The Huawei E5186 LTE-A discussion thread

curtisgeils said:
I was wondering if anyone know how to turn the E5186 Router into a wireless repeater so that it can work with the B618 Router.
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No, you can't. E5186 do not have such feature, probably the same with B618. Huawei has some proprietary repeaters to this routers, I don't remember model numbers. If you don't use Huawei repeaters, the only way to extend range is by Ethernet cable.
 
Is the E5186-61a even sold by Telkom anymore? They seem to be pushing the B315's quite a lot.

Does anyone know what the replacement LTE-A model for the E5186 is if it is indeed no longer being sold?
 
ripclaw said:
Is the E5186-61a even sold by Telkom anymore? They seem to be pushing the B315's quite a lot.

Does anyone know what the replacement LTE-A model for the E5186 is if it is indeed no longer being sold?
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1. No.
2. B525s-23a replace E5186s-22a. I haven't seen in SA.
 
Checking further, I think the model that we'll be getting in the future is the B525s-65a.
 
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I received my B315 from Afrihost today and it has been on now for about 6 hours and has still not connected to the RAIN network. What is a reasonable time to accept before I start rattling Afrihost's chain?
 
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I've managed to get hold of a E5186 to replace my current B593s. When I switch routers I don't seem to get any speed boost, although I am in a LTE-A coverage area (according to Telkom coverage map). Is there any way to see if I'm connecting to a LTE or LTE-A signal?
 
Speedster said:
I've managed to get hold of a E5186 to replace my current B593s. When I switch routers I don't seem to get any speed boost, although I am in a LTE-A coverage area (according to Telkom coverage map). Is there any way to see if I'm connecting to a LTE or LTE-A signal?
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Do you have proper version compatible with all Telkom LTE-A frequency bands?
 
sajunky said:
Full model number tells you. Not far away, read first page.
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I've got the E5186s-61a, which IIUC should be compatible with all the frequency bands. Is there any way to see if I'm on LTE or LTE-A from the router itself (perhaps on one of the device information pages)?
 
Speedster said:
I've got the E5186s-61a, which IIUC should be compatible with all the frequency bands. Is there any way to see if I'm on LTE or LTE-A from the router itself (perhaps on one of the device information pages)?
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It is compatible, but not in LTE-A, but standard LTE mode.

It looks strange, so I must clarify. This model is not a 'super' model (as claimed on the first page), as it only support intra band CA (carrier aggregation) TDD 2300MHz (band 40), but not in FDD 1800MHz nor any other way (between FDD and TDD bands) as the model E5186-22a do.

It means that you must be under TDD 2300MHz LTE-A coverage to get faster speeds to the B315s. And now it comes to answering the second part. I don't think you can see the current band, but you can force specific bands using E5186 Toolbox http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...x-for-new-Huawei-HiLink-devices-(E5186-B315s)

You can also use this tool on the B315s-936, it supports the same Telkom bands. Compare behaviour and signal strenght indicators on each band, it may be something wrong with this router.
 
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sajunky said:
It is compatible, but not in LTE-A, but standard LTE mode.

It looks strange, so I must clarify. This model is not a 'super' model (as claimed on the first page), as it only support intra band CA (carrier aggregation) TDD 2300MHz (band 40), but not in FDD 1800MHz nor any other way (between FDD and TDD bands) as the model E5186-22a do.

It means that you must be under TDD 2300MHz LTE-A coverage to get faster speeds to the B315s. And now it comes to answering the second part. I don't think you can see the current band, but you can force specific bands using E5186 Toolbox http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...x-for-new-Huawei-HiLink-devices-(E5186-B315s)

You can also use this tool on the B315s-936, it supports the same Telkom bands. Compare behaviour and signal strenght indicators on each band, it may be something wrong with this router.
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Thanks. That clarifies things, sort of. Actually I'm more confused than ever but at least I know the router isn't actually an LTE-A router. Is the B618 an authentic LTE-A router?

Also, I'm on a Mac - any chance there's a Mac version of that toolbox available?
 
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Speedster said:
Thanks. That clarifies things, sort. Actually I'm more confused than ever but at least I know the router isn't actually an LTE-A router. Is the B618 an authentic LTE-A router?

Also, I'm on a Mac - any chance there's a Mac version of that toolbox available?
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Yep, the B618 is an LTE-A router.
 
Speedster said:
Thanks. That clarifies things, sort. Actually I'm more confused than ever but at least I know the router isn't actually an LTE-A router. Is the B618 an authentic LTE-A router?

Also, I'm on a Mac - any chance there's a Mac version of that toolbox available?
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Actually it is LTE-A router, but only in the band TDD 2300MHz. B618 is a newer one and should cover more bands.

On MAC you can use curl utility to send commands to the router. E5186 Tollbox is using the same HiLink API. It is more effort on the start, but you can create batch files.

Here is a link to E5186 API: https://blog.hqcodeshop.fi/archives/259-Huawei-E5186-AJAX-API.html
 
sajunky said:
Actually it is LTE-A router, but only in the band TDD 2300MHz. B618 is a newer one and should cover more bands.

On MAC you can use curl utility to send commands to the router. E5186 Tollbox is using the same HiLink API. It is more effort on the start, but you can create batch files.

Here is a link to E5186 API: https://blog.hqcodeshop.fi/archives/259-Huawei-E5186-AJAX-API.html
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Thanks. Although I'm now even more confused. It seems you and sajunky have contrary opinions on whether the E5186 will work as a LTE-A modern on Telkom?
 
sajunky said:
Actually it is LTE-A router, but only in the band TDD 2300MHz. B618 is a newer one and should cover more bands.

On MAC you can use curl utility to send commands to the router. E5186 Tollbox is using the same HiLink API. It is more effort on the start, but you can create batch files.

Here is a link to E5186 API: https://blog.hqcodeshop.fi/archives/259-Huawei-E5186-AJAX-API.html
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I'm trying to access the API but keep running into a the following error code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<error>
<code>125002</code>
<message></message>
</error>
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EDIT: If I browse to <router ip>/api/net/net-mode on Chrome I get the following: 00 3FFFFFFF 44
But what does that mean?
 
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So a bit of Googling has led me to the (possibly erroneous) conclusion that band 44 is TDD 700 which. I have a Poynting XPOL-0006 antenna which I don't believe is compatible with this band so. So I guess I'll need to find a way to force to 2300Mhz?
 
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