MikroTik RBSXTR&R11e-LTE6

So far, I've been pretty impressed. I have a collection of masts in line of sight around 1mi away, so I mounted this at a corner of my roof aimed at the tower. I powered it via a small PoE switch that I bought, and installed an EE SIM in it. Unlike a lot of folks here, the SIM worked right away with no issues. I tried a variety of broadband speed checkers and I think the minimum download speed I got was around 45 Mb/s, and a few times it was as high as 95 Mb/s. Uploads topped out around 45 Mb/s, but more normally in the high 20s to mid 30s. I have yet to integrate it into my existing network to replace the copper to the house, and I think that this may be where some of the complaints regarding the interface may come into play. The quick interface is fine, but I have to disable some services like DHCP as I don't want this device being in charge of those functions. Some small annoyances: The access door is a pretty tight fit bigger hands. The slot for the cable is geared toward their PoE injector, which is kind of a weird cable since you don't really want it near the router (how to weather proof?), but perhaps it would have worked if it was placed near the switch/PC end of things. But I ran an outdoor CAT6 cable into it and not only is the cable notch a bit tight but it was really tough to get the right angle to plug the cable into the first Ethernet socket (this is the PoE in socket). I see absolutely no way to make use of the second PoE out socket without either using a much narrower cable or else leaving the access door off. The band clamp is really more meant to be used on a pole that's 2 or 3 inches in diameter it seems to me, but I'm a bit worried about the J-bar pole that I used on my house as they are a good bit narrower. The clamp holds it pretty well, and it's quite tight, but I'm worried that the router might be spun a bit in some of the big winds that we get here in the winter. It would have been nice to include a rubber strip that could be applied between the band clamp and mounting post to keep such things from happening. I didn't have one when I installed it, and I'm concerned that I'll need to get back up there if the wind has its way. But I'm sure the position is a big reason why I'm getting the kind of speeds I'm seeing. I was worried about some of the issues that other reviewers raised, but I guess I got pretty lucky in that it seems to be running quite well without a lot of fuss. Next, we'll see if there are any issues with connections lost/remade. But right now it's working a treat.

Two days wasted trying to get this darn thing to work! I regard myself as expert in cellular and proficient at IT and IP networking. This device is obviously targeted at 0.00001% of the population who can make it work! I tried it with 3 different SIMs , all of which work fine in a handset at the same location. In this device, I'm pretty sure they were all connecting at the 4G/LTE level, but no IP connectivity or pings possible. Support was useless. Got an automated response suggesting contacting retailer (Amazon, yeah, right!), reading the manual, or using the user forum (nothing there helpful). I hate being negative in reviews. On the positive side, if you can get this thing to work, from my cellular expertise I KNOW it will improve your 4G experience!

I have this pointed at my nearest 4G mast that supports EE band 7 (2 carriers) and have locked to this frequency in the firmware. This has allowed me to achieve up to 88Mbps download and 25Mbps upload. With regularly over 70Mbps download. It's a shame I can only aggregate 2 bands as that mast has 5 carriers - 2x1800Mhz, 1x2100Mhz and 2x2600Mhz with 80Mhz total 4G spectrum. That is a limitation of the Category 6 though which until later this year is the best Mikrotik do. One star less as the ethernet interface is only 100Mbps when an LTE Category 6 signal is capable of providing a download speed of well over 100Mbps.

This did improve signal stability on a mast 7km from the house with direct line of sight, however the speed coming through was unusable and therefore the product was returned.

Spent many hours trying to get this to work. I would get connected to the network and this disconnect after a short period- then connect - then disconnect. Once connected there was no DNS/internet. The signal indicator gave me 3 bars. This is meant to be 9dB. I currently have a Poynting 4G-XPOL-A0002 which is also 9dB - however when plugged into my internal router gives a full 5 bars. Very disappointed with this. Very unusable interface as well - for real tech heads only (and I'm a software engineer).

An absolute arse to setup.. But brilliant when functional

Did not manage to do the set up with an EE SIM card. Had to pay and IT guy to do it for us. Once it worked it kept disconnecting. Decided to return.

Firmware was out of date as a result when we inserted the sim and APN profile it was very unstable make sure software is up to date

worked with the at&t sim card

Pendiente de instalar en el mástil, en las pruebas desde la ventana he notado mucha mejoría en la estabilidad de la señal y velocidad de conexión. Ahora consigo 15mbps y apenas he tenido que resetear el router (liberar y restablecer conexión) 2 veces en 1 mes que lo tengo, mientras que con el anterior mikrotik WAP lte kit no superaba 5 Mbps, la señal era muy inestable y cada poco (horas) había que resetear la conexión. Muy contento con la compra

Der SXT LTE6 wird bei uns als Backup Internetverbindung verwendet, da das DSL bei Starkregen regelmässig ausfällt. Der LTE Empfang ist bei uns im Allgemeinen nicht so toll - nur im Speicher ganz oben unterm Dach gibt es LTE4. Im Garten, auf Strassenniveau oder gar im Haus ist die Mobilfunkverbindung in der Regel schlecht. Mit dem SXT bekomme in an der selben Stelle (unterm Dach auf dem Speicher) fast 90 MBit/s im Download, obwohl das Gerät hinter der Giebelwand im Innenraum montiert ist. Dieser Wert ist sehr stabil. Ich meine, das SXT LTE6 ist ein prima Gerät. Einen Ausfall hatte ich noch nie, solange es Strom hatte. Da ich die Onlinezeit von DSL und LTE überwache, kann ich sagen, dass das SXT unser Internet jedesmal, wenn das DSL weg war, aufrecht erhalten hat. Falls ich jemals wieder ein Backup oder Internet über LTE benötige, werde ich gewiss das SXT LTE6 erneut dafür kaufen.

Très bon produit qui fonctionne à merveille. Comparé à la réception sans antenne (test depuis un smartphone) les débits sont 3 à 4x supérieurs. Je suis passé de 7 Mbps à 20 Mbps, puis 40 Mbps en essayant un autre opérateur ! L'interface d'admin est complètement folle avec des réglages dans tous les sens. Sans doute pas simple pour un néophyte mais un vrai bonheur pour les geeks. Seuls regrets: 1.l'antenne n'est pas livrée avec un pied orientable, il faut le commander séparémment et 2.le port ethernet est à 100 Mbps...

Acquistato per migliorare la situazione rispetto al Mikrotik Wap LTE (un apparato senza particolari soluzioni di antenna, paragonabile a un telefonino, nello stanzino in cui l’ho collocato mi dava un collegamento con segnale non ottimale). Intenistà di segnale ora eccellente, RSSI e RSRQ eccellenti senza neanche spostarlo sul tetto. Dopo il setup iniziale indoor (un po' di giorni per prenderci confidenza) l'ho spostato sul tetto di casa in posizione definitiva e i valori sono (come prevedibile) ulteriormente migliorati. Uso rete WindTre, il contratto è di quelli senza limiti di traffico. Aggrega 2 bande. Ho disabilitato la banda 20 (800 MHz) perché anche le altre arrivano bene e mi danno migliori performance, in questo modo aggrega la banda 3 e la 7, entrambe a 20 MHz, dandomi quando va male 30 Mbps simmetrici (indoor con BTS lontana), mentre posizionandola a palo sul tetto ottengo di norma 80/45. In condizioni ottimali saturo la ethernet in download. Ping notevolmente migliorato, verso 1.1.1.1 si attesta sui 30 ms medi (a volte 20ms, dipende dalla torre, quando capisco qual è la migliore magari lo forzo su quella), se installato indoor si sposta verso i 45-50 ms, comunque decisamente molto meglio di prima che nei momenti migliori arrivava a 60ms. Mai nessun problema con lo streaming video. Ho anche una VPN aziendale attiva, con dei backup giornalieri che finiscono sempre in tempi decenti. Consigliatissimo, direi come tutti i prodotti Mikrotik. E' vero che la ethernet non è gigabit ma per me arrivare alla soglia dei 100 mbps va più che bene... vedere screenshot della velocità reale raggiunta durante lo scaricamento di file di grosse dimensioni da un sito reale (invece dei soliti speedtest che lasciano il tempo che trovano)... con la FTTC dell'ufficio non arrivo a tanto. Se volete il gigabit (ben sfruttato) con Mikrotik ci sono altri prodotti (ad es. LHG LTE18). Alcune delle recensioni negative che leggo secondo me derivano dalla poca dimestichezza con RouterOS. Ricordatevi di tenere aggiornato il firmware del modem (non solo routerOS). Attualmente nel mio apparato c'è la versione R11e-LTE6_V034.