Yeacomm 5G CPE Modem Router with SIM Card Slot NR330

This is a fantastic CPE/Cellular Router. I have tried it successfully on Boost Mobile, Verizon, T-Mobile, and T-Mobile Home Internet. You will need to/want to configure the APN, TTL, and MTU settings which can be easily googled on the internet for each carrier. I have successfully used the TMHI sim card from the latest TMO CPE and also got this device to work perfectly fine, with speeds matching exactly what the TMO device provided. This device does require basic networking config experience, but is not hard - for any MVNO/prepaid carriers and pretty much anything other than a cellular line based SIM, do expect some configuration will be required. Tech support is super responsive, there are secret menus in this device which enable even more capabilities than advertised. Contact tech support for more info. Using a Cellular Line based SIM, you can even get land line phone service working perfectly fine off the device as well! Bridge mode works very well, although I would like to have seen the ability to configure the router some way after activating bridge mode without having to fully reset the device and starting over again. Either way, small issue, as config is capable and not overly complex. WiFi 6 is fast (although I don't need to use it) and if using a TMHI SIM, a telephone number is assigned to the account BUT it is NOT provisioned to the SIM, so you can't use the landline component if using a TMHI Sim. Again though, Boost Mobile, T-Mo regular line sim, all work perfectly and with landline/sim access given you configure it properly. My only challenge with the device is really the price point. It's not outrageous but hard to justify, I think, for the addition of the few incremental bands here in the US. Other CPE (telus ZTEMC8010CA and others) get you several other 5g bands, with similar (not exact performance) for a much lower price point. Given the stark price difference $500 vs $100-150 for others, unless you need the WiFi 6 and must have the extra bands, its hard to justify current $500 cost. I think it needs to be lower as in my use case, the only thing this device gives me if I want to use TMHI sim card for $30/mo (w/Magenta Max plan) is the passthrough public IP. If I can live with the double nat, it saves me $500. If I can live without Band n41, I can get an alternative @ $100. Again, great piece of equipment overall, great support, just would like to see it a bit cheaper.

Never able to get it connected to ATT 5G. Did connect to T-Mobile 5G but very SLOW!! The Tech Support claim customer got 400Mbps but didn't say how!! Support did have many ideas about the Yeacomm parms to adjust but no luck. Because they are on the other side of the world they made suggestion while I slept while gave results while they slept. Let's talk about Amazon locker return process. DON'T DO IT!! Normally for returns I would drop off items to a live person and get a receipt!!!!!!! Locker gives you NOTHING when you close the door. Not even a thank you. My return stayed in the lock for a week plus. I finally have to call UPS/Amazon to determine WHY! Took me four days talking to Amazon people before finding a person who understood the problem and the required action. UPS tracking finally showed locker pickup and item being sent to Amazon return center. Wait there's more!! During this process Amazon removed the order return status so I had NO Idea when I would get the refund! More calls to Amazon and return status was restored. Finally refunded but Never use the Amazon Locker!!!!!

For me I had to reach out to the manufacturer for updated firmware for the device. I also got the login info for the secret "super admin" account. I used a IMEI generator to set the device to a custom IMEI. Now it looks like a iPhone to the cellular carrier so it does not get flagged by any automated hotspot detection. I also set a custom TTL for both the IPv4 & IPv6 to 65. Don't forget to set both or you will have TTL leaks and Verizon will slow you down as deprioritized hotspot data. This made Visible (Verizon Wireless) treat the traffic as normal cellphone data so you don't get slow hotspot speeds. I used a Verizon Wireless SIM card with the MVNO, Visible. I was able to lock specific frequency's and network types in the settings. The connectivity when streaming is stable and solid, when I drove around to other places and tested the streaming I was often getting 4K video on my devices. Attached is a screenshot of my speed test results getting over 600Mbps with this router. I was impressed with the speed of this device and it seems very reliable. I highly recommend this product to anyone interested in a travel router, also the input range for the power of DC 9~24V is nice. The support for this device when I reached out for firmware and for the super admin account to set custom IMEI was fast! In less than 24H I had all my concerns covered with no language barrier. All said the device has been solid for me and I enjoy fast speeds in my area with it. Support was fast with no language barriers. However if you can get this device on discount I would because it's price is a bit hefty at the $407 price tag I paid at the time. I also tested T-Mobile with similar speeds and quality, I did not get to test AT&T as I do not have service with them, but I do know you MUST set a custom IMEI or AT&T will nuke your SIM the moment it tries to connect because this router is not in there whitelist. If I end up able to test AT&T in the future I will update this review to include my results.

You can literally plug in any of the US big-3 SIM cards in it and it just works out of the box. It has the latest Qualcomm chipset in it so it does carrier aggregation propertly. Using AT&T with 5G I was getting nearly 500Mps download speeds. Previous generations could only get in the high 300's, so the chipset makes a difference. If you don't want something complicated and expensive like a Peplink, this is a good option. The internal admin setup page allows you to set all the basics and wifi information. We bought these to deploy to non-technical teams as a plug-and-play and it does the job well. Wireless supports WPA3 and WiFi6.

The 5G speed is well and good. But I've tried every config string listed for TMobile, and when I attempt to use the connected POTS line from a house phone through this router, I can dial any number, but once I'm connected, if I attempt to press additional numbers on the phone (like a menu), TMobile quickly disconnects, almost as if it doesn't realize my call is already established. --Super frustrating.

Love this. Took a minuted to get into the right settings to set it up. Once it was configured correctly it works perfectly.

I wanted to test this gateway because regular 5G home internet Gateway is doing poor job of managing network traffic with 2+ users. Yes, this Gateway Yeacomm NR330 is better. In case of Ping time on Regular gateway i had 20ms , on this one i have 15 ms. Speed test i have perform at different time of day, but if we talk about best case scenario test at 03:00h am. regular one can do download up to 500Mbps / upload 90Mbps. NR330 can do download up to 500 Mbps / upload 90Mbps. But overall this gateway has more consistent speeds and ping time than regular gateway. Average ping 15ms , download 270Mbps, upload 30Mbps. And has much more features. You can log in to admin setup and DO admin setup.

The unit I got looks like a refurbished unit that I paid for a new model price. I used it with a tmobile phone sim set with TTL 65 and MTU 1420. My data usage recorded by tmobile used both hotspot data and regular data. Therefore it could not bypass the throttling or deprioritization by devices. I couldn't get DDNS to work even with its listed providers- free dns afraid.org in particular. Imei settings only available in superuser mode. Superuser settings were very limited.