✅ Taking Apart The Verizon 4G LTE Home Internet - External Antenna and Fan
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- Опубліковано 26 гру 2021
- Can you add an external antenna to the Verizon's 4G LTE Home Internet Askey gateway? Do you need a cooling fan? I take apart the gateway to show you the insides and what options there are for antennas and cooling fan. Verizon offers this 4G LTE based fixed wireless home internet with unlimited data and for cheaper than many phone plans so if its available in your area it could be a good option (the unit is not geolocked so it can be can be moved but verizon asks to be notified of a change of address).
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U are the man thank you for your video exz what I was looking!
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Great video. I will keep my T-mobile garbage can. Of course with the optional external antenna. Thank you for the review of that Verizon gateway
No problem. Dont tell anyone but I'm keeping t-mobile!
@@NaterTater I won’t tell anyone
I love your videos on this new home internet technology. In my household we have the trash can and this 4g verizon gateway and you’ve been a huge help figuring these out and you’re also doing the dirty work for us. Mine is Verizon’s gateway so I can’t really take it apart
And here I thought I was the only person that has two home internet gateways in their house! 😕😂
@@NaterTater no not at all. Someone else has the t-mobile trash can and it was becoming an issue we didn’t get along well about so since I have verizon and they have just about the same deal only it’s 4g I went ahead and had them send me one. The trash can does get better speeds at times but other times it gets worse. The verizon one does just what you said. It caps right at 50Mbps and it’s steady with no fluctuations so there’s a trade off(especially since the can overheats something awful) and I’m pleased about my purchase and now that we both have our own we each have backups cause it’s no longer an issue. It is funny but it was the best solution for me. Can’t wait to see what it can do when the
c-bands drop
Very informative. Great video. keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
My dad has the trash can and got the lid like yours and I was disappointed with the 4g gateway cause I couldn’t find a USB port but thanks to you poking around you showed me that there is indeed one. I want to add a usb fan to it. I’m just glad you do this stuff so we don’t have to. Thank you for doing the research cause I couldn’t find anything on it. I can’t believe it doesn’t come with hardware specs. Why would they hide that port? It just seems odd. Anyway thanks a lot Nate! Great channel and cheers!
No problem. This verizon 4G one has a built in fan so it might not need an extra one unless its in a hot environment. Glad I'm helping.
@@NaterTater I immediately took the fan off when I saw this video. I have a little channel and I’ll tell you it’s absolutely invaluable to have a channel where the creator really sheds some light on a product. Especially a tech product as feature packed as these that can be modded. Definitely thanks for taking the time and effort to get your hands dirty and break this stuff down for us.
@@PiperDowns thanks for the compliment! I think I enjoy tinkering and making the videos just as much as you like watching them! 🙂👍
@@NaterTater I’m the same way. My channel is just as much for my enjoyment as it is for other’s
Very interesting video! I still have T-Mobile internet with fingers crossed their new router/Modem will correct some of its issues. Always good to see the competition, how it performs and really appreciate your time in showing their inner workings. Adding my own router to the T Mobile trashcan has helped me out tremendously. "Supposedly" this Thursday a t mobile tech rep is suppose to call back with a report on how the trashcan performed this past week after it went down AGAIN last week. I tried to get on a wait list for their new router but no dice and instead said they would send me ANOTHER Nokia. Funny when I asked if this was a new unit or one returned, he stated if it was returned they do a through testing of it before sending it out. NO THANK YOU lolo, I don't need someone else's troubles and I'll just wait for the new router/Modem. Again MANY THANKS for ALL your helpful and in-depth videos. Have a healthy and happy New Year!
Thanks! It's been a great 2021 other than Covid! Here's to 2022.
If u need help with a better signal u can always get a signal booster 😉 this way u can get a full signal
Nice tear down Tater.....I'm gonna request this for all of your future vids lol......goodbye warranty...the video footage is more valuable!
Exactly! So long as I have viewers like you. 👍
Hi Nate! In what direction is the fan at the bottom of the cube pushing air? Towards the bottom of the cube or towards the top? The airflow is so faint I'm not sure. I will be adding an external fan and I do not want it to push air in the opposite direction.
I don't recommend adding a fan to this one. If you're doing an enclosure or something then i'd just do a fan from the enclosure to the atmosphere. The built in fan push air upwards IIRC.
I just signed up for home LTE since we have Verizon already. We got the gateway free included with my plan. Must be something new
If you read the fine print it isnt free, it doesnt cost you anything if you keep the service for 2 years. You'll see a $10 discount on your bill to cancel out the $10 gateway charge. Atleast for me.
Currently a promo going on, I'm getting device free no contract for 25 bucks a month and first month on Verizon. Wonder if this has anything to do with my MULTIPLE request to Verizon to provide my area 😅 with a 4g internet option, as satellite is my only option (perfectly in att and t mobile deadzones). I've also been a Verizon customer since 2011 and have multiple 5g devices (small business use) may have something to do with the deal they gave me. As of now the stock device is kicking Hughesnets tail so I'm happy even if they go up in price. Still cheaper and way better than satellite internet
I got an $200 Verizon eGift card as part of my promotion so box cost nothing. Just had to have service for 30 days.
So those are Microstrip patch antennas yes? If I want to risk it (and I do) how would I attach an external antenna and can you show me an example of one? (Cellular antenna with three leads) I am only familiar with 2 lead antennas so not sure how to connect a three lead. I did a fairly good search online for more specific info but am stumped finding any.
I dont know of a good way to do that either. I assume two leads are a loop and would be connected together. You might be better off using a cell booster. ua-cam.com/video/bboYE4qcfDM/v-deo.html
do you know how to go about soldering to the cellular antennas to "make it work" with an external antenna?
thanks, i appreciate your help.
this is how you do it on the ARC gateway without soldering: ua-cam.com/video/x7TPU6dah7c/v-deo.html
I switched over from Spectrum cable internet to Verizon's 5G Home Internet (not PLUS) plan last week. After a few hiccups setting up the ASK-NCQ1338 gateway (which required spending a few hours with Verizon's techs via chat), everything is running smoothly and I'm getting about 300 MBPS download and 20 MBPS upload.
My question is this: your teardown of the ASK-NCQ1388 and the images submitted by the manufacturer to the FCC for certification show a cooling fan in the unit. I have yet to hear the fan in my gateway running ever since powering up the gateway a week ago, and I'm worried Verizon might have shipped me a gateway with a defective fan. Or could it be that the fan only activates when the gateway gets hot? I don't know. Have you ever heard or seen the fan in your ASK-NCQ1338 running?
Thanks!
It is very small and quiet so it's hard to hear. A sign its working is dust 🐰 will begin collecting under the unit.
Thanks for another great video. I'm really hoping someone like yourself comes up with a solution for external antennas. When your as far out in the boonies as I am you need a little help to get a good signal. I have the antennas mounted on the roof that I'm using with another router currently, but need to find a way to use them with this gateway which is in route to me now. If anyone comes up with something please let me know.
would be really janky to make it work on this cube without soldering/modifying the board.
@@NaterTater I wonder if the Waveform folks have any ideas or suggestions?
How come some of the home LTE gateways are white rectangular boxes and not a cube? Which one is better?
Cube is better. Different brands/generation of hardware.
These kinda remind me of the gamecube, we're is the sim card located on these ?
Bottom under the silicone cover
The contact on the pcb Reminds me of "JST" stuff. I could be wrong.
I did find similar ones, general term js called "spring contacts" but not under the JST brand.
Verizon wireless home internet just now became available at my house. They claim in the ad the max speed is 50 Mbps download. They also give $100 credit to the Bill after 2 months so that makes the gateway a little cheaper
The do also offer other free streaming subscriptions for a year (as does t-mobile). With a Verizon phone plan it's a good deal at $40/mo if 50/6mbps meets your needs.
@@NaterTater my t mobile is running around 90 Mbps down. 39 ping and 45 up. I'll stay with it. However I used to get 130 Mbps down. Now I'm falling as low as 39 Mbps on Christmas eve. It seems to hover around 55 from 4 to midnight or so. I must have a gamer that got t mobile home internet that on the same tower. I have an at&t phone and they also have antennas on the same tower. I've been testing some and noticed when t mobile is slow so is AT&T on my phone. I'd almost bet they are sharing a 130 to 150 Mbps backhaul. It's in a rural low population area covering no towns.
I got more than 50 just now
@@andrewk8636 I guess I need to update. Verizon advertised it was available here but when I typed in my address it wasn't available. It's still not available.. I've got t mobile home internet which is the only thing available to me
@@Bryan-Hensley I bet tmobile is probably faster anyway unless you're getting 5g. For me verizon is only $25 a month no paying for the unit itself so it's a deal. My house is in a not ideal location and I still stream pretty well. I need to play around and try mounting it up higher in the attack maybe or get an antenna mod for it
I’m moving to a rural area this month and this is my only option for internet with more than 500kbps upload speed as a twitch streamer this is devastating news. I’ve signed up for service with this and was wondering if you have found a way to add a parabolic or yagi antenna to this?
oh yeah you're not gonna have a good time trying to twitch stream while out in the rural areas. give it time. ive lived in rural areas all my life, it started with a 3g antenna network, i was able to play console online games for the first time in 2012ish but it was horrible latency would fluctuate causing lag spikes but i didnt mind because i got to experience online gaming for the first time lol, then finally a towered internet connection came near us where they install a satellite and this satellite connects to their tower giving you wifi. expensive like 200$ for only like 20mbps but was able to game with no lag steady latency. then around 2019ish i got similar towered connection called unwired broadband was good but really expensive as well for the speeds provided. then now 2022, found out this is available. and this is the best internet out here so far, speeds are 50mbps download and 6mbps upload (i think you need fairly more upload for twitch streaming not sure) but its the best for its price for only 50 bucks a month latencies sit from around 30-60ms which isnt bad i dont feel any lag. and i can game online fps, rts, mmorpg, streaming on twitch though? not sure havent tried but i do stream to my buddies in my discord and they say it looks fine.
give it time and another few years hopefully we will get 5G rolled out into rural areas and that forsure will be the best internet out. sadly for us rural area people we have to wait and be patient.
@@Destroymaster100 actually just got fiber a few weeks ago!
@@KirballsKeys nice, i definitely dont get that yet haha. enjoy man. hopefully one day we get that out here.
Can you remove the SIM card if you bought the device and put it in the Elsys?
Yes
What was the model number of this cube? Maybe I missed that info somewhere. Thanks
ask-ncq1338
@@NaterTater Thanks!
wait so the verizon is capped at 50mbps? is the tmobile one capped?
Just the Verizon 4G LTE plan. Their 5G Home plan is not capped.
Any idea to the maximum number of wireless clients that this will support ?
it'll assign 253 IP's
Wait, are you saying you can take the 4g LTE modem internet and take out the SIM card inside it and out it in a different 4g modem?
That is against the terms of service but yes you can physically do that.
I love your channel i can comment on a 2 year old videos and get a reply......by any chance you know how to hook up a Antenna to a router - fwf100v5l....thats the one that gies with total by verizon
@@trynottodie488 unfortunately I'm not familiar with that gateway
@NaterTater thanks for the reply bro means alot I'll just test it out my slef it's on sale so I'm not losing alot
Clearly you missed the U.FL connector right behind the 3 gold contacts. External Antenna was easy
Haha. Clearly you didn't plug a U.FL connector in those as they are test ports and are MHF-SW23 ports. They look similar to U.FL though. That said you could get a setup that could make these work but probably not worth it.
Why are u taking it apart???
To see if an external antenna can be added to get a better signal
return that trash can is for real garbage stick with the Magenta team lol
I'm unbiased in reviews but ultimately pick one for my own internet...
Huh. Same name and knick name and same interest. Wierd
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You didn’t take it apart u just took the housing off lol
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This was not the intention of the video but I am about to move into a new home and since im in the country and they cleared the forest roaches have infested us and this will help prevent those pests moving with us lol