Archer M600 Low Signal & Speeds
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Hi,
I live in the middle of a large city but for some reason Openreach have basically decided they won't enable our street for fast broadband so I decided to look into 4G mobile internet.
Initially I signed up with 3 mobile (UK) and they sent me an unlimited data SIM and a Huawei B535 router. Anyway turns out 3's coverage in my area was absolutely terrible so I decided to switch to a Vodafone SIM only contract (Unlimited Data and Max speeds) and bought an Archer M600 having seen good reviews.
My sim arrived a day before my router so I tried it in my Huawei (with external bunny-ear antennas) as it was laying around waiting to be sent back to 3. I was getting 4-5 bars of 4G+ and speeds of 70-90Mbps peak times and 110Mb off peak.
However since popping the SIM in my MR600 (in the same position as the Huawei) It's flicking between 1-2 bars of signal and my speeds have never passed 60Mbps, and most of the time it is between 20-30 if I'm lucky. I have tried moving the router obviously and even switched the antenna to my Huawei ones but to no avail.
I have also installed the beta firmware to enable manual band selection but it hasn't made a difference (unless I'm doing it wrong).
Are there any ways of improving signal and speeds? I feel like after using the Huawei this shouldn't be an issue and maybe I'm doing something wrong. Is there a specific band I should use for 4G+?
Thanks in advance.
