✅ I Took It Apart! - T-Mobile 5G Home Internet - Sagemcom Fast 5688W Disassembly + External Antenna

Here's how to take apart the Sagemcom Fast 5688W to install external antennas for improved signal strength and speed! T-Mobile has released a 3rd 5G Home Internet gateway, its call the Sagemcom Fast 5688W and it has a similar appearance to the Arcadyan KVD21. I will have many videos on this unit including external antenna install and testing, stock speed comparison to the Nokia 5G21 and the Arcadyan KVD21 gateways. Consider subscribing to the channel or looking below for more content!

Here's some parts for external antennas:

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[vc]

Nater Tater is the 'Bob Villa' of these gateways. Knows a lot of stuff. Figures stuff out. And is gracious enough to share that knowledge. "Let's get started, shall we?"

[ClayBellBrews]

Oh man, I took mine apart last week, it was brutal, no guides. The nice thing is I could route the antenna connectors into the top plate by drilling a hole in each corner.

[davidishmael]

Always solid content. You would think tmo would wise up and have externally avail antenna ports so we can stop dissecting these things.

[toddadamsaz]

Thanks man this was "Awesome" you saved most of us from going blindly into the T-Mobile Abyss!

[jefflbi]

Thanks for this video. I just had to return my Arcadia under a warranty swap and this is what they gave although I was hoping for the newest model with the external antenna anyway I was able to get this apart pretty much the same way you did. The one good thing about this model is that the antenna ports are more accessible than on the Arcadia. Once back together, in place and powered up, it did take several reboots to finally get a stable connection. I will say that when I did a speed test with Nvidia Shield, this was the first time I got over 200 mbs. With the internal antennas I was getting between 50-60 mbs which is enough for streaming TV, but since I went through the trouble and expense of purchasing an external antenna, I wanted to use it. But over 200 mbs download?? I never had that with Comcast cable!!!

[DarqJestor]

I so look forward to the day when they release one that includes a connection for an external antenna.

[srhndz]

Looking forward to seeing your results with both waveform antenna configurations. Keep up the great work you're doing.

[teganze]

Thanks for making this video. I received this gateway when I switched to T-mobile. Now I can order the 4x4 mimo antenna!

[jboro]

Great video and great channel. Very well done. Any idea when the 2nd video of this project will be out? I will be trying this exact project based on your recommendations.
Keep up the great work!

[MaDuceRules]

Love the disassembly videos. Thanks for posting!

[perfectyacht]

Waveform released the antenna guide for this gateway yesterday. Now, we need someone to start printing the warranty

[farmandhomedyiyoucandoit]

Good afternoon, do have a video showing how to hook up the waveform 4 wire antenna to this particular unit?

[leroyhodges]

Great information. Cant wait for your next video!!

[notoshaapproved]

Used this video to take it apart w/o breaking it. Drilled 4 holes in the top and mounted the SMA jacks. Using cheap antennas for now. There is marked improvement but the main reason for me converting is for a 4x4 on our RV to be purchased and installed later. I plan on making a video on this. Is it OK to link to this video in mine?

[richkurtz]

Thank you for your videos. I tried TMO Home Internet to use as a backup for my cable company. Reception was very poor, so I returned the package. Of course that was before I found your channel. I now have 2 cable providers with a failover router. When the 1 year promo period on my 2nd cable provider ends, I might try TMO again following your recomendations.

[winjoda]

Warranty sticker? What sticker? Mine didn't come with one! 😏

Thanks to your video, I just got mine opened and sma connections installed. I'm about ready to test and will be interested to compare your results with mine.

[feitnaa]

Video didn’t show it, but are there places to fix cables to the inner unit, so they don’t rip off the nipple when connected to the sma cable?

[ClayBellBrews]

I will say it appears way better assembled than the other device.

[thinkhealthy]

Thanks! Looking forward to your test results

[JoshFTech]

I'm really glad I never had to do this it seemed like a pain to do plus you risk breaking something with the T-Mobile Gateway itself and if that happens good luck trying to get T-Mobile to replace it they'd probably charge you for another Gateway. The Chester Cheetah Gateway/Modem's are expensive but they definitely are worth it for all you can do with them right out of the Box.