WinegardGW-1000 Gateway 4G LTE WiFi Router

Easy ceiling mount and setup. Not 5g but fits my needs. ATT SIM card comes with unit but expensive and useless limited data. I ordered the Verizon SIM card and get 300GB data for $109 month.

Purchased a new RV that came with the Air 360+ already installed. Bought the GW-1000 and installed. Connected to home network and am getting less than 10 Mbps with over 70% signal strength. So slow I can barely load the Google search page. Contacted Winegard on multiple occasions and they finally told me that's how it is on the 2.4ghz band and they are working on a 5ghz device. I asked them if it would speed up if I got a SIM card and tried a 4g LTE network and the gal said no, that is what I should expect. I questioned why their website said 450 Mbps for WiFi and 150 Mbps for LTE/4G and she was surprised. I purchased a Netgear A7000 USB WiFi stick that is getting amazing speeds. It is on the 5 ghz band but with how much Winegard and the RV industry tout their devices I would think they should work more than dial-up did back in the 90s. Of course they will return it but I will be left with 4 screw holes in the roof of a brand new RV, not desirable. Do not purchase this thinking you can do much with it. A complete waste of money. I highly recommend the Netgear A7000 though, much cheaper and works amazingly.

I'm really happy with the cell reception and the WiFi router functions. We are able to use for two trailer connections when we are parked next to each other. I'm in ATT and we haven't had any reception issues. My trailer was prewired for the unit so it was really easy to install.

I purchased this router in June 2023 to add to my new travel trailer, which was preinstalled with the Air 360+ TV/WiFi antenna. At the time installation went well, and initial use with the preinstalled FreedomGo SIM card and AT&T service was OK. Speeds were not great, and my phone's hotspot (also AT&T) was much faster. Lots of buffering when watching YouTube TV, and the device restarted often. There were many times when we were using our Internet service OK, then something appeared to hang up, only to check our device's WiFi settings to see that we were no longer connected to the GW-1000 via WiFi. With AT&T service, our speed tests results were in the 2-5 MB.Eventually I gave up and began trying other options. I added a 50GB/month SIM from my own AT&T service plan, which only solved the issue of getting a separate billing from FreedomGo. I ordered an Inseego 3000 hotspot with T-Mobile 5G service and unlimited data, available to FMCA members for $59.99 per month. That worked well in areas with cellular data service, but not in areas with poor quality service. We are in Texas so the quality of cell service diminishes greatly when you are in the western half of the state, away from major roads. In populated areas, we could get 150-300 Mbps service consistently, but in rural areas we were still getting much lower speeds, typically in the 3-6 Mbps range.I purchased a Starlink Gen 3 Standard kit during the 2024 sale, and so far we've been satisfied with it, except for when the trailer is in storage (covered, powered storage with metal walls and roof). Starlink needs a few hours to get consistent speeds, but now in rural areas we are getting service around 300 Mbps, but now in the urban areas we are getting speeds around 20 Mbps.With the introduction of RV Halo, and the October firmware upgrade for the GW-1000, I wanted to try the device again. I was able to transfer the T-Mobile SIM from the Inseego device to the GW-1000 (using the old sim's punch out to contain the new SIM, so the T-Mobile micro sim could go in the standard SIM slot in the GW-1000), and that detected right away and connects at much faster speeds. On the Starlink, I separated the networks to 2 and 5 GHz networks, and connected the GW-1000 to the 2 GHz network. This is supposed to improve compatibility for devices that only support 2 GHz WiFi networks. I then set the GW-1000 to use both connections at the same time. Speeds are now around 16-20 Mbps, which is acceptable but not ideal.Overall this is a compromise I'm willing to accept. RV Halo just introduced the ability to connect remote sensors ('smart home' type devices) such as temperature/humidity, water, motion, and contact (door/window open), along with an Alexa voice assistant and integrations with other vendors' products such as solar controllers, door locks, etc. Having the FMCA T-Mobile service with unlimited data while in storage gives me the ability to geofence my trailer and get alerts if there is an issue. I expect that for many use cases, the T-Mobile service alone will be sufficient, but having Starlink available for some of the more remote trips, stopping that service for long periods, is a great backup option.This is a good device for weekend warriors who take different types of trips and want to stay connected to relatives or social media. A true remote worker road warrior will probably need something heftier, if only for the stability. The theoretical max speed for 4G service over 2.5 GHz is around 150 Mbps, but actual speeds delivered will be lower.I think the potential to get water leak alerts or temperature alerts is a giant benefit for pet owners or those who need to store their RVs away from home. That benefit offsets a lot of the frustration that I've experienced until this point.At this time Winegard's 5G mobile offerings are very expensive, and this device is a good consumer-quality multi-wan router with dual-SIM slots, WiFi (bridge and extender), and LAN/WAN ports, offering some great failover options. The best thing you can do is use the FreedomGo plans initially and see which providers offer the best service. Also check and make sure the antenna wires are plugged in securely. It's not going to beat the service you might expect at home, but it should offer a reliable connection over a wide variety of journeys.I expect most of the issues that people have with this device are inherent to the 2.5 GHz service, not specifically this product or manufacturer. In the past, before I had 5GHz service at home, I would experience frequent disconnections and home WiFi was not a consistent or pleasant experience.

This sounded like an ideal solution. Our regular campground has public WiFi that can get overloaded on busy weekends, and then I have to resort to using my portable MiFi device, which only works outside the camper, because the single is too weak in the mountainous area we are in. So this looked like an excellent option allowing a seamless way to switch between the campground WiFi and my cellular service when needed. Hooking up the device was a piece of cake. The fact that our new camper was prewired and had the Winegard AIR 360+ installed made it incredibly easy to physically install and get going.Unfortunately it got complicated from there. I was not able to get the WiFi working correctly with our campground's public WiFi, despite having a good signal. It seemed to get stuck due to the face that our campground has a captive portal on its WiFi network (where when you first access the WiFi, you have to agree to the services Terms and Conditions), before your device will be able to communicate to the public internet. Unfortunately, no matter what I tried, I could not get the portal's T&C page to load, and thus was not able to get the gateway to become authorized and go online. When I tried it with a different WiFi which was simply private and thus password protected, it work immediately and worked very well.I decided to try to put a Verizon SIM card in the gateway and try using that. After going through a couple steps for setup, it worked immediately. Actually, it worked much better than when we had our phones outside the camper on the Verizon LTE network directly. It seemed that the added height of the antenna on the AIR 360+ made a world of difference in out location and the connection to Verizon was rock solid and worked excellent.This was a tough choice, as I am pretty confident I would eventually be able to figure out what the hang up with the campground's active portal was preventing this from working with the GW-1000 right away. However, the return window was closing soon on the Amazon order and I just had discovered the option of the WiFi Ranger Gateway being available. So I decided to return the GW-1000 and try the other gateway.BTW, the pre-wired cables coming off of the AIR 360+ are three MCX male connectors. The yellow and green connect to the 4G LTE antenna, and the red is for the external WiFi antenna. The remaining cable on our Keystone camper was the 12V line which was already pre-wired to a switch on the TV/Media center. Thus for those with a little knowledge of these things, it would be easy to use with other devices and the appropriate adaptors for the external antennas.

Product was shipped very quickly received in 3 days easy to install Thanks

I decided to spend the 500$ Canadian to put this on my RV. Hook up was fairly simple but the quality of the product is terrible. I hooked it to my home wifi internet to test it, the signal was very disappointing. The wifi signal to my phone was 300 mbp and when I switched it to the Winegard it was only 13mbp. That is not enough to even stream on my firestick. I called support and they tried troubleshooting and said that is a normal signal for the Winegard. I will get better signal tethering it to my phone or using the campground wifi. I was told it would boost your signal which it does not at all. I am hoping I can return it as it is a total waste of money.

Here in Canada I use a Rogers Rocket Hub (ZTE MF275), inside my RV I get 2 bars (40%) LTE signal with the ISP portable hub. With the Winegard GW-1000 connected to the roof top Winegard Air 360+ I got only 3G 28% signal strength with the same service at the same location with about 1/4 of the speed compared to the Rocket Hub.Didn't have a chance to use it as a wireless bridge. I'm glad I did not mount it permanently (no holes done in my new RV ceiling) it is being returned for a refund.

I wanted it to boost cell service data, but you really do need a sim card. And you need to cut a hole in your trailer wall to install the on-off switch. Too much.

Not as advertised. Sold me a refurbished unit with an IMEI number that could not be used. A complete waste of my time and energy trying to get this activated through the ISP.Refund requested.