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enoch5553:
I did, Only Band 3, 7 are available in my area. So I tried both but same thing

No don't choose the 2 at the same time......... Pick only one band and test your network it will improve

willian10:
Thanks for the update, this app is goated.
Does it work for other 5G routers? like the indoor X25

Nope, works for the odu too as long as its zlt

Tover:
No don't choose the 2 at the same time......... Pick only one band and test your network it will improve

I tried that, Maybe i should drop more info

I've tried band locking each band one by one, The only one that got me some semblance of speed were the bands that forced my network to 3g, When doing so i got 11mbps thereabout but it was pretty incosistent, Those were bands 20, 28, 38, 41

enoch5553:
I tried that, Maybe i should drop more info

I've tried band locking each band one by one, The only one that got me some semblance of speed were the bands that forced my network to 3g, When doing so i got 11mbps thereabout but it was pretty incosistent, Those were bands 20, 28, 38, 41

This is my speed at 3g vs 4g/5gNSA

willian10:
I don't still get this cell locking, can u explain better to me pls ? airtel mast is about 3 minutes walk away from my house
I do get frustrated at night with the internet

If the network is generally bad in your area due to congestion (peak period), there might not be much you can do.

1. Ensure you don't have any band lock in place.
2. At night, go to your cell information page and note all the bands you can see and their strength (RSRP and SINR). Best RSRP is usually less than -65db (lower negative) and SINR above 0 (higher positive)
3. Select the bands/frequency that have the highest values and lock them one by one. Start with Band 7 first.
4. Any band that gives you good speed, go back to the cell information page and note the cell no (PCI).
5. You can then go back and lock the cell as well.

fuckboys:
I think y'all shouldn't band lock but cell lock only.

First remove cell and band lock, go to system status and check for all available cells and bands in your location then lock only the cells with this highest numbers. The higher the cell number the closer the cell tower to you.

My case is cell 3400, 3250 and1876 and band 7,7 and 3. All I did was lock just cell 3400 and 3250. Don't lock bands and you're good.

You mixed it up.

Band: B1, B3, B7, B8 (4G), N78 (5G)
Frequency (EARFCN): 3256, 3400, 3500 (4G), 627264 (5G)
Cell (PCI): location dependent and could be anything from 0-503 (4G), 0-1007 (5G)

Best not to lock cell.

fuckboys:
I think y'all shouldn't band lock but cell lock only.

First remove cell and band lock, go to system status and check for all available cells and bands in your location then lock only the cells with this highest numbers. The higher the cell number the closer the cell tower to you.

My case is cell 3400, 3250 and1876 and band 7,7 and 3. All I did was lock just cell 3400 and 3250. Don't lock bands and you're good.

I took my ODU router to test it at my elder brother’s house. Since it’s a new area, he has been experiencing network issues across all available networks. I went there hoping the ODU would make a difference, but to my surprise, when I locked the router to Bands 3 and 8, the signal strength on the router page was full and it even showed 4G+. However, the speed was only about 500 kbps. When I switched to Band 7, it showed “no service,” yet the speed increased to around 800 kbps. Is there any solution to this?

NSEstudent:
Those numbers he mentioned are not PCIs. They are band frequencies.

Greetings chief
Can I get your whatsapp number (I also use the huawei odu) and I have some questions to ask

willian10:
how did u get this criterial u used?

I tested all the bands and network modes to arrive at those.

NSEstudent:
Those numbers he mentioned are not PCIs. They are band frequencies.

they all share same pci of 401, you lock them together with the cell number also.

My honest 3-week review of my ZLT 17U router:
So far, it has been very good—much better than my 4G router. When downloading large files with the 4G router, I usually get a maximum speed of about 2 Mbps. However, when I tried the ODU network to download a 35 GB file, I got a speed of 5.24 Mbps.
I mostly use it at work, and it is faster and more reliable than the 4G router. I can connect more than five phones at the same time and still browse smoothly. I download files, update apps, and stream simultaneously without any issues.
I really hope it continues this way—or even gets better.

Osyxcel:
If the network is generally bad in your area due to congestion (peak period), there might not be much you can do.

1. Ensure you don't have any band lock in place.
2. At night, go to your cell information page and note all the bands you can see and their strength (RSRP and SINR). Best RSRP is usually less than -65db (lower negative) and SINR above 0 (higher positive)
3. Select the bands/frequency that have the highest values and lock them one by one. Start with Band 7 first.
4. Any band that gives you good speed, go back to the cell information page and note the cell no (PCI).
5. You can then go back and lock the cell as well.

Thanks for ur response
I understand everything but not no.4, where do I find cell number to lock to?
BTW, Band 7 is 4G not 5G

willian10:
Thanks for ur response
I understand everything but not no.4, where do I find cell number to lock to?
BTW, Band 7 is 4G not 5G

You have 5g in your area, you shouldn't have any problem with network

enoch5553:
I tried that, Maybe i should drop more info

I've tried band locking each band one by one, The only one that got me some semblance of speed were the bands that forced my network to 3g, When doing so i got 11mbps thereabout but it was pretty incosistent, Those were bands 20, 28, 38, 41

U have 5g network in your area , you shouldn't be having network issue., screenshot the list of band in your area leeme see

willian10:
Thanks for ur response
I understand everything but not no.4, where do I find cell number to lock to?
BTW, Band 7 is 4G not 5G

Leave the 5G for now. If you have terrible speed on 4G, it most likely won't be much better on 5G. Airtel has only one 5G band and one frequency available i.e. N78 and 627264.

From your screenshot, I can't figure out the band you're connected to but I can see two other band 3 cells available with cell (PCI) 80 being the better of the two.

Check the system status or network info to see the band you're currently connected to.

Alternatively, lock only the 5G to cell 173 and turn off 4G band lock. Let the device select the best 4G aggregation to combine with 5G to give best results. This is what I did recently since Airtel has been moving mad lately. See screenshots.

Tover:
U have 5g network in your area , you shouldn't be having network issue., screenshot the list of band in your area leeme see

How do i check that? Maybe i'm checking out the wrong things

But based on the router, these are the only bands i can lock.

williams85:
Yes they are not. He did not add the PCI because they shared the same value for that particular mast.

I don't know what your argument is bro

enoch5553:
I tried that, Maybe i should drop more info

I've tried band locking each band one by one, The only one that got me some semblance of speed were the bands that forced my network to 3g, When doing so i got 11mbps thereabout but it was pretty incosistent, Those were bands 20, 28, 38, 41

Apparently this happened because those bands are not in your area or even in Nigeria.

By the way, I found this as a trick to force my ODU to use 3G. If I do select 3G only, sometimes the service will be available but internet connection will either not switch or when it switches, it won't be usable. So what I do is to lock a cell I made up, on any of the LTE bands, then the router will start using 3G. It will work for long before being unusable. I don't know why 3G does that. If it works infinitely, I wouldn't mind using only 3G as it seems to stream well sometimes, especially on those Airtel bad nights.

Osyxcel:
You mixed it up.

Band: B1, B3, B7, B8 (4G), N78 (5G)
Frequency (EARFCN): 3256, 3400, 3500 (4G), 627264 (5G)
Cell (PCI): location dependent and could be anything from 0-503 (4G), 0-1007 (5G)

Best not to lock cell.

I was implying this all along. These are band frequencies and not cells.

Tover:
I took my ODU router to test it at my elder brother’s house. Since it’s a new area, he has been experiencing network issues across all available networks. I went there hoping the ODU would make a difference, but to my surprise, when I locked the router to Bands 3 and 8, the signal strength on the router page was full and it even showed 4G+. However, the speed was only about 500 kbps. When I switched to Band 7, it showed “no service,” yet the speed increased to around 800 kbps. Is there any solution to this?

Those bands can be useless at times. And they are always available with best signal metrics. Band 8 sometimes can be manageable but band 3 is mostly useless

The good thing is that I locked band 7 and used it for tracking with install helper app. I mostly leave all bands unlocked, so the router selects band 7 virtually all the time. The best band.

Only on rare occasions does it periodically use band 8.

olujosh301:
Greetings chief
Can I get your whatsapp number (I also use the huawei odu) and I have some questions to ask

I don't use Huawei but ZTE G5F. I have ZLT X17M which I'm not using for now.

If you still want to reach out, quote me on a dead thread.

fuckboys:
they all share same pci of 401, you lock them together with the cell number also.

Okay, so this is actually another angle, a crucial one. Some of those cells are available in more than one bands. If you lock a common cell, and the cell is really good, you will enjoy it. If the one on one band misbehaves, it jumps to the other band.

The same thing happens if you lock to a single band, say band 7, which I do sometimes. If your area can get many cells on band 7, it will be throttling between cells to give you best service.

What people do is to write down these cells and band frequencies so that if they get the combination (frequency and cell) which gives the best result, they lock them and enjoy, happily ever after, theoretically. But bear in mind that locking may not help when Airtel is generally bad, which happens all the time and almost all nights in my place.

Airtel has turned you guys into cell tower engineers 😂

dustmalik:
Airtel has turned you guys into cell tower engineers 😂

I swear to God thank God i will be relocating my Starlink back home

I will soon start enjoying this will only use Airtel as Backup

morikee:
I swear to God thank God i will be relocating my Starlink back home

I will soon start enjoying this will only use Airtel as Backup

I thought you live in Niger state. Where's home?

It's just 5G NSA sha...most times even 4g is faster than it

Tover:
U have 5g network in your area , you shouldn't be having network issue., screenshot the list of band in your area leeme see

All of a sudden Airtel became very terrible this night. Is it because of the rain? Even starlink slow join

NSEstudent:
Okay, so this is actually another angle, a crucial one. Some of those cells are available in more than one bands. If you lock a common cell, and the cell is really good, you will enjoy it. If the one on one band misbehaves, it jumps to the other band.

The same thing happens if you lock to a single band, say band 7, which I do sometimes. If your area can get many cells on band 7, it will be throttling between cells to give you best service.

What people do is to write down these cells and band frequencies so that if they get the combination (frequency and cell) which gives the best result, they lock them and enjoy, happily ever after, theoretically. But bear in mind that locking may not help when Airtel is generally bad, which happens all the time and almost all nights in my place.

Since I lock cell, my network has been great even at night. I no longer experience the regular night network issues.

enoch5553:
How do i check that? Maybe i'm checking out the wrong things

But based on the router, these are the only bands i can lock.

Focus on the 4g band... Unclick all the band .. and click on only band7 click on ok .. and check the network speed, when doing this make sure the odu is facing the Airtel mast if you are not sure if the mast location, you can move it around your house ...if band 7 did not work .. check the band one after the other

NSEstudent:


Those bands can be useless at times. And they are always available with best signal metrics. Band 8 sometimes can be manageable but band 3 is mostly useless

The good thing is that I locked band 7 and used it for tracking with install helper app. I mostly leave all bands unlocked, so the router selects band 7 virtually all the time. The best band.

Only on rare occasions does it periodically use band 8.

That's what I did .. I leave only the 7band and I have been enjoying it , but band 8 has more upload speed than the 7, I use the 8 when ever I want to upload a video of 2gig on my YouTube channel.. is very sweet

This is my network speed at home .. this is okay for me . My wife , my childrens iPad and for my neighbours phone ..

NSEstudent:


Those bands can be useless at times. And they are always available with best signal metrics. Band 8 sometimes can be manageable but band 3 is mostly useless

The good thing is that I locked band 7 and used it for tracking with install helper app. I mostly leave all bands unlocked, so the router selects band 7 virtually all the time. The best band.

Only on rare occasions does it periodically use band 8.

The band 3 and 8 are very useless.. I am very sure of band 7 and can 1 or 2 network bar..the speed will be good