Cisco At&T Microcell Wireless Cell Signal Booster Tower Antenna

Cisco AT&T Microcell Wireless Cell Signal Booster Tower Antenna

• Supports voice and 3G data for 3G/4G/LTE mobile phones, including iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, etc.
• Simple setup process using quick setup guide - Note that you must have an official AT&T account (not a 3rd-party carrier)
• Status Indicators: Cell Signal, GPS Signal, Internet Connectivity, Power
• Works at home or the office (broadband internet connection via Ethernet is required) Note that satellite internet connections often have too much delay for this device to work properly
• High quality design and construction by Cisco Systems, a leader in cellular and network technology

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Brand : CISCO DESIGNED
Category : Cell Phones & Accessories,Accessories,Signal Boosters
Rating : 3.1
ListPrice : US $127.99
Price : US $115.75
Review Count : 501
SalesRank : 0

Cisco AT&T Microcell Wireless Cell Signal Booster Tower Antenna

• I have used a Microcell for my poor AT&T reception for 9 years. My first one lasted 8-1/2 years and then a used one gave me 6 months. In the last few weeks I have ordered and returned 3 that promised they were either \"like new\" or \"tested\" or \"ready for registration.\" Unfortunately, the two I have that don\'t work could meet those specifications. When one says it\'s been \"tested\" it usually means that it powers up, which my non-working microcells do. In fact the connect to GPS but they can\'t receive the AT&T signal any longer. Just be aware that when you buy one that is \"used\" or \"reconditioned\" it may not work. Cisco isn\'t making them anymore. If I could learn where to get my two \"dead\" ones working, I would happily pay for them to be \"rebuilt.\"
• The Microcell works great, but it is not a plug and play device and was very difficult to activate. I have zero bars on my cell phone at my cabin in the mountains. If I walk about 600 years to a clearing near my cabin, I get 2 bars. I bought the Microcell to get cell phone service.I set it up per the instructions and it went through the first 3 steps, but would not activate and I kept getting FTC101 error which said the device would not connect on the internet. I contacted ATT technical support which had no idea why the device would not activate.I went online and found an ATT troubleshooting tutorial which advised that your router settings had to be set to the following:DHCP enabledPorts that must remain open123/UDP443/TCP.4500/UDP500/UDPIPSec Pass-Through is enabledBlock Fragmented Packets is disabledMTU size set to 1492MAC address filtering is set to offIf the Microcell is connected to a modem and router, NAT can only be enable in one deviceI went into the settings on my Lindsys router and made all the changes except the fragmented packets disabled because I could not find that setting. I unregistered and then registered the Microcell again in an attempt to activate it and still got the FTC error 101.I contacted tech support at my ISP and asked them to check and see if any of the ports I needed open were blocked on their end. They checked and said no, but they went into my modem settings and port forwarded all the ports I needed open to my Linksys router. It was only after this that I was able to get the Microcell activated after (4) frustrating days of trying to get connected. I now have (5) bars and a very clear cell phone connection at my cabin.In doing some google searches online, many users had the same problem trying to activate with the same error I got with no help from ATT Tech support. I am only giving this products 4 stars due to the poor technical support from ATT.
• Problem with buying this from anyone other than AT&T: 1 - you\'re way over paying (you can get them from AT&T for less than $100) and 2 - you\'re not informed that the device needs to be hooked up to an unlimited wireless account where the address matches the address of the device in order for it to work. If you\'re looking for a cell boost in your home (connected to your home account) or business (and have a business account) then, get one of these from AT&T and consider yourself boosted!We ordered this when we moved into a new concrete office and 6 of our employees didn\'t have cell service inside. After failing to setup, one of the employees offered to tie the device to their account and everyone had GREAT service. That was until AT&T realized the device was not at the address on the account and shut it off.
• In a nutshell, this thing actually works, and works through walls, even outdoor walls.I have weak reception near my house, and originally had Verizon but could not get a decent signal even with their Verizon-based micro-cell, it was not even close to as effective as this. My wife was on AT&T and had a better (but still weak) signal than I did, so I switched my service to AT&T and bought this device.I\'m going to list a few of my results in signal strength (dBm), because I think it is more useful than just \"bars\" For reference, roughly speaking -80 dBm or less is excellent (5 bars), -80 to -100 dBm is where most of us actually find our phones, which is a decent workable range (2-5 bars), while results beyond around -100 to -105 dBm (depending on the phone, 1-2 bars or no service) tend to result in dropped calls, breaking up, or no service at all.For measurement, I used an iPhone 6 and a Samsung Galaxy 4, both of which showed very similar results. My house is about 4,400 square feet, 2 stories. I started by measuring my results in a few areas of my house and outside before installing the micro-cell. Selected results were:Kitchen: -105 (had 1-2 bars, usually not a reliable place to make calls)Living room: -100Outdoor patio: -992nd floor Bedroom -97As you can see, my signal was generally weak but usable. But some areas of my house were effectively dead-zones. After installing this micro-cell, my results are as follows:Kitchen: -59 (this is the room where I installed the micro-cell)Living room: -91 (this is through 2 walls and about 50 feet away)Outdoor patio: -85 (this is near the kitchen, obviously through an outside wall, and about 40 feet away)2nd floor Bedroom -88 (Not sure of distance but is effectively \"up and over 1\" room from the kitchen, so through the floor and 1 wall)This unit changed my cell signal from bad/OK to good/excellent everywhere in my house and yard.As previously mentioned the Verizon product did not perform this well, and did not have a measurable effect through walls. This device only works with AT&T, so make sure you are buying a compatible product.The obvious down-side is the price, and it seems like the cell phone carriers ought to just provide these to people with weak signals. You might be able to convince a customer service rep to do that, but I did not have any luck with this.The other thing you need to know is that you need to have a hard-wired Ethernet connection to this, it does not use WiFi. In my case, I used a powerline Ethernet adapter TP-LINK TL-PA4010KIT AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, up to 500Mbps  The trick with these is to have the minimum interference: no power strips, surge protectors etc. in between the source and destination. But it works if you set it up correctly, allowing you to put a hard-wired Ethernet device almost anywhere

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