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Would it be worth fitting a eg18 in a chateau LTE12 or

Sat Jan 07, 2023 11:13 pm

Would it be worth fitting a eg18 in a chateau LTE12 or should I get a chateau ax lte18 instead?
 
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Re: Would it be worth fitting a eg18 in a chateau LTE12 or

Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:11 am

Guess it depend on your Wi-Fi needs... You happy with the LTE12's Wi-Fi? Generally LTE speeds are well below 802.11ac speeds. But guess it's possible "ax" be useful if you're seeing hundreds+ Mb/s for LTE and/or have congested 5Ghz environment.

I think regardless you'd want to add pigtails+external antennas:
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Re: Would it be worth fitting a eg18 in a chateau LTE12 or

Sun Jan 08, 2023 2:42 am

I'm very happy with the WiFi of the LTE12, as I'm in the United Kingdom, I set the 2.4 at 20mhz channel 13, and the 5 is at 80mhz channel 149.

Due to most residential UK isps using American configured WiFi equipment, there's never anyone using these channels in my apartment block.
 
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Re: Would it be worth fitting a eg18 in a chateau LTE12 or

Sun Jan 08, 2023 12:11 pm

Due to most residential UK isps using American configured WiFi equipment...
... which use channel 11. Which partially overlaps channel 13 (check it yourself). Adjacent channel interference can be even worse than co-channel traffic (from other wifi devices), so you might want to test if your current setup is actually better than if using channel 11.

And yes, it's a royal pain that Europeans use American channel layout and thus missing opportunity to have 4 (almost) non-overlapping channels instead of 3.
 
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Re: Would it be worth fitting a eg18 in a chateau LTE12 or

Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:39 pm

I'm very happy with the WiFi of the LTE12
Well Wi-Fi 6 be the main benefit from upgrade to the newer Chateau, vs.just upgrading the modem in your existing one.

Now if the goal is improve stability/speed of LTE WAN, using all external antennas I just think help more than a newer modem with the built-in antennas.

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