Good day all.
Name is Stevin, and I'm about to toss this router out the damn window. I had a fixed ADSL line hosted by Telkom, and really struggled with line speed. So after much deliberation I cancelled and moved over to Wireless...
Then the fun started, I've had the setup in my house for the last 3 days and I'm struggling! The fastest line speed I have managed was 1244k/bits, but mostly it sits around 500odd kbits.
I have done some reading on the site, and have managed to organize a Pointing XPOL-06 which I will have in my hands tomorrow evening.
I have moved the router all over my house and where it stands is the best signal I currently receive. The router is a Huawei B315s-936.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<pci></pci>
<sc>268</sc>
<cell_id>13393540</cell_id>
<rsrq></rsrq>
<rsrp></rsrp>
<rssi>-89dBm</rssi>
<sinr></sinr>
<rscp>-100dBm</rscp>
<ecio>-11dB</ecio>
<mode>2</mode>
</response>
I do know that it is currently using 3G (as can be seen above, yup I learnt that recently), If I set it to connect to 4G it has 1 bar signal if any, and -114dBm and I can't even open the internet speedtest.
This is the current speed test with those signal parameters:
Start Time: 21:58:41
End time: 21:58:51
IP Address: 154.69.89.62
Download Size: 409600 bytes
Time Delta: 9.5360190868378 seconds
Download Speed: 42 KBytes/s
Line Speed: 336 kbits/s
Start Time: 21:59:16
End time: 21:59:24
IP Address: 154.69.89.62
Download Size: 409600 bytes
Time Delta: 7.5776169300079 seconds
Download Speed: 53 KBytes/s
Line Speed: 424 kbits/s
Start Time: 22:12:23
End time: 22:12:44
IP Address: 154.69.89.62
Download Size: 409600 bytes
Time Delta: 20.236576080322 seconds
Download Speed: 20 KBytes/s
Line Speed: 160 kbits/s
I'm not really sure on what to do, nor where the closest Telkom Mobile tower is, I did take a drive and there are a few towers very close to me in the same Crescent.
At this location there is a new tower of sorts, not sure if it is indeed a cell tower, the google maps picture is outdated but there is a small tower that now stands next to the exchange box. It's very small compared with the other towers I've seen. I have also seen another one like this located at another exchange further into Meyersdal.
https://goo.gl/maps/EedFJmxYbXS2
This is the tower I first spotted, not sure on who the provider is, but it would appear that cellmapper says it could be Vodacom.
https://goo.gl/maps/1L68PoMpG4y
This is the 3rd tower I managed to find which is about 1-2km away but looking at Google Maps it appears that the Koppie would be directly in the line of this tower. I took a drive to it, but I struggled to see any operator markings on the fixtures.
https://goo.gl/maps/sDd5nkMaq7S2
I know the knowledgeable people out there can help me with this.
Name is Stevin, and I'm about to toss this router out the damn window. I had a fixed ADSL line hosted by Telkom, and really struggled with line speed. So after much deliberation I cancelled and moved over to Wireless...
Then the fun started, I've had the setup in my house for the last 3 days and I'm struggling! The fastest line speed I have managed was 1244k/bits, but mostly it sits around 500odd kbits.
I have done some reading on the site, and have managed to organize a Pointing XPOL-06 which I will have in my hands tomorrow evening.
I have moved the router all over my house and where it stands is the best signal I currently receive. The router is a Huawei B315s-936.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<pci></pci>
<sc>268</sc>
<cell_id>13393540</cell_id>
<rsrq></rsrq>
<rsrp></rsrp>
<rssi>-89dBm</rssi>
<sinr></sinr>
<rscp>-100dBm</rscp>
<ecio>-11dB</ecio>
<mode>2</mode>
</response>
I do know that it is currently using 3G (as can be seen above, yup I learnt that recently), If I set it to connect to 4G it has 1 bar signal if any, and -114dBm and I can't even open the internet speedtest.
This is the current speed test with those signal parameters:
Start Time: 21:58:41
End time: 21:58:51
IP Address: 154.69.89.62
Download Size: 409600 bytes
Time Delta: 9.5360190868378 seconds
Download Speed: 42 KBytes/s
Line Speed: 336 kbits/s
Start Time: 21:59:16
End time: 21:59:24
IP Address: 154.69.89.62
Download Size: 409600 bytes
Time Delta: 7.5776169300079 seconds
Download Speed: 53 KBytes/s
Line Speed: 424 kbits/s
Start Time: 22:12:23
End time: 22:12:44
IP Address: 154.69.89.62
Download Size: 409600 bytes
Time Delta: 20.236576080322 seconds
Download Speed: 20 KBytes/s
Line Speed: 160 kbits/s
I'm not really sure on what to do, nor where the closest Telkom Mobile tower is, I did take a drive and there are a few towers very close to me in the same Crescent.
At this location there is a new tower of sorts, not sure if it is indeed a cell tower, the google maps picture is outdated but there is a small tower that now stands next to the exchange box. It's very small compared with the other towers I've seen. I have also seen another one like this located at another exchange further into Meyersdal.
https://goo.gl/maps/EedFJmxYbXS2
This is the tower I first spotted, not sure on who the provider is, but it would appear that cellmapper says it could be Vodacom.
https://goo.gl/maps/1L68PoMpG4y
This is the 3rd tower I managed to find which is about 1-2km away but looking at Google Maps it appears that the Koppie would be directly in the line of this tower. I took a drive to it, but I struggled to see any operator markings on the fixtures.
https://goo.gl/maps/sDd5nkMaq7S2
I know the knowledgeable people out there can help me with this.