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LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:48 pm

Hello!

I've bought a MikroTik LHGG LTE6 kit to boost reception for my home internet because the 4G connection where I live is quite unstable (and 4G is the only way to get internet here). However, compared with a standard router that comes with an internet subscription it made things worse. I've tried rotating the antenna through 360 degrees and adjusting so that the numbers are highest.

With my Huawei B535-232 the connection had the following numbers connected to the cell with id 36028167:
RSRQ -7dB
RSRP -100dBm
RSSI -73dBm
SINR 8dB
Now I'm getting number such as these, pointing the antenna westward towards one of the cell towers (this is where a neighbour's professionally installed LHG antenna is pointing)
               pin-status: ok
      registration-status: registered
            functionality: full
             manufacturer: "MikroTik"
                    model: "R11e-LTE6"
                 revision: R11e-LTE6_V027
         current-operator: 24803
                      lac: 235
           current-cellid: 36028163
                   enb-id: 140735
                sector-id: 3
               phy-cellid: 344
        access-technology: LTE (CA2)
           session-uptime: 5m1s
                     imei: XXX
                     imsi: XXX
                     uicc: XXX
             primary-band: B20@10Mhz earfcn: 6400 phy-cellid: 344
                  ca-band: B1@20Mhz earfcn: 103 phy-cellid: 344
                     rssi: -69dBm
                     rsrp: -101dBm
                     rsrq: -12dB
                     sinr: 6dB
                      cqi: 8
                       ri: 2

And these numbers pointing it southward:
               pin-status: ok
      registration-status: registered
            functionality: full
             manufacturer: "MikroTik"
                    model: "R11e-LTE6"
                 revision: R11e-LTE6_V027
         current-operator: TELE2
                      lac: 235
           current-cellid: 36028163
                   enb-id: 140735
                sector-id: 3
               phy-cellid: 344
        access-technology: LTE (CA2)
           session-uptime: 1m2s
                     imei: XXX
                     imsi: XXX
                     uicc: XXX
             primary-band: B20@10Mhz earfcn: 6400 phy-cellid: 344
                  ca-band: B1@20Mhz earfcn: 103 phy-cellid: 344
                     rssi: -72dBm
                     rsrp: -105dBm
                     rsrq: -12dB
                     sinr: 3dB
                      cqi: 7
                       ri: 1
I'm not sure if that's related, but quite often the link goes fully down and network connection is lost. It comes up by itself after a minute or so.
    # Down (2021-03-28 09:03:58)
    [admin@MikroTik] /interface lte> info lte1 once
               pin-status: ok
      registration-status: not searching
            functionality: tx and rx rf circuit disabled
             manufacturer: "MikroTik"
                    model: "R11e-LTE6"
                 revision: R11e-LTE6_V027
           session-uptime: 28m36s
                     imei: XXX
                     imsi: XXX
                     uicc: XXX
    # Down (2021-03-28 09:28:29):
    [admin@MikroTik] /interface lte> info lte1 once
         pin-status: ok
      functionality: tx and rx rf circuit disabled
       manufacturer: "MikroTik"
              model: "R11e-LTE6"
           revision: R11e-LTE6_V027
               imei: XXX
               imsi: XXX
               uicc: XXX

And here's a bit more debugging info, if that helps:
    [admin@MikroTik] > /interface lte scan lte1
    Flags: C - current, A - available, F - forbidden
      OPERATOR                               MCC-MNC ACCESS-TECHNOLOGY                                    RSSI          RSRP          RSRQ
      Tele2 EE                                 24803 Evolved 3G (LTE)                                   -75dBm        -95dBm         -11dB
      Tele2 EE                                 24803 GSM compact
      Tele2 EE                                 24803 3G
      ELISA                                    24802 GSM compact
      Telia                                    24801 GSM compact
      Telia                                    24801 3G
      ELISA                                    24802 3G
      Telia                                    24801 Evolved 3G (LTE)
      ELISA                                    24802 Evolved 3G (LTE)

    [admin@MikroTik] > /interface lte cell-monitor lte1 max-age=10
    PHY-CELLID BAND          PSC EARFCN                   RSRP          RSRQ          RSSI         SINR          RSCP AGE
            17 B20               6400                  -110dBm       -19.5dB                                          8s
            84 B20               6400                  -111dBm       -19.5dB                                          2s
           344 B1                103                   -117dBm         -15dB                                          2s
           351 B20               6400                  -110dBm       -19.5dB                                          5s

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, because I've heard that just replacing the regular router with the antenna has doubled their speed and increased stability. Am I missing something regarding the setup? I haven't connected the grounding wire – that can't be it, can it?

I'm now thinking of returning it (I have a week left for a no-questions-asked return) and would like to understand if it's me being dense or the antenna being defective. And whether I should get an identical model or go with an omnidirectional antenna such as Huawei B2368. Thanks in advance!
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:13 pm

keex say:
With my Huawei B535-232 the connection had the following numbers connected to the cell with id 36028167:
RSRP -100dBm
SINR 8dB
36028167 / 256 = 140735 (full number) eNB Tower Bts Mast
36028160 = 140735 * 256 = first possible ID of antenna.

Now I'm getting number such as these, pointing the antenna westward towards one of the cell towers (this is where a neighbour's professionally installed LHG antenna is pointing)
current-cellid: 36028163
enb-id: 140735
sector-id: 3
phy-cellid: 344
primary-band: B20@10Mhz earfcn: 6400 phy-cellid: 344
ca-band: B1@20Mhz earfcn: 103 phy-cellid: 344
rsrp: -101dBm
sinr: 6dB
cqi: 8
Good direction, the same tower. Maybe not the same sector antenna and other Band - you just try do a cell-monitor here and try do CellLock at All possibility earfcn&phycellid and you connect to your prev. sector antenna.
Maybe after change the B1 as primary with B20 as additional your speed will be the same like Huawei.


And these numbers pointing it southward:
current-cellid: 36028163
enb-id: 140735
sector-id: 3
phy-cellid: 344
primary-band: B20@10Mhz earfcn: 6400 phy-cellid: 344
ca-band: B1@20Mhz earfcn: 103 phy-cellid: 344
Still the same tower. CellMaper & Cell Lock.



PHY-CELLID BAND PSC EARFCN RSRP RSRQ RSSI SINR RSCP AGE
17 B20 6400
84 B20 6400
351 B20 6400
344 B1 103 <- only one B1... you must use it because B1 is faster then B20, in general.


Try disable B1 and B20, enable B3,7,8 and do a cell mapper - maybe you found other bands with signals. B3+B20 as final option should be usefull.
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:10 am

Don't get it. Huawei B535-232 gets RSRP of -100 dBm, and LHG is lower (-101, -105, -111, -117) ????? At least gets -95dBm in the scan. But still.
Should jump to -80 dBm and higher for the same signal. [Unless the LHG is indoor ;-( ]
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Fri Apr 02, 2021 11:17 am

Don't get it. Huawei B535-232 gets RSRP of -100 dBm, and LHG is lower (-101, -105, -111, -117) ????? At least gets -95dBm in the scan. But still.
Should jump to -80 dBm and higher for the same signal. [Unless the LHG is indoor ;-( ]
HI,
I have just purchased one of these units and I appear to have water inside my unit from some overnight rain. There is mention of using these outdoors in the manual but I don't see how this is possible with an ip54 rating which is only good for light splashes. There don't appear to be any rubber seals or any other credible ingress protection

My intention was to permanently install this on the roof mast with my TV antennas.

Can you describe your experience and application please.

Paul.
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Mon May 17, 2021 12:40 pm

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I have just purchased one of these units and I appear to have water inside my unit from some overnight rain. There is mention of using these outdoors in the manual but I don't see how this is possible with an ip54 rating which is only good for light splashes. There don't appear to be any rubber seals or any other credible ingress protection
My intention was to permanently install this on the roof mast with my TV antennas.
Can you describe your experience and application please.
Please write that to support@mikrotik.com - they do a statistic of that cases and create a new hw revision of devices... but they must have a feedback from us, users.
I use SXTR/LHGR a lot and for now not have that problems but I not use this new lhgGr yet...
Take photo, send to support - this should be reported.
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Mon May 31, 2021 1:50 am

This instability could well be due to firmware v027.

The reliability, speed and signal quality all dropped after I upgraded to v027, eventually resulting in the locking up of the LTE modem requiring a full restart of my wAP R LTE6.

Support provided me with firmware v028 which fixed the problems and reverted the performance and reliability back to pre v027 levels....

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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Mon May 31, 2021 11:58 am

Support provided me with firmware v028 which fixed the problems and reverted the performance and reliability back to pre v027 levels....
Since my LTE cat6 kit was hanging after some minutes after a cell lock command was sent, Support also provided to me the v028 firmware.
With v028 the modem is not more hanging, but the performances are always very poor.
this lte cat6 kit is performing much slower than other cat4 10 years old I heve here around
Yesterday I resumed a very old 3G \ UMTS device... that is performing still a bit better than the Mikrotik cat6

P.S.: my mobile provider here limit me to a MAX of 60 Mbps download.
All the cat4 and cat6 I have reche this limit, while the Mikrotik stops at 20 more or less in the best cases. It is unbelievable .

Anyway... thanks Mikrotik for the v028... you fixed some bugs
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:44 pm

Support provided me with firmware v028 which fixed the problems and reverted the performance and reliability back to pre v027 levels....
Since my LTE cat6 kit was hanging after some minutes after a cell lock command was sent, Support also provided to me the v028 firmware.
With v028 the modem is not more hanging, but the performances are always very poor.
this lte cat6 kit is performing much slower than other cat4 10 years old I heve here around
Yesterday I resumed a very old 3G \ UMTS device... that is performing still a bit better than the Mikrotik cat6

P.S.: my mobile provider here limit me to a MAX of 60 Mbps download.
All the cat4 and cat6 I have reche this limit, while the Mikrotik stops at 20 more or less in the best cases. It is unbelievable .

Anyway... thanks Mikrotik for the v028... you fixed some bugs
How do I get this latest firmware
 
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Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:57 am

do a firmware upgrade to get 027
or write to support@mikrotik.com or help.mikrotik.com with description of your problem to get 028
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Tue Jun 08, 2021 1:18 pm

Since the v028 is not available over the air, I suppose it is in some kind of beta-testing.
As I told, the v028 fixed the bug where the modem hangs after a cell lock command, but unfortunately I am experiencing additional problems:
I loose packets, I loose periodically the connection for some seconds and... things such as call conferenze, video conference with Google or Teams drop.

I am waiting the support to connect to my unit to do some troubleshooting.
 
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Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:35 pm

Just bought "wAP ac LTE6 kit" for my client and I having the same problem. Link dropping and zero performance. No idea what is wrong. I did an upgrade of the router and modem. My smartphone does 100/50 Mbps on the same provider, standing next to a Mikrotik router. Something is very wrong with that modem.
  • Modem revision: R11e-LTE6_V027
  • RouterOS: v6.48.3
 
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Tue Aug 10, 2021 5:12 pm

Hello.
I read and I also have a similar problem. RBM33G + R11LTE6 performance at the level of 20-30MB, and when connected to the same b525 antennas, the speed increases to 50-80MB. Firmware 6.48.3 a LTE-0.27. I set the aggregation the same on both b3 + b20 devices, and the difference is on the plus side of the B525, mikrotik is behaving badly in this respect, it seems to be some software problem for such a poor transfer.
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Thu Aug 12, 2021 10:29 pm

Same thing here. A bit disappointed in this hardware to be honest.

Replaced my Pyonting antenna which gave 60 down / 20 up connected to an old TP-Link AC1200.

The LHGG LTE6 KIT struggles to get 20 down but nearly always manages to get ~20 up, with more or less the same signal readings as the old setup. I generally switch off Band 20 (speed barely reached .45 down / 7 up)

Router OS v6.48.3 (stable)
Firmware R11e-LTE6_V027

Something feels very odd, like it is capping the speed. I also get very odd signal drops & when I try a signal lock, I get mixed results, sometimes it works, mostly it doesn't unless I do a complete power cycle.
 
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Mon Sep 06, 2021 3:13 pm

In reality I replace all R11e-LTE6 into Quectel:
* EP06-E cat.6
* EM12-G cat.12
in all units what I have in hand :) This is always better option. I know that R11e-LTE6 have strange problems what people write me at telegram that I try help them and mostly with support cases can be solved or .. not bcs problem is in ISP... but with Quectel all works.

Good that MikroTik from Cheateu12/5G use SoC from Quectel, it's mutch better then this SoC from R11e-LTE.

PS. fw 028 is public now, best from all.
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:43 pm

I own LHGG LTE6 kit with R11e-LTE6 modem.
It seems that this modem does not like band B20. It simply has low SINR at band B20. Can turn antena to any dirrection I want. It simply does not work as I would expect. But it works perfect at higher bands.

Signal example:
Band B20, RSRP: -87 dBm, SINR: 8 dB, RSRQ: -11.0 dB, CQI: 11
Band B3, RSRP: -87 dBm, SINR: 24dB, RSRQ: -7.0 dB, CQI: 15

It simply seems that modem is better optimised for higher bands. If your provider does not turn of higher bands at night time as my does, I would recomend to use higher bands only. You have to test it for your own if it works for you.
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Tue Nov 16, 2021 1:55 am

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https://i.mt.lv/cdn/product_files/LHGGL ... 201133.pdf

800MHz is 5 dBi only. versus 20 dBi for higher freq.
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Tue Nov 16, 2021 11:21 am

Hello!

I've bought a MikroTik LHGG LTE6 kit to boost reception for my home internet because the 4G connection where I live is quite unstable (and 4G is the only way to get internet here). However, compared with a standard router that comes with an internet subscription it made things worse. I've tried rotating the antenna through 360 degrees and adjusting so that the numbers are highest.

With my Huawei B535-232 the connection had the following numbers connected to the cell [...]
I am in the same boat as the OP. I've been forced to swap my Router when my original provider changed coverage (or lost an antenna without feeling obliged to replace/fix it).
The Huawei B818 from the new provider, even when indoors in the main building, no matter how I positioned it, always delivered max. results (my plan is limited to 50/20Mbps).
The very limited firmware of this thingy, however made me to return it and go for the LHGG LTE6 kit to go with my RB4011.

The kit is mounted on a stand in my attic (so some kind of indoors, but no isolation / shielding besides a wooden roof, just no rain ;-)).
It took me quite a while to fix the position to find the same cell the Huawei connected to ... I am living just on the tip/edge of the coverage from that cell, but this is the only one available.
Using B3/B20 and still on v25, I actually cannot complain.
The link is physically up and stable for months and throughput is in the same ballpark, maybe a bit less downstream (47Mbpos compared to full 51Mbps from the Huawei).
...uptime since restart after ROS upgrade:
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...and SNR is between 9 and 12dB
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Tue Nov 16, 2021 11:41 am

In reality I replace all R11e-LTE6 into Quectel:
* EP06-E cat.6
* EM12-G cat.12
...care to elaborate? is it a simple fit/replacement procedure or doe it invlve soldering, fiddling with antenna ports and the like?

PS. fw 028 is public now, best from all.
...v29 is out ...any expériences with it yet? I am still on v25 and not unhappy. It's a pity that these do not come with a release note.
 
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Re: LHGG LTE6 kit internet dropping and slower than with a cheap 4G router

Tue Nov 16, 2021 9:05 pm

Also interested to know if using the EP06-E is plug and play or if I need to have a degree in engineering to enjoy it.

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