BUT SARGE..HOW DO I SPEED UP MY MOFI 4500?

[@taylorhentges6844]

First off somebody actually put their Yagi antenna in the Attic 🤣 and second somebody buy this man of beer or a bottle of whiskey this is some funny shit definitely going to check out more of your videos 🤣

[@ericvanzeyl4483]

Like your explanation of ant 1 and 2 on the MOFI4500. I have been having 2 wires coming out of an antenna, that has vert and horizontal on it. I have had one plugged into the primary and one into the secondary. So guessing I need to combine the 2, and get maybe a parabolic for the primary. Thanks for informative info.

[@rockernro]

If you have two antennas plugged in one primary and one secondary that’s good! Primary typically uses best antenna for signal strength whereas the secondary aids in signal quality. I typically dial in my primary and then adjust the secondary to enhance the signal quality while checking the decibels in real time in the settings. Depending on your type of antennas you may want a parabolic as a primary and use one of your pre-existing antennas as a the secondary or you can actually get 2 parabolics. Regardless, a parabolic as a primary will significantly improve speeds and your signal strength. If you are using an older mofi, use a home router a good one to speed it up even more.

[@organicvids]

1309 tune each yagi separately befor combining

[@iammichaelhughes]

Thanks for your service. I retired from the Army with 21 years of service. Wish these videos were available before I purchased my MOFI back in April 2020 then I would have known not to get the SIM7 which MOFI recommended to me. Since I do have a SIM 7 and can't do carrier aggregation not sure how much improvements I will see. I was on the phone for over an hour with Tier 2 Verizon support and they were telling me the towers around my location only operate on 300MHZ and 450MHZ and depending on the cell plan you have determines what Verizon assigns you. I was told the MHZ really did not have anything to do with UP or DOWN speed it was just a way to group phones hitting that tower but hell I have no idea what to believe. My down speeds on the best of times is like 4 MBS. Will be ordering a parabolic to see if I can get it to help. If I can't get it to work AT&T just built a new tower about 2 miles from my house and sent me a sales flyer for $49 per month for 500GB for the fixed wireless plan may give them a shot.

[@rockernro]

Awe thanks for your service man! That sucks about the mofi. It would definitely be recommended a parabolic with att in your case. If you want unlimited ATT you can try OTR mobile also. Best of luck my man!

[@1MrJack1]

Definitely agree on your first point. I was getting 5-20 on Verizon, and was trying damn near everything to get more speed out of it. Tried out at&t and boom instantly 100+ same tower same signal strengths. You've got to check which carriers are on which towers and be willing to try different ones.

[@rockernro]

1MrJack1 you know what I think I failed to mention that and I realized that earlier I wanted to say hey guys try different carriers if one or other sucks! Great call way to stay vigilant on that! Have a good weekend!

[@jorgeandrade2997]

True, I did try AT&T but it didn't work for me. Even without the router that John Bart recommended the speeds I was getting were only 5-10 max and with Verizon its way faster where I live. Now I wonder if with T-Mobile the speeds could be faster but I stay with Verizon because of the Unlimited plan I got.

[@bigphillyed]

I have Verizon and where I am they only offer two bands which are garbage, but it lists an * in front of other carrier bands. My question is can I lock onto a different carrier with the Verizon and not have issues with Verizon locking me out for using the router?

[@cryptographyneversleeps]

You are the truth. Getting 45 Down with 2-3 Bars Band 2 -... Yagi (-101).... Parabolic is on order. Do you recommend joining the LTE Antenna connectors, If so do you have a link on Amazon....Thanks for all your videos... Shout out to USCG

[@rockernro]

Not sure what you mean by joining the connectors. S soon as your parabolic comes use that as the primary antenna and use Yagi as secondary. If you are getting 45 down you might see double that with a parabolic . Dial it in slow it’s very laser pin point but it’s doable inch by inch. Hooah from the Army!

[@cryptographyneversleeps]

@@rockernro - I was going to join the connectors for the antenna to make it one... I see what you mean though... defeat the purpose for Carrier Aggregation.... Eventually I'll end up purchasing another Parabolic Antenna.....I'm a civilian... but I remember you mentioning ... in an old video... I'm in .... Thanks for all the recommendations and the quick reply... I may post a video to keep everyone updated.... i.ibb.co/1bs995J/Antenna-Mofi.png - Still looking for Antenna adapters....

[@rockernro]

@@cryptographyneversleeps lol yeah you’ll be my neighbor when I retire that home is in shiloh I’m stationed in Texas currently embracing day 2 no power subzero temps! Hate Texas!

[@cryptographyneversleeps]

@@rockernro - i.ibb.co/1bs995J/Antenna-Mofi.png - Can you recommend adapters to connect from Mofi to Parabolic... Antenna Adapter.....Link ? Thanks again - Just found this - Thank You - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHeTm2SDlLyBjJY I went for this cable - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08L7RCBNK/

[@jorgeandrade2997]

Hey man, thanks for all the advice you give out, I purchased a router for the MOFI and holy shit brother my speeds went from 10-15 Mbps to 40-70 Mbps. granted I also upgraded to a MIMO set up with some Yagi antennas. I am about 6 miles from a tower but there is a ton of vegetation. Again thank you for the advice. Hell I am watching your video in HD1080 and no lag whatsoever. Thank

[@rockernro]

jorge andrade i take PayPal! 😂😂. No problem man! I’m jealous actually! Could you imagine what you’d get with a parabolic? Probably closer to 100mbs down!

[@jorgeandrade2997]

@@rockernro shit, that will be nice. But right now I don't want to throw more cash at the set up. wife is starting to say things. LoL. for now this is working. maybe down the line I will get a parabolic in the mean time I am hoping Verizon will come through with 5g in which case I will have to upgrade my equipment.

[@cbman2184]

Roof boy! My man! Update getting 20 down 8 up. Getting her dialed in. 🤘🏼🔥🇺🇸

[@rockernro]

TeamSavageRacing that’s what I’m talking about man! ✊🏻👍🏻

[@justsomeguy8385]

So the YAGIs have a lower range? I live about 9 miles from any towers in the mountains. No direct line of sight. I've been using 2 YAGIs, but the results have been poor, especially when it comes to upload speeds. I'm thinking about getting 1 parabolic grid antenna to start and pairing that with a YAGI as a secondary and seeing if that works better. Plus right now I can only really get bands 12 and 14, with 14 being the faster one. I can get bands 4, 5, and sometimes 2, but they are unusable. Also carrier aggregation doesn't seem to work at all. If a parabolic grid antenna opens up more band options, that would be great.

[@rockernro]

Absolutely. I was about same distance with no line of site and I went from -114 to -103 with one parabolic and one Yagi . And yes, the parabolic saw more bands as well! Try it out remember it’s super directional so you can turn it inch by inch and basically walk it on a signal. Be patient you’ll get it because you already have some with the yagis! Let me know how you make out!

[@justsomeguy8385]

​@@rockernro Got my parabolic and set it up over the weekend. At first things were going great. The signal strength was just about 2dBm better on average so not anything worth getting excited over, and I still only got bands 12 and 14 well enough to use. But carrier aggregation was working! I was getting double the usual download speeds. And then it rained and I haven't seen CA since. The good news is that my uploads speeds still are 3x to 10x better, which makes my internet so much more usable for video calls. I still have a lot of experimenting to do though. I'll get sim cards for different carriers and see if any of their towers are better. This is all so time consuming though, and I think I'm already in it for over $1k, which is crazy considering the slow speeds I get, but I work from home and would like to keep it that way.

[@rockernro]

@@justsomeguy8385 did you ever think about signing up for starlink? Lol. Yeah might just easily need a provider change. Only 2db better doesn’t make sense to me should be at least 10-14. If CA quits just try to select both bands and save usually it’ll click on.

[@justsomeguy8385]

@@rockernro Yeah it's weird that the improvement to signal strength was so minimal. I'm going to have to do a lot more testing on this to get a feel for what is really going on. Regarding Starlink, I've been signed up since early 2021. They are saying it will be available here in mid-2022. But they were saying late-2021 before, so I'm not putting too much weight on their estimations. Also I think I may have to install a tower to mount the dish really high because I'm surrounded by tall trees. I hope not because that will probably be another $4k

[@rockernro]

@@justsomeguy8385 how high up is the antenna I’m telling you it is super directional have to move it inch by inch to get the lower decibels precisely! Feel free to call me sometime for questions tree one fife. 2 ate sicks, twenty-one oh fore. If you can make sense of that code haha!

[@billespinosa5088]

Log periodic on order, using Visible getting 66+ pings, averaging 30 mb down, but have seen 50 mb down with a parabolic and wilson yagi, Sim7. Cutting DirectTV soon... Appreciate all your help. may switch to the Sim4.. just looking for consistency ....

[@bhayes-thomas4063]

Sounds great! I'm getting 9 down and you're living the dream sir.😁

[@root7205]

SO..... I should get a parabolic grid??? LMAO

[@hughvines4585]

You want an antenna get the poynting. They are twice as good as any other. I get reception half a mile away on my sim 4 Mofi version 3 with a 289 dollar poynting 5g antenna. Mounted on top of my rv

[@dylanvincent3961]

I live like 3 miles from an ATT tower, had great speeds, but I got throttled after a week. I’m like 15 miles from a T mobile tower. On T-Mobile coverage app I’m covered it says my signal is would be fair. I want to keep using ATT but I’m worried if I get another att sim it will just be throttled again. Should I just try T mobile and get a parabolic? Really needing some guidance. Thanks for the great videos you’ve been teaching me a lot 👍🏻

[@carmenjusino169]

Hi I just saw your video and I ask myself. How it is possible that a $100 Tmobile Hotspot is able to give me 100Mbps Download and the Mofi hardly 20Mbps? The T-mobiles's hotspot has an internal antena. Can someone explain that to me?

[@rockernro]

The mofi depending on the one you have doesn’t have the faster bands or..isn’t using Carrie aggregation which in theory it’s bands that combine to speed up the mofi. You have to set it up that way by selecting all bands or 2 bands at once

[@funtimeonline8071]

Checked my amazon order.. lol. The Sim7 combo says it does do band locking.... does it not?

[@rockernro]

Yes it just locks to one band not multiples like sim 4

[@funtimeonline8071]

Been watching all your vids. Thanks. Have my card and mofi sim7 combo on order. Signed up for Nomad internet. Im 2 miles from a tower.

[@dylanvincent3961]

I’m new to all of this but I’ve been using a MoFi with Nomad internet on an AT&T plan for about a week. The first few days it was great I was getting 20-40mb down and 15-20 up. Now when I run speed tests it starts in the 20s or teens and immediately jumps down to 7-8mbps every time. I’m guessing I’m being throttled. I haven’t been able to get any help from nomad customer support. I’ve heard from some people that AT&T has capped or throttled there MoFi in the past but I didn’t think they would do it after me only having it a week. Verizon isn’t as good as AT&T where I live but do you think I should try a Verizon sim? Sorry for the long question im Just trying to find a solution. Thought I had finally hit the jackpot because I was getting good speeds on my farm and then they were gone in a week and from watching your video you seem like you would be much more helpful than these customer service guys. Thanks for the great video! If I can stop being throttled or find a plan where I won’t be throttled I will definitely check out the parabolic grid for better speeds

[@rybot5252]

John, been watching your videos and it looks like you've changed antennas, moved, etc through out the last year. Do you have a current list in one of the descriptions that has everything you are currently using for best results? Booster, cables, antenna's, adapters, etc. I have the $249 grid antenna saved in my amazon cart, wasn't sure on which log to use, adapters needed etc. Been using Mofi4500 for the last couple years without issue (usually around 40down mid day) but my provider changed to tmobile (between 5 and 20 down at best, shit tons of upload speed) so now its time to go with an external antenna setup. The antenna is 5 miles away but I can see it from my house. Thanks for the videos!

[@cbman2184]

How to speed up your Mofi: Shit can everything you think you know. Go watch all John’s videos again.

[@rockernro]

Your t-mobile iPad plan still working man?

[@cbman2184]

@@rockernro like a charm. Every once in a while I’ll have to reboot it. Couldn’t ever get it much higher than 40 down but it works great man. It’s a magenta iPad plan you have to have a fed business tax ID to get it. but the sales guy was saying you won’t get throttled no matter what. Some months i use up over a TB.

[@mixerguych]

Does Carrier Aggregation have any effect on gaming ping? Also looks like PagePlus will stop working with MoFis come late December? Anybody know anything or know where to go for SIM?

[@bobzealand5692]

I just bought 2 yagi antennas and 2 50ft cables lmr400 and I bought the adapters to screw to my mofi but only one was the right kind so I got only one antenna installed I checked it out and it really does worse then the standard antennas that came with the mofi I don't think the second antenna would do a major difference either it's probably the huge 50ft cable but I don't know so I will be returning it back I did however buy a small antenna from fry's electronics that works better than the yagi and it was only 25$ I'm getting better speeds now also I find using a vpn makes streaming videos much better quality I can do 4k usually now

[@rockernro]

bob zealand it’s bc you only hooked one up Man. 2 make MIMo but glad it’s working plus you should’ve got a parabolic

[@bobzealand5692]

@@rockernro yea I figured that could be the issue but I'll return this one and get a parabolic antenna thanks man great videos btw

[@Bobbcudi]

What if I get good signal strength of -80 And signal quality of 10 but my speeds are still at 10 or less down with only a proxicast antenna. Would a parabolic give me better speeds? I also use CA and band 13 gives me the best speeds. Band 5 I barely get 1 down

[@rockernro]

So I had the same issue with band 13 giving me terrible speeds. When I used B13 with B4 or B2 I got mega speeds. The proxicast can only shoot so far so if there’s bands out there like 2 and 4 you might need to get the parabolic to pick them up. Maybe use the proxicast as your secondary ant. Hope this helps let me know how you make out

[@Bobbcudi]

@@rockernrothank you for replying! Where I live I pick up bands 2, 4, 5 and 13. Signal is decent on all bands but the best speeds I could ever get were about 30 down. Recently tho my speeds have fallen below 10 down on band 13 and about 3 down on bands 2, 4 and 5. I'm closer to a band 13 tower and am about 7 miles from the nearest band 4 tower. Was thinking about ditching the proxicast for the parabolic so I can lock in to the tower better. When using the proxicast as the second antenna, is there a particular way you have to wire the atennas for one to be the primary and other the secondary? Or does the mofi figure that out on its own?

[@rockernro]

@@Bobbcudi your speeds might have fallen bc or your sim. That’s a little dramatic from 30 to 10. Is your sim getting throttled? A parabolic will DEFINITELY make speeds better though bc it is laser pointed in tower direction it don’t matter if the better bands are further or have worse DBs. Bands 4 and 2 put out higher GHZ which in essence gives faster speeds. So the proxicast probably has 2 pigtail cords on it right? I would say use only one end and plug it via LMR to the mofi. The mofi antenna ports are labeled on top of mofi. One says primary antenna port, that should be the parabolic port the other use for the proxicast. Another thing is you can try flip flopping your proxicast wires see if that helps in the meantime.

[@Bobbcudi]

@@rockernro thank you! I will definitely play with more when I get home. And I shouldn't be throttled as the 3rd party provider told me it was a grandfathered verizon sim but at the end of the day that could be a lie

[@muchwano11]

How do you get a static IP can you use a VPN or do you have to use mofi cloud possibly can you make a video

[@rockernro]

No clue I don’t have the mofi it’s at my other house lol

[@oumijia3626]

When u hook up the parabolic do u only hook it up to one side of the mofi ?

[@rockernro]

Yes hook it up to the primary port. To better you signal quality I recommend a secondary antenna

[@oumijia3626]

John Barth u recommend a log periodic or another parabolic

[@rockernro]

oumijia * log periodics for both of you can afford

[@rockernro]

oumijia * sorry I recommend to parabolic grids or one grid one log

[@blackwidow3611]

@@rockernro gotcha when u hooked yours up did your ping go down a good amount on games ?

[@winecountrygames1859]

Hey John I got it going thank you for your videos. I have one question we have ours setup we have 100% signal strength and -81 the best we could get. And at night it FLIES we get about 60mb/s its awesome but during the day it slows to a crawl. I understand the tower is congested and there should be a drop and I was ok with that but we are going from 60mb/s in the night to 100kb/s in the day. Any suggestions?

[@rockernro]

Wine Country Games there’s no reason it should drop that low. A. Do you have it locked on the band or bands that’s giving you that great speed? If not it will Jump around on you and B. What kind of plan are you using? C. Are you tethering it to an extender in your house? Extenders will dramatically drop your speeds. Mofi should only be direct connected to the main personal router.

[@winecountrygames1859]

@@rockernro I just have the mofi connected to the antennas right now. And I have Ethernet plugged from the mofi into my computer the rest of the house is on wifi. And we have it set to one band yes, band 4. Our towers only support 4 and 13 according to cellmapper. I didn't realize I got the wrong router the v3 until finding your videos. So unless I switch bands there's no options for carrier aggregation. Im going to call them tomorrow and see if we can exchange ours for the v2. We tried to tether it to our router like you did and it shows no connection on the router. We have a high end Asus gaming router that has always been great for us until trying this route. Any help is majorly appreciated.

[@winecountrygames1859]

@@rockernro No extender.

[@winecountrygames1859]

@@rockernro and now I see band 66 on cellmapper do the towers regularly change?

[@winecountrygames1859]

@@rockernro is this the one you have/had? mofinetwork.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=189

[@herbertnewman4595]

What frequency did you order for your feed-horn, my feed horn is for an ATT tower at around 750mhz, I'm using a parabolic grid.

[@rockernro]

Huh? I’m really not sure what you are trying to say! First of off.. The feed horn comes with the parabolic grid it’s all in one for all carriers. It probably starts around 750-3000 MHz or something

[@stallen]

john. did you adjust the position of the feedhorn (1-4) to optimize for the band you are using? I just got this antenna and don’t fully understand the directions. says I need position 4 for >1700mhz but the holes don’t line up to put the plugs back in. see PAGE 2 of these instructions if you don’t know what i’m talking about. www.signalboosters.com/content/pdfs/bolton-technical-ultragain-26-installation-manual.pdf

[@rockernro]

Extend it all the way out they don’t line up for shit. Out means better band range is all

[@stallen]

hmm, i’m still not sure about that. I’m trying to get some advice on the late hacks forum. i’m being told to make it as short as possible for high frequencies (like band 2 & 66). check it: www.ltehacks.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2009&p=13819#p13819

[@haroonalichaudhry3307]

They cost so muchhhhhh 😫😫😫

[@coreymartin3252]

Best part of the video 15:38

[@rufun7604]

Im a Trump Peoples lol

[@rockernro]

Me? Definitely not

[@rufun7604]

@@rockernro Lol I was talking about myself, but I respect your political view too thats what empowers our great nation