The Huawei B593 LTE discussion thread

[jcheek]

Howzit guys, don't know a lot about LTE routers but if I can get a Huawei B593s-601 for R300 (second hand obviously), is that a good deal? Or are they very outdated and better to look at newer models?

The B593 is a dated, but solid performer for 4G/LTE on Telkom's 2300MHz TDD network, and MTN and Vodacom's 1800MHz FDD networks. It does not support LTE-A, but under real-world conditions, you can get close to 100Mbps DL (which is the maximum its 10/100 ethernet ports will support anyway). In reality the speed constraint is much more likely to arise from a bottleneck on the base station or network than on the device itself.
The B593-s601 is probably the most common sub-model you will come across. For guidance on specific sub-models and what networks and frequencies are supported by each, read the OP.

 

[Totempole]

The B593 is a dated, but solid performer for 4G/LTE on Telkom's 2300MHz TDD network, and MTN and Vodacom's 1800MHz FDD networks. It does not support LTE-A, but under real-world conditions, you can get close to 100Mbps DL (which is the maximum its 10/100 ethernet ports will support anyway). In reality the speed constraint is much more likely to arise from a bottleneck on the base station or network than on the device itself.
The B593-s601 is probably the most common sub-model you will come across. For guidance on specific sub-models and what networks and frequencies are supported by each, read the OP.

This is true, I get about 70Mbps on MTN using an LTE connection with this router, but regardless, it will still be blocked if it's used with an MTN Fixed LTE SIM.

 

[Mboozi]

How do I solve the 'call in progress' problem that makes it to configure the B593 router

 

[Totempole]

How do I solve the 'call in progress' problem that makes it to configure the B593 router

You need to be a bit more specific.

 

[crawler]

Morning,

Hope someone can help

I have B593s-601

I am getting the following error with rain sim:

Connection failed with error code 3254

And the other issues I have sometimes it looks like the router restarts continuously, Power and Wlan lights comes on with red mode light and few seconds later all the lights come one and then back to those 3 and round and round

 

[crawler]

Without the sim it starts up and and I can access it, as soon as I put the sim in it goes into this boot loop

 

[crawler]

After 3 days of battling found the following:

If no wifi or lan device is connected to it, it does not reboot

As soon as you connect via wifi to it or with lan cable it starts rebooting and only stops when disconnecting from it, only power light stays on

Rain sim is connected and shows full signal on device

Anyone experienced this or know of a fix I can try?

I can only log into it with the sim not inserted, thrn it stays on via lan or wifi connection

 

[airborne]

Thread resurrection!
I picked up a B593s-22 to use as a backup device on MTN prepaid and it'll only connect at 4Mbps but upload at 21Mbps whereas my B618s in the same location will be doing 50Mbps down and 20Mbps up.
Any ideas on what could be the issue, it should be a lot faster than that on the downloads, especially seeing it matches the upload speeds of the B618s so it's getting plenty signal?

This model:
HUAWEI B593s-22: FDD DD800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz & TDD 2600MHz (Cat4)

 

[Bufamotis]

Thread resurrection!
I picked up a B593s-22 to use as a backup device on MTN prepaid and it'll only connect at 4Mbps but upload at 21Mbps whereas my B618s in the same location will be doing 50Mbps down and 20Mbps up.
Any ideas on what could be the issue, it should be a lot faster than that on the downloads, especially seeing it matches the upload speeds of the B618s so it's getting plenty signal?

This model:
HUAWEI B593s-22: FDD DD800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz & TDD 2600MHz (Cat4)

I seem to get similar up and down results to yours, on mine - using Afrihost sim - no ideas why though

 

[Totempole]

I seem to get similar up and down results to yours, on mine - using Afrihost sim - no ideas why though

I have a B593s-601 and I easily get 60Mbps down and 25Mbps up on MTN. For some reason it's always slower on Afrihost, but speeds are still pretty decent there too.

 

[AfriNatic]

I have a B593s-601 and I easily get 60Mbps down and 25Mbps up on MTN. For some reason it's always slower on Afrihost, but speeds are still pretty decent there too.

We are currently working with MTN on an issue that is causing slower than usual speeds when clients use Afrihost.