Maswell 5G-antenne voor buitenbereik, 4 x 4 MIMO, tot 6 dBi Cellular 600–8000 MHz, Omni Cross-polarisierte LTE 5G NR, externe antenne met WiFi 6E voor woonmobiliteit, Zuhause, robuuste router-modem

Used this antenna to connect to my GLinet 5G 4x4 cellular router. Before I was getting 2-3 bars indoors at the top of the house mostly 4G RSRP105 RSRQ 10 SINR 12. Installed it outdoors on roof with unobstructed view. Started to pick up 5G signals. Speeds went from 20-30Mb down and 4-5 Up to 50-60 down and 20-25up on average. Occasionally recorded 200+ down and 50+ up. Currently get 5G consistently reading RSRP 89 RSRQ 11 SINR 20. I'd toyed with other cheap antennas that you can buy on Amazon, all in comparison were lets say, politely, worse! To be fair they were only 2x2 MIMO. Last but not least has been the help that Ive had from the Maswell seller team especially Leo who gave and still gives excellent advice. No doubt the GLinet router is excellent but it has been far improved by this antenna.

I bought this (reluctantly and with little hope) to fix an issue with my 5g broadband from 3. Although I live in London my signal suddenly went from good 5g to poor 4g. This may be due to building work, cranes, 3 doing stuff that affected my signal or just bad luck. The alternative to 3 is O2 but they are double the price. Moving the 3 5g router around made no difference so I decided to try an aerial.No one seems to know much about them. The reviews are few and not very helpful. Clearly it’s hard to say if the results will be the same for everyone. Then there is the issue of whether the cheaper one will work as well as the pricier models..I decided to go for this black box one (rather than the blue one which is 50% less). I felt if it had to be screwed on a wall outside with ladders involved then doing this once was probably enough, and I really wanted to fix the problem for good. I can say that I’m not disappointed. I went from a poor signal to a good one and I’m back on 5g.Installation is easy. If your router has 4 golden connectors that says aerial and a switch saying int/ext then you need an aerial that’s 4 mimo - or has 4 wires. If it has 2 then it’s 2. The wires that comes with the box are only 2 meters long (they recommend not going over 5 but you would need to buy extensions so ideally finding a way to make this work with the 2m is preferable). Then you simply use the screw on adapters that come with the box and attach them to the ends of the wires and then plug them in (in any order) to the back of the router, flick the switch to EXT and that’s it. It’s the most basic instal ever. No harder than plugging an old school tv aerial into a tv then moving it around to get a good picture. But, in this case, more rewarding. I held the box outside my window, found a good signal looking at my phone on the routers app, then attached the wall mount and put the box on it with the screw fit and 3m stickers they give you. Easy. The wires I threaded through a hole I drilled. This is the hardest bit of the install - if you want it outside, which is preferable. You will need a drill and the bits to make a hole that goes through a wall.And that's it. It’s up. It’s sturdy. It’s unobtrusive and I have strong 5g again.Would the blue box that’s £75 work?…probably. It’s worth a go with prime returns. Would the £280 be even better?? I doubt it.Whatever one goes for don’t be put off by thinking it’s going to require tech knowledge. If your router has mimo aeriel connectors (like the 3 mobile one does) then this is plug and play. If it doesn’t then it won’t work.Hope this helps someone - sorry it’s long but I would have liked to know a bit more about these before I pulled the trigger. I’m glad I did though!

I had expected it to provide at least the same bottom line values as the 5G routers own internal antenna but in fact it was worse and the speed was reduced by 10mb. Note this was using the cables/adapters provided with the Antenna. And yes I switched the Int/Ext switch to ext. OK it is Omni directional but no excuse in my book.