Teltonika RUTX50 5G LTE Router Review - Is it better than Starlink?

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In this video we try out the Teltonika RUTX50 5G LTE Router and consider if its a better option than Starlink for internet on the road.
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@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Check out our VanLife Shop - Visit us at www.explorevan.uk/shop

@dougwardle2175 Год назад

Really helpful video…..again. You’re our go to guy for informative tech reviews for our motorhome. Thanks for sharing

@ifell3 Год назад

Going to have a look at your playlists I think, looks very useful

@CTSAV 11 месяцев назад

This convinced me. Just bought it, thanks!

@richiguru7564 6 месяцев назад

The RUTX50 is an absolute beast!

@DavidImrie Год назад

Just deployed a couple of these as temporary internet gateways in a corporate setup. I only had 4G available but found them to be rock solid. Would recommend. Note the dashboard layout seems to change considerably when updating the firmware.

@elixier33 8 месяцев назад

Well I've got an antenna outside my house which picks up 5G. I've got a gigabit broadband for 10 quid a month and I ditched my landline a long time ago.

@jezcottrill4769 10 месяцев назад

Great review. I have a motorhome wifi 5g ready antenna on the roof and think it has two mimo antenna connectors. Do you think it will work well with the RUTX50 or do I need to also invest in the Poynting antenna

@ExploreVanUK 10 месяцев назад

Hi, if the Motorhome WiFi antenna only has 2 LTE connections then it is only 2x2 Mimo - to benefit from the 4x4 Mimo connection on the X50 you would either need to add another 2x2 Mimo antenna or replace the existing one with a 4x4 Mimo antenna such as the pointing Mimo3-17

@user-xh3lh9ck3t Год назад

Thank you so much for this video. I have now bought and fitted the RUTX50 along with a Poynting Mimo 3-14 antenna. It is a fantastic pairing and am getting great speeds off EE and surprisingly Smarty. However I’m not sure on which of the 4 cellular antenna plugs goes to what 4 mobile connections on the router. The router just has 4 connections saying “mobile”. Whereas the antenna has “cell 1 main”, “cell 1 aux”, “cell 2 main”, “cell 2 aux”. Does it matter which way they are connected? Thanks

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

In my experience it doesn’t matter, but I do tend to put Cell 1 main and Aux on the first 2 connections (left side) and Cell 2 main and Aux on the second 2 connections (right side).

@GedandMichele Год назад

Hi. Great update. I don't have the need for 5g but want to install a Poynting MiMo that has a degree of future proofing as I intend using a Huawai E5577 initially and then trade up to a dual SIM RUTX. If I install the V2-17 rather than the V2-12, I understand the antenna performance will be compromised initially but I assume by much less than I am compromising with the initial choice of router so the V2-17 is worth installing from the outset?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi, that's a great question. I have just tried the V2-17 on our Huawei Router (obviously just connecting the 2x2 LTE) and Compared to the V2-12 it is usually connected to and I can see no difference in the performance. However it's worth noting that the 4x4 LTE element of the V2-17 is only relevant for the RUTX12, RUTX14 and RUTX50 routers as the others are have 2x2 MiMo LTE connections

@tine8849 Год назад

If this had turned up last year I'd have almost certainly completely ignored the price and bought it with 2 sims but after a year of using my phone and having a 4G router for back-up I find that's OK 99% of the time.

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Yeah I’d have to say for us it would be over kill too as we only really need a few mbps connection for what we need to do. A good option for those that have demands though.

@robtheplod Месяц назад

The RUTC50 is out July 2024 - this unit but with WiFi 6!

@ExploreVanUK Месяц назад

Yep it is - but from my perspective, if running primarily on Celullar, that is pretty much always going to have a lower performance than WiFi6 - so I can't see it bringing a significant improvement to most people.

@igniteimages3987 5 месяцев назад

Can you expand on combining a 5G signal and a wifi signal. We are likely to use this at events where there will typically be wifi (of various speeds and quality). You imply that the router can combine these for faster speed.

@ExploreVanUK 5 месяцев назад

Hi yep it’s pretty simple. In the router settings you can search for and connect to the WiFi that is available. With the 5G LTE also connected. Then you change the network settings to “ Load Balancing” rather than “Fail Over” this will then combine the bandwidth available from the 2 networks.

@stevenfrazier7959 Месяц назад

Great video. Could you use Starlink on the wan port. If you lost Starlink then it would would to the strongest cell connection? The third party sim can connect you two the strongest cell prover.If you used a 3rd party sim that was connected to one of the sims could the router tell the sim to switch carriers if it become weak?

@ExploreVanUK Месяц назад

Hi, thanks glad you found it useful. Yes if you have the Starlink Ethernet adapter you could connect via Ethernet and set that as priority with failover to other network connections. Or without the Ethernet adapter you could use the repeater function to connect ot the Starlink's WiFi and prioritise that. Though I suspect Ethernet would be better The Failover options do allow to switch SIM if one becomes weak, but not change carrier on the same SIM.

@francescosorci5595 4 месяца назад

Yo, how long are those antenna cables on the Poynting Shark Antenna please? What's your experience using extra cables as extensions for 5G? Have you ever had 3 green bars on 5G on the RUTX50? Thanks!

@ExploreVanUK 4 месяца назад

The cable length is approx 2 meters. As a rule I don’t extend cables unless absolutely necessary as it will increase signal loss in. If you have to, then I would use extension cables of the same coax as the unit (HDF 195 in the case of the Mimo 3) and have them made up to the shortest length possible with high quality plugs and sockets.

@chris-townson 9 месяцев назад

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but for the poynting antenna test, was the antenna inside or outside at the time?

@ExploreVanUK 9 месяцев назад

Not a stupid question. It was outside.

@Flyingtwiglet Год назад

I've gone with this set up and 2 days in so far so good. I'm a bit baffled by the Teltonika Admin portal though and how to optimise it for best performance. e.g. I know there are two cell towers near by both using channels 3 & 20 but how do I know if I'm connected to them with the 4 antenna? Can I control which channels are used. Can you do a video on the Portal? Great content BTW, very informative, new subscriber here :D

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi - great question and don't worry it is a bit of an art to get used to especially in Advanced mode. Great idea for a video though. We're going to be travelling around soon so I'll start putting something together a video of what we check and change in the Admin portal to optimise it when we move to new location.

@Flyingtwiglet Год назад

@@ExploreVanUK Awesome thanks. Rebooting def helps improve the signal. Do you need 2 Sims to take advantage of 4 antenna or do they all work on one sim?

@MartynDuerden 25 дней назад

RUTX50 has really come down in price now! £392 online now

@ExploreVanUK 25 дней назад

Didn’t realise they had come down that much! £422.10 with our EXPLOREVAN discount code at Solwise.co.uk

@MartynDuerden 25 дней назад

@@ExploreVanUK Just found it for £392 delivered! Amazing value!

@SimonLeverton Год назад

Have you compared the MiMo 3 17 against the 4 17. Is there any difference?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

I’ve not tried out the Mimo 4 range yet. They seem to be lower profile than the MiMo 3 but with a similar gain, so worth looking at I would say.

@harryvendryes 27 дней назад

Question: Is the power lead designed for regular (daily) plugging/unplugging similar to a laptop? I'm used to the 'usual' type of power connector and always thought the 4 pin variety were for more static uses, with unplugs every now and again. I'd be using this device (or maybe one of their simpler models) for mobile LTE travelling with laptop... in and out of a backpack.

@ExploreVanUK 27 дней назад

Hi it’s Molex Micro Fit 4 plug socket for the power, which has a positive lock to stop it falling out with vibration. Their specs say they are designed for use where cycled frequently and to withstand high mating cycles. I wouldn’t say it was prone to damage from repeated plugging in and unplugging. In fact I would say it is more robust than the micro USB that lots of portable units use. However if you wanted to make it easier to connect / disconnect and didn’t need the positive locking you could use one of these adapters and leave the Molex permanently connected. www.broadbandbuyer.com/products/47042-teltonika-pr2pd01b/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwhIS0BhBqEiwADAUhc9VB9dzSYtmyne0h9bVG2bkmJWPmRCYFzE7wbVwCOfgt8rgoMS993RoCZqAQAvD_BwE

@harryvendryes 27 дней назад

@@ExploreVanUK Wow! Fastest and best answer to a question on RU-vid... ever! That's perfect for my use. Appreciated 👍

@ExploreVanUK 27 дней назад

No problem! Glad it’s helpful! Wishing you happy travels!

@petertailor8545 Год назад

Hi! What was your DL/UP in areas with better coverage? :) Were you able to measure gigabit-like speeds? Thanks!

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi we very rarely stay in places with great 5G as we tend to be more rural. We did see it max out at just over 300 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up. This is likely to be a limit on the tower / network rather than the router.

@petertailor8545 Год назад

@@ExploreVanUK Hi! Thank you for your answer! I'd like to use this device in an R&D project. :) Actualy your video made me consider this in the first place. I would have went for a "worse" device. 300Mbps is good. Can I ask, have you measured the host-to-host bandwidth on the wifi (iperf3 or something like that)? And if you did what kind of devices? :) (laptop with 2x2 MIMO and a smarthome with 2x2 MIMO maybe? ) Thank you for your help!

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi, I’m afraid I didn’t do any assessment on the WiFi performance as I was pretty confident the LTE speed would be the weakest link. The guys at Teletonika are great from a technical perspective so worth popping a question on the support forum and I am sure they will share some stats with you.

@petertailor8545 Год назад

@@ExploreVanUK Okay! Good idea! Thank you!! :)

@baineteo Год назад

Thanks for the video! Would you be able to help with the following question? Do the antennae that come in the box help with 5G signal inside? I'm living in an area where it's more than twice as expensive to get broadband, but much cheaper to get 5G package. I get 5G signals when the windows are open, however during the summer months the apartment will have to be fully closed up, so no way to put an external antenna (no option to drill a hole through, too, because its a temporary accommodation). I'm hoping that the antennae that comes in the box can help with 5G signal when all the windows are closed up during summer! Watching the video, it sounds like the 4 antenna are only for LTE, not 5G?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi, this would depend on what device you are currently using for 5G and how good the Antennas are on that. The unit mounted antennas are for both 4G and 5G so are likely to be an improvement on the antennas in a mobile phone. (I'll do a quick comparison test over the weekend of our 5G phone Vs the RUTX50 in the van with just the internal antennas on and add a reply with my findings) However if you are using a 5G router with internal antennas, without comparing side by side, it would be difficult to tell, though I do expect the unit mounted antennas are likely to perform better than those inside a domestic 5G modem.

@baineteo Год назад

@@ExploreVanUK Thanks for getting back! I am currently using my iPhone; I didn’t want t splurge on a 5G router without testing if it even works! Unfortunately the return policies here aren’t that amazing. When the phone is near the window (closed) I have seen the phone show 5G. However sometimes it drops to 4G, and I’m not sure that’s just because of iPhone’s algorithm (already set it to prefer 5G), or that it’s lost the signal. Your experiment will be so, so useful to me - really looking forward to it!

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi I’ve completed the test with phone and Router (with on unit antennas) inside the van. The phone could only just get 1 of 5 bar 5G signal and had a download speed of 4.72 MBPS. The router had 2 of 3 bars signal and a download speed of 178 MBPS. So I would conclude the on unit antennas on the router are superior to the ones in the phone. Hope that helps!

@baineteo Год назад

@@ExploreVanUK Thank you so much for running the test! I've been doing further testing myself yesterday, and it seems like as long as the iPhone is connected to a power source, it's more likely to keep the 5G signal on. Speedtests ran slowly with the windows closed, but once they were open the speed went up from a few Mbps to 300-400 Mbps. With your testing I am fairly confident that internet speeds wouldn't be crawling with the RUTX50 indoors during summer! Thank you so much! :)

@theroamingrover-montys_way 4 месяца назад

New to all this Wi-Fi and how to connect things. However, am learning fast. Am looking into a system for my campervan. Am thinking of getting the router and antenna you talk about. But since I will be travelling The Americas next year, I need to know if this router can also be used there. Would you happen to know that? Besides that I would like to combine it with a wifibooster since signals are not that strong in North America. Do you have suggestions as to what wifi booster to get? Tanks a gazillion, Inge

@ExploreVanUK 4 месяца назад

Hi, it will depend on the networks you are planning to use / Countries you are planning to visit for example USA and Canada use different frequencies to most of the rest of the world so the RUTX50 is not designed for that market. You would need the RUTM50 for use in USA and Canada. The RUTX50 and RUTM50 include WiFi boosting as part of their features.

@theroamingrover-montys_way 4 месяца назад

@@ExploreVanUKThanks for the reply - good to know that I need the RUTM and that it already has Wi-Fi boosting. As for countries I will be travelling through: Canada/ US, Mexico, panama, Peru Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and very likely a few more on my way south. Do you reckon with this router and antenna will that give me enough coverage also in remote places, or would I be better of with a Starlink?

@goranborjesson5593 Год назад

Thank you for a great review. I have a question. I need I router with external antenna but as a booster when I’m on the roan to boost the mobile phone and when I’m at campsites and Wi-Fi is included to boost then incoming signal. Will this unit work for that?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi it won’t boost your mobile phone, it needs to have its own data sim to connect to the mobile network. It can be configured to connect to a another WiFi network and re broadcast it.

@goranborjesson5593 Год назад

@@ExploreVanUK Thank you for the quick reply. Is there anything that will boost the phone via an external antenna?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

@goranborjesson5593 It depends where you are. If you are in the US you can check out the WeBoost range. In the UK and EU there are only a handful of approved / legal cell boosters, they are only approved for buildings not vehicles and start at around £600.

@goranborjesson5593 Год назад

@@ExploreVanUK Thank you for the answer

@pauliusruginis5264 Год назад

One more thing to note, the router speed in 5G could have been even faster, but it was trothleded by the WiFi antenna being outside and 5GHz wifi on lower signal would deliver the 200 odd Mbps

@internetrural606 9 месяцев назад

the router speed in 5G --trothleded by the WiFi antenna being outsid I dont understand . Please explain

@ernststag771 6 месяцев назад

@@internetrural606 5GHz wifi is not good at penetrating walls so the speed will not be as good as it could be because Wifi antenna is outside together with all other antennas. He could've separated wifi antennas and used the ones that Teltonika provides and use Mobile antennas for outside usage.

@ExploreVanUK 6 месяцев назад

Whilst technically correct and certainly something to bear in mind when using 5Ghz in a house across multiple rooms / floors with multiple surface penetrations. As the external WiFi antenna is literally on the external surface of the van and the signal only needs to pentetrate mm’s of metal and the insulation having the antennas inside or outside the van has no noticible performance difference to the WiFi in the van. However, having the WiFi antenna external has a significant benefit to the ability to pick up and use public WiFi hotspots around the area.

@ernststag771 6 месяцев назад

@@ExploreVanUK to have external wifi antennas in a van is more beneficial if you use available hotspots from outside. From experience of 5Ghz inside at home even 2mm wood has significant impact on 5Ghz speed.

@ExploreVanUK 6 месяцев назад

@@ernststag771 keep an eye out for our up coming video on the GL X3000 where we test this out and show there is no difference to the performance of the WiFi in the van. The external antenna’s higher gain more than compensates for any losses through the roof Vs the Teltonika stock antennas inside. In your test in the house was the wood right next to a high gain WiFi antenna and whatever you were using to test it no more than 5 meters from it? If so and you do see a difference I would question the quality of either the WiFi antenna you are using or the power of the WiFi transmitter.

@steffenbehn 7 месяцев назад

Have you tried to combine this with Starlink by connecting starlink to the WAN port and have it working with failover?

@ExploreVanUK 7 месяцев назад

Hi, I haven't tried it with Starlink but have used it with a wired LAN and fail over which worked well.

@steffenbehn 7 месяцев назад

@@ExploreVanUK thanks for your answer. I will try it and report back :)

@leweezo33 2 месяца назад

I would buy one of these but I can't find out how to change IEMI.. Thgat makes it a no-go

@ExploreVanUK 2 месяца назад

Changing the IMEI is illegal in the UK and I imagine it could be similar in other countries, so I’m not surprised it’s not a common feature.

@gd4997 8 месяцев назад

Just bought one of these intending to use it at home initially so I can get rid of BT Broadband. 5G is just down the road but using supplied antennas I can't even get 3G/4G so looks like I'll need to get a decent outdoor antenna. But using in our moho, we're never on EHU meaning need to use our modified sine wave inverter to power it - have you tried using with an inverter? Have you tried it with a power pack?

@ExploreVanUK 8 месяцев назад

No need for an inverter and it would be a waste of power due to efficiency loss. The RUTX50 can run on anything from 9 volts to 50 volts so just wire to your 12 volt system. Either chop the plug off the mains unit or you can pick one up from Amazon here. amzn.to/3QY2M8j The pin details are here. wiki.teltonika-networks.com/view/RUTX50_Powering_Options

@gd4997 8 месяцев назад

@@ExploreVanUK Thank you. Looking at pin layout I'm confused! I thought there'd be + and - only. But 4 pins and I thought 2 would just be to secure/aid location?

@ExploreVanUK 8 месяцев назад

2 connections are for input and output triggers, you can ignore these and just connect the Red to Positive and Black to Negative to power it.

@spike178 4 месяца назад

Nice £700 with included 29 months unlimited sim will pay for itself in 6 months compared to my rip off virgin broadband.

@gd4997 4 месяца назад

UPDATE - well I've now had a chance to test this over 3 months. I bought an external Poynting 4 x 4 MIMO antenna screwed to outside of house. Smarty signal very good here so opted for unlimited sim from EE. 5G is about half a mile up the road - can't pick 5G up on my phone - BUT Teltonica and Poynting pull in 5G most of the time. So very impressed and we've ditched BT broadband in the house. Next step is install 4 x 4 MIMO in campervan and take the Teltonica with us. Chuffed ......................

@chrisjackers5369 Год назад

Is this the same router that’s in the Maxview roam 5g kit (MXL060)?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Yes, I believe it is.

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

That is a pretty good package price, but bear in mind the external antenna only appears to be for the LTE / 5G and can only be mounted through the roof of your van and with our discount code you can get a better antenna with the RUTX50 for less cost. The Poynting MiMo 3-17 also includes external WiFi and GPS antennas within the same unit, and has both through roof and surface mount options, so if you are planning to use it as a WiFi hotspot booster or a tracker it may be worth considering. If you go with the Black MiMo 3-17 that Solwise.co.uk have in stock along with the RUTX50 and with our EXPLOREVAN promotional 10% discount it would be £827.62 so saving you £42.37 and getting in my opinion a better antenna.

@user-md4zg5yn5l Год назад

Where do you put the discount code? There does not seem to be a box for one.

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi “Promotional Code” is in the Additional Details box at the checkout. If you still struggle drop me a message through our website www.ExploreVan.Uk and I’ll drop you a screenshot.

@user-md4zg5yn5l Год назад

No worries. I found it! You have to pick ExploreVan as the place you heard about them :-)

@rifetkozlica8018 3 месяца назад

Is this good for house use? Like gaming and stuff?

@ExploreVanUK 3 месяца назад

Very much depends on your expectations and the signal coverage at your house. Personally I would say Fibre would be better.

@mrtwinky2007 Год назад

it appears in the test you only used smarty on your phone and a 3 simcard in the router?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi, Both sim cards are from SMARTY. The phone just shares the Provider ID rather than the Network ID which the Router shares.

@furkanrye Месяц назад

Rutx50 or Chateau 5G ax, which one is better ?

@ExploreVanUK Месяц назад

Afraid we’ve not tested the Chateau, so the choice would have to be yours. Just on having a Quick Look at its specs it doesn’t seem as robustly built and doesn’t have twin Sims like the Teltonika does. So for use in a vehicle and if you want to switch be able to switch between 2 networks easily or automatically the I’d say the Teltonika was a better choice. I can’t see anything to show the Chateau has the option for WiFi repeating like the Teltonika can, but it might be able to if you look deeper in to it. Chateau 5G AX seems to be around £560 - £600 The RUTX50 is currently around £424 from Solwise with our 10% discount.

@agile-heliuk1801 Год назад

Great router... just shame its not WiFi 6E.

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

I’ve got a WiFi 6 router from DLink ready to try out will be interesting to see if it makes that much of a difference. Unless you need really low latency and really high speeds for something like Gaming I doubt most people would even notice the difference. And with 6e any device needs to be compatible to make use of the 6 MHz band. In a van if it’s that critical you only need a short LAN cable to use one of the Gigabit Ethernet ports.

@not_serious_bro 8 месяцев назад

how can i get this solar powered? thx

@ExploreVanUK 8 месяцев назад

The easiest way would be to use something like the Allpowers R600 Power station and Solar we looked at in this video. AllPowers R600 Power Station and 100W Solar Panel - Review ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eoQBK9KTEVU.html

@Topdim79 Год назад

Unfortunately, all your speeds are horrible, but it probably has to do with your 5G coverage. I have great coverage in my house. With my Samsung 23 Ultra, I get speeds close to 1,2Gbits 🤗 My only concern with this device is the fact that it has gigabit ethernet ports and not 10Gbits, so how will I be able to take advantage of the up to 3.3Gbits speeds of the 5G?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Yeah 5G isn't great where we are. But still streets better than 4G or 4G+ I doubt many will ever get a LTE connection much over 1Gbit or want / ever need 10Gbits to a single device so I imagine thats why they opted for gigbit connections instead. At least it has an Ethernet connector - unlike Starlink that you have to buy an extra adapter for! and that is also only 1Gbit.

@MarkChilds 11 месяцев назад

My existing 5G antenna only has two connectors, can I still use this router

@ExploreVanUK 11 месяцев назад

You could use it with your current external antenna and 2 of the supplied on unit antennas, but to get the best out of it you would be better adding another 2x2 external antenna as well as the one you have.

@MarkChilds 11 месяцев назад

@@ExploreVanUK Thanks, I'm really looking for something 5G to connect to my current antenna. Tough to find.

@ExploreVanUK 11 месяцев назад

You could use the ZTE MU5001. As it has 2 x TS9 external antenna connections. But be aware they are only for 5G so when using 4G the external antenna wouldn’t be any help and the unit would rely on its internal antennas only.

@MarkChilds 11 месяцев назад

@@ExploreVanUK Thanks

@lee.m.bennett2635 Год назад

Starlink is far cheaper than you said now, works out far more viable and reliable than 5G. I speak from experience with both Starlink and a Teltonika router! Starlink is now £300 hardware (or £15pcm rental). And £85pcm for roaming. So £1020 per year. And from experience I’ve been in dozens of park ups where either no cellular service at al, or only 1-2Mbs at best. Starlink reliably works every time and everywhere at about 100-150Mbs on average. I “was” paying £100 a month on two unlimited cards (but often no signal) now only £85 on my Starlink and always 4k streaming 👍

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Yeah good to see Starlink prices coming down. Though they do say the £300 is a limited time offer. We pay less than £20 a month for unlimited LTE so it is still a big difference. (£1020 a year rather than £240 excluding equipment) we have Freesat for TV so never a problem with that if we’ve got clear view of the sky and it’s free. We’re planning to try Starlink out during our Europe trip in summer so we’ll see how we find it and if the still significant extra cost is worth it for us. As with all the options it’s very much down to what you need, how you plan to use it and your budget as to what is a good choice.

@KM2399 Год назад

Can this router run off 12 volt?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Yes it can run on any dc voltage from 9v to 50v

@Wayne-Pr Год назад

Why is this only Cat 12 & not Cat 20 ?.

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi, it is Cat20 as I mention at 1:30 The RUTX14 which we review here is Cat12 2022 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vrIHwMsqi00.html

@mymobile5014 Год назад

Just to balance things, I have a Teltonika RUTX11 and it's sitting on the table packed up ready to be returned for a refund. Very slow, very poor quality build, and didn't achieve speeds to beat my humble Huawei 535. Huge disappointment.

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Hi thanks for sharing. It's worth noting this video is about the RUTX50 5G model not the RUTX11 which is only 4G LTE. What you have found is actually not too surprising. The RUTX11 has a Category 6 modem but your Huawei 535 is likely to be Category 7 so will aggregate more signals, so in a really simple scenario with multiple bands available it would be expected to be faster. However the Huawei isn’t as robust, doesn’t have twin Sims and Auto Failover. It can’t be used as a WiFi repeater or load balance the network between a mobile connection combined with a WiFi hotspot. It doesn’t have GPS, remote configuration, SMS control and alerts, digital inputs and outputs. However if you’re not going to need any of those the Huawei is a great choice, we talk about making them even better in this video here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tRIIWwU8kCQ.html

@santoooo 9 месяцев назад

Rutx50 honest review. With 4G+ conection my internet is 0.15-1.5mb\s down and 0.1.. Up. Its a worst ever router. Default good configuration is missing. I was need to learn about every option for find the best missing configuration.. And after 2 years the router internet don't work well as cheap router. In my router interfaces, lan,wan6 activate option force result in worst internet or no internet. For example Much videos from shellers . Customer service say he help after meeting...I steel waiting withouth any solution. Thanks teltonika

@ExploreVanUK 9 месяцев назад

Hi, the RUTX50 was only released in September 2022 so not sure how you could have been using it for 2 years? This certainly wasn’t our experience where there was suitable signal. I can only suggest resetting to factory settings checking you have the latest firmware. Ours worked great straight out of the box.

@vanomaden 2 месяца назад

I find starlink questionable. There must soon be a regulation in various countries outside the US that forbids this service. I don't think this is a liable solution. The rocket launches also pose a severe CO2 pollution.

@iSlman Год назад

Is it unlock ?

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

Yes, it's not tied to any network.

@Lord5o2 9 месяцев назад

Can he pick up 5G towers from a distance?

@ExploreVanUK 9 месяцев назад

Hi, yes with a suitable external antenna it will allow connection to 5G towers from further away.

@simonfaulkner5596 Год назад

Simple answer. No. I have one that get's 25Mbit where my iPhone get's 125Mbit.

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

That’s interesting and hasn’t been our experience, what antenna are you using? And presume you have both on the same network? Have you look at what bands the RUTX50 is connecting to?

@majdq8 19 часов назад

The RUTX50 is just a terrible router! I would say the router is still in Alpha mode not even Beta mode. Much better is getting a Zyxel outdoor 5 G router or even just getting an external antenna and using a normal TPlink Deco 5G router. The speed difference is about 100x or more!!! Also the ethernet port is 1G ... so even if you could get 3.3 G speeds it would not be through LAN. Very disappointing especially as I forked out a lot of money to buy 4 of these.

@ExploreVanUK 18 часов назад

Hi can you share a few more details about what problems you have faced, so others can learn from it? Have you reached out to Teletonika? I have found them and their Crowd Source support forum extremely helpful in the past. Any issues we have faced have generally been down to user error rather than a problem with the kit. The Zyxel NR7102 is only single SIM so not really comparable, its antennas are directional, so not good for on the move and for mobile use it would have to keep being repositioned eachtime you moved. Personally I wouldn't want nearly £500 of kit outside where it could be stolen. The TP Link Deco only has a Single SIM too, is essentially a consumer Router so doesn't have the level of configuration of the Teltonika and only has 2x2 Mimo antenna connection which means it is not going to be able to maximise the band usage on the 4G+ or 5G networks when using an external antenna and the TS9 connectionss are very prone to damage and coming loose when on the move. For us the only real close competitor to the RUTX50 is the GLiNet GL-X3000 which you can see our review of here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-584LyEDFdiY.html

@andrewgilbride7546 Год назад

Overkill for a van, you only need 20meg to watch 4K TV

@ExploreVanUK Год назад

For many (including us) I’d agree, but I’m sure there are Gamers, Digital Nomads and Travelling families that would disagree. I’d also question why 5G phones are so popular if people didn’t utilise the speed. People have got used to the speed of fibre Broadband and 5G phones so many expect the same performance when they travel.

@tehdreamer 3 месяца назад

Surely RUTX14 is enough, it has 4x4 mimo. 5G signal is probably not going to be available in the remote areas anyway so the advantage of RUTX50 is nullified. Seems like overkill?

@ExploreVanUK 3 месяца назад

As you say really depends on where you plan to travel. If you are planning on always being away from towns / cities (or even many villages in the Uk now have 5G) then probably not worth it. I'd also say for most people 5G speeds are probably overkill with 4G+ being plenty. But I like to cover all bases for those that want more speed and that stay near civilisation, who would find it useful.