The Huawei B593 LTE discussion thread

So here is a question


Will my B593 work on the new Rain LTE-A?

I would like to test the new Rain system but do not want to spend the R2500 on Huawei B618
 
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never mind

I found on the afrihost website

Can I use the included SIM Card in another device?
No. The included SIM Card will be configured to only work with the Huawei B618 Wireless Router. This means that the SIM Card will NOT work if you put it into another device (for example a Mobile Wi-Fi device).
 
hi all

i have a mtn sharelink b593s-22 lte router.

i want to debrand/flash firmware to huawei universal firmware. please advise on a reliable post/procedure i can follow to do this.

also by doing the above will i be able to get ussd function
 
Use router as Wifi extender

Hi everyone. I now have a wifi connection with Nepic after my TLE contract ran out with Telkom. I need a range extender in the house and was wondering if and how to setup this HUAWEI-B593 router as a range extender. I am sure it must be possible but don't have any idea where to start.
Will appreciate some help, please.
 
DeonH said:
Use router as Wifi extender

Hi everyone. I now have a wifi connection with Nepic after my TLE contract ran out with Telkom. I need a range extender in the house and was wondering if and how to setup this HUAWEI-B593 router as a range extender. I am sure it must be possible but don't have any idea where to start.
Will appreciate some help, please.
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I don't think you can use it as a wifi extender. You could possibly run a network cable to the router and then make its SSID and password the same as the Nepic. But if a cable is not an option you going to have to get a device specific for the task. Most routers do not have the option to connect to another wifi and "extend the signal"
 
Thank you for the reply.
Last night I remembered that I still have my TP-Link N600 TD-W8980 ADSL router. I did some research and managed to change it into an extender. :D
 
is it possible with The HUAWEI B593 Router to Remotely Login to it?? is there a way to Access it over the internet? not only LAN.
 
CooperX said:
is there no Way to Remotely login to the HUAWEI B593?? over the internet.
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Nothing inherently built in that I know of, but it shouldn't be too hard to implement. Have you tried using the port forwarding feature to relay port 80 to the router's own LAN IP address?
 
So i had telkom install an external atenna. Due to low speeds on telkom lte. Since the installation speeds went up but my ping went to hell. Up to 300ms local servers. They did a line of sight test and setup. The stock atennas does better. Why would this happen.

Secondly. With stock atennas the router connects default to 2300Mhz..great ping and download with poor upload. How can i make it connect to 1800Mhz.
 
Hi

So I recently got a Zyxel router for fibre.

It seems the LTE and ADSL routers like my Hauwei B593 do not have the WAN port that is needed to connect to the fibre box.

Now can I use the Hauwei B593 as a repeater to extend my wifi range? I can't find anything in the firmware or menus to suggest this, but figured it is theoretically possible

I'd appreciate any info.



Ross
 
Hi Guys. Could anyone point me in the right direction?

I'm trying to get to a different control panel for my Huawei B593u-12

Somehow i changed the control panel by trying to do a firmware update but not a standard one.

After being frustrated with not being able to get the thing working after about 10 wasted hours i decided to try a random upgrade. I found a link to some firmware in a forum where a guy had described how to perform an unlocking via a seemingly complicated process on a PC. well as i was out of energy and neither do i have a pc i just downloaded the firmware and performed the upgrade via the control panel that i was using.

Anyway it appeared to actually have done something but when the router restarted i had no wifi connection. I decided to do a reset.
The next time i managed to get it to connect to the control panel the controls were different. This time i could change different settings but some settings were no longer there. For example the internal / external antenna setting was not available. And instead of 3G LTE options i had LTE, WCDMA, or GSM options.
I have seen pics of a control panel that has 2G 3G 4G as options under the internet settings pane and i was kind hoping for that one and also hoping it would have the internal external antenna settings.
I have no idea how the control panel is set. Is it to do with the firmware? Is it sent down the internet automatically? Sorry for being totally clueless.
Anyway i am not having much luck. I have 2 log periodic antenna 900-2600Mhz and getting speeds below 1Mbps

I live in France and am using the Free mobile network which is partnered with orange. I think i am basically roaming on Orange the whole time. But 3G will not work. I can sometimes connect with one bar but i get nothing on the speed test etc.
i have all bars lit with the WCDMA or GSM, WCDMA seems to work better but it is slow.
I think i'm stuffed with this sim card to be honest. I am fairly sure that the free signal is not strong enough so it roams to orange and i think orange does not allow 3G. However on my iphone it says 3G.
I am thinking to scrap the router idea and just wire an external antenna to an old iphone and use it as a hotspot. This is the second 3G router i've tried and to no avail. So around 30 hours wasted in problem solving and research between the two hotspot devices not to mention the money and time spent buying and building antenna.
I'm totally peeved and ready to sell the whole kit.
Thanks for any ideas or encouragement.
James
 
Can anyone please assist me.

I have a B593 router, i recently moved house and according to Telkom's coverage map there was no LTE in my new area but they advised I would get at least 4mbps. I constantly do speed tests and my download speeds sometimes do not even reach 1mbps, whereas my uploads are 2/3/4mbps. I have tried moving the router all over the house and still nothing, the best I got was 4.5mbps in 3 months.

I was advised by telkom that external antennas will help regardless of what their coverage map says. Can anyone please help with pointing me in the right direction? Will this help? Where can I find these antennas and what do they cost? Lastly, do I need a specialist to fit them or can i do so myself?

Thanks peeps!
 
For Telkom you need router with support for band 40 TDD 2600MHz. Check your router specs, probably does not.
 
fragtion said:
Band 40, yes - but that's =2300MHz, not 2600 :)
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Sorry, right. So get a router that will use this frequency. These days you need do that since the Telkom started to use 1800MHz as well. I don't know you can force band 40 on B593.
 
Tiago_1024 said:
Can anyone please assist me.

I have a B593 router, i recently moved house and according to Telkom's coverage map there was no LTE in my new area but they advised I would get at least 4mbps. I constantly do speed tests and my download speeds sometimes do not even reach 1mbps, whereas my uploads are 2/3/4mbps. I have tried moving the router all over the house and still nothing, the best I got was 4.5mbps in 3 months.

I was advised by telkom that external antennas will help regardless of what their coverage map says. Can anyone please help with pointing me in the right direction? Will this help? Where can I find these antennas and what do they cost? Lastly, do I need a specialist to fit them or can i do so myself?

Thanks peeps!
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Hi Tiago,

I can assist in installing an External LTE Antenna, However, Antenna and installation is costly depening on the difficulty of the installations and other factors. Should you be interested in getting an assesment done, provided you are in the jhb area, I will be glad to assist you and provide more information.
 
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