UOTEK 5G SIM Card Router CPE, WiFi 6 5G Cellular Modem Dual Band NSA SA with SIM Card Slot for Smarthome Office Indoor High Speeed Wireless Router

I purchased 2 different GL.iNet GL-X3000 (Spitz AX) routers. Based on the reviews I was expecting something good. The first router failed after 2 days. The second was DOA. So, I purchase the UOTEK 5G SIM Card Router CPE with some trepidation. This morning I set it up, inserted the the T-Mobile SIM card and plugged it in. I was immediately connected to the Internet. The Wifi is really strong. The speeds were significantly faster than the Arcadyan gateway supplied by T-Mobile. The connection is stronger and more consistent than the Arcadyan gateway. The RSRP and SINR was better and the RSRQ (-10Dbm) was about he same as the Arcadyan gateway. The software is pretty basic but adequate. The instructions that came with the UOTEK 5G SIM Card Router CPE left a lot to be desired. I could not find information telling the address (192.168.100.1) or what the login password (admin) is with the included instructions. I am happy with this UOTEK 5G SIM Card Router CPE. I live in an area where it is very difficult to receive a cellular signal. There are 2 cell towers up the hill less than a mile away, but I cannot receive a signal from either tower. The only cell towers I can get signals from are northwest (5g) and northeast (4g) and because houses and trees block most of the signals from both towers the best signal I get is in a corner space about 3 feet high and 2 feet wide. in spite of the challenges, I am now getting about 200 mbs consistently with the UOTEK 5G SIM Card Router CPE. I find that moving any modem/router more than 1/4" changes the reception a lot. I use the software interface with 5G Info menu with the SNIR reading to get the best reception location. I would rate the router at 5, the software at 4 and the instructions at 1. Update: I had a T-Mobile outage. Not being sure it was due to the Uotek, I replaced it with my Arcayan gateway. When that did not resolve the problem I removed the SIM card and somehow managed to lose it. so I went to the T-Mobile store to get a replacement SIM card. Well, the replacement SIM did not work in the gateway. So I ended up taking home a Sagecomm gateway. Turns out it was faster than the Arcadyan gateway. So I checked it against the Uotek modem/router. The Uotek still had better reception values and was slightly faster than the Sagecomm until I changed the setting on the Uotek, changing it from NSA to SA. After the change I was getting channels n41 primary and N25 secondary. The Ping went form 29-37 to 15-25 and the download speeds were about 20-30 mbs faster that the Sagecomm. The Uotek RSRP is -84dbm vs. -97dbm for the Sagecomm. The RSRQ is -10dbm vs. -14dbm for the Sagecomm.

I choose to buy the product because it was advertised as a 5G , WiFi6 router with a X62 chipset that would work with a T-Mobile SIMM card and had 2 RJ45 LAN ports. The price was VERY competitive. I have not been dissappointed. Shipping was surprisingly fast. Out of the box, it picked up the local 5G signal and I was quickly surfing the Internet on my IPhone and laptop. The GUI is familiar and not hard to navigate and understand. I connnected to it via my local wireless network without any issues and also used a LAN port with success. Like I did, you will likely need to contact UoTek support to get the latest firmware file sent to you via email attachment. I put the firmware file on my laptop, connected to the router via one of the LAN ports, navigated to the upgrade menu on the router's GUI menu, browsed to the firmware file and clicked on the upgrade button. The file installed, the router rebooted and all was well. Very pleased with my purchase so far. At this point it, based on my few days of experience and the sturdiness of its construction, I beleive it will work reliably for a long time.

It works pretty well out of the box. But after I installed Rooter Goldenorb is when it's really been a solid router. I get much better speeds than I did on the carrier router. I had the Arcadyan. I never seem to lose connection now. It's surprisingly great for the price.

this router works well if you know what you're doing that is using a sim card from a phone, cloning the imei so your carrier thinks you're using a phone in order to have LTE/5g home/RV internet. description quote "Seamless Roaming Under Mixed Backhaul: You can freely choose the MESH networking mode through wired and wireless backhaul to meet the simple deployment in various indoor scenarios." I see that it claims mesh networking through wireless and wired backhaul although there are no mesh settings in the router nor any indication of what brand mesh nodes you would connect with this router. there is a light button and a reset button. i have seen some info on pressing one of these to enter mesh mode but don't know what that means. I have the claimed latest firmware 2.2.2

So to start with, the firmware or OS on this is complete garbage. Anytime I make a configuration change in the gateway to lock bands or change DNS to manual, I lose my IP permanently with the carrier and have to perform a factory reset. I've emailed, called, and whatsapped their support at least 10 times and haven't heard anything back. I bought mine "new" but the product looked very much used and the way the device behaved stopped sending packets back m. That's after a simple reboot to make a config change. but when it did work my latency was better and upload was solid and consistently getting good speeds. But the constant issues caused no access to my security system which and stopped me from keeping the damn thing. Maybe I got a bad one but I don't but I CANNOT recommend these. With this review in mind. I work in IT and setup gateways like this all of the time. And I have never had issues like this before with any other product. This thing is terrible

Once you update the firmware it functions as expected just copy your imei if you are on T-Mobile, the issue is this unit ships with the older x55 chipset. If you are okay with less aggregation then proceed. Much more stable connection and better speeds than a stock unit.

Tha router has been running good and had no problems with it

Do not by this Router. It is being discontinued per UOTEK. The problem I have had with this router is getting it to start the internet again after a power outage. Seems it cannot save the setting so you have to reset and redo your settings to continue. There is no manual in english and they translated some of it for me but suggested that I by another Router because this one is being discontinued, The power of this router I like, works good. I live in florida and the power goes out regular during thunder storms, Its a real pain to have to reset this thing every time it does.