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

I purchase this UOTECK 5G CPE Router and have had it for about 6 months. Every thing works as advertised. In February, contacted the customer support team of UOTEK on Amazon because I did not know how to change the IML. They told me how to do it. It is located in AT Command. If you do change the IML, you need to reboot the device for it to be changed and the new one to take effect.NO REBOOT OF MODEM, NO IML CHANGE!In June, I contacted them again because I had received too many SMS messages and could not delete some of them. Support had to check with a tech to see if it can be done an gave me an AT command to enter as follows: AT+CMGD=1,4I asked if that deleted SMS message 1 thru 4. Well, when I enter that it deleted ALL SMS MESSAGES. I asked if there is a list of AT commands in .PDF and customer support gave me: Quectel_RG520N&RG52&RM530N_Series_AT_Commands_Manual_V1.0.0_Preliminary_20220812.pdfThis 253 page PDF had it all and is worth a read (to get it, contact support! ) . I quickly found on page 152 how to delete a SMS as follows:AT+CMGD=<Message Number where message 1 starts with zero>,0So… to delete the first SMS message enter: AT+CMGD=0,0So... to delete the second SMS message enter: AT+CMGD=1,0So... to delete the third SMS message enter: AT+CMGD=2,0and so forth. It helps to count the number of messages starting at 1 to xx and then just subtract 1 of which SMS message is to be deleted.By the way, I would never just start messing with AT Commands on this device unless there is a reason to do so. Although, it has error checking, trying to get the device to do something that it should not be doing, could break it.One take away is that UOTEK customer support is phenomenal and gets the answers even if they have to get them from tech support!So… this UOTEK 5G modem is worth the price. I live 2.5 miles from cell and is indoors and get 110 MB/s average on n41 but have seen 256 MB/s. It does say: Signal Status:5G-SA Signal Weak all the time even when hitting the highest speeds but is grossly better then the Huawei 4g that only had band 2/4 that was pulling in 2-16 MB/s (rough out here).Hopefully, this seller continually develope this product with a faster modem speeds and antenna designs. Good product, cannot go wrong on purchasing this. Pssst... get the at commands in PDF from support!Hopefully, Amazon does not pull a fast one and get rid of support for sellers or I will be packing it up fast and am out of here!

I am 72 years old and am not very tech savvy. I have been using computers since the days of DOS, but never advanced from "user" to computer guru or even hobbyist. I bought this unit because I am moving to a rural area with very few ISPs and those are low speed unless you can pay big monthly fees. I watched a lot of youtube videos and learned about cellular SIM routers. My confidence level was pretty low, as this is pretty low priced for a 5G unit. When I got the unit my confidence dropped even further when I saw that the instructions were VERY brief and not organized in a way that is optimized to the Western mind. However, they are very clear and if you read them over slowly and multiple times, setup is a snap. Reading and understanding the instructions took me about a half hour; set up took about 5 minutes. Really, the system sets up itself. Two things confused and concerned me in the instructions: there was no mention of a setup menu for customization and they referred to the unit as a "hot spot". It is not a hot spot, it is a fully functioning 4G/5G cellular modem and wifi router. There is a comprehensive setup menu that you can change, but it automatically optimizes it to your system. I did not change any settings and am getting excellent speeds. It is truly "plug and play". Install your SIM card BEFORE powering up the unit (I just used the SIM card I took out of my backup cell phone), plug it in and wait a few minutes. Once the lights are on, go to the settings-wifi menu of your screen device and look for "5G_CPE" then select it and go to the URL shown on the instructions and enter the username and you will be taken to the setup menu! This step is only necessary if you have advanced settings you wish to use. Otherwise, skip the setup menu and just start surfing! The wifi coverage is good too. Note that the wifi password is printed on the bottom of the unit. I was a little aprehensive about buying this unit because it did not have a single review, but I also knew how good Amazon's return policy is. So, if you have decent cell coverage at your home and want really low cost internet access, I highly recommend this product.

It really is easy to set up. Put in my $15 a month Mint Mobile unlimited sim card and plug it in. Unplugged the Frontier fiber cable from my desktop and plugged in the cable ethernet from this router and my desk top says "you are connected to the internet". Great.! The fastest speed I got using Ookla app was 158 upload and 23 down at 4am, which is not bad but some were saying they got 300 which was what i was hoping for. I tried changing the apn to various versions of T-mobile. I tried changing the TTN to 65 and to 101 which others had suggested with no effect. During mid day the speeds dropped as low as 35 up and .5 down. The tower is about a mile away in really heavy forest and i'm sort of in a hole, but still my Galaxy phone gets 200 mbps on mobile data in the same location. The unit has an led that shows either blue or yellow depending on signal strength and i was never able to keep it in the blue, even trying it up on the roof. There's no provision for external antennas. The internal WIFI shows similar coverage to my single Frontier Eero and my former Xfinity Gateway in a 1600 sq ft house. If I had no other alternatives but expensive bad internet, I probably would have kept it but I bought a referbed Inseego with slightly better speeds for less an it has external antenna ports. I liked that the Uotek had programable perameters even though none seemed to help me. It did use unlimited mobile data and not my 10k hotspot data while in use. It might have done better if I had kept it longer and played with perameters and locations. Also a full price phone plan sim may have had better results.