New owner of Travlfi with the external antenna. I'm also hitting T-mobile, which is odd but regardless. I'm getting less than 10 up and 10 down regardless of the attached or external antenna.
@@MWR-lg9qp sometimes location hurts! Last week we were in Ludington state park in Michigan. Nothing worked in the Cedar loop camp area except starlink. 3 miles west and I hade 55down and 15 up. Check out cellmapper on a browser and check out your towers near you. Hopefully you've used that tower sync button on the portal
So hopefully you're using the portal online with your mobile device, you definitely wanna go out and click the scan button. I think it's called "tower sync" that will force the router to reevaluate, signal quality, that's what they tell me and believe it or not it works for us. Sometime when we are located along the shoreline of Michigan in the state Forest areas we are several miles from the tower and of course the speeds are significantly slower in the middle of nowhere.
If my XTR router antenna connection markings are the same as the markings on the XTR unit in this video, then the 'WiFi Main' & 'AUX' antenna cable connections in this video may be incorrect. I've had significantly better wifi/hotspot signal with 'WiFi Main' antenna cable connected to 'WiFi 2.4' & the 'WiFi Aux' antenna cable connected to 'WiFi 5G'. This fix was with the assistance of TravleFi support, although they were a bit vague, it all worked out. Thanks again for the Video.. Very helpful..
Thank you Thank you Thank you. Just purchased the Journey XTR and the external antenna and very surprised TravlFi did not supply instructions for the antenna. Where did you find the connection diagram?
@@ThreeDayRV Thanks for the Video, much appreciated! - So the Wifi Main & Wifi AUX remote antenna cables both connect Wifi 2.4 ports & neither go the 5G Wifi connection port? THNX
@@bradmarlin2964 yeah right off the top of my head I don't recall, but if you go back to my video and freeze it, I supplied a wiring diagram to show you where they all plug in! If you send me your email, I can shoot you the drawing over. It is straightforward.
How has the exterior box held up on the roof after time. The box I found ( same brand) appears to have plastic fasteners which concerns me. Your thoughts?
@@dahlpix great question. I've worked since 1989 on commercial buildings and over time the sun always wins lol. Instead of using the external tabs I measured and layed out 4 new holes in the box, pre-drilled. Used a large amount of the good sealer and screwed it down. So far it's holding up well. Great question !
So you guys might want to subscribe, we have recently been testing their new XTR pro router(5G) and it is incredible! I also am working on a top secret lol project with a new multi axis Omni directional antenna that makes these 5G routers scream ! be sure to subscribe because that video will be coming out soon and this new antenna is a game changer!!
The antenna that I have only works on the 4G system, as it is a different bandwidth and frequency antenna. I am currently completing a video where I am testing the 5G router with extremely good results . So far that router is incredible fast ! That video should come out today, and I hear there is an antenna in the future !
Does anyone know if it will work with or has experience using this with their new 5G router that they just came out with? I know it was originally for use with their LTE router but wonder if I upgrade to the 5G router if this external antenna will still work with the upgraded 5G router?
I dont believe the 4G and 5G antennas are the same. Here is a great article to skim through. www.sannytelecom.com/4g-antennas-vs-5g-antennas/#:~:text=few%20key%20differences%3A-,1.,2.
Hi Todd, I received a quick reply from the TravlFi SME and no the RTU antenna like I have installed won't support the 5G router. Here is their response word for word : "No, the current rooftop/outdoor antenna sold for the JourneyXTR does not support the new 5G router offering. The antenna is not configured for or tuned to handle 5G (specifically mid to high 5G bands). Also, note that all 6 external antennas on the new 5G router offering are dedicated solely to cellular/5G reception." Thanks Todd this was a great question!
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Just to save confusion , this is not a how to video, this is "how I" set up the mobile Wi-Fi for traveling and using it while traveling. This is simply a video demonstrating an additional antenna on the roof to boost star signal while traveling and camping. TravlFi has been working wonderful for us and what we need it for.
This device works! But, it's not anywhere close to ideal. it works maybe 75% in SE State Parks and almost never the first night of rv camping. I recently purchased the outside antenna( came with no directions) watched this video, rebooted multiple times and still no luck. My Verizon cell phone has two bars. 😡
Sorry to hear this. I have an area in mid Michigan where mine struggles as well. When you open a browser, go to travfi customer portal, select "manual change provider" and see if it helps. It appears that Travfi no longer uses Verizon. Not sure what's going on there.. The next thing is download a speed test app. Select 5G network on your phone or tablet and run the test. Let us know what service shows up when you test , my bet is it's ATT. Third , I'd call them. If it doesn't have a carrier in your area that had solid service it won't be a value, let me know how these go.
We just completed a 2500 mile spring break trip 12 nights using state parks from Michigan to Florida and back., We had really good luck with the Travlfi system. There was one state where the service was slower at 14down and 2 up, but we still streamed our RU-vid videos. Our strongest signal was 122Mbps but the average speed over all of Florida was 82Mdown, average up was 21. Somedays better of course. It worked very good for what we do and it is on all of the time in our solar powered RV. It has truly been a game changer for us to stay connected...
So this is the second video where we added the outdoor roof antenna. The first video of the router set up is found at: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ODu2wROeONk.htmlsi=rFYOronVFFMtqYuR
Yes speeds improved a fair amount, somewhere between 18 to 30Mbps down. This is a worthwhile add on and the router itself is very fast having a best speed test for me of 135Mbps. We can not complain about it. It fits our camping lifestyle perfectly. The router also connects to the campground we love so that we do not use any data! #Gamechanger!
