Advanced Optimization
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By this point, you should have a really solid understanding of where to position your QuadMini
antennas and get great performance. In fact, we’re convinced that for 95% of people, the
instructions provided in this manual so far are more than enough.
If, however, you’d like to go a little deeper and get technical to optimize your system even
further, here are some general guidelines.
1 Look up your nearby towers on cellmapper.net by performing a “Tower search” with
the “eNB-ID” that your cellular router is connecting to. An eNB-ID is a unique cell tower
identier that can often be found in your cellular router’s admin interface.
2 If your cellular router supports bandlocking, band lock it to every band that each
nearby tower transmits, and run speed tests for each tower on each band, to nd your
fastest band(s) and tower.
3 Try enabling multiple bands and using carrier aggregation to nd the fastest band
combination. Carrier aggregation is supported by most cellular routers and allows them
to connect to two or more bands simultaneously. However, it doesn’t always result in
faster data speeds so stick to a single band if that gets you the best results.
Unfortunately, many cellular routers don’t support band locking or carrier aggregation, and
some don’t list eNB-IDs or any other tower identiers, making these steps difcult. Every
cellular router is so different that we could never cover them all with just one set of instructions.
However, we’ve written up guides for some of the most common devices, you can nd them
online at waveform.com/hotspot-guides. We suggest reading our guide for your router, or
referring to your user manual.
We’re Here to Help!
We know, there’s a lot of information out there and this can get quite technical. If you’re
running into issues, aren’t happy with the performance of your system, or you’d just like a
hand, we’d love to help!
Call (800) 761-3041, email help@waveform.com, or book a meeting at waveform.com/meet
to chat with a Waveform Signal Specialist. We’re available from 6am-5pm PT, Mon to Fri.
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