Faster Internet with the new 5G modem RUTX50 from Teltonika

In this video I share my initial test results for the Teltonika RUTX50 and compare it to the other popular 4G and 5G modems on the Australian market.
The Nighthawk M6, Optus Nokia FastMile, Telstra AW1000 and Teltonika RUT950.

[TeltonikaNetworks]

Wow, that was a really cool speed test! We're glad you enjoyed it too!

[stephenfroneman]

Interesting video David! Some limited experience that I have with 4G/5G routers with integrated antennas (built into the sealed router enclosure).. even if they have external antenna ports, they sometimes have limited functionality on these external ports - A popular LTE/4G router we tested did support LTE/4G on the internal antennas but only exposed 2G/3G to the external ports, making the external ports somewhat redundant. Another 4x4 MIMO router we tested had two external ports, and when connecting external antennas, it would disable the internal antennas completely - making it only a 2x2 MIMO router. With that configuration, I would have thought that the manufacturer could have used the two external antennas plus two internal antennas to maintain 4x4 MIMO (or even better to have had 4 external ports).. I therefore like your comment to look at a router with external antenna ports as it demystifies what is happening in the sealed box.

[La-bjrp]

Hello David, a few questions that i hope you can help me with. I live in Darwin where only 4g is available, I can only use a portable router and I am with Telstra. Judging off your videos of the teltonika devices they are superior to the M6 which would be my other option as I am with Telstra. I would have to keep the router inside due to Darwin weather. would it more beneficial to get the RUT950 for inside use or the m6? I would be using a ethernet cable the whole time and leave it on mains power as I don't intend to do much traveling with it. Also would the antennas still be beneficial for either device inside? Great video as always this was very informative looking forward to more in the future cheers!

[mattjurak]

Hi quick question but can the Rutx50 use both SIM cards at the same time and load balance between them or are the two sims just for fail over or using two carriers? Great video too

[pauguillermo]

Hi! Nice speedtest and very informative.

Do you think it will work here in the Philippines? Thanks

[teemuvesala]

I'm pretty sure that in some cases when you have strong 5G signal, the built in WiFi5 in RUTX50 is going to be a bottleneck and you'd get better speeds with separate WiFi6 or WiFi6E access point that supports lot faster WiFi speeds. RUTX50 uses WiFi 5 and its max theoretical speed is 867mbps, which you can halve as practical max speeds are half of the theoretical max. With strong 5G signal RUTX50's 5G modem should be capable of reaching close to 1gbps speed and in practice its WiFi is only capable of under 450mbps speeds so yeah... Trying with separate access point like EAP650 you should get at least 600mbps over WiFi with 2x2 WiFi6 configuration. If your device supports WiFi6's 160mhz channel width, then practical max would be 1200mbps (theoretical 2400mbps), of course limited to 1000mbps by the 1gbps port. Of course another and more straightforward way to remedy RUTX50's WiFi5 bottleneck is by simply using the device with physical ethernet connection so you get the full 1gbps then.

[kenshin-]

hi I have ordered the RUTX50 with the new directional Poynting antenna but will be using my Poynting mimo-3-15 most of the time but it only has 2 antenna connection. so with the 2 spare can you use the 2 standard antenna that the RUTX50 come with and will it help?

[TRS]

would the rutx50 5G external antennas increase signal strength from indoors? my nighhawk m6pro gets only 2 bars where its currently located only about a meter from a large window. Yet if i sit the modem in the window ledge i get nearly 5 total bars?

[dragondeth]

I got myself a Nighthawk M6 Pro (MR6450) a few weeks back because I thought it could deliver a high amount speed just like my phone (Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4) could. But boy was I wrong. And the main reason I bought the Nighthawk was because I got 920 mbit/down on speedtest using my phone. So I thought a mobile router could deliver atleast the same amount if not more. And not to mention that the Nighthawk has a 2.5Gbps WAN port, which I have not seen on any other 5G routers out there. How do you think the Nighthawk M6 Pro (MR6450) would fare against Teltonika RUTX50? Because I might consider myself getting one if the speed is better.

[daywlkr]

Hi! I’m considering getting a teltonika for my home internet. I’m wondering how the data usage is used for the SIM card in the device. Would my computer connected to the teltonika use the SIM cards hotspot data or does it use regular data? Thanks!

[nobbyknowall]

Hi David just purchased RUTx50 and Poynting 7 in 1 after watching your videos and thanks. Could do with a bit of help does it matter which of the LTE antenna cables on the Poynting go on which of the mobile connections or does it not matter ? Also tried to set up the GPS, I’ve downloaded the Teltonika GPS app onto my iPad. I’ve tried every device name under the sun and all I get is invalid parameters can you help Steve