₦airaland Forum

Emmyjames:
What's the model number of your Indoor and Outdoor unit?

G5F+MF296A if that's what u mean. I posted the pics in response to someone above.

NSEstudent:
Which of the white units? The one with antennas or the new one without protruding antennas?

This one

Mine just got installed. Up and running.

I'm getting up to 23Mbps upload. Interesting.

I hope this is the end to Airtel's bad network issue sha. Let's watch and see.

No network disruptions experienced with grid off (White Unit)

Hopez456:
And i am currently thinking of dumping it and go for the new ones because network is unstable using the ups alone with it. It's practically useless for me without electricity.

I have tried 3 different ups, the one of the 5g routers still, the batteries can't power it to get network.

Meanwhile my neighbour doesn't experience this problem

Interesting...

Hopez456:
The attached Ihas wifi6

I was offered this one but somehow I thought the fancy white one was superior.

When I read the specsheet on this one it made so much sense but alas it was too late.

williams85:
Now I understand,
But won't it be an issue connecting a power bank to a power bank.
Hope you understand what I mean?

No it won't. It's just a dc power supply.

williams85:
I don't think that would work, see how the ups is..

It will work. The battery has 2 12v ports. One for input (from power), then the other for Output (To router).

So you plug your dc converter cable, 5v USB side to ur powerbank, and then the 12v side to the battery bank and it should come on.

I checked to confirm the ports at the Airtel Office yesterday.

dazzy4real:
So yesterday i paid for my ODU and was shown my device, i even connected to it because the guy wanted to brag about the speed of the ODU after I complained to him about the poor network of the 5G router. But unfortunately i got connected and the speed was showing 200kbps during speed test. The guy felt disappointed and started putting calls only to find out they had a network downtime that moment. I left the office without seeing the speed in mbps. I just pray i don't have the same experience with this ODU , i have really suffered with their 5G router. I'm supposed to get my installer today. I'll be hoping he comes to install it ASAP.

I got like 3-5mb at their office. But on 5G router I get above 20mbps during the day.

williams85:
I wanted to go for the Airtel ODU but I was told what's available is the latest model with Ethernet port battery . I have to abort mission. There is no way I can improvise with a power bank .

You can improvise with a power bank using a 5v to 12v dc converter cable. It goes for 6k.

dustmalik:
Guys, I have bad news for heavy data users. After using 1TB of data, my speed has been capped at 2Mbps. I have restarted severally to see if it would change, but it's hard-capped.

The device was installed on the 30th September, the last day of September. If you look at the screenshot below, you will see that I have used 980GB this month. It's not including the data I used on the 30th September, which would have indicated the entire 1TB.

I had hoped that this would not happen. It's clear to me that this is not for me. I typically use up to 2TB per month on my Starlink. I'm 100% sticking to Starlink, nothing comes close to it in this country. If 1TB is a lot for you, then this is good for you. The speed was consistent throughout the period I used it until I hit the 1TB.

I see. I use between 5-600gb monthly so I think this will be just fine for me. But I can't deal with poor network as in the case of the X25 pro. I just hope this can meet up with my needs without interruptions.

akinremedy:
i noticed the UPS that came with the Router isn't powerful enough to power the device. The network stays if connected to the grid unlike using the UPS alone. That's what i noticed

Just imagine. How about plugging it via the battery of the X25pro. Will that make it stable if there's no grid?

akinremedy:
these are the mails you would get from AIRTEL

I didn't get any of this but my device is already active.

I contacted the office and I was told the installer will contact me regardless, that they've logged it and waiting for him to come and pick up. Fingers crossed

Obviouslyblunt:
you would have gone ahead with that Starlink if you can. Airtel 50mbps after first subscription is 45k, Starlink 1000mbps monthly 57k .

It's 25k. I checked using the new line. I just hope they send an installer my way today.

Meanwhile I didn't get confirmation email from Airtel. How does this installer thing work sef? I'll wait for call or what?

I was forced to purchase Starlink due to Airtel's terrible network after so many complaints going on for months. I was going to mount the Starlink when I heard about this ODU stuff so I decided to give it one last trial.

Went to their office yesterday, registered, paid and was connected immediately at their office to test. They said an installer will come to fix it for me. I hope this can finally fix this whole network thing and I won't have to use the Starlink.

orimion:
People of God. My current Starlink location is the Redemption camp, around Mowe. However I'm moving to Lagos soon, say around Ketu. Is there a possibility of continuing to use it without needing to change address? If not, will I be able to change the address seamlessly? Will I need to pay an activation fee?

Move first and test in your new location. In most cases you won't have to change anything.

fuckboys:
Omo people still dey use starlink? That expensive junk of box? When MTN fiberX and Airtel ODU Unlimited dey?

I used Airtel for about 1yr & 6 months and every single month I am in Airtel's dm complaining of bad network. True story, I had to check the dm to confirm. They only sort out the issue for like 2wks and u're back to complaining.

At 57k Starlink is a better deal for most people.

mctfopt:
Your generator frequency may likely be the culprit. You may need to replace the AVR of your gen. Or adjust the speed to see if you can get between 48Hz to 51Hz.

Most petrol generator produces terrible frequencies of about 40Hz or something like 70Hz. These type of frequency are often not compatible to battery charging.

Hi. Thanks for your input. Fortunately this issue has been sorted.

I lowered charging current to 15 amps and that was the sweet spot.

Polaris1:
Pardon my curiosity. After supplying your inverter with 10amps, what else can your generator power?
Or do you suspend all other connections to generator while charging your inverter

Just light points, phone, fans and computers.

fuckboys:
charging at under 300w for a 4.2kwh battery?

You go charge all day.

It's 8.2kwh actually. Got about 10% after 2hrs. Got no other option at the moment coz street transformer got bad.

brightk:
i think ur gen output freq doesnt match dat of ur inv.... Have u tried another gen

Thanks for your response. After making this post I had to lower charging current to 10 amps and its charging now.

I own a 3.5kva Generator, my inverter is 24v 4.2kva. No matter what I do it won't charge from the generator. Even with charging current lowered to 20 amps.

Whenever I turn on I always hear a clicking sound from the inverter and the light will be flickering. My system is grid only for now. How do I go about this?

dollarnaira:
Chai
Probably old models.
But these are huge..

True old models. So newer models consume less?

dollarnaira:
1hp is not 745w in real life oo
0.5hp is doing 792w i.e 66A at 12v.

My 0.5hp does 1.2kw
Another 0.75hp does 1.6kw

dustmalik:
Opay works for me.

Thanks. Will give it a try.

Between
Opay,
Palmpay,
& Zenith Bank cards which one is ideal for activation. Just got my unit today.