/B08ZT1BR4J/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=2x2+5g+omnidirectional+antenna&qid=1640712867&sprefix=2x2+5g+omni+d%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-9. Seems awfully cheap compared to the others.

If you get a device with an external antenna port a Wilson LTE yagi antenna will set you straight.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J14YEHQ/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_N0J1YN4N5VPR9XSQGY1P

You'll need to order 50ohm coaxial cable terminated with N-type female connectors, and an adapter for your devices external antenna ports.. (Usually SMA connectors or pressure fittings, I don't know the name of those, exactly)

If that's too confusing, check the Wilson wireless website, I believe they sell kits with everything you need.

If your phone runs on Android, you can use your phone as a hotspot without paying extra for it. There are apps such as PDANet that gives you a hotspot while making it look like regular phone data use to the cell company. I've personally done this on AT&T in the past (no longer with them).

if you have the mofi5500, you can get one of our new MOFI WireGuard VPN for free to use for a long trial.

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the WireGuard VPN is the fastest VPN right now and the most secure.

there are many other VPN you can get on your one like NordVPN, SurfShark and much more.
If you want to use one of those VPN, just order them, then on the router, go to VPN Services and you will see these option

Will take 1 min to set up

But highly recommend to try our WireGuard

Yes, if I was doing it over again, I'd go with the 7690. That said, I'm assuming its features and capabilities are similar to the 7411 (which is what I have). I think the only question I would have is if it would be worth the extra $150 for the 5G 9191 in order to future proof in the event Verizon 5G makes it to your area.

If you're using the Netgear Panel antenna, you've got TS-9 connectors. You'll need a TS-9 to SMA adapter if you intend to keep using it (like these: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FCDWP23/). It's only $9, but it would suck to get a fancy new router delivered only to have to wait another week because you just found out you have to order an adapter before you can connect your antenna.

The RPi and my iPhone. The watchdog script didn’t work. To be clear, the whole thing worked ok, but I would probably just pick up a GL-iNet and avoid some of the headache.

Reference: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/smartphone.usb.tethering