The Huawei B593 LTE discussion thread

thanks jcheek.

I'm checking that out now. strangely enough if I use the CCTV DynDNS with same settings (Connect with LAN to the B593) it updates 100%. but the thing is I want the Modem to update the DYNDNS because I wanna use it for the alarms also, so port forwarding comes to play. it's not for the CCTV only.

if I manually enter the ip address on the Dyn DNS site. bob's yer uncle all good until the next ip change.

gonna check the log on DynDNS now.
 
jcheek, once again thanks for your help and patience with ignorant people like me :-)

Quite weird, since this morning, with my B593 fitted with paddle and old external antenna, antenna set to "external", Network mode set to "4G", I'm getting STABLE 5 bars

and the Wireless Status as below (have no idea if that is good or bad..............)



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Bundu said:
jcheek, once again thanks for your help and patience with ignorant people like me :-)
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Pleasure mate!
I think very few folks on here are truly "ignorant", we just have more or less experience in different areas. I'm glad to try and help.

Bundu said:
Quite weird, since this morning, with my B593 fitted with paddle and old external antenna, antenna set to "external", Network mode set to "4G", I'm getting STABLE 5 bars
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Great!
One thing I have noticed with the B593, is that it seems to have significant "base-station memory", ie it tries to connect to where it was before. Conversely, it can take a little while to "learn" all of the base-stations in a new area and figure out which one is consistently "best".
To illustrate : When I took my B593 "station prospecting", it "saw" more base-stations in 3 hours than it probably ever will again lol. For a day or so after that, it chopped and changed between stations until it settled down again.
Bottom line in your case : perhaps it's just learning its way around your signal landscape ?

Bundu said:
and the Wireless Status as below (have no idea if that is good or bad..............)
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RSSI/RSRP/RSRQ = -51/-76/-6 is about as good as it gets!
 
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jcheek said:
Pleasure mate!
I think very few folks on here are truly "ignorant", we just have more or less experience in different areas. I'm glad to try and help.



Great!
One thing I have noticed with the B593, is that it seems to have significant "base-station memory", ie it tries to connect to where it was before. Conversely, it can take a little while to "learn" all of the base-stations in a new area and figure out which one is consistently "best".
To illustrate : When I took my B593 "station prospecting", it "saw" more base-stations in 3 hours than it probably ever will again lol. For a day or so after that, it chopped and changed between stations until it settled down again.
Bottom line in your case : perhaps it's just learning its way around your signal landscape ?


RSSI/RSRP/RSRQ = -51/-76/-6 is about as good as it gets!
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YAY! :D:whistle:
 
Just to add 2 features that I used that are not immediately apparent. Firstly if you plug in a plain old telkom phone into one of the the RJ11's and dial the number of the sim card, it will ring. However this will only work if you set network mode to auto as opposed to most of the LTE freaks who will set it to 4G only:p. The router will downgrade to 3G to facilitate the call. It however won't go back automatically to 4G again, you will have to manually do that which is a bit of a bummer. EDIT: It does revert back to 4G after a few minutes, thanks to jcheek for pointing that out.I also connected my Siemens A580IP and it also works very well. Could be a small business solution if you throw in one of those unlimited contracts.

The second is IP address reservation, which I use to remote in to my main computer, can be achieved by going into LAN menu and then bundle address list, just select the Mac address, assign the IP and submit. Works well. If this has been covered before I apologise in advance.
 
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rodga said:
cool tip with the phone calls Shanrsa!!
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+1 ! Great find!

SHANRSA said:
Firstly if you plug in a plain old telkom phone into one of the the RJ11's and dial the number of the sim card, it will ring. However this will only work if you set network mode to auto as opposed to most of the LTE freaks who will set it to 4G only :p. The router will downgrade to 3G to facilitate the call. It however won't go back automatically to 4G again, you will have to manually do that which is a bit of a bummer.
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So it does! I see that it also works for outgoing calls, provided you have some voice airtime credit (geez - what's that again?) loaded. Quite a nice voice solution without all the hassle of setting up a SIP account.

Edit: I see that my B593 does revert to 4G mode after a call - it just takes a few minutes.
 
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jcheek said:
One thing I have noticed with the B593, is that it seems to have significant "base-station memory", ie it tries to connect to where it was before. Conversely, it can take a little while to "learn" all of the base-stations in a new area and figure out which one is consistently "best".
To illustrate : When I took my B593 "station prospecting", it "saw" more base-stations in 3 hours than it probably ever will again lol. For a day or so after that, it chopped and changed between stations until it settled down again.
Bottom line in your case : perhaps it's just learning its way around your signal landscape ?
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It is not unique to B593. Any 3G modem behaves that way. It remembers your last connection and in the first attempt it tries to connect to the same tower. I wrote about this behaviour in Cell C section when modems were stuck to the specific tower not giving any throughput. By then, we could see Cell ID, here not available. ;)
 
sajunky said:
It is not unique to B593. Any 3G modem behaves that way. It remembers your last connection and in the first attempt it tries to connect to the same tower. I wrote about this behaviour in Cell C section when modems were stuck to the specific tower not giving any throughput. By then, we could see Cell ID, here not available. ;)
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I'm not referring just to the last connected base-station, but possibly to a small set of them. Or so it seemed to me.
 
jcheek said:
+1 ! Great find!





Edit: I see that my B593 does revert to 4G mode after a call - it just takes a few minutes.
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Thanks I guess I was a bit impatient, it would be nice if it could accept dual or tri sims.
 
jcheek said:
I'm not referring just to the last connected base-station, but possibly to a small set of them. Or so it seemed to me.
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These stations (and associated channel numbers) are transmitted to your device every time you connect to the tower as an alternative candidates for future handover. Modem is using information about these towers in the first place before escaping to complete network scan (which is time comsuming), so to that point your observation is correct.
 
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anybody know why it shows a channel 2 numbers smaller than the one you choose? I check with my phone and it was actually on 11 and not on 9 as stated

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Bundu said:
anybody know why it shows a channel 2 numbers smaller than the one you choose? I check with my phone and it was actually on 11 and not on 9 as stated
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That's weird - I don't see that behaviour on my 's-601.
When I select a channel number and click submit, there's a Wi-Fi re-start, and then the in-use channel number faithfully follows suit :

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My s-601 does the same as Bundu, select channel 11 shows 9, select channel 1 shows channel 3:confused:
 
B593s-601 firmware versions

Was trawling the thread last night for details of various people's firmware versions on the B593s-601 specifically.

I found the following :

User________Firmware__________________Build date____________Comment

RichardG____?_________________________?? Jul 2013
liquidskies___V200R001B180D20SP00C00___??__________________SIP problems
liquidskies___V200R001B236D10SP00C00___??__________________No SIP support at all
Bundu______V200R001B180D20SP00C00___05 Jun 2013 15:54:17__Wi-Fi channel anomaly ?
RichardG____V200R001B180D20SP00C00___05 Jun 2013 15:54:17
liquidskies___V200R001B270D00SP00C00___20 Dec 2013 17:28:08__SIP OK on this version
Azimuth_____V200R001B270D00SP00C00___20 Dec 2013 17:28:08
jcheek______V200R001B270D00SP00C00___20 Dec 2013 17:28:08__Sourced from Makro
SHANRSA___V200R001B270D00SP00C00___20 Dec 2013 17:28:08___Sourced from Edgars
mars67_____V200R001B270D00SP00C00___20 Dec 2013 17:28:08___Sourced from Telkom
Derrick_SA__V200R001B270D00SP00C00___20 Dec 2013 17:28:08

Joining the dots, it looks like some of the latest batch of cut-price imports may have come in with firmware version 'B180D20', which seems to be one version behind the 'latest known' 'B270D00'.

Joining some more dots, it seems like the 'B180D20' version has :
- A problem with VoIP (using SIP)
- A possible Wi-Fi channel-setting anomaly (Bundu has this issue - see here and here)

RichardG, SHANRSA and Derrick_SA, it would be useful if you could confirm which versions you're on ?

liquidskies seems to have done the most research in updating firmware on the B593s-601 - see here.
Edit1: I've PM'd liquidskies and asked him/her to share the firmware file or source.

Edit2: Added version details for SHANRSA. Wi-Fi channel selection is OK on his unit (B270D00).

Edit3: Added version details for a whole bunch of other folks. Thanks for the feedback, guys!
 
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yip, I had a feeling that it has something to do with the FW :cry:

Is it dangerous to update the FW (if it can be located)?

What FW have the Telkom supplied B593s-601 have? Maybe Telkom has updated FW.........
 
I see that mine is back to channel 11 showing 11 so it seems fine, I suspect it was after I disabled my WDS for a router I was trying to connect to.

Product Information
Model:B593s-601
SN:*****************
IMEI:*******************
Hardware version:Ver.B
Firmware version:V200R001B270D00SP00C00
Firmware build time: Dec 20 2013 / 17:28:08
 
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SHANRSA said:
Product Information
Model:B593s-601
SN:*****************
IMEI:*******************
Hardware version:Ver.B
Firmware version:V200R001B270D00SP00C00
Firmware build time: Dec 20 2013 / 17:28:08
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Thanks, I've updated the post.

Just to be sure : What actually happens when you guys click 'Submit' after selecting a new channel ?
Confirm your Wi-Fi re-starts with an accompanying message ?

B593 Wi-Fi restart message.jpg

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I see that mine is back to channel 11 showing 11 so it seems fine, I suspect it was after I disabled my WDS for a router I was trying to connect to.
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Ah ...
 
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yes, mine shows "Wi-Fi module is restarting" as well - My WDS is not enabled - I've emailed Huawei SA and asked for FW...... not holding my breath.....
 
"Wi-fi module restarting" as well,but I have been changing my channel now and it syncs perfectly.
 
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