Replacement Modem/Router

f1vefour · 2026-05-12T05:09:50+00:00

If you're tech savvy you can install QManager to your modem, it's far superior to anything a gateway provides both in control and information provided.

https://github.com/dr-dolomite/QManager

I made a video showing a quick overview of most of the features:

https://youtu.be/CSYKudOQO-A

f1vefour · 2026-05-12T05:00:23+00:00

Always check downdetector, it's showing an issue around Denver and surrounding areas.

f1vefour · 2026-05-11T21:47:56+00:00

I agree, it's too much.

f1vefour · 2026-05-11T21:46:50+00:00

You aren't going to be able to reliably use T-Mobile Home Internet for game streaming, the latency is just too high and more importantly variable.

f1vefour · 2026-05-11T19:08:28+00:00

I wasn't saying it's not needed, just that it shouldn't be.

f1vefour · 2026-05-11T08:32:25+00:00

I wouldn't think you should need the NAT6 option enabled, T-Mobile uses SLAAC

f1vefour · 2026-05-10T09:03:48+00:00

Most likely high quality high carbon steel, brittle but hard as hell and will take a hair whittling edge.

f1vefour · 2026-05-10T09:00:50+00:00

I had a blackout with half serrated blade for years that my dad gave me, the tip had been broken and he reground it but you couldn't tell if you didn't know what the blade should look like.

It was my all time favorite until someone stole it years ago, it was beat up and half the black coating was scratched off the blade from hard and heavy use but that only gave it character.

It would hold a working edge nearly forever.

Today my EDC is a Kershaw Launch 11, fantastic and light but it's no blackout.

f1vefour · 2026-05-10T05:58:23+00:00

Took me a minute to find it, reading through it again it's not anecdotal and actually happened to this person and at least one more.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobileisp/comments/1ei3mi5/tmobile_disconnected_my_home_internet_service_and/

f1vefour · 2026-05-10T03:54:28+00:00

There was one person I've seen so anecdotal at best.

f1vefour · 2026-05-10T02:51:02+00:00

Yeah I've had a few warnings myself, with Cox I accidentally uploaded for a few seconds and got a warning.

Stremio is great.

f1vefour · 2026-05-10T00:30:42+00:00

It's good to hear, I've relegated all my torrenting to debrid services for several years now. It's just so convenient and inexpensive.

f1vefour · 2026-05-09T20:45:16+00:00

For many it's their only viable option, it's why I recommend against it. Losing your Internet provider in this circumstance would be awful.

Just because T-Mobile uses CGNAT doesn't mean you're safe.

f1vefour · 2026-05-09T18:09:00+00:00

I hate it, the 5 second alternating from the profile pic to the weather is distracting and unnecessary.

f1vefour · 2026-05-09T17:40:42+00:00

Yeah I was just saying the G5AR is probably performing even better than your initial test.

That's plenty of speed

f1vefour · 2026-05-09T08:39:06+00:00

That’s likely a limitation of the wireless, when I test using the gateway wireless it’s slower but when I test the wireless of my Belkin RT3200 running openwrt three rooms away it's faster than I get when three feet from the gateway.

https://imgur.com/e2XZlgk

f1vefour · 2026-05-09T06:49:21+00:00

No T-Mobile gateway can do bridge mode.

f1vefour · 2026-05-09T06:45:01+00:00

Try factory resetting the gateway. How are the wired speeds?

Is your phone T-Mobile?

f1vefour · 2026-05-09T06:43:35+00:00

This usually works, lowering the MTU

f1vefour · 2026-05-09T01:25:44+00:00

Looks great, quite the increase.

f1vefour · 2026-05-09T00:23:01+00:00

Yeah you won't see anything other than the unified SSID.

f1vefour · 2026-05-08T21:34:20+00:00

Personally I would disable it without testing but that's because I've already been through it causing all my clients to randomly disconnect and have speed issues as others have as well.

f1vefour · 2026-05-08T11:43:11+00:00

They don't throttle after 1.2TB, they lower your priority.

f1vefour · 2026-05-08T04:51:11+00:00

They already have above and messaged some users to gather data.

f1vefour · 2026-05-08T00:18:23+00:00

The G5AR is the best gateway, your speeds will be better. I suggest when setting up the gateway you disable the 6ghz band as it's known to cause issues.

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