topic Re: Zyxel NR5103 Router - Lights in Broadband

Zyxel NR5103 Router - Lights

StuLux23 — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:34:49 GMT

I have the Zyxel router at my caravan and currently struggling to get a consistent strong signal. Can anybody explain what the lights on the top of the router mean as there was no explanation with the router when I received it. How do I tell whether it is connecting to 5G, 4G etc?

I'm wondering whether to try an external aerial but they are very expensive so I would like some reassurance I'm buying the right thing, the router has 4 aerial connections but very few aerial seem to actually have 4x4 MIMO - woudl connecting a 2x2 MIMO work (even if not as good as 4x4) - if so which terminals should I connect it to?

Has anybody managed to obtain a user manual for this router - it seems Zyxel will not actually let you have access to one?

Re: Zyxel NR5103 Router - Lights

Anvil_Iron — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:15:37 GMT

It's a long time since your post but this may help. The above page is from a starter guide leaflet that came with my router.

I also can't find a user manual for this as I believe it's only supplied to network operators but I did come across this Zyxel EX5501 user manual online which has a similar web-based interface.

Zyxel-Communications-Ex5501

Re: Zyxel NR5103 Router - Lights

StuLux23 — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:53:14 GMT

Thank you for your response, I was able to eventually understand what my router was doing (unfortuantely I can't get a decent 5G signal in my caravan but it's giving me a good speed of 100MBs plus on 4G)

Re: Zyxel NR5103 Router - Lights

Anvil_Iron — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:42:12 GMT

I'm glad to hear you are least getting 4G coverage at a good speed.

My network mast is just over 50 metres away which I can see from my bedroom window. I'm getting 800+ Mbps on 5G. A lot faster than my old ADSL connection at 30Mbps. Ha!

Re: Zyxel NR5103 Router - Lights

Simon2 — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 11:35:39 GMT

https://www.zyxel.com/service-provider/emea/en/products/5g-nr4g-lte-cpe/5g-nr-cpe/idus/nr5103ev2