The Huawei B593 LTE discussion thread

Edgars won't get again. I saw their stock system country wide and historical sales. Measly amounts per store. Like 2-5 and that's it. I'm still on a waiting list and have heard nothing. (I since found one at a Telkom Mobile store at the same price you sell)
 
Makro is now flying the Huawei flag and selling the B593 for R1,999.00. No idea what model it is. If anyone gets, please let us know?
 
Azimuth said:
Makro is now flying the Huawei flag and selling the B593 for R1,999.00. No idea what model it is. If anyone gets, please let us know?
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R2 299 outright, or an effective R1 800 if bought together with a WS322 range extender :

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No info on which model in the brochure, though :

http://www.makro.co.za/Catalogues/PDF/20_14_Office_mnat4423_lores.pdf

EDIT: This package deal came to an end on 26 May 2014, and the RRP of the B593-s601 went back up to R2 499. But as of today (11 June 2014), it's on promo for R1 999.
 
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That's odd, yesterday's flyer stated R1,999. I'd imagine that would be valid for at least a week.

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Azimuth said:
That's odd, yesterday's flyer stated R1,999. I'd imagine that would be valid for at least a week.
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Azi, your information is spot-on (as usual) !

Phoned my local Makro (Silver Lakes, Pretoria) and they confirmed they had stock of the B593, but they didn't know which model, so I went to check it out personally.

The B593+WS322 package deal (R2 499) in the flyer I attached expired on 26 May 2014. Makro Silver Lakes still had the B593 in stock, but the list price had gone up from R2 299 to R2499. But - yeehaaa! - you're right, when I carried it off to the cashier it scanned at the promo price of R1 999. So it seems that our friend Azi is better informed than even some of the Makro sales staff.

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Here's the best part : the Makro B593 devices - well, the ones in Silver Lakes, anyway - are indeed the (arguably) "best-fit" B593s-601 model.

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For those of you who were/are sitting on the B593 fence - time to make the leap!
 
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Tell me jcheek, are my images above broken? Getting tired of this. Reported multiple times now.
 
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Tell me jcheek, are my images above broken? Getting tired of this. Reported multiple times now.
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Yup, they are, I'm afraid - "Invalid Attachment specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"

Sorry mate. We definitely need a smoother way of pasting images on here!
 
Okay, I've uploaded on another forum and copied the Tapatalk links here. Ridiculous.
 
Good price it seems. What's the Wifi range on these? Is it less than average, considering they're bundling it with a range extender. Also, I saw an Alcatel One touch Y800 mobile LTE router on orange for +-R1300, wonder if that's worth the money saved
 
Azimuth said:
Fellow mybb members. This is a hardware discussion thread. Please take the red team discussions elsewhere?

In other news, Telkom rejected my warranty claim for my other B593 citing no warranty on the LTE trial issue B593's. Guess I will continue to use it as is, or install it elsewhere. So far the new B593 I bought with a 60+60GB bundle is performing identically. Including very average to bad wireless signal propagation.
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The wireless works best in very close quarters. One to two rooms, not whole house.

Personally I can't comment on the Alcatel equipment you've referenced.
 
Installation of Router

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One word of warning right up front - don't eject or insert the SIM card while the unit is on!

The unit is a breeze to setup with all vital info provided on a large label on the port side of the unit. WiFi security and SSID are predefined and okay to use. For the sake of amusing your neighbours, might I suggest: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1dvhp7/whats_the_best_wifi_name_youve_seen/ :D

While WPS is supported, it is turned off by default so a quick visit to the router's config page is required. Both WLAN and WPS have dedicated buttons on the one side of the unit - very handy indeed. The WLAN button activates/deactivates the wireless broadcast while the WPS button controls the WPS broadcast for devices that support it.

On that note, wireless on the unit is not particularly strong. I found in the config that the output power is set by default to 90%. Upping this to 100% hardly improved matters so I personally resorted to a repeating strategy. Hello WPS!

An absolute brilliant range of little devices are the Huawei WS3xx line-up. While other functions are supported, I picked up a few WS322 with the sole intention of repeating my wireless signal.

Key to a good repeating strategy is the central location of the base unit ie. the B593 LTE CPE. The repeaters are then placed at the peripheral of the WiFi range and configured to repeat the WiFi signal. This is quite a simple thing to do, of anyone needs help, just shout.

Since I have quite a large residence, I opted to deploy 3 * WS322 in Repeater Mode. This worked brilliantly but I did notice a few quirks I'm still unsure of. For instance, occasionally I'll get no traffic on the network. Through trial and error I found that by unplugging one or two repeaters, and later plugging them back in, solved the problem. It seems to me that too many WS322 units screws up routing in the network but this is only a hunch. I had an idea that my B593 LTE CPE may be faulty so it has actually been returned and I've got a new one now. I'll report back if this phenomenon persists.

Another oddity I've discovered is that speeds are bets when right up close, or directly connected, to the B593. For instance, my gaming PC is only 1.5 metres away and, while still on wireless, obtains much much better speeds than my phone or tablet. Speedtest have always maintained *not* to test speeds over wireless and I guess this is one of the reasons why.

One major gripe, and Huawei are not alone in this, is that there is no app for controlling the B593. Configuring the unit over a phone is a chore in microfiche efficiency. PLEASE HUAWEI BRING US AN APP FOR THE B593!
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Hi, does this router come with an installation disk or do you have to go online to an IP like 192.168.1.1?
 
Hi out there

I bought the B593s from a Telkom shop about four months back. I have been running the device successfully except for the fact that I am unable to hear callers when they call in. I have VOIP SIP setup through VOX. I can make crystal clear calls out to any number but as mentioned not able to hear the callers whole dial in. I have spent month trying different things to no effect. I have tried a different SIM from a different ISP with the same problem. The router is running firmware from Jun 5 2013. A colleague of mine bought the exact same router as mine but with a firmware version from December 2013. We set up the B593 exactly the same and where able to make and receive calls with no problem.
Does anyone know where we can get the latest firmware for B593s-601. The auto update functionality states that it is running the latest firmware. Huawei doesn't even acknowledge that they have such a model on any of their site. I think this is a special batch of routers for Telkom.

Any help would be much appreciated
 
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Hi, I believe the device is configured correctly, I am utilising the SIP ports on the router so there is no need for port forwarding and secondly I configured a second device with a later firmware exactly the same and the calls work 100%
 
liquidskies said:
Hi, I believe the device is configured correctly, I am utilising the SIP ports on the router so there is no need for port forwarding and secondly I configured a second device with a later firmware exactly the same and the calls work 100%
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My apologies. :)
 
No problem, I am sure the later firmware will resolve my issue, spent hours trying to find a later version. proving to be very illusive
 
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