Best Router for T-Mobile Home Internet?
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- Best Router for T-Mobile Home Internet?
Lets test speeds and see which router is best: TP Link AX3000 or Dynalink.
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0:00 Intro
2:32 Dynalink Speed Test
3:20 TP Link Speed Test
4:05 Conclusion
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I use the TP-Link Deco X60 ax3000 mesh router and it works great with my T-Mobile. It actually smoothed out some of the problems I was having with some of my devices. I've also gotten more consistent speeds since I've been using it. Pings are about the same for me as when I'm using the T-Mobile gateway. Usually between 20ms to 35ms.
How do you use it? I was analyzing it and it doesn't have an input for a SIM card. T-mobile ?
You actually hook the router up to the gateway. It turns the gateway into your modem and allows you to have more settings through the router.
Thank you for all your help!! Your are so informative & speak in jargon I understand!!! Thank you sssooooo much
You bet! Thanks for watching!
MTU isn't always 1420 for T-Mobile. You should try doing a ping test to figure yours out. My Dynalink router was slow initially, but after I rebooted the gateway that was solved and now its speeds are identical to the numbers I saw directly connected to the gateway.
I know this guy!!!!! He is a great family man!! And awesome community member!
I don't know about all of that, but thank you!
I got the Archer x73 6 antenna version of this TP-Link router with an added mesh one extender for the garage. Work's great! 20ms ping and 300-500 down 30 up.
My power button and LED are on with the router you mentioned, but the Wifi LED will not turn on... any suggestions? I tried switching out the ethernet cable cords I tried 3 different ones and it doesn't work. I tested the LAN port also with the same result. :/
Did you test the ports on your TMobile tower? Is this the TPLink? If so, did you use the Tether App to set up the router?
@@JackNtheXbox Aw, thank you for your response Jack! I actually finally got it working, but my internet has not improved at all unfortunately... I live in a hotel room permanently it is rented out as a condo and their wifi is about as reliable as T-mobile's I wish I could figure something out. I get the feeling even external antennae would not help me. If you have any suggestions whatsoever they would be greatly appreciated.
@@JackNtheXbox I'm getting download and upload speeds of 0.04 - 3 Mbps from about 8am - midnight and then midnight until about 8am I get speeds of around 80-100 download and 20-60 upload... it's crazy
@@mermystical134 are you running it through a router, or just using the gateway?
Hi , I noticed when you did the speed test, you change to use different speedtest server. 1st you ran dynalink test with Salt Lake City server then you ran Tplink test with Murray UT server. I think it may cause the different result.
It auto selects the server. Next time I will change them to match. Thanks for the catch.
how to use the tp link ax3000 with t mobile does not have a sim input ?
I have the ASUS XD4 router with 2 nodes. I'm getting drop outs and have it set to ethernet backhaul thru a gigabit switch with cat5e cables. It's set as a router with the wifi on the Tmobile turned off. Sadly, there's no way to set the MTU on this modem but you can on your computer with a few commands. I'm wondering if I'd do better with the ASUS in AP mode. How was yours set up?
Right now it is in AP mode. I did that because I do not have more than 20 devices on the wifi. When I exceed 20 I will be switching it.
Dude I’ve been doing the same thing, I have three different ones so far they have all been different…currently using a Linksys AC1900 it runs about the same as the T-Mobile combo. I’ve also tried TPlink and Nova mesh system with both the speeds were cut in half.
No mesh for me. Mesh wrecks gaming speeds. Need to look into the Linksys. Thanks!
Maybe I’m missing something but since you can’t adjust anything on the T-Mobile router that’s receiving the info how could a second router change the transmission speed between the T-Mobile router and the tower?
The disconnect happens between router and gateway. Routers are set to a 1500 MTU. So the router is trying to out that through the gateway.
I need a router to pair with my T-Mobile gateway, would you still recommend the TP Link AX3000 router and do you have a video showing the best settings for pairing it with a T-Mobile gateway?
I do recommend it. It's great for the price. The only issue I have had with it is on my phone with Disney+...doesn't like that App for some reason. The Nighthawk didn't have that issue.
What was the speed when you were just using the tmobile router by itself?
I use an EERO Pro 6 with a 6 node, my ping is between 45-60 on the eero, and 35-45 on the T mobile 5G gateway. On the Eero i see 250-500 MP/s Down and 15-25 up. On the Tmobile 5g gateway i see 300-550 down and 20-30 up. To get around the double not with peer to peer games i have a 2nd router running DD-WRT with OpenVPN connect with PIA for a dedicated IP.
Hi, do you have issues with your Gateway dropping out and you have to reboot by using the Eero? I have to reboot my gateway every few days. I think there is a mismatch on bits -- maybe MTU speed?
Hey man thanks for the video.. I was curious if I actually need a router with my t mobile internet? I also do gaming with mine.. no streaming though. My internet runs ok not amazing . What are the benefits to adding a router to my t mobile internet?
The benefits are mostly device volume and family settings....you don't need the router if you don't have a lot of devices running at once. Your latency will probably suffer, but everything else works great!
i have a metal shop 100yds behind my house, i ran a ethernet cable from the trashcan to a extender in my metal building....internet works great in the metal building. but the TV in the house now struggles. if i unplug the Ethernet cable, then the TV starts working again? any ideas?
What type of extender are you using? Is it a full size router or just an extender?
@@JackNtheXbox it a small $25 TP extender ....it set up a different network which is ok, but not sure why the house TV struggles to stream
Hey! Just got my tmovile gateway last night! Do you have videos for nat type setup or does the router handle that for xbox??
Which gateway did you get? If it is the Nokia, this video should help. ruclips.net/video/ijkxQ-OkxoI/видео.html
@@JackNtheXbox the new black arcadyan one?
@@pokedadsam9041 you are going to want to watch this video by Nater Tater to turn off the WiFi on that one. ruclips.net/video/FTI9AOaYedc/видео.html
Hi , I have a older ASUS router AC1500 but it's a gig ,so would a WIFI 6 give faster speeds
The Wifi should be faster on Wifi 6. Look at the projected bandwidth speeds, because a gig router generally refers to the hard wired speeds.
I was getting horrible pings and speeds with Dynalink about 1/3 than the T-mobile gateway itself even after I set the mtu to 1420. I was gonna send it back. Then I went back into the T-mobile router and turned off the 2.4 and 5g ssid. But there were other ssids that were hidden, gotta click the down arrow in the ssid and make sure they are all off. Then I rebooted the T-mobile gateway and the Dynalink. That is when the seas parted. I was getting 14 ping and 550-600 mbs. I was amazed. Keep in mind i have a Tmobile cell tower 400 yards from my townhouse, can is rotated towards it and i get 3 bars. I'm keeping the Dynalink. $99 bucks and wifi 6, good deal.
What was your ping before? I can not get mine to drop below 45 not matter what settings I change, MTU, QoS, etc. Thanks for watching!
@@JackNtheXbox it was Slow AF. 44 ping and 155 mbs, and could not get it to match the the tmobile gateway at all, I spent 2 days messing with the settings in the T-mobile gateway. I thought i was suckered into the Dynalink. Once I turned off all those ssids speeds changed drastically. I thought it might have to do with the amount of usage and time of day. It gets even better at night sometimes hitting 700mbs. Lowest I've seen it drop for me was 250mbs at 4pm. Again the cell tower is very close to my house. I see some people are very happy to get 100 mbs. I feel so lucky. Distance from tower is a huge factor. Btw I have a 10h/day teen gamer addict ( i know im not alone you have one too), 3 ring devices, 4 firesticks, cell phones, 2 voip phone fax, 3 laptops , I work from home for now. I've been testing the grey gateway for 11 months now. Its stable for me and a good value. Not sure if you did what i did at the time of this post. But I thought I would share what worked for me. I hope others can confirm this as many are reporting not seeing any changes in performance at all. Also, I do own a Netgear Ax8 wifi 6, I bought used on FB marketplace real cheap and that works well too, the Dynalink looks nicer in my living room, and is reliable after 7 days of testing. Again I am just one guy. I hope other get better results, it felt so good sticking it to crimecast they've been ripping me off for years. Thanks for your post good luck to all as we all try to find extra ways to save a couple of $$$.
@@jamesmartinez1401 thank you for the response. I have been happy with Download and Upload, I just can't seem to find way to drop the Ping. Even if I change my MTU, it stay almost exactly the same. I will keep up the fight though. There has to be a solution, and I will find it. Thanks again!
@@JackNtheXbox I must say the wierd thing is that the ping is inconsistent. Sometimes its 14 others 30-40. But speeds usually between 280-700 depending on time of day and demand at the cell tower. Still doable for at my location.
I had the exact same issue as you when I first got the Dynalink. I scratched my head, anything I did I would not get above 50 MBs on any device. The culperit was "QoS" or "Quality of Service" and Airtime Fairness.
The tsingle
restrictions
I tried that, but it only gave me a small bump in speed. Did changing yours solve the problem?
@@JackNtheXbox Yeh, I shut everything down like that. Also, I setup non-T-Mo DNS servers (you can use Google or Open DNS, both are significantly faster). I also turned off Internal IPV6 to where all devices were not having to go through translation. twice. Also, make sure that your passthru's are all turned to yes. I can send you some screenshots on twitter or something if you like? (also, might want to make sure firmware is updated)
yeap. i had the same problem. for me it was the QoS i turned that off, and speeds were good.
Need your help! Just got a 3 pack mesh nest wifi and have set it up but my speeds are lower??!! Please help its connected to my tmobile gateway
Which gateway do you have. My video is for the Nokia only. I can help with the other two though!
I thought I saw you adjust the mtu speed to 1420 in a different video....I'm thinking of getting tp link ax55 w tmo..do you know if the mtu is adjustable 1420 on that router?
Yes it is. As long as it is in router mode, not Access Point Mode.
Go into your router setup and drop the packet size (MTU) to about 1420 or so. You'll be floored by the improvement in ping and speed.
Hi , if you check in his video he talk about changing MTU about (1:28) but he didn't get good result
Correct! So many misinformed reviews on RUclips!
I got a tp link too and get really good speeds with T-Mobile. My pings are normally like 20-25 and I get 170-200mbps download and 30-50mbps upload.
Sweet! I think my ping has to do with distance from the tower. Still trying find a solution for high ping.
I have T-Mobile Internet for home and have discovered that because of various obstacles, e.g. other buildings, Beltway sound wall, trees, etc., the signal from the tower to my Gateway device is weakened. I'm trying to figure out how to strengthen that signal. Any info that might help?
Are you in a position to put an external antenna up? That is your best option. Let me research other options too.
if you turn on the QOS on the dyna your speeds are going to be slow. turn that off and speeds are good. it happed to me too when i first tried the dyna. it was bad until i turned off the QOS and after that speed were good
I will mention that in my next video. Thank you.
Bro have you tried the asus? Do you still have TMHI? I’m trying to get setup with it and I just need help lol
Which Asus router?
@@JackNtheXbox no particular model, I’m just trying to figure out what works…. So I just got the tmhi the other day, I tried to hardwire it from the T-Mobile gateway to my Xbox. For some reason that didn’t work, it connects over Wi-Fi but it’s nat type : moderate. So I’m not sure if getting a router would help? While connected over Wi-Fi I attempted to play Microsoft flight simulator but that would not run , I’m assuming it has something to do with how tmobiles network works.
hi great video please can you show how did you plug in and then what steps you took and all the settings thanks
Working on that video today 😀
Can you try new router TP link Ac11000 gaming router with it
I will look at doing that one next.
@@amnabutt1013 having trouble locating an AC11000. I can only find an AX11000.
@@JackNtheXbox thats more better
Have you tried it with a gaming router? Like an Asus ROG GT-AX11000?
I have not, but I am planning on it.
Aloha from Kaneohe Hawaii I love my T-Mobile home internet yeeeah aloha from Hawaii my pings average 14/18 with the Nokia gateway
Man...I want that ping! I think I am just too far away from our tower.
Xiaomi router 296 Mbps lower speed's around 4 to 6 PM 39 ping but will get higher if using a smart proxy server better to use vpn on device rather than router due to changes in carrier ip's.
Does tmobile still handle dchp or is it being handled by the TP link
The TP Link is handling that.
@@JackNtheXbox nice I was curious if it would do that I just got tmobile home internet a couple weeks ago but haven't reset the network up
So not many know this but t-mobile has routers they don’t advertise anywhere on their site but only to business accounts and at that you’d have to call in and complain to find out because apparently they have cradlepoint routers which I’m getting now
Would purchasing a router also correct a strict NAT? I have the T-mobile 5G Nokia and I'm stuck on a strict NAT. I've tried several options with absolutely no success. One option I can't figure out is how to switch to ipv6 if possible with T-mobile/Nokia.
When you connect a router to the gateway, you will end up with Double NAT, but mine has never changes from Moderate NAT. I am surprised you are on Strict... If I have no router attached, I am usually on OPEN NAT. I will look into it some more.
Thank you. I am on a Series X. I've tried just about everything, disconnecting everything and waiting. All of the available ports don't work. I've even tried factory reset as well as setting up wireless, as I was originally using ethernet connectivity with a relatively short cat6 cable with the tower a few feet of my console.
@@mikemendola3564 I have read 13 threads on this topic today. It looks like the features built into the gateway will not allow a fix. A router would fix the issues they discussed though. You would still get a double NAT like me, but it should not be Strict. It will be moderate. Sorry I could not be more help.
Any suggestions on a router choice?
@@mikemendola3564 TP Link AX3000 is what I have. Works great! AX will give you WiFi 6. If you don't care about WiFi 6, the Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 is pretty good. Depends on how many devices you plan to run at once.
I’m using T-Mobile Home Internet w/ Dynalink WiFi 6 AX3600 Router (DL-WRX36), Dual Band. My ping 18, 693 down, 103 up; using Xfinity 1Gigabit.
Did you have to change any settings to get those speeds?
@@JackNtheXbox Only changes made was setting the T-Mobile gateway to be use as a modem only. All WiFi for the T-Mobile gateway were disabled. I changed the MTU to 1420 on the DYNALINK router.
@@damayoclinic how did you turn off the router portion of the gateway?
Which tp link router do you use?
I have a ASUS ax82u it is good but it has no way to change the mtu when you run in auto ip mode if you change to ppoe it gives setting for mtu but you need to run in auto ip for it to connect to Tmobile gateway I can’t find anything on how to change mtu on my ASUS router so beware of ASUS I am very disappointed they took out the mtu setting and Not sure why.
Thank you for the heads up!
I currently have the TP- Link Deco and it cuts my speeds in half and makes my ping 2 times higher??? Any tips on how I can fix this etc?
If you are using it as a mesh system, not much you can do about the ping...but, I would make sure it is set in router mode and not in Access Point Mode. Also, turn off the QoS (that will bog it down). Let me know if this helps. I will try to think of other things until I hear back from you.
@@JackNtheXbox it's just odd the my ping is 2 times higher than the gateway considering that when I had cox it was only 9 and when I was direct connected it was 7... I tried switching from Access point and it didn't do anything
@@JackNtheXbox does your Router give off close to the same speeds throughout your whole house with T-Mobile?
@@johnabel6792 yes it does. My speeds don't drop below 200 mbps inside my house.
Roger that! I'm considering just heading out and purchasing a new Router and if for some reason the speeds are still cut in half I'll just hurry and return it
HAHAHAHA wicked intro!
Thank you!
ASUS RT-AC86U works for me.
What are the asus router results?
I am hoping to get these posted ASAP.
Mine is the opposite. I get better download speeds with the dynalink but all the other metrics are higher with the TP-Link, especially ping
I later discovered one setting that I missed that could have resulted in better speeds...may need to give it another shot.
@@JackNtheXbox which setting is that
@@cherenymadison3554 air time fairness.
@@JackNtheXbox llp
Try the NETGEAR Router because It full speed 300Mbps and dual band Wi-Fi 802.11ac
I will give it a go!
@@JackNtheXbox can you make it as a video
@@jamespiercehd720p8 sounds good to me!
My t-mobile is so GOOD but it would be AMAZING if my ping can ever drop I average 118 ping which made me quit gaming 😭 I average anywhere from 500-700 down and 20-40 up, just the ping man, but They said their working on the tower so when I come back next week since I’m on vacation I’ll update you guys on the ping and speed
any update on ur tmobile
@@doff. I ended up getting tp link wifi 6 sum like that and average around 20 whenever no one home and whenever everyone home I average around 30-40 with some lag spikes but I rarely play anymore but just letting yknow
Did you ever get an Asus router?
I did test the Asus AX3000. Speeds and features were great. I have all of the testing footage, just have not put a video of that together yet.
Ok this is the router I have it’s a tp link Archer AX1500 will this work also where I can change the mtu and make my ping better
You can change the ping.
@@JackNtheXbox I change the mtu to 1420 and it still shows up double NAT witch is not good for gaming online
Is it Moderate or Strict? - because that does make a difference.
@@JackNtheXbox it says moderate I heard since the T mobile gateway doesn’t have a feature where u can make it modem only that u will have double NAT
This is true. There is a way to bypass that by putting your router into access point mode, but it decreases my speeds.
We’re do u live I leave in the middle of no we’re I am in need help I have t mobile home internet
I am in UTAH. What are the issues you are having? Maybe I can help.
Net gear nighthawk
I have heard good things about this one...looking forward to trying it out.
Which T-Mobile gateway do you have?
The silver garbage can (Nokia).
@@JackNtheXbox I ended up switching to the Arcadyan…. Works much better here out in the boonies of southern AZ… but your mileage may vary
Did u ever find a great router?
The best budget router I found for me is the TP Link AX55.
TMobile internet just sucks.
Depends on where you are I think. It is nearly impossible to find two people getting the same speeds.
how dose tmoblie handle torrent sites with a vpn can they tell iam downloading?
Not sure. Sorry