Worth buying a 4G/LTE Router? | TP-Link TL-MR6400 Complete Set Up
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- Worth buying a 4G/LTE Router? | TP-Link TL-MR6400 Complete Set Up. In this video we take a look at how to set up a 4G/LTE Router. The model i am using is the TP-Link TL-MR6400, this is a 300 Mbps router, however, there are faster speeds available up to 1200mbps. We go through the box, to see what is included and go through a complete set up of the router and what settings are available.
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Thanks for the tutorial. But you don't answer the question in your video title: is it worth buying a 4G / LTE router? I was hoping for a plus / cons compared to other router types (possibly models per budget) and so on.
I tried one of these but ended up sending it back because my phone s9+ gave me better results USB tethered. I will continue to search and keep looking for the best 4g device. The Nighthawk seems to be the best thing I've found so far. External and directional antennas could be really useful to play with.
hi there. im also looking for a 4g device to connecte to my gaming laptop via USB. im using tp-link m7000 which is crap. i thought of getting one of this in the video but it seems i shouldnt based on what u said. please care to tell me what u 4g device u r using?
Have y’all found anything good after a year😂😂
Thanks for this, I didn't want to be tied-down to a contract and needed advice on the correct router to buy.
I checked local area coverage for the canals and o2 seems to be the best.
I don't need fast Internet speeds, just access to it for pages not vast downloads.
Thanks again!
Glad I could help
Got one on the way so it was great to find your video. Really informative and made it less daunting as I wasn’t sure if it was going to be difficult to set up. Thanks 🙏
Glad it was helpful! Let me know how you get on.
@@InsideWire got it yesterday. Was so easy to setup. Turned on and was working straight away. And the speed test was far better than the original Vodafone dongle it replaced.
Can this work with most SIM cards or just giffgaff? And does the speed depend on the network from the SIM?
Would you say that reception on this device is better than devices without antennas?
God bless you, very useful and helpful presentation. You know your onions.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi , is it any better than a 4G phone hotspot in terms of stabilty-signal stregnth ?
You’ll definitely get better wifi coverage than your phone. I haven’t done a direct comparison against a phone, so I couldn’t comment.
Great questions and answer. Thanks
First hand experience YES, even though my 4g phone was capable of up to 1200mbs 4g, it seemed to struggle handling multiple devices connected at the same time
really helpful thanks. Any idea if this would connect to a 2023 main Sky box and sky mini box? I live in a rural location with just adsl broadband. Currently have Sky 25mbs broadband. Have good o2 coverage (my o2 iphone = about 40 / 50 mbs ) hence looking to switch to 4G broadband
Does anyone know if this setup will accept a mesh network? Currently using a tp link mesh network to increase the strength around my house and it’s amazing. Just considering going with 4g for a short period. Hoping this can work?
Hey brother! Please help me by clearing my doubt on its bands. Does it support both 2.4 & 5 GHz bands? Or it supports only 2.4GHz?
It does have 2.4ghz and 5ghz.
@@InsideWire no it does not
Question.
Can you connect to the internet though LAN ports, if the router is connected to the internet throu LTE? An if yes, do LAN ports stay active when you turn off the wifi?
Yes you can plug the router into a back of the PC using the LAN port. The ports will stay active if you turn off the WiFi
Can I copy the sim, remove it, then put it back in my mobile phone and keep using the TP modem. Whilst I have my mobile phone on near bye.
Is it possible to connect also Cable from the ISP for the WAN connection (4)? Thus creating a WiFi connection even if no SIM card is connected
Can you check if it is working I don't have the product yet and I want to know
please respond ❤
Yes it does have a WAN option on the router so it can be used without a sim card.
Great review. I'd be using it for my PlayStation with a wired connection. Should I connect it to a computer first to set up the password and some of the configurations detailed in the video, or will my console connect to the Internet OK on it's own?
Im sure it will work out of the box but just to secure your router and not make it so vulnerable i would set it up and change some of the settings.
@@InsideWire thanks. I ordered one yesterday.
Hello Sir one question for you Maybe a bit silly ... If I get a Poe switch and connect a Voip phone would I be able to call out ?
I dont see a reason why it wouldnt.
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One thing you did not touch on is what "part" of the carrier plan does the router use. Ok lets make this simple. lets say I want a unlimited all US Mobile plan. That plan comes with unlimited talk and text and data until 75 gigs. After that it gets slowed. BUT there is no mobile hotspot. Does the router use just the regular phone data or does it need a carrier with mobile hotspot?
When i used my sim card from my existing phone plan, so in in the UK it does take mobile phone plans too.
I have two questions:
1. Could this router be used as a regular router, without SIM card?
2. Could this router be connected to another router to get Internet and have a subnet?
1. Yes, you can use LAN 4 for the WAN port.
2. Theres no reason why not as long as its all configured properly.
needed to know more about tv end of things,I live in bad reception area and wondered if I cancelled virgin would this be as good thank you.
Are you looking to stream TV channels?
Good video! Could you quickly test the 4G speed from your personal phone just to get an idea on the difference in speed if any? Thanks
Sorry I dont have this router anymore.
@@InsideWire sorry for the confusion if caused. I don’t want you to test anything on the router so no need for it. Simply test the speed on your phone’s 4G to match the difference ?
Thank you for this 14 min. video that absolutely doesn't answer to the title. Just a random tutorial without any serious testing. #putaclic
Hi,
In OperationMode -> "Wireless Router Mode", does it allow multiple laptops LAN connections to share a single Internet connection (which is behind the hotel's firewall) ? Rgds.
Stupid questions:
Can you prioritize the router to use the WAN connection instead of the 4G connection, if the WAN connection is UP ?
If so, would it switch automatically to 4G when the Internet is no longer reachable over WAN ?
My plan is to use this router to provide automatic backup if the primary WAN goes down, so it doesn't use up the 4G data..
I have a question if you don't mind, I am hoping to use this exact router for my caravan trips. If LTE network is not available and I want to tap into caravan site wifi and connect, could I do so with this router? Thanking you
You seem like a very natural CZcamsr you should do well! Great video review
Thanks, let’s hope so 😃
Does it support multi WAN and use it as failover? Let’s assume fiber is the primary WAN and the Sim card 4G is the secondary WAN. If fiber is down secondary WAN replaces it automatically.
Thank you
Hi sir. I have small question. If you have data in sim card so you have to power the modem and put sim and make installation. So after that you can used the Internet??
Iv just started to look into 4g for my internet connection and only need it for my PC... is there any difference in speed and ping between a router and dongle? i was also consider a antenna on the outside of my house, i imagen that isn't possible with a dongle. Any help here would be appreciated.
For reference i get 10mbs down and 1mbs up (internet speed test) in reality its 1.1mbs down and 800kb/1mbs up. With a ping of 29/40ms.
For the 4G router/dongle, its all about placement, I would assume the dongle would plug into the back of your PC under your desk. With the router it can be placed anywhere, so you might get a better signal. I have not tested this with an external antenna so i could not comment on that, i can only assume you would get a better speed.
Hope this helps
Does this give good speeds if you connect your PC with Ethernet?
How is the signal strength?
Hello. Great video. My question:
I have an extra iPad that has its own SIM card and unlimited ATT account,but it’s a 5G capable account. Do you think the SIM card will work in this device? I’m concerned that the router won’t be able to access the 5G network. We also have 4G here. Does the router just automatically try connecting to 4G or is it capable of connecting to 4G or 5G? I hope the question is clear.
Whats the difference between these tp link and the m1 lte nighthawk router? Does it work the same? Does one work better than other cuz the m1 nighthawk so expensive.
M1 Nighthawke it a mobile hotspot and allows your to travel with it however the TP link is design to stay fixed in one place.
@@InsideWire can I buy any 4g LTE router and just insert my sim card and work?
good❤❤❤,Great videos!!!🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! 😃
Could you create a fail-over (WAN Primary, SIM Secondary) on this and does this have bandwidth management?
There are not settings to use the SIM as a secondary connection. Nothing on bandwidth management.
Amazing video .. is there anyway to use line and sim at the same time to prevent internet connection lost?
Yes you can use both. the 4G can ask as backup to the line.
@@InsideWire can i use 4G and line to combine thier speeds? ... Like using them in the same time
In the wireless router mode does it automatically switch to 4G internet if the DSL fails?
This isnt something i tried unfortunately, I couldn't comment.
I’ve liked & subscribed. I live in a rural area & work from home. I want to move away from BT broadband & use a Wi-Fi sim router instead. I think the TP Link Archer AX50 is what I’m thinking is what I need, but happy to be advised. What I don’t understand is someone I know who lives close by, has one but also has some kind of box outside the house to pick up the o2 or ee or Vodafone connection as well. Nothing I’ve watched or read suggests an outside box. So before I buy I need to understand if the router I’ve chosen for myself is correct & do I need this box? I would be very grateful for some advice, thank you
hi would this router work with a POE external 4g antenna with the sim in the external 4g antenna? thanks
I am not sure as i no longer have this router.
@@InsideWire it does! I figured it out eventually. Sim in mikrotik dish and ethernet cable to lan/wan or just wan via the poe lan out adapter and bang! All good.
Thank you, do you know what is the maximum wireless range for this router ?
How do setup on tplink router like that with control of users to use vouchers to login each client different password ?
I dont think you can do that with this router.
@@InsideWire so what do you recommend 🤔 ?
Is this device support cat7 Lan Cable?
What is the cat version of this device?
The device will support up to 1Gb speed through the ethernet ports.
If I use this for Gaming and use a LAN cable will my ping be better?
You ping might get slightly better, however its all dependent on your 4G connection.
Hey thanks you've sold me on this router, any chance you could go into the settings in more detail please, vpn, ipv6, Mtu and so forth! Looking for best settings for gamers xbox is very particular about using ipv6 and universal plug and play.
I dont have this router anymore. But if i come across another one, I will for sure.
Just stumbled on you and great stuff. I will prefer a 5G will have to see what is available.
Hi , I see it doesn't have dual channel 2gHz / 5GHz , does the 2GHz limit the performance in your opinion vs also having 5 GHz Channel ? Many Thanks
One thing I've heard virtually nothing about these 4g routers after watching several different videos is can I just pop in any USA SIM card like a Verizon, At&t, GSM, cdma or mvno's SIMcard and it'll work?
They talk little about this.
Great review,thanks helped a lot.Getting this today.
Glad I could help
I have an ATT unlimited account with one phone, will I need to go open a new line and just say I want a sim card only and then just throw the sim in and good to go?
Hey looking to buy this model: TL-MR6400....i want to use the VPN option. I want to know if it has the kill switch option if VPN drops
It doesn't have a kill switch option for the VPN.
hello bro, great video. can you make a video for the openVPN connection?
How to set up my tplink tl 6400 with my isp sky
Hey brother , i just wanted to find out how the wifi range of the roouter is ?
It doesnt say specifically what the range is but it wont be any better than what you get directly from an ISP.
For me, without gaming, Internet via 4g is perfect in my new home. Got 50mbits down with this router and a extra 4g antenna from Amazon. Still enough and without waiting...just order the sim card and go surfin and Streaming
By moving my MR-6400 next to a window I got 32.6 Mb download speed rather than 14.1Mb speeds. So it's well worth moving your device around your home and trying out different angles. The indicator on the right will light up to 3 bars when you have a close to optimized position. I pay €20 a month for unlimited broadband and I can stream Full HD and download large files quickly. It's not perfect but it is great value for money. I'm thinking of upgrading to the TP-link AC1200 model for much faster speeds. I wonder if anyone can share their experiences with that specific device?
Bro I purchase tp link mr200 is this power on off button available or not bcz my router have no power on off button is it normal
Performance will not be affected whether there is an on off button or not
Should I take this for streaming
Can I use powerline adapters with this ? Thanks
I dont see why not, you are using the ethernet connection on the back of the router.
this was very helpful, thankyou. i want to install this on my boat. question is, can i add an extrenal antenna for the 4G signal, what type would i need and is the 4G socket and the WIFI socket marked?
Hi, I'm sorry but I have a question. Do you need to pay for the amount of MB/GB you use or do you just buy the router put the SIM in and that is that.
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Hey man, look to ditch virgin for 60 days to come back as a new customer. Could I hook this up to my pf sense router in modem mode to give me my temporary net
One question could i do all these steps with my phone cause i don't have a PC ?
Can I install outside antenna to this device?
Do u have to pay monthly for this or what I’m confused what do u need to activate it
You need a sim card with a data plan on it.
How many users can be connected to the openvpn server at one time?
Will this pick up better 4g signal than your phone/a wifi box etc or will the 4g speeds be the same as them?
unfortunately i didn't run this test.
You don't need to buy this one, it's the same that to you use your phone for send internet to your device, 5g or 4g. But the better option is put a faster internet, broadband
But it does seem to be a better option if you can’t get broadband
the mr600 kinda spicee price does you recomand buyng mr600 over the mr6400 for the price difrence is it worth?
pls answer
Can we use this router as main router with wired/fiber ISP and yet use $G cellular service as backup only when ISP network is down?
same question
Apologies if i missed it. (long day) But some live speed tests may have helped You dont answer the question you posed in the tite..... Was it worth the purchase?
Honesty... A conclusion may have been nice Even if you prefacethe conclusion with " In my opinion.... " I watched the video for an answer that wasn't given.
Hi are there any more SIM card vpn routers that you could recommend that are faster?
Thanks
By faster you mean like 5G?
@@InsideWire Thanks for the speedy reply! Sorry I mean like any SIM card vpn routers that offer greater speeds with 4G SIM cards? like any netgear models or any models you are aware of that except SIM cards that give great speeds?
Does it allow the option to change the TTL?
It's good modem for gaming bro ?
The modem itself is it good, but it will depend on what sort of connection you have to the internet.
Will it work in the us, mainly Verizon wireless in the US?
How to connect cordless phone to this router
can i control the guest bandwidth or bandwidth of users on the router
Does this work better then the isp 4g WiFi routers
Is it possible to connect this router to a PS4 with a LAN cable? Great tutorial keep up with the good work!!
Yes, absolutely. Thanks!
It has 3 LAN port's & 1 LAN/WAN port.
Like a normal home WiFi router
So I have only a phone at my apartment, so I can't connect the LAN cable to a computer, but I am on the Wi-Fi using my phone, but it is so bad and slow. why is that? pls help
How close is your phone to the wifi card? Have you run a speed test on your phone?
I'm literally like half a meter away, and the speed is 75 kbps
Hey man🤜🤛 what if i wanted 2 use it as traditional wireless router,,,does it work without a DSL modem by itself?
It does have an Ethernet WAN port. You would need to check your DSL modem has an Ethernet socket on it.
Does using a SIM card router give you generally faster upload speeds than the upload speeds you get when using a cell phone's personal hotspot?
No
Does it work without SIM card?
Can you monitor data consumption by each user/Mac address?
This would probably require a third party piece of software to do this level of analysis.
Does this have OpenVPN capability?
No it doesn't
what data cards can I get
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Thanks
And at 1:29 we can clearly see that it's only capable of 150Mbps download speeds, even though you've called it a 300Mbps router twice at this point, owing to its network speed. To be honest I blame the companies; all the product descriptions overstate the network speed and understate the download speed. And real world speeds will be lower. But don't get me wrong, they are still BRILLIANT devices when you need one (country bumpkin here!).
in my country 100mbps 4G uncapped is 10$/month and 20mbps fibre 1TB is 30$/month
Nice!
Can you use a static IP address?
A static public IP?
@@InsideWire yes, like if you have a sim with unlimited internet and want to use a static ip with it
I don’t believe the service provider would give you a static ip with a SIM card, they are most likely dynamic.
Can I connect an outdoor antenna to this router?
Yes you can
Bro can we do 4g band lock in this router?
I didnt see anything about this in the settings.
yes
Data plans are so expensive in Canada
I used to live in Canada, yes they are.. Very..!😲 I paid £20 for 80GB here in the UK.
Bro does it has the option of ussd and is it GSM approved.
You'll have to check TP links website for local compatibility.
I like how you say “rooter” 😀😀
haha thats how its pronounced. 😁
Will it support 4 Xiaomi webcams?
Is the IP address static?
No signal strength ?
Can you connect any sim to it ? Or does it have to be a day only sim ?
You can connect any sim to it, as long as it has a data plan linked.
@@InsideWire do you think the reception on this would be better than a smaller mobile broadband unit ?
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@@PenguinTV484 Its possible, I have not tested one of those. you can move it around to get a better signal but you will have a be close by it as the WiFi range wont be as good.
@@InsideWire thanks for the reply’s. one last question , are the antenna to help revive a better signal from the 4g network ? Or to transmit the WiFi signal further ?
That would be for the wifi network, if I remember correctly you can add an external antenna to this modem if needed.
It's a shame you didn't use the app to set up and control. I'll have to search for someone on CZcams who does.
Thanks for your feedback, perhaps in the another video in the future.
is it compatible withmac os big sur
Yes
Do you recommend me to buy it
If you can get a decent signal from a 4g connection then yes its ideal and if its better speeds than regular broadband.
Sir good day openline
I have a TL-MR6400 v5 and am getting 36.6 Mbps down and 40.3 Mbps up using 4G only
do u have a difference in speed when u use sim card in your phone?
@@vsg-ynunie Yep, same sim I can hit up to 120 mbps (still only 4G) on my phone