Manual Band Selection for 4G Wi-Fi Routers and LTE Gateways

Manual Band Selection for 4G Wi-Fi Routers and LTE Gateways

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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2020-12-31 07:56:04 - last edited 2020-12-31 07:57:03

Hi Kevin..thanks for your reply and for your details "in red" !....but i would like to understand why in this brand the staff make call (in the name) the new version of firmware with low numbers in comparision with the previous one.

According me this fact make crazy everybody that not understand well which is the newer version...what do you think about?

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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2020-12-31 09:28:58

@Robynbra 

 

This beta firmware is provided by the dev team, and they generally attach a date suffix to distinguish different beta versions, so this actually doesn't mean anything about whether it's newer or older.

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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2021-01-01 14:48:18

@Kevin_Z 

 

I have installed the firmware Archer MR200 v4  with the option for band selection and its very helpful. i am now getting a stable internet. 

 

Wish it get updated to latest official firmware version with onemesh features.

 

Also wish to have a feature for data limit by day also. currently its by month. 

 

Thanks and Regards,

Subin Sam Mathew

 

 

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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2021-01-04 11:27:02

@subin.sam 

 

Hi Subin, thank you very much for the valued feedback, it's glad to know the issue is resolved with the beta firmware.

 

Your other suggestions will be recorded and reported to the related department as well.

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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2021-01-06 09:40:26

@Kevin_Z 

 

Thanks for the beta firmware link! After experiencing several internet disconnection every day I just installed the firmware on my Archer MR600 V1 and chose 2 bands that worked well in auto mode before (20 and 28). Download and upload speeds cranked up by 50% so far (nice!) and I'll wait to see if internet drops again bu I hope not.

I wanted to ask if you had any advices on the band selection?

Here are printscreens of the router when internet was disconnected. Please note that all lights on the device we lit as if it was still working. Power on, Internet light on, 3 bars of network... But it was disconnected. I had to shut the modem down and reboot it manually to get internet back. A reboot on the router's online interface would not do the trick.


 

And here are the details now when it's connected:

 

 

Thanks for your help!

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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2021-01-06 10:32:22
I found the specs of the 4G antenna I'm connecting to (with Free mobile in France): 723.0 - 733.0MHz 778.0 - 788.0MHz band 20 is 800mhz and 28 is 700mhz so the auto selection from the router makes sense and I locked those 2 values. Let's see
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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2021-01-09 07:40:07 - last edited 2021-01-09 07:43:11

TL-MR100(EU)_V1_201016 is removed from the official firmware update!

 

WHY? please answer....

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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2021-01-11 00:59:35

@Kevin_Z is it safe to use these beta firmwares?

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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2021-01-13 01:52:25

@mikomorelos 

 

Yes, the beta firmware provided by TP-Link official is safe, and it is tested to work fine on the product by the development team.

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Re:Manual Band Selection for 4G WiFi Routers
2021-01-13 06:11:24

@Kevin_Z  Sir, do we have firmware for MR200 v2 which support Manual Band Selection. Thanks

Kevin_Z wrote

If you have since experienced an issue of disconnecting or slowness on the 4G Wi-Fi router’s network due to the auto band selection, and you would like to switch the band manually by yourself you can download and install the following beta firmware on your router.

 

Archer MR600(EU)_V1:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202012/20201207/Archer_MR600v1_1.1.0_0.9.1_[201204-rel66940]_up_boot_2020-12-04_19.05.35.zip

Note: Please note that not all combinations of the 4G bands are supported in 4G+ mode. Only when the router and the SIM card support the same combinations of 4G band in 4G+ mode, the bands might be aggregated successfully.

 

Archer MR200(EU)_V3/V4, Archer MR400(EU)_V2/V3, TL-MR6400(EU)_V3/V4, TL-MR150(EU)_V1:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202007/20200714/LTE_GATEWAYv3_1.11.0_0.9.1_up_boot(200325)_2020-06-12_15.48.55.zip

 

TL-MR6400(APAC)_V3: 

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202004/20200403/LTE_GATEWAYv3_1.2.0_0.9.1_up_boot(200402)_2020-04-02_17.28.07.zip

 

TL-MR6400(EU)_V5:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202012/20201208/TL-MR6400(EU)v5_1.1.0_0.9.1_[201113-rel63736]_up_boot_all_2020-12-08_09.38.45.zip

 

Archer MR200(EU)_V5:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202010/20201012/Archer_MR200(EU)v5_1.0.0_0.9.1_[200925-rel32374]_up_boot_all_2020-09-30_11.15.13.zip

 

TL-MR150(EU)_V2:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202011/20201117/TL-MR150(EU)v2_1.1.0_0.9.1_[200930-rel56894]_up_boot_all_2020-09-30_15.53.06.zip

 

 

*The official firmware has been released for the below models, you can install the latest firmware via the online upgrade or download it from the official website:

TL-MR100(EU)_V1_201016

Archer MR600(EU)_V2

TL-MR6500v(EU)_V1

 

You will get the band selection option on the Basic->Internet or Advanced->Network->Internet page, based on the model of your devices:

Kevin_Z wrote

If you have since experienced an issue of disconnecting or slowness on the 4G Wi-Fi router’s network due to the auto band selection, and you would like to switch the band manually by yourself you can download and install the following beta firmware on your router.

 

Archer MR600(EU)_V1:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202012/20201207/Archer_MR600v1_1.1.0_0.9.1_[201204-rel66940]_up_boot_2020-12-04_19.05.35.zip

Note: Please note that not all combinations of the 4G bands are supported in 4G+ mode. Only when the router and the SIM card support the same combinations of 4G band in 4G+ mode, the bands might be aggregated successfully.

 

Archer MR200(EU)_V3/V4, Archer MR400(EU)_V2/V3, TL-MR6400(EU)_V3/V4, TL-MR150(EU)_V1:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202007/20200714/LTE_GATEWAYv3_1.11.0_0.9.1_up_boot(200325)_2020-06-12_15.48.55.zip

 

TL-MR6400(APAC)_V3: 

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202004/20200403/LTE_GATEWAYv3_1.2.0_0.9.1_up_boot(200402)_2020-04-02_17.28.07.zip

 

TL-MR6400(EU)_V5:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202012/20201208/TL-MR6400(EU)v5_1.1.0_0.9.1_[201113-rel63736]_up_boot_all_2020-12-08_09.38.45.zip

 

Archer MR200(EU)_V5:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202010/20201012/Archer_MR200(EU)v5_1.0.0_0.9.1_[200925-rel32374]_up_boot_all_2020-09-30_11.15.13.zip

 

TL-MR150(EU)_V2:

https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202011/20201117/TL-MR150(EU)v2_1.1.0_0.9.1_[200930-rel56894]_up_boot_all_2020-09-30_15.53.06.zip

 

 

*The official firmware has been released for the below models, you can install the latest firmware via the online upgrade or download it from the official website:

TL-MR100(EU)_V1_201016

Archer MR600(EU)_V2

TL-MR6500v(EU)_V1

 

You will get the band selection option on the Basic->Internet or Advanced->Network->Internet page, based on the model of your devices:

 

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