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Suggestion to buy a router than can be used via SIM card only

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/suggestion-to-buy-a-router-than-can-be-used-via-sim-card-only.208565/

sameermanas
sameermanas Original post #1
Jul 9, 2020 at 7:34 PM
I am looking for a router that can run via SIM card only to connect to my laptop and mobile. I work at a psu bank and I am posted in a rural area where the signal strength is very weak.

I currently use AirTel 4g dongle and Jio Dongle to connect my laptop and phone. Sometimes they don't get any signals and sometimes they do. I need to keep them outside the house door hanging via a charger in order to get minimum signals. This place doesn't have any broadband providers too. So a router that can work via SIM card is my only option.

I want to know if there is any device that can work with a SIM card in it but with better signal boosting capabilities. I simply don't want to keep it hanging outside the door. So I am looking for any device that can intercept the data signals better and provide access via wifi to my laptop and mobile.

I don't know if the device i need is called a router or hotspot exactly, so pardon me if i am wrong here.
PS: BSNL, Vodafone, Idea don't work in this area. Only little bit of Airtel and Jio signal here.
W
Jul 9, 2020 at 9:29 PM
You can't "boost mobile service provider signals".
sameermanas
Jul 9, 2020 at 9:40 PM
I meant something that can receive signals more strongly than the dongles.
W
Jul 9, 2020 at 10:12 PM
I meant something that can receive signals more strongly than the dongles.
No device can increase the service provider's signal strength in your place, you may hope for a bit better reception on a different device but that can only be found out using a hit & trial method so not really worth considering.
SaiyanGoku
Jul 9, 2020 at 10:19 PM
You could contact the service provider to either increase the signal strength from their tower or put up a new one closer to your location.