{"id":4108,"date":"2017-01-02T13:07:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T13:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/?p=4108"},"modified":"2017-01-04T12:47:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T12:47:19","slug":"netgear-lb1110-4g-lte-modem-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/netgear-lb1110-4g-lte-modem-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Netgear LB1110 4G LTE Modem Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

At IFA 2016, Netgear had presented the two LTE modems LB1110 and LB1111, and the LB1110 is finally arrived to the test around the end of December.\u00a0The LB1110 is an external LTE modem<\/a> with Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 connection, but other functions such as battery operation, WLAN or a telephone interface are deliberately omitted.\u00a0The Netgear LB1110 requires an external power supply, the sister model LB1111 additionally has Power over Ethernet (PoE), ie the power can be supplied directly via the Ethernet cable.\u00a0In this review, you can read more about the performance from Netgear LB1110 modem.<\/p>\n

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Appearance<\/h2>\n

The Netgear LB1110 modem is packed in a small cardboard box.\u00a0Besides the device, there is also a short LAN cable as well as the power supply (with adapter for Europe and British plug format).\u00a0Furthermore, there is a brief guide, which should help for operation.<\/p>\n

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The Netgear LB1110 is completely made of plastic and offers some green LEDs on the front for signal reception, network status and LAN connection.\u00a0At first glance the modem looks solidly processed and it makes a good impression.\u00a0With dimensions of 120 x 99 x 31 mm (W x D x H), it is quite compact and can also be attached to the wall if required.<\/p>\n

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Hardware & Speed<\/h2>\n

The Netgear LB1110 modem has a single RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet port on the back.\u00a0Here, a single computer can be connected directly, or the connection to a router or switch can be established.\u00a0Furthermore, you will find the connection for the power supply (DC, 12V, 1A), a reset button and a power button on the back.<\/p>\n

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The Netgear LB1110 modem allows speeds of up to 150 MBit\/s in the downlink and up to 50 Mbps in the uplink via LTE Category 4.\u00a0In addition to the FDD LTE frequency bands around 800, 1800 and 2600 MHz currently in use in Europe, FDD LTE is also supported on 900 MHz and TDD LTE on 2300 MHz.\u00a0UMTS is supported with the data accelerator DC-HSPA+, the theoretically maximum possible speed is 42.2 Mbps in the downlink and 5.76 Mbps in the uplink.\u00a0Here, the bands are supported by 900 and 2100 MHz.\u00a0As a fallback, the LB1110 modem can also use Quadband GSM.<\/p>\n

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In the test, the Netgear LB1110 modem with SIM cards from O2 and Telekom was used; the tariffs had no limitation of the speed.\u00a0With a good UMTS reception in the network from the Telekom, about 26 MBit\/s in the Downlink were possible, with O2 it reached up to 21 MBit\/s.\u00a0LTE was considerably slower at O2 despite a good reception with only around 7 MBit\/s – here the network was certainly overloaded.\u00a0The ping times were 25 milliseconds on the LTE network and 40 milliseconds on UMTS.\u00a0In the Telecom LTE network at 1800 MHz, some 130 MBit\/s were possible.\u00a0Depending on the location, reception and network load, these values \u200b\u200bvary widely, this is completely normal.<\/p>\n

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The reception via the internal antennas is good and is clearly superior to that of most smartphones. Nevertheless, it may be useful to connect an external mobile radio antenna at some locations.\u00a0The LB1110 has two TS-9 connectors on the rear panel.\u00a0Netgear itself provides as\u00a0a passive antenna, which is also suitable for mobile use.<\/p>\n

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Software & Operation<\/h2>\n

The Netgear LB1110 can be operated from any browser.\u00a0The web interface is encrypted with a password and the PIN code for the SIM card must be entered after switching on for the first time.\u00a0On request, the router remembers the PIN, so you do not have to re-enter it every time.\u00a0By the way, the SIM card is inserted in a small compartment on the back of the LB1110, a MicroSIM is required, but a Nano SIM with adapter is also OK.<\/p>\n

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The web interface is available in several languages, looks modern, tidy and functional.\u00a0The start screen displays the most important information, such as the reception strength and the data volume consumed.\u00a0On request, a tariff can also be stored and thus the data volume can be limited, if necessary, the router even sends a warning SMS as soon as the volume has been used up.\u00a0The settings can be used to configure various functions, for example, it is possible to set the router so that only the UMTS network or the LTE network is used.\u00a0Also, it is possible in the settings to disable the LEDs on the router when they are not needed.<\/p>\n

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LB1111 Power over Ethernet<\/h2>\n

With LB1110, there is the sister model Netgear LB1111<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Compared to the LB1110, it looks identical and offers the same functions, but it also has Power over Ethernet (PoE, ie power supply over Ethernet cable).\u00a0With a PoE-capable router or switch, it is possible to operate the LB1111 modem completely without an external power supply.\u00a0This is especially interesting in buildings, where there is no socket near the modem.\u00a0 With an ideal placement of the modem and the power supply via PoE, one could dispense an external LTE antenna in many cases.<\/p>\n

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Conclusion: Netgear LB1110<\/h2>\n

The Netgear LB1110 modem is convincing by good reception, good speeds and easy operation thanks to modern software.\u00a0The connection is stable and the status LEDs are very easy to read.\u00a0If you are looking for a good LTE modem with RJ-45 LAN connection and do not want further technology such as telephone and WLAN, the LB1110 is in any case well advised.<\/p>\n

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The only fault: even if the maximum LTE speed of 150 MBit\/s in the downlink and 50 MBit\/s in the uplink would be absolutely enough, Netgear would have to face the competition from other similar faster modem such as Huawei E5771<\/a> and E5770<\/a>, ZTE MF903<\/a>. The similar models have inserted large battery and can work on the go. The only slightly more expensive\u00a0models Netgear AirCard 790<\/a>\u00a0and AirCard 810<\/a>\u00a0hotspots are more powerful and support higher LTE networks.<\/p>\n

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At IFA 2016, Netgear had presented the two LTE modems LB1110 and LB1111, and the LB1110 is finally arrived to the test around the end of December.\u00a0The LB1110 is an external LTE modem with Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 connection, but other functions such as battery operation, WLAN or a telephone interface are deliberately omitted.\u00a0The Netgear LB1110 … Continue reading Netgear LB1110 4G LTE Modem Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[349,3,35,11],"tags":[2041,2035,2032],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4108"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4119,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions\/4119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4gltemall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}