Best 4g plus mobile WiFi please.

[Itsmcb]

After reading (or in hindsight maybe misreading) lots of posts on Fun and the internet about various MiFi setups I ordered an Huawei E5785 from Amazon along with a suitable dome aerial for WiFi and 3/4/5g. Sorted I thought, until the Huawei arrived (model E5785 -92c) and I discovered it doesn't have any aerial inputs. No little cover anywhere hiding them. It's on its way back to Amazon in the morning. Can anyone please recommend a combined MiFi and mobile WiFi device with aerial connection capability? Ideally available on Amazon so that I can use my credit . Thanks in advance, Malcolm

 

[Vanderek]

I an using a Huawei 5577 which can have an aerial connected, haven't had to use an aerial so far , get a signal for Netflix, when my phone does not pick up signal, I'm on 3 network, so put phone sim into mifi unit and all works well, I paid £50 for mine new and unlocked on ebay , there are some on Amazon a bit more expensive

 

[TheHat]

Try Huawei B311 2020-4G/ LTE sorry about that I'm not shouting
tablet playing up

 

[DBK]

How many wires are coming from the roof antenna you have bought? The best will have two and for that a 5577 would be a good match.

 

[Manic]

I use a Huawei 5577

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[GMLS]

Another using a 5577 with an EE sim. So far not needed an aerial anywhere. Just pop it up on the roof or sit it on the roofvent blind

 

[SMB]

I also have the 5577 mifi with a cheap aerial but currently using my mobile phone with a Voxi sim. Used a 50gb vodafone datasim with the mifi previously. Just to let you know I've been abroad for 2 months and also had a giffgaff sim but have just cancelled it as they invoked the 60 day rule. Both sims on 30 day contracts.

 

[Zigisla]

Another 5577 with MotorhomeWiFi roof aerial

 

[Vanderek]

Well done everyone lets start a 5577 club

 

[TheMachMan]

I just use the hot spot on my iPhone, what’s the benefit of one of these gizmos?

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[Itsmcb]

I'm aware that the 5577 can accept an aerial connection but it's only a MiFi device not a MiFi and mobile internet combined. It won't pick up site WiFi and share it in the van.

 

[Zigisla]

I'm aware that the 5577 can accept an aerial connection but it's only a MiFi device not a MiFi and mobile internet combined. It won't pick up site WiFi and share it in the van.

It picks up mobile data signal via itself or via an external aerial, then becomes a local wifi hotspot for the van for you to connect your phone, dongle or fire stick etc to. Ours has 2 iPhones, 2 tablets, fire stick and now tv dongle. All from my mifi unit. It will be much much faster than site Wi-fi.

 

[pandas]

Well done everyone lets start a 5577 club

Sorry to spoil the party but I have a 5576. So far no arial required, good reception and haven’t needed to put it up high.

 

[Addie]

I'm aware that the 5577 can accept an aerial connection but it's only a MiFi device not a MiFi and mobile internet combined. It won't pick up site WiFi and share it in the van.

The E5577 has a 'wifi extender mode' common to many Huawei portable devices - however it's not really extending anything, mearly repeating it. It's a generation newer than the E5785 and while the E5785 supports Carrier Aggregation you are only really going to benefit from this as a contract SIM customer (likely EE) and in locations whereby you are sufficently close to a mast supporting the standard and in the path of two overlapping long range / short range bands.

The cellular antenna connections are only assisting with the connection to the 3/4G network. The MiFi's own tiny internal WiFi antennas are what is connecting to the 'site WiFi' and so therefore arguably not doing so any better than your other directly connected devices.

The only benefit would be the ability to 'share' a single paid connection with more than one device should the site signal be sufficently strong to do so and should the site have a one device per paid access code policy you wish to circumvent.

The reality is with unlimited data for as little as £20 PAYG, with a decent antenna setup that is ground plane independant and has sufficent gain at low frequency long range band where it often matters then a signal should obtainable in most locations. Then this rules out the need for campsite WiFi in the majority of cases, since even with a dedicated WiFi booster it can be like connecting a 100m hosepipe to a dripping tap such is the strain placed on site WiFi in recent times.

 

[Itsmcb]

Ok.... So this is the antenna I purchased. Would this work well with a 5577 and be all I require, ie. forget about site WiFi?

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[Itsmcb]

The antenna is a puck type with two wires