Tp-Link MR3220 and Cell C

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Veyron786

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Hi Guys, need some help here. I recently purchased a Tp-Link MR3220 router to use in conjunction with my a Huawei E1752 broadband modem.

Problem is the router seems to freeze up and reboot every time I start browsing.
I tried various setting disabling wifi, using different 3G setting but to no avail.
The closest thing I came to resolving was to enable bandwidth management on the router, I was then able to browse for about 1 whole minute before it bombed out.
When the connection is idle the router is fine, the problem only arises when data traffic is passed through the modem.

Anyone experience a similar issue or is running a similar set-up?
 
If the router itself is hanging then it sounds like you have a faulty router.

I have had one for two years, which I mostly use with an E1820. It is on continuously and runs happily for weeks at a time. The problems I have seen have mostly been Cell C related. The router has never hung.

I also have an E1752, which I find sometimes loses connection (the modem hangs up to the flashing blue light state) after several hours.

Is the modem plugged directly into the router or are you using a USB extension cable? These modems are quite sensitive to the quality of the power supply, but that would not cause the router to crash.
 
SDM said:
If the router itself is hanging then it sounds like you have a faulty router.

I have had one for two years, which I mostly use with an E1820. It is on continuously and runs happily for weeks at a time. The problems I have seen have mostly been Cell C related. The router has never hung.

I also have an E1752, which I find sometimes loses connection (the modem hangs up to the flashing blue light state) after several hours.

Is the modem plugged directly into the router or are you using a USB extension cable? These modems are quite sensitive to the quality of the power supply, but that would not cause the router to crash.
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The thing is my colleagues and I bought three and two of us are experiencing the same issue with the cell c stick. The third has yet to test he's.

It does seem like the router is hanging, all the active light will go solid for about a sec or two after which the modem's blue light will turn off and the router resets.

The modem is plugged directly into the USB slot on the modem
 
Veyron786 said:
I've updated to the latest firmware already, are you saying I should try one prior to the version that shipped?
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Well, if it worked with a previous firmware, then it is well worth it to go back. The guys at TP-Link don't really add revolutionary features to their firmware, so there is no real point to upgrade. If your modem is supported in a previous firmware version and it works, then stick to it.
 
I use the MR3220 with my E1820. When I was on cell c I maybe had to reset it once every week or 2 (reboot on the web interface). With 8ta I get a lot less signal and it seems I was having to reset it once every day or 3. This past week I have to reset it about 5 times a day though :(
 
No. It has settings for MTN and CellC built in. Either one still works with 8ta.
 
I got a a Huawei E1752 from Cell C a while back.

I feel it overheats too much and so the connection goes at a snails pace/ stops transferring data when connected even to my PC for a while. Either it is a bad modem or there is a design issue with it.

So when i use it with my MR3220, i get disconnected every so often. So i use my old vodafone usb stick and it works fine, connection is 3.6mbps, but i run it for months without requiring a reboot of the router
 
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