So I think it wouldn’t be bad if Swisscom would install a kind of help/compass that would suggest which direction you should align the antenna.
How is a normal citizen supposed to know where an antenna is or which of several antennas is equipped with 5G or which one would be next?
For example, I have a Swisscom 5G antenna in three directions. The other question is which direction should I take?
Haven’t tried it yet, but the installation instructions mention Nokia’s wireless app for location tracking:
[https://www.swisscom.ch/content/dam/swisscom/de/res/hilfe/downloadcenter/festnetz-ip/5greceiver-a-nr28005-21de-web.pdf.dl.res/5greceiver-a-nr28005 -21de-web.pdf] (https://www.swisscom.ch/content/dam/swisscom/de/res/hilfe/downloadcenter/festnetz-ip/5greceiver-a-nr28005-21de-web.pdf.dl.res/5greceiver-a-nr28005 -21de-web.pdf)
https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/nokia-wireless/id1560656530?l=en
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Attached is the list of 5G locations
@TomTom66 wrote:
Well, I think it wouldn’t be bad if Swisscom would install a kind of help/compass that would suggest in which direction you should align the antenna.
How is a normal citizen supposed to know where an antenna is or which of several antennas is equipped with 5G or which one would be next?
For example, I have a Swisscom 5G antenna in three directions. The other question is which direction should I take?
Trying is more important than studying. You don’t have to build a permanent installation for the booster right away, but you can do everything at your leisure with a “flying” installation at different locations in or. test on the house.
I can’t answer all the questions because I have to ask myself.
Installation
The 5G Booster has an LED on the window side. If you now hold the booster out of the window and rotate it in the Y-axis, you can see how it changes the colors. If it’s green it’s ok. Before you stick the part on, you can also try using the booster’s GUI by observing the RSRP dBm value. The smaller, the better. It’s like using a compass 🙂
Subscription change
This is a contract change and it doesn’t happen so quickly. It easily took 2 hours for me because the order has to be checked each time. When it’s done, the so-called “Compensation Speed” for the mobile part of the router is also updated. This is based on the actual measured line values and then fills this up to the subscription. The line values are collected once per day.
Return Policy
See terms and conditions (you can already find them)
Time-controlled shutdown
myStrom for the PoE power supply is your friend (I think Dani is the only one who does that). But I would justify not switching it off by saying that the part is hanging on the outside of the window 🙂
Additional performance by switching subscriptions
If you change the subscription, a higher compensation speed will also be set, but max. to what the location allows (you can see in the checker or Kundencenter). For me, for example, 323mbps max. I’m guessing it’s pure coincidence with @WalterB, because for me too the 5G Receiver performance fluctuates around 2 dBm and is often completely gone. And regardless of the subscription, the speed hasn’t changed for me.
Roger G.
Swisscom (Schweiz) AG, Product Manager Wireline Access
Interesting..
I received the 5G booster today. 🙂
According to Checker I have this:
Max. 50 Mbit/s download and 28 Mbit/s upload available
Max. 159 Mbit/s download with the Internet Booster 5G
The old booster on the window only gave me a total of 90Mb/50Mb..
Since I was able to install the new one on the house under the roof because the 5G Booster is weatherproof, my speed test even exceeds the checker
Max 260 Mb DL and 62 Mb UL… even though it’s foggy today…
But now the funny thing is… Most of the time the booster can’t receive 5G, which is actually a good thing, so I can achieve the values just mentioned with 4G.
But sometimes it manages to get a 5G signal and since the 5G antennas are far away from me and they are not as strong as the 4G, the speed test only shows around 100 DL and 50 UL…
The 5G Booster seems to prioritize the 5G band.
I think I can clearly see this from the ping values, as I have about 15-20ms with 4G and 7ms with 5G..
In such cases it would actually be better if you could switch 5G on and off yourself in the Nokia settings.
@Roger G Some devices such as the Zyxel NR7101 offer the option to choose the preferred band in the settings (4G/5G), it would be good if Nokia could also offer this.. for people’s use case Like me, they have better 4G at their location, but they need the 5G booster for IP66 because no usable reception can be achieved at the window.
I have a technical question:
Let’s say I’m measuring the house. I have 5G -107dBm in one place, and 5G -112dBm in one place. You get practically the same performance in both places.
I hope I’m asking it correctly 😉
So can the cell I’m registered with still provide enough power even at -120 dBm, because the limit for me is not the distance, but the technical limitation of my subscription?
Does this mean that it doesn’t actually matter where I place the booster, it just matters that the lamp is green?
Signal strength is measured using negative numbers in decibel milliwatts (dBm). The higher the measured value (i.e. closer to zero), the stronger the signal. For example, a value of -50 dBm is a very good signal, a value of -113 dBm represents a very weak signal with GSM/UMTS.
**So less dBm is a better value, so use this.
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Important: Trees with leaves, snow or fog can reduce the reception quality.
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I’m aware of this, maybe I asked it wrong:
So if I have 2 locations and in both I get practically the maximum performance together with 5G (for me 587 Mbit/s when everything is running smoothly).
Does that mean that I could get even more if I were closer or is the 600 Mbit currently simply the limitation of the current booster?
Hi, I wrote that: According to Checker, it tells me a maximum of 587 Mbit/s. No matter whether I set the booster (i.e. whether it is set at -115 or -102), I get practically the same result. So does that mean that the 587 is probably currently the limit of the booster or the maximum at Swisscom, that is approved for the booster? Or have I made a mistake?
It was mentioned in the post.
[https://community.swisscom.ch/t5/Internet-Wissensbox/Internet-Booster-5G-schweizweit-mit-bis-zu-1-Gbit-s-surfen/ta-p/689892] (https://community.swisscom.ch/t5/Internet-Wissensbox/Internet-Booster-5G-schweizweit-mit-bis-zu-1-Gbit-s-surfen/ta-p/689892)
The Booster is an Internet receiving device that combines the existing Internet speed of the copper line at home with the fast 5G and 4G mobile network. This means an internet speed of up to 600 Mbit/s or up to 1 Gbit/s from mid-2022 is possible. So you benefit from faster internet when working from home, when streaming video or surfing - even if you are with multiple devices online at the same time.
N.b. The question is still open, what does your Kundencenter say, according to the example images above?
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