[SOLVED] MOFI4500

[catfishhoward]

I just bought land and I have Verizon -100dbm(average) with band 13 with download 3mb and upload 1mg outside the home. I'm thinking about buying the MOFI 4500 which is 2.4GHz which I would connect 16 home security cameras (4M), desktop pc for web surfing and streaming on 85" tv (no gaming) as well as 1 cell phone wifi. Since the MOFI has enough Ethernet ports and my home is only 2400’ sq ft is there a reason to buy a dual band wifi router as well for speed?

I plan on having two long range cellular antennas hooked up MIMO style. I read that if I had 2.4GHz as well as 5GHz that the system would run faster but the MOFI 4500 is only 2.4GHz which is where the antennas hook into so no matter if the antennas are 5 GHz wont it reduce it to 2.4GHz no matter if I have a another dual router that the MOFI hooks into?

I would be happy with download of 10mb and upload of 3mb. I would appreciate any help and ideas to get this speed.
MOFI4500 setup MIMO

 

[catfishhoward]

I just found Netgear LBR20, it says it has 2.4 and 5 GHz. Maybe that would be better than the MOFI 4500?

 

[kanewolf]

I just bought land and I have Verizon -100dbm(average) with band 13 with download 3mb and upload 1mg outside the home. I'm thinking about buying the MOFI 4500 which is 2.4GHz which I would connect 16 home security cameras (4M), desktop pc for web surfing and streaming on 85" tv (no gaming) as well as 1 cell phone wifi. Since the MOFI has enough Ethernet ports and my home is only 2400’ sq ft is there a reason to buy a dual band wifi router as well for speed?

I plan on having two long range cellular antennas hooked up MIMO style. I read that if I had 2.4GHz as well as 5GHz that the system would run faster but the MOFI 4500 is only 2.4GHz which is where the antennas hook into so no matter if the antennas are 5 GHz wont it reduce it to 2.4GHz no matter if I have a another dual router that the MOFI hooks into?

I would be happy with download of 10mb and upload of 3mb. I would appreciate any help and ideas to get this speed.
MOFI4500 setup MIMO

16 WIFI cameras will not work well on 2.4Ghz.
What model cameras are these ?

 

[catfishhoward]

16 WIFI cameras will not work well on 2.4Ghz.
What model cameras are these ?

I will probably buy Reolin 4mp 16CH PoE - RLK16-410B8 with camera B400

 

[catfishhoward]

The only reason to hook the security system up to the internet would be to get alerts on my phone when it detects movement I think?

 

[kanewolf]

I will probably buy Reolin 4mp 16CH PoE - RLK16-410B8 with camera B400

The thing that jumps out to me is "POE" in the part number. That means these cameras are optimized for wired connectivity. Your WIFI doesn't factor into them.

You need to look at your devices and determine which will be WIFI connected and which will be wired (like the cameras).
Then look at the WIFI devices to determine if they support 5ghz (if they say "AC" or "dual band" they are).

But dual band is always recommended for WIFI. The 2.4Ghz band is oversaturated.

 

[catfishhoward]

The thing that jumps out to me is "POE" in the part number. That means these cameras are optimized for wired connectivity. Your WIFI doesn't factor into them.

You need to look at your devices and determine which will be WIFI connected and which will be wired (like the cameras).
Then look at the WIFI devices to determine if they support 5ghz (if they say "AC" or "dual band" they are).

But dual band is always recommended for WIFI. The 2.4Ghz band is oversaturated.

The only thing that will be wifi is my cell phone. The smart tv, dvr for the security camera and desktop will be wired so I only need 3 Ethernet ports. Will my desktop be faster if it's 5GHz vs 2.4GHz? I have AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Cor Processor 4 GHz, 16 GB Ram, 64 bit operating system, window 7?

 

[kanewolf]

The only thing that will be wifi is my cell phone. The smart tv, dvr for the security camera and desktop will be wired so I only need 3 Ethernet ports. Will my desktop be faster if it's 5GHz vs 2.4GHz? I have AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Cor Processor 4 GHz, 16 GB Ram, 64 bit operating system, window 7?

Maybe you are confusing WIFI frequencies with cellular. The WIFI signal is independent of cellular. 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz are WIFI frequencies.
One option you can look into, is using a standard Asus router with a cellular USB modem. -- https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1011282/ and https://www.asus.com/event/networks_3g4g_support/

 

[catfishhoward]

Maybe you are confusing WIFI frequencies with cellular. The WIFI signal is independent of cellular. 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz are WIFI frequencies.
One option you can look into, is using a standard Asus router with a cellular USB modem. -- https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1011282/ and https://www.asus.com/event/networks_3g4g_support/

Yep, I'm clueless. So if I use Ethernet cables with the MOFI to my devices that would be the fastest speeds I could hope to get.

If I get a cellular modem that takes my Verizon sim card that has 2.4GHz and 5GHz like the Netgear LBR20 and run my 5GHz devises wireless will they be faster then the running them of MOFI 2.4GHz with Ethernet cables?

 

[catfishhoward]

My desktop will connect as 5GHz I just checked the Radio Types and I don't have the smart tv yet so I'll keep that in mind.

 

[kanewolf]

Yep, I'm clueless. So if I use Ethernet cables with the MOFI to my devices that would be the fastest speeds I could hope to get.

If I get a cellular modem that takes my Verizon sim card that has 2.4GHz and 5GHz like the Netgear LBR20 and run my 5GHz devises wireless will they be faster then the running them of MOFI 2.4GHz with Ethernet cables?

You are back to confusing WIFI radio frequencies with cellular. The sim card had no frequencies. It allows a device to connect to Verizon's 4g network.
If you look at this page -- https://www.phonearena.com/news/Che...on-T-Mobile-and-Sprint-use-in-the-USA_id77933
it says that band 13 (as you mentioned in your original post) is at 700Mhz.