Afrihost Mobile Feedback Thread

[ld13]

Um, unable to establish connection now. Anyone?

Cannot comment unfortunately. My 2+3 is in hibernation till the December holidays when I'll activate the SIM again. Kept it active for the exam period that ended ... yesterday

 

[NeonNinja]

Ok, sorted.

 

[SlowInternet]

Doing the same with my remaining 1.3GB. Running at a smooth 850-1000kB/s

Edit: Make that 1.3MB/s
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You're lucky with those speeds, I think I lost about 2 gigs of data because my speeds are so slow and I couldn't use it

 

[DTBA]

Has anyone managed to hack 'n slash antenna's onto the E5331 ?
I made a "ghetto" version of an antenna last night which improved the speed quite drastically - but would like to purchase an antenna rather -_-

If I needed one I would love one of theses

http://www.otto.co.za/index.php?page=product&p=879&product=3g-gsm-900-1800-mhz-yagi-24dbi-with-cable!

 

[Ockie]

It is sad to only see 3+7 again on my afrihost app.

 

[bwana]

Um, unable to establish connection now. Anyone?

Mine's working just fine.

 

[rph72]

It is sad to only see 3+7 again on my afrihost app.



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True, last month was Afrihost Awesome.

 

[SlowInternet]

I'm struggling again with speed as usual

 

[Newb-lite]

my speed is still unusable slow. Through router , mifi , phone ... no diffs. (also no pm replies yet.)

 

[NeonNinja]

You're lucky with those speeds, I think I lost about 2 gigs of data because my speeds are so slow and I couldn't use it

What happened to the other 30 days of the month?

Mine's working just fine.

Sorted.

 

[NeonNinja]

my speed is still unusable slow. Through router , mifi , phone ... no diffs. (also no pm replies yet.)

Yep, speeds not up to scratch... I usually get 10-13Mbps but now only 2.5Mbps local.

 

[Schmark]

Connection Failed

Hi everyone,

My first post, so apologies if it is in the wrong thread.

My afrihost MTN simcard arrived yesterday (yay) and I bought an e3551 Huawei device as well.

The modem is lighting up, suggesting it works. But everytime I go to the device admin screen, it says 'Connecting..." for ages, which then turns into "Connection failed. Invalid profile. Contact your" etc.

I am really excited to get up and running with Afrihost, can anyone help?

Thanks!

 

[Ockie]

Hi everyone,

My first post, so apologies if it is in the wrong thread.

My afrihost MTN simcard arrived yesterday (yay) and I bought an e3551 Huawei device as well.

The modem is lighting up, suggesting it works. But everytime I go to the device admin screen, it says 'Connecting..." for ages, which then turns into "Connection failed. Invalid profile. Contact your" etc.

I am really excited to get up and running with Afrihost, can anyone help?

Thanks!

Check in your connection settings that your apn is set to afrihost and the number to dial is *99#

 

[Newb-lite]

Yep, speeds not up to scratch... I usually get 10-13Mbps but now only 2.5Mbps local.

lucky bugger ... i always get 0.5 mb ... /cry

 

[Newb-lite]

Yep, speeds not up to scratch... I usually get 10-13Mbps but now only 2.5Mbps local.

lucky bugger ... i always get 0.5 mb ... /cry

 

[Azimuth]

The whole friggin night. No data connection. I've done countless reboots and toggled the evil LTE switch. What's also interesting is that on my iPad, the Afrihost app just crashes if I try access those same two accounts.

While I lost some data due to being "locked out", I'm happy to report that everything is 100% this morning and of course with new data bundles loaded.

 

[NeonNinja]

Well, it's raining in P.E Walmer Park, and it's quite overcast! :twisted:, perhaps it's that...

 

[Schmark]

Thanks Ockie,

So it looks like I was running on an automatic MTN APN. Any idea of what to fill into the other fields? So if I create a new 'profile' in the device admin, it requires the following:

Profile Name:
APN:
Username:
Password:

Is it just 'afrihost' and 'password'?

Thanks!

 

[Ockie]

Thanks Ockie,

So it looks like I was running on an automatic MTN APN. Any idea of what to fill into the other fields? So if I create a new 'profile' in the device admin, it requires the following:

Profile Name:
APN:
Username:
Password:

Is it just 'afrihost' and 'password'?

Thanks!

Just put in afrihost for the apn. others leave it blank

 

[Schmark]

Brilliant!

Thanks dude.

Now to find the sweet spot in the flat