It also matters what band your phone is connecting to, vs the MoFi unit. The one i chose supports Band 71, which is T-Mobile's newer spectrum they lit up all over the country last year. My phone is bouncing between B2, B12 and B71 constantly, but my current Netgear MR1100 Router is connect to the B2 consistently.
I have this. To use a router behind this you must use the #1 ethernet port NOT the WAN port then select IP passthrough. I also tried 2 Yagi antennas but the flat panel Mofi antennas worked far better. My setup with Yagi's I used the short cable from the Yagi's direct to the Mofi connector with no extension cables. The 5 Dbi Mofi antennas gave between 10 to 20 Db better signal. The WAN port is if you want to use failover to another provider's router. You can then have a dual provider speed.
Yeah, I need to do another demo...when i say "take it out of the yellow"....I mean run the cat5/6 cable from the yellow ports on the MOFI....to the blue WAN port on your existing router....I should re-record the whole shabang....thanks for your comment Henry.
It may be good news that ATT will be grandfathering the old $35 plan, but the bad news is that they will disconnect it as soon as they see the sim put back into a mobile router (they can tell by imei of the device being used in). :( I wouldn't be surprised if the new ATT "unlimited data plan" will be priced much higher and even limited by tiers... we shall see. Just wait for the April 1st Tmobile/Sprint merger to go through, and you'll see they will have the most kick ass network around.
This was a nice presentation, I'm also using the MOFI with a AT&T Sim and unlimited service, but it's costing me $159/month - have you fooled around more with those paddle antennas? It seems hard to find specifics on directions, orientation etc... you ended up at a 45 degree. What do you know specifically about those paddles and how they should be oriented when trying to receive a specific tower signal? I definitely need a better provider service as I think I'm paying too much for too little. Thumbs UP and thanks again!
HI Frederick...thanks for droppin a comment and like! So...I don't know the technical reasons why having mine angled like this works better than vertical or nearly layed out flat....but I'm betting it has something to do with the general polarization proof online where they get better throughput/speed when they use yagi antennas mounted at a 90 degree separation from each other. Search "yagi antenna orientation" on YT...quite a few good videos on it. Anyway...would bet it's similar with the blade/whip antennas that come stock. One guy is also getting a bump from placing a couple layers of aluminum foil behind the antennas. It worked on mine for downloads....but killed the upload bandwidth...but might be worth trying out. yeah 159 sounds pricey...is it an old plan? Search Ebay for "unlimited at&t data" or similar...there's tons of them for 30-80 bucks a month. A little risky as they are just transferred plans...but just pick up a another one if it gets dropped. I was paying 76 bucks a month for DSL 11mbps down...768bps UP...which is fine for surfing ....but uploading YT videos took FoReVeR :-)
@Frederick Dunn < Instead of your expensive $159/monthly plan, you can get this ATT unlimited/unthrottled tablet data plan for only $35 bucks a month which works fine in a MoFi box.
Hey bro I enjoyed your video it was very informative, thanks very much. One question though, I have a similar setup and I am only getting 10-12 the most. What can I do to increase my download and upload speed?
what's the benefit of connecting it to your dsl/existing router? I have crappy dsl and I'm considering getting a Mofi, it's just that I already have Sprint and this requires AT&T
Does not require AT&T....it's just worked out for my area....and I found a cheap ipad plan. You can combo this router with any other carrier almost....need to check the Bands and type before you try it tho. For example.....Cricket,Verizon..etc..use CDMA and I"m not sure if that type will work. The mofi's 2.4ghz wifi sucks...it's slow and doesn't have 5Ghz let alone ac or ax compatible like modern routers. So....passing the traffic through another router allows you to bypass the mofi wireless...and broadcast/receive via a newer...faster router.
AT&T HAS CANCELLED THE UNLIMITED PLAN AS OF THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY....NOT SURE IF IT WILL EVER COME BACK....OR IF THE EXISTING ACCOUNTS WILL REMAIN ACTIVE EITHER....SORRY GUYS....LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE. 👇 UPDATE - READ HERE 👇 UPDATE - READ HERE 👇 I'VE SINCE LEARNED THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE THE PLAN ON EBAY! YOU STILL NEED TO OBTAIN A SIM CARD TO ACTIVATE WITH THE SERVICE....BUT...FROM ALL THE COMMENTORS, IT SEEMS YOU CAN USE THE IMEI NUMBER FROM THE MOFI ROUTER....AND THE ICCID NUMBER FROM THE SIM CARD OBTAINED TO SIGN UP FOR THIS TABLET PLAN $35 A MONTH PLAN!! I HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THIS MYSELF! I THOUGHT IT REQUIRED A IMEI FROM A TABLET, AS THIS SERVICE FROM AT&T IS FOR AN IPAD....BUT MAY BE WRONG. WORST CASE SCENARIO....IF IT DOESN'T LET YOU SIGN UP....YOU DO AS I HAVE IN THE VIDEO AND PURCHASE AN ALREADY ACTIVATED ACCOUNT...AND JUST TRANSFER IT TO YOUR NAME AND BILLING INFO. IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO FIND THIS ONLINE! IT'S LISTED ON THIS PAGE UNDER PREPAID DATACONNECT PASS...IT'S THE IPAD LINK. SOURCE PAGE: www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1048713 DIRECT LINK HERE: dcp2.att.com/OEPNDClient/ I HAVEN'T TRIED USING THESE LINKS AS THE SELLER I USED ALREADY HAD MY ACCOUNT SIGNED UP SO THIS IS NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK! SORRY FOR ALL THE CAPS....BUT THE COMMENTS KEEP POINTING THIS OUT...AND HAVEN'T MADE AN UPDATE VIDEO YET.
Thanks for your video. It is very helpful. I also plan to cut cable service. Based on the speed from your video, I think the speed iis good for my whole house purposes but no sure how the coverage of MoFi 4500 is? Will the wifi signal cover the size of 2500 square, 3-level house? Thanks for your attention.
Hi, no the mofi only can do 2.4Ghz....it's kinda sucks on the wifi side of things. I'd buy a newer home wifi router that supports the throughput and distance you need AND THEN plug the mofi into that new router. Others have commented on this as they have noticed reduced speeds when just using the mofi's wifi. I have a cheap TPlink router that covers my whole house...was 100 bucks years ago...I'm sure there's much better now for cheaper...but serves me just fine. Hope this helps...
The mofi doesn't limit the number of devices....it's similar in nature your home wfifi router. Too many factors to answer your second question....how good is your signal on the carrier you'll use for the 4g router?.....what antennas?? What model of device? What category is the modem in the 4g router? Can it carrier aggregate?....and ON and ON....
How did you get speeds that fast out of your mofi I purchased the same mofi with an unlimited sim for $60 a month for At&t and my speeds are nowhere near as good as yours mine is around 45 to 50 ping and 12 to 17 mbps download and like 3 to 5 mbps upload and -104 db and I live in rural West Virginia
You may have already said this, but how “country” are we talking? I am on att cell service and get 2 bars about 45 minutes from a BIG city (Jacksonville FL) app says the closest cell tower is TMobile. I have not installed any antennas yet to try to boost cell service. I just need to stream frickin cartoons for the kids. Will this be good enough to stream Netflix/Prime/etc??
Erin, you need to check your db levels before you'll have an estimate of how well this is going to work. To give you an idea...I'm about 8 miles from the nearest AT&T tower. You can find this online at cellmapper.net You need to have a db of 100-110 to really expect anything great from the mofi and stock antennas. The lower the db number ....the stronger/better. More research needed before you can be confident it's going to work well.....
Guys/Gals read the comments below...there's some gold there....I'm trying the best I can to answer questions....but there are some alternate ways to accomplish close to the same setup. See RedCloud_1911 advice and others below! Throw me a like if this video helped you out....or ask any questions below! Happy Surfing!
Would this work with a different hotspot, something similar to a coolpad or jetpack that's att? Thinking about trying this but dont want to drop 2 to 300 right away
I believe it will. I know others have accomplished the same thing using a netgear nighthawk modem. I think the trick is to have the SIM card registered as a tablet...and the modem needs to be able to recognize it as such. The reason why I used the ebay SIM account transfer is because I don't have a tablet with 4G that I could register the ATT service with. Somewhere on one of my 2 videos another user has pointed this out....
Is your service still running smoothly? I'm thinking about doing this.. Any particular sim card I need to buy? Also how difficult was your router setup...
Azzie Blankenship hey I'm not the youtuber that did the video obviously but I'm thinking about doing this as well. I can say that it depends on which cell tower is closest to you like for me it'd be AT&T and set up is probably very simple.
Service is still solid. You need to match the SIM card up with the matching carrier to work. Mofi setup was really easy I thought...I plugged mine into my existing home router.....it handed out dhcp to the new device....nothing much to do besides turn off the wifi on the mofi itself. Others have pointed out the 2.4 band only bgn wifi on the mofi sucks as it can't do dual band concurrently....not an issue for me...but if your whole house depends on wifi....use your existing wifi setup with it....or purchase a newer home router you can "hang" the mofi off of....
Make sure your existing home router has dhcp turned on....most do by default.....cable goes from one of the yellow LAN ports on the mofi.....to the blue WAN port on your existing router.
I have this setup with AT&T. I don't have the outdoor fixed antenna, but my modem reports 5 full bars of signal at -83 mBd but my speeds are only 5-10 MBps. Is there a setting inside the Mofi router I need to adjust?
My first guess is that the traffic is being seen as "Hotspot" traffic.....instead of "Streaming" traffic...check your TTL settings in your mofi. Should be set to "Linux - 65ms" for it to bypass the carriers ID'ing it as a hotspot.....could be wrong...worth a look though...
@@FullyTeched I contacted support and they had me turn on auto MTU and auto MSS and then do a band lock to each att band to find the fastest one in my area. I'm now getting 25-35 Mbps consistently on my speed tests.
It's been a few months since your video, is everything still working good? Any issues? Also on average how much data do you use per month? I use around 400 - 500GB per month.
Still works great. Every now and then I get a no-ping situation maybe once a night for maybe 15 seconds...but it always picks back up without any intervention. I burn thru about 250-400GB's every month. I've got a newer upload on my channel but it's kind of a hot mess...need to re-record a cleaner...organized video.
Is this an unlimited data or unlimited hotspot Bc I have unlimited data on all my phones/ipad on my account but there is a max or 30gig per line of hotspot. Im trying to figure out does it use data or hotspot data?
The mofi has a TTL setting that "masks" the mofi device in a way that reports back to the carrier that it's data being used by the phone......and not "hotspot" data. I haven't truly tested if this fools any carriers as my plans are unlimited....and haven't been throttled that I can tell.
I have the Netgear nighthawk MR1100 and every once and a while it reboots. but my question is how many devices can be connected at one time? On my Nighthawk i can have 20 but with mofi router how many devices can I run at one time?
Probably more than you'll ever need.....I mean 254 usable IP's the way it comes out of the box......if your subnet mask is 255.255.255.0....then that last octet allows it....you could always modify this to allow more though..... PS the wifi on the MOFI is only 2.4Ghz....kinda behind times....no 5Ghz.....so I plug mine into my existing router that at least can run both bands concurrently.......
Lol transferred over grandfather account..... Did you not think it's weird that they sent you an IMEI... That's a devices serial number.. they take old iPad IMEI that were set up for cellular and you put your sim card in your hotspot instead of the iPad.. anyone can access the iPad landing page from Google . If the plan gets shut off it's cause att finally catch on that we've been doing this . I've been doing for 2+ years now . Nighthawk router works just as good I get 105 down 30 up at about 60 latency .. the mofi is good if you're in a weaker signal area. If you have decent signal and dont spend the extra money on a mofi
Hey man we got the exact stuff you recommended and are only getting 5-6 mb down, do you know if there’s a reason for this, the connection is lan and dns 1.1.1.1 so I don’t know why It would be so slow. Thanks 🙏🏼
Whats your signal strength in dbm? Running stock antennas or +5's? AT&T as the carrier? I'd make sure your apn is set right...and your TTL is Linux -2 65 There's some gold in the comments...might have a read...but those are the biggest ones I'd check. I can't vouch for your carrier....or if you have low signal strength tho.... Here's some comments from others that are most relevant i think... 1. "I got this Mofi 4500 and hooked two log periodic antennas up to it and my god I connected to band 4 instead of 13 my speeds went from 2-5mbps to 50-70mbps" 2. I contacted support and they had me turn on auto MTU and auto MSS and then do a band lock to each att band to find the fastest one in my area. I'm now getting 25-35 Mbps consistently on my speed tests.
Fully Teched Thank you for responding, been messing around with it for a few weeks and it’s not unbearable just every now and then it’s slow (probably just high demand time of day). Our mofi came with those paddle antennae’s, at&t is our carrier and the dbm is around -100dbm (probably because we live at the bottom of a hill). I’m gonna try some of those things you recommended and I’ll try to get back to you with a response, thanks!
Seller account is sim_cellution 99.3 percent feedback...21.99 for AT&T only....on my second month...used 290GBs the first month....solid so far...although I don't think there's any way to guarantee the plan will remain forever and ever....
@@TheDigihax He's still up with multiple listings...looking at them now...still same price. Looks like he's testing with different thumbnails...but all the same I bet... ebay.to/377Iule
Storm Strike What I like about it is you can connect unlimited devices to it but mainly I don't have to worry about wearing it out. The other option with Carrier aggregation is the Nighthawk M1, which does have better wifi standard duel band 2.4ghz and 5ghz 802.11a/b/g/n/ac and mofi is 802.11b/g/n 2.4ghz so you'll need a router plugged into mofi for wifi. But nighthawk is not made to stay plugged in and be core of home internet, you'll be buying battery for it every 6 months maybe. Both are MIMO so these 2 options are it as far as 4G quality home internet.
Buy a att mf279 its dual band and u dont need to have the battery in it to work plus it has a ethernet port so u plug another router to give u 4 ports plus 300 ft range for ur house and there under 85 dollars off of Ebay and there way easy to setup up or if u want one with a 3 year warranty buy one off of Amazon but u will pay about 165 with the warranty 👍
I think it does as cricket is AT&T owned or it's budget line whatever....technically like all of these it's against TOS ...so they could shut it off if found out....always a risk there....but I'd try it.
@@FullyTeched I was on the ATT plan that got cancelled. I'm trying a Cricket sim but can't get it to work. The Mofi see's the sim as an ATT sim, and doing a band scan shows 2 active bands. Looks like it shoud work but I can't connect to the Internet.
@@jpbcos I'd try a full reset on the mofi...when I switch sims it still sees the telephone number associated with the one I just removed. Guessing there's a flaw there. Is it hanging onto the wrong APN? Try manually changing it and doing a rescan. If no luck, I'd reset it with the GUI or by the physical button on the device and give it another go....
Are you running the Mofi4500? I'd test each side of the residence first to test which side of the house gets the best reception...once found, leave it near a window....and then start experimenting with how the antennas are positioned. Upgrade your antennas if still no luck. In the city, I'd try a omni-directional first...assuming your pretty close to the tower......you can pick up a dual sma omni-directional antenna on ebay for 20 bucks or so...
@dbenders1 I was able to speed up from 10-20mbps to 35-55mbps by plugging in a $40 netgear AC750 and turning off wifi on mofi. I plugged my laptop and ps4 into the mofi to and they get better speeds, 58-67mbps. my signal could be better to -104 to -109dbi so I did buy a directional panel antenna, update this comment when it comes in.
Lol att is not good for any gaming. Go with Verizon if you can. To answer your question the nat type is 3 (strict) unless someone else with att with a real land internet joins then you can chat.
You can get the instructions off of ebay with the website and the ime number that u need under 5 dollars and a net10 simcard kit for 1 dollar and set it up you're self for the 34.99 att plan and buy a att mf279 hotspot off of Ebay it has one ethernet port so buy a router so u have 4 ethernet ports and longer range for the house and a 20 dollar aigital sma antenna off of Amazon it has suction cup for a window for all the equipment it will run u 160 for setup then 34.99 a month and I get speeds between 70 and 85 download speeds dont waste ur money on the mofi hotspot the instructions are horrible and ur speeds are slow and all over the place and the att mf279 is so easy to setup period 👍
Joshua, thanks for the tips...soooo.....does the att mf279 have the ability to modify the TTL ms timings? Do you know if it does band aggregation? Guess I overpaid for my retail AT&T SIM kit at 9.99 eh? Well, I didn't have a 4G enabled tablet so didn't have a valid IMEI to sign up for AT&T service........sooooo, how would I solve that?
@@FullyTeched type on Ebay att unlimited hotspot plan and u will see it's like the 5th one down for 4.50 and 975 sold he gives u the ime number and the att website to go to by email after u pay and u just have to buy a simcard kit I like the net10 sim kit because it comes with all the sizes for att and tmobile cards in one kit
Also the mf279 is a true att hotspot so when u buy the att sim card u dont have to play around with bands its already set up for att for one and it's so simple to hookup. Then download off Google play store network cell info lite app it gives the direction the nearest att towers are so u can point a sma antenna the right direction 👍
Just telling you so you know, NO YOU DID NOT buy a grandfathered plan. That plan you can activate yourself today, all you need is a SIM card, it’s free to activate and 35$ a month, he’s charging 20$ for him to do it , you can do it free yourself in less then 5 mins just saying !
Yes, others have told me this as well.....I need to make an update video. I couldn't find the plan when I bought the mofi...and thought the ebay was the ONLY way to obtain this as it was a TABLET plan....but now realize I can use the IMEI number from the MOFI...and the SIM/ICCID number from the SIM card....and register/activate the service!! Thanks for the comment...take care...
I have purchased this And now trying to set it up. all I need is the device the SIM card and what plan exactly from AT&T? would that be data connectpass for a tablet for 34.99 or what?
@@blakep3167 I'm confused...what did you purchase if you still need the device, the sim, and the plan? The link to the plan is in the description...or just go with one of the ebay dudes.
I already have everything I was taking it that you could use the IMEI number off of the mofi4500 instead of having to go with one of the eBay people like you used to get an IMEI/account setup. I just used the same person you did sim_cellution. Did he email you the info or what to do bc I havent heard from him yet didnt know what to expect
@@blakep3167 Yeah it didn't take long...check your messages on ebay too maybe.....but mine came to the email i have registered with my ebay account....
Dude the mofi has a feature on it where u don't need unlimited internet u can get a 10 dollar prepaid plan with 1gig and use it all month bc the mofi blocks that traffic from your phone company
Hi Sheets...yes I'm aware of the TTL capability.....in my research some carriers limit the streaming to 480 or 720P even when the TTL is set to 65. Soooo....what carrier are you using and at what resolution are you streaming at with this method??
huh? That sentence doesn't makes sense. I paid the dude on ebay 22 bucks for the account setup because I didn't have an Ipad or a 4G device (tablet) that I could register the SIM card with!! MEI and ICCID required when signing up the account. The SIM I bought at Walmart was 9.99 like everywhere else in the world. But yeah, totally jippppppped...totally.
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It also matters what band your phone is connecting to, vs the MoFi unit. The one i chose supports Band 71, which is T-Mobile's newer spectrum they lit up all over the country last year. My phone is bouncing between B2, B12 and B71 constantly, but my current Netgear MR1100 Router is connect to the B2 consistently.
This is going to change my lifeeeeee dude thank you so much
I have this. To use a router behind this you must use the #1 ethernet port NOT the WAN port then select IP passthrough. I also tried 2 Yagi antennas but the flat panel Mofi antennas worked far better. My setup with Yagi's I used the short cable from the Yagi's direct to the Mofi connector with no extension cables. The 5 Dbi Mofi antennas gave between 10 to 20 Db better signal. The WAN port is if you want to use failover to another provider's router. You can then have a dual provider speed.
Yeah, I need to do another demo...when i say "take it out of the yellow"....I mean run the cat5/6 cable from the yellow ports on the MOFI....to the blue WAN port on your existing router....I should re-record the whole shabang....thanks for your comment Henry.
if you get directional MIMO antenna. If your network and device supports it, you'll get crazy speeds. worth looking at.
It may be good news that ATT will be grandfathering the old $35 plan, but the bad news is that they will disconnect it as soon as they see the sim put back into a mobile router (they can tell by imei of the device being used in). :(
I wouldn't be surprised if the new ATT "unlimited data plan" will be priced much higher and even limited by tiers... we shall see.
Just wait for the April 1st Tmobile/Sprint merger to go through, and you'll see they will have the most kick ass network around.
This was a nice presentation, I'm also using the MOFI with a AT&T Sim and unlimited service, but it's costing me $159/month - have you fooled around more with those paddle antennas? It seems hard to find specifics on directions, orientation etc... you ended up at a 45 degree. What do you know specifically about those paddles and how they should be oriented when trying to receive a specific tower signal? I definitely need a better provider service as I think I'm paying too much for too little. Thumbs UP and thanks again!
HI Frederick...thanks for droppin a comment and like! So...I don't know the technical reasons why having mine angled like this works better than vertical or nearly layed out flat....but I'm betting it has something to do with the general polarization proof online where they get better throughput/speed when they use yagi antennas mounted at a 90 degree separation from each other.
Search "yagi antenna orientation" on YT...quite a few good videos on it. Anyway...would bet it's similar with the blade/whip antennas that come stock.
One guy is also getting a bump from placing a couple layers of aluminum foil behind the antennas. It worked on mine for downloads....but killed the upload bandwidth...but might be worth trying out.
yeah 159 sounds pricey...is it an old plan? Search Ebay for "unlimited at&t data" or similar...there's tons of them for 30-80 bucks a month. A little risky as they are just transferred plans...but just pick up a another one if it gets dropped.
I was paying 76 bucks a month for DSL 11mbps down...768bps UP...which is fine for surfing ....but uploading YT videos took FoReVeR :-)
@Frederick Dunn < Instead of your expensive $159/monthly plan, you can get this ATT unlimited/unthrottled tablet data plan for only $35 bucks a month which works fine in a MoFi box.
@@BillAnt this is literally the same exact thing as that .
Hey bro I enjoyed your video it was very informative, thanks very much. One question though, I have a similar setup and I am only getting 10-12 the most. What can I do to increase my download and upload speed?
excellent information!!
what's the benefit of connecting it to your dsl/existing router? I have crappy dsl and I'm considering getting a Mofi, it's just that I already have Sprint and this requires AT&T
Does not require AT&T....it's just worked out for my area....and I found a cheap ipad plan. You can combo this router with any other carrier almost....need to check the Bands and type before you try it tho. For example.....Cricket,Verizon..etc..use CDMA and I"m not sure if that type will work.
The mofi's 2.4ghz wifi sucks...it's slow and doesn't have 5Ghz let alone ac or ax compatible like modern routers. So....passing the traffic through another router allows you to bypass the mofi wireless...and broadcast/receive via a newer...faster router.
AT&T HAS CANCELLED THE UNLIMITED PLAN AS OF THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY....NOT SURE IF IT WILL EVER COME BACK....OR IF THE EXISTING ACCOUNTS WILL REMAIN ACTIVE EITHER....SORRY GUYS....LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE.
👇 UPDATE - READ HERE 👇 UPDATE - READ HERE 👇
I'VE SINCE LEARNED THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE THE PLAN ON EBAY!
YOU STILL NEED TO OBTAIN A SIM CARD TO ACTIVATE WITH THE SERVICE....BUT...FROM ALL THE COMMENTORS, IT SEEMS
YOU CAN USE THE IMEI NUMBER FROM THE MOFI ROUTER....AND THE ICCID NUMBER FROM THE SIM CARD OBTAINED TO SIGN UP FOR THIS TABLET PLAN $35 A MONTH PLAN!! I HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THIS MYSELF! I THOUGHT IT REQUIRED A IMEI FROM A TABLET, AS THIS SERVICE FROM AT&T IS FOR AN IPAD....BUT MAY BE WRONG.
WORST CASE SCENARIO....IF IT DOESN'T LET YOU SIGN UP....YOU DO AS I HAVE IN THE VIDEO AND PURCHASE AN ALREADY ACTIVATED ACCOUNT...AND JUST TRANSFER IT TO YOUR NAME AND BILLING INFO.
IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO FIND THIS ONLINE! IT'S LISTED ON THIS PAGE UNDER PREPAID DATACONNECT PASS...IT'S THE IPAD LINK.
SOURCE PAGE: www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1048713
DIRECT LINK HERE: dcp2.att.com/OEPNDClient/
I HAVEN'T TRIED USING THESE LINKS AS THE SELLER I USED ALREADY HAD MY ACCOUNT SIGNED UP SO THIS IS NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK!
SORRY FOR ALL THE CAPS....BUT THE COMMENTS KEEP POINTING THIS OUT...AND HAVEN'T MADE AN UPDATE VIDEO YET.
I use over TB a month will no throttling 👍
Thanks for your video. It is very helpful. I also plan to cut cable service. Based on the speed from your video, I think the speed iis good for my whole house purposes but no sure how the coverage of MoFi 4500 is? Will the wifi signal cover the size of 2500 square, 3-level house? Thanks for your attention.
Hi, no the mofi only can do 2.4Ghz....it's kinda sucks on the wifi side of things. I'd buy a newer home wifi router that supports the throughput and distance you need AND THEN plug the mofi into that new router.
Others have commented on this as they have noticed reduced speeds when just using the mofi's wifi. I have a cheap TPlink router that covers my whole house...was 100 bucks years ago...I'm sure there's much better now for cheaper...but serves me just fine.
Hope this helps...
Nice! Does it limit the amount of devices used at the same time? Do you think I could watch YT on a Samsung tv using the mofi for internet?
The mofi doesn't limit the number of devices....it's similar in nature your home wfifi router. Too many factors to answer your second question....how good is your signal on the carrier you'll use for the 4g router?.....what antennas?? What model of device? What category is the modem in the 4g router? Can it carrier aggregate?....and ON and ON....
Where do you put your sim card on this model?
How did you get speeds that fast out of your mofi I purchased the same mofi with an unlimited sim for $60 a month for At&t and my speeds are nowhere near as good as yours mine is around 45 to 50 ping and 12 to 17 mbps download and like 3 to 5 mbps upload and -104 db and I live in rural West Virginia
You may have already said this, but how “country” are we talking? I am on att cell service and get 2 bars about 45 minutes from a BIG city (Jacksonville FL) app says the closest cell tower is TMobile. I have not installed any antennas yet to try to boost cell service. I just need to stream frickin cartoons for the kids. Will this be good enough to stream Netflix/Prime/etc??
Erin, you need to check your db levels before you'll have an estimate of how well this is going to work. To give you an idea...I'm about 8 miles from the nearest AT&T tower. You can find this online at cellmapper.net You need to have a db of 100-110 to really expect anything great from the mofi and stock antennas. The lower the db number ....the stronger/better.
More research needed before you can be confident it's going to work well.....
Great Vid Very informative
Thnx man I wasn't too sure what kind of antennas to buy and I had no idea I needed that cable, bot was I going to be disappointed lmao...
Do you do any online gaming on this setup? What does your latency look like?
Latency in the 20's off peak...30's on peak busy...not bad for 8 miles out of town.......
I'm seeing anywhere from 9 to 20. But it's a far cry from the fiber I used to be on
@@mightymoe22 mmmmm...fiber lol
Guys/Gals read the comments below...there's some gold there....I'm trying the best I can to answer questions....but there are some alternate ways to accomplish close to the same setup. See RedCloud_1911 advice and others below!
Throw me a like if this video helped you out....or ask any questions below! Happy Surfing!
Would this work with a different hotspot, something similar to a coolpad or jetpack that's att? Thinking about trying this but dont want to drop 2 to 300 right away
I believe it will. I know others have accomplished the same thing using a netgear nighthawk modem. I think the trick is to have the SIM card registered as a tablet...and the modem needs to be able to recognize it as such. The reason why I used the ebay SIM account transfer is because I don't have a tablet with 4G that I could register the ATT service with.
Somewhere on one of my 2 videos another user has pointed this out....
WOW! so are you using a booster? And how does this work?
Is your service still running smoothly? I'm thinking about doing this.. Any particular sim card I need to buy? Also how difficult was your router setup...
Azzie Blankenship hey I'm not the youtuber that did the video obviously but I'm thinking about doing this as well. I can say that it depends on which cell tower is closest to you like for me it'd be AT&T and set up is probably very simple.
Service is still solid. You need to match the SIM card up with the matching carrier to work. Mofi setup was really easy I thought...I plugged mine into my existing home router.....it handed out dhcp to the new device....nothing much to do besides turn off the wifi on the mofi itself. Others have pointed out the 2.4 band only bgn wifi on the mofi sucks as it can't do dual band concurrently....not an issue for me...but if your whole house depends on wifi....use your existing wifi setup with it....or purchase a newer home router you can "hang" the mofi off of....
How do I connect my home wireless router. Plugged it in but not working
Make sure your existing home router has dhcp turned on....most do by default.....cable goes from one of the yellow LAN ports on the mofi.....to the blue WAN port on your existing router.
Fully Teched thanks. Got it working now
Can you give me the link for the sealer
I have this setup with AT&T. I don't have the outdoor fixed antenna, but my modem reports 5 full bars of signal at -83 mBd but my speeds are only 5-10 MBps. Is there a setting inside the Mofi router I need to adjust?
My first guess is that the traffic is being seen as "Hotspot" traffic.....instead of "Streaming" traffic...check your TTL settings in your mofi. Should be set to "Linux - 65ms" for it to bypass the carriers ID'ing it as a hotspot.....could be wrong...worth a look though...
after login go Network > General > Mofi Internal modem > it's the ISP TTL setting....mines at Linux-2 65
@@FullyTeched It is set to Linux-2 65. I don't see Linux 65ms as an option unless I set it to custom.
@@trintcastle2544 Yeah I mis-typed it on my first response....2nd one is correct....any luck?
@@FullyTeched I contacted support and they had me turn on auto MTU and auto MSS and then do a band lock to each att band to find the fastest one in my area. I'm now getting 25-35 Mbps consistently on my speed tests.
It's been a few months since your video, is everything still working good? Any issues? Also on average how much data do you use per month? I use around 400 - 500GB per month.
Still works great. Every now and then I get a no-ping situation maybe once a night for maybe 15 seconds...but it always picks back up without any intervention. I burn thru about 250-400GB's every month. I've got a newer upload on my channel but it's kind of a hot mess...need to re-record a cleaner...organized video.
Is your router still active or have they deactivated you and asked you to put your sim card back into your tablet?
Great information...can I add Google Voice thru one of the LAN ports? Tried setting up but it's not working...
Haven't tried this....hopefully someone will chime in below.....
@@FullyTeched Thanks
Is this an unlimited data or unlimited hotspot Bc I have unlimited data on all my phones/ipad on my account but there is a max or 30gig per line of hotspot. Im trying to figure out does it use data or hotspot data?
The mofi has a TTL setting that "masks" the mofi device in a way that reports back to the carrier that it's data being used by the phone......and not "hotspot" data. I haven't truly tested if this fools any carriers as my plans are unlimited....and haven't been throttled that I can tell.
I have the Netgear nighthawk MR1100 and every once and a while it reboots. but my question is how many devices can be connected at one time? On my Nighthawk i can have 20 but with mofi router how many devices can I run at one time?
Probably more than you'll ever need.....I mean 254 usable IP's the way it comes out of the box......if your subnet mask is 255.255.255.0....then that last octet allows it....you could always modify this to allow more though.....
PS the wifi on the MOFI is only 2.4Ghz....kinda behind times....no 5Ghz.....so I plug mine into my existing router that at least can run both bands concurrently.......
Can you use a Magicjack phone with the Mofi 4G router?
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@@FullyTeched Thanks & Merry Christmas!
Lol transferred over grandfather account..... Did you not think it's weird that they sent you an IMEI... That's a devices serial number.. they take old iPad IMEI that were set up for cellular and you put your sim card in your hotspot instead of the iPad.. anyone can access the iPad landing page from Google . If the plan gets shut off it's cause att finally catch on that we've been doing this . I've been doing for 2+ years now . Nighthawk router works just as good I get 105 down 30 up at about 60 latency .. the mofi is good if you're in a weaker signal area. If you have decent signal and dont spend the extra money on a mofi
Lol.....yeah I'm smarter now and address this if you watch the video I just released.
Do this work with Verizon also?
Hey man we got the exact stuff you recommended and are only getting 5-6 mb down, do you know if there’s a reason for this, the connection is lan and dns 1.1.1.1 so I don’t know why It would be so slow. Thanks 🙏🏼
Whats your signal strength in dbm? Running stock antennas or +5's? AT&T as the carrier? I'd make sure your apn is set right...and your TTL is Linux -2 65
There's some gold in the comments...might have a read...but those are the biggest ones I'd check.
I can't vouch for your carrier....or if you have low signal strength tho....
Here's some comments from others that are most relevant i think...
1. "I got this Mofi 4500 and hooked two log periodic antennas up to it and my god I connected to band 4 instead of 13 my speeds went from 2-5mbps to 50-70mbps"
2. I contacted support and they had me turn on auto MTU and auto MSS and then do a band lock to each att band to find the fastest one in my area. I'm now getting 25-35 Mbps consistently on my speed tests.
Fully Teched Thank you for responding, been messing around with it for a few weeks and it’s not unbearable just every now and then it’s slow (probably just high demand time of day). Our mofi came with those paddle antennae’s, at&t is our carrier and the dbm is around -100dbm (probably because we live at the bottom of a hill). I’m gonna try some of those things you recommended and I’ll try to get back to you with a response, thanks!
Thats enough for gaming on the go
What did you ended up using that whole Month?
I've been 250+ Gigs each month I've had it....no issues so far...no caps or throttles...just the normal network congestion during peak times....
Who did u get the unlimited plan from on e bay?
Seller account is sim_cellution 99.3 percent feedback...21.99 for AT&T only....on my second month...used 290GBs the first month....solid so far...although I don't think there's any way to guarantee the plan will remain forever and ever....
@@FullyTeched Thank you.
@@FullyTeched He doesn't look like he's on Ebay anymore or just ran out of those Accounts bah...
@@TheDigihax He's still up with multiple listings...looking at them now...still same price. Looks like he's testing with different thumbnails...but all the same I bet... ebay.to/377Iule
@@FullyTeched Okay cool, I'll go back and look again...Thnx man...
I’ve seen other 4g routers. Why would you recommend this one?
Storm Strike What I like about it is you can connect unlimited devices to it but mainly I don't have to worry about wearing it out. The other option with Carrier aggregation is the Nighthawk M1, which does have better wifi standard duel band 2.4ghz and 5ghz 802.11a/b/g/n/ac and mofi is 802.11b/g/n 2.4ghz so you'll need a router plugged into mofi for wifi. But nighthawk is not made to stay plugged in and be core of home internet, you'll be buying battery for it every 6 months maybe. Both are MIMO so these 2 options are it as far as 4G quality home internet.
What Redcloud said :-)
cant you take out the battery on the netgear, and keep it plugged in ?
Buy a att mf279 its dual band and u dont need to have the battery in it to work plus it has a ethernet port so u plug another router to give u 4 ports plus 300 ft range for ur house and there under 85 dollars off of Ebay and there way easy to setup up or if u want one with a 3 year warranty buy one off of Amazon but u will pay about 165 with the warranty 👍
@@handicamper101 yes u can
Will this work with cricket wireless they use att toweres
I think it does as cricket is AT&T owned or it's budget line whatever....technically like all of these it's against TOS ...so they could shut it off if found out....always a risk there....but I'd try it.
@@FullyTeched I was on the ATT plan that got cancelled. I'm trying a Cricket sim but can't get it to work. The Mofi see's the sim as an ATT sim, and doing a band scan shows 2 active bands. Looks like it shoud work but I can't connect to the Internet.
@@jpbcos I'd try a full reset on the mofi...when I switch sims it still sees the telephone number associated with the one I just removed.
Guessing there's a flaw there. Is it hanging onto the wrong APN? Try manually changing it and doing a rescan. If no luck, I'd reset it with the GUI or by the physical button on the device and give it another go....
I only get up to 10 mbps in a suburb. Anyway to speed this up?
Are you running the Mofi4500? I'd test each side of the residence first to test which side of the house gets the best reception...once found, leave it near a window....and then start experimenting with how the antennas are positioned. Upgrade your antennas if still no luck. In the city, I'd try a omni-directional first...assuming your pretty close to the tower......you can pick up a dual sma omni-directional antenna on ebay for 20 bucks or so...
@dbenders1 I was able to speed up from 10-20mbps to 35-55mbps by plugging in a $40 netgear AC750 and turning off wifi on mofi. I plugged my laptop and ps4 into the mofi to and they get better speeds, 58-67mbps. my signal could be better to -104 to -109dbi so I did buy a directional panel antenna, update this comment when it comes in.
what about open nat type for GAMING on PS4
I think you need a private IP to get NAT type 2 from what I see....
Ps4 is trash when it comes to NAT
Lol att is not good for any gaming. Go with Verizon if you can. To answer your question the nat type is 3 (strict) unless someone else with att with a real land internet joins then you can chat.
You can get the instructions off of ebay with the website and the ime number that u need under 5 dollars and a net10 simcard kit for 1 dollar and set it up you're self for the 34.99 att plan and buy a att mf279 hotspot off of Ebay it has one ethernet port so buy a router so u have 4 ethernet ports and longer range for the house and a 20 dollar aigital sma antenna off of Amazon it has suction cup for a window for all the equipment it will run u 160 for setup then 34.99 a month and I get speeds between 70 and 85 download speeds dont waste ur money on the mofi hotspot the instructions are horrible and ur speeds are slow and all over the place and the att mf279 is so easy to setup period 👍
Joshua, thanks for the tips...soooo.....does the att mf279 have the ability to modify the TTL ms timings? Do you know if it does band aggregation? Guess I overpaid for my retail AT&T SIM kit at 9.99 eh? Well, I didn't have a 4G enabled tablet so didn't have a valid IMEI to sign up for AT&T service........sooooo, how would I solve that?
@@FullyTeched type on Ebay att unlimited hotspot plan and u will see it's like the 5th one down for 4.50 and 975 sold he gives u the ime number and the att website to go to by email after u pay and u just have to buy a simcard kit I like the net10 sim kit because it comes with all the sizes for att and tmobile cards in one kit
Also the mf279 is a true att hotspot so when u buy the att sim card u dont have to play around with bands its already set up for att for one and it's so simple to hookup. Then download off Google play store network cell info lite app it gives the direction the nearest att towers are so u can point a sma antenna the right direction 👍
NOICE!....thanks for the details...much appreciated...might try this with my next build for a family member.....
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Just telling you so you know, NO YOU DID NOT buy a grandfathered plan. That plan you can activate yourself today, all you need is a SIM card, it’s free to activate and 35$ a month, he’s charging 20$ for him to do it , you can do it free yourself in less then 5 mins just saying !
Yes, others have told me this as well.....I need to make an update video. I couldn't find the plan when I bought the mofi...and thought the ebay was the ONLY way to obtain this as it was a TABLET plan....but now realize I can use the IMEI number from the MOFI...and the SIM/ICCID number from the SIM card....and register/activate the service!! Thanks for the comment...take care...
I have purchased this And now trying to set it up. all I need is the device the SIM card and what plan exactly from AT&T? would that be data connectpass for a tablet for 34.99 or what?
@@blakep3167 I'm confused...what did you purchase if you still need the device, the sim, and the plan? The link to the plan is in the description...or just go with one of the ebay dudes.
I already have everything I was taking it that you could use the IMEI number off of the mofi4500 instead of having to go with one of the eBay people like you used to get an IMEI/account setup. I just used the same person you did sim_cellution. Did he email you the info or what to do bc I havent heard from him yet didnt know what to expect
@@blakep3167 Yeah it didn't take long...check your messages on ebay too maybe.....but mine came to the email i have registered with my ebay account....
I need Verizon I can't use AT&T
Get the Sim 7 Version for verzion
@@russellmceacharn7750 Thnx man
Wat nat type you get on ps4 anybody?
Type 3 I used to have at&t not the tablet plan but 100gb hotspot plan. It restricts connecting to some partys... so not worth it...
i would about bet $$ this is the tablet plan att has
You don't have to bet...it is 😀 😀
I've pinned a comment and changed the description a couple days ago....but no one reads em.....
can you play games and download games with this?
Dude the mofi has a feature on it where u don't need unlimited internet u can get a 10 dollar prepaid plan with 1gig and use it all month bc the mofi blocks that traffic from your phone company
Hi Sheets...yes I'm aware of the TTL capability.....in my research some carriers limit the streaming to 480 or 720P even when the TTL is set to 65. Soooo....what carrier are you using and at what resolution are you streaming at with this method??
Before making a video. please verify your information and terms.
ok...which terms and information should I verify?
Hey could you help me out ?
Eric what's up?
you got jiped you dont need to pay for the card they sell them at walmart for 9.99
huh? That sentence doesn't makes sense. I paid the dude on ebay 22 bucks for the account setup because I didn't have an Ipad or a 4G device (tablet) that I could register the SIM card with!! MEI and ICCID required when signing up the account. The SIM I bought at Walmart was 9.99 like everywhere else in the world. But yeah, totally jippppppped...totally.
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