What's a good replacement for a Huawei B618s-22d 4G Router?

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My Huawei B618s-22d 4G Router has been near flawless for years, rock stable and fast but they have a common problem where as they get older they can't save the system setting so every time you reboot them they loose all the settings. I use it on a UPS so that problem is largely mitigated but it's still a pita because sometimes a reboot/power cycle is handy if the tower that it's currently connected to is congested or similar.

It's a router from around 2017 so now in 2025 what's a good replacement?
It needs a few LAN ports and must have minimum Cat 11 carrier aggregation, ideally more than that and I'll be using it on MTN.
Budget around R1k give or take.
Thanks in advance!
 
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r00igev@@r said:
Teltonika.

Never ever buy a Huawei unless its to moer it stukkend using a hammer.
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My Huawei B618s-22d has worked near flawlessly but what is Teltonika, I've never heard of that brand?
And what model do you recommend, they look damn expensive and more for commercial use?

I've updated the op with my budget - I'm budgeting on under R1k, I can also get another 2nd Huawei B618s-22d for R500.
 
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airborne said:
My Huawei B618s-22d has worked near flawlessly but what is Teltonika, I've never heard of that brand?
And what model do you recommend, they look damn expensive and more for commercial use?

I've updated the op with my budget - I'm budgeting on under R1k, I can also get another 2nd Huawei B618s-22d for R500.
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www.geewiz.co.za

Teltonika Industrial LTE Wi-Fi IoT Router with VPN and I/O- MediaTek Chipset

1 x WAN, 1 X LAN, 802.11n built-in AP, Digital I/O, 1 x SIM Slot, DC Input, External LTE/Wi-Fi Ant.
www.geewiz.co.za www.geewiz.co.za

Its based on openwrt and is a rock solid solution for connectivity to mobile networks.

If you want to be compromised or ransomed, go ahead and use Huawei.
 
r00igev@@r said:
www.geewiz.co.za

Teltonika Industrial LTE Wi-Fi IoT Router with VPN and I/O- MediaTek Chipset

1 x WAN, 1 X LAN, 802.11n built-in AP, Digital I/O, 1 x SIM Slot, DC Input, External LTE/Wi-Fi Ant.
www.geewiz.co.za www.geewiz.co.za

Its based on openwrt and is a rock solid solution for connectivity to mobile networks.

If you want to be compromised or ransomed, go ahead and use Huawei.
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I'm quite fond of being compromised 😐
How would using a Huawei router allow my pc's to be ransomed or otherwise compromised?

Unfortunately it's just not in the budget to pay R3700 for a router but thanks for the recommendation, I'll keep an eye out for them maybe a decently priced 2nd one will crop up.

Wait a sec that router you linked to is only CAT 4 and b/g/n class wifi with only 1 Wan/1 Lan port, so the internet speeds will be dog slow and I'll need to also a buy a decent wireless router to use with it?!
 
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airborne said:
What vulnerabilities are they utilising in the Hauwei routers in particular to facilitate the attacks?
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Need it for fixed lte or just for backup internet?
 
Surely there must be something a bit better available than a 2017 router?
What 4G routers are the networks currently doling out with their 4G products?
 
airborne said:
What vulnerabilities are they utilising in the Hauwei routers in particular to facilitate the attacks?
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They connect to the CWMP service/functionality on port 7547 (also better known as TR-069) via SOAP HTTP to inject commands and perform remote code execution on your router to download the necessary payloads required for compromise of the device.
This specific port is generally used by ISP's to connect to the router to perform configuration and software updates on the router and is visible to the internet unless the functionality has been specifically switched off.

Huawei is not the only culprit here though, TP-Link is also in the crosshairs, especially with their overall market footprint and the huge amount of security holes in their products.
 
airborne said:
Surely there must be something a bit better available than a 2017 router?
What 4G routers are the networks currently doling out with their 4G products?
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I'm also looking for a new LTE router, Cudy seems good value for money and supports Openwrt.

Cudy
 
r00igev@@r said:
Tannie Mirai and her daughters.
Have a look here: https://radar.cloudflare.com/security-and-attacks/za
Vodacom is always in the top 5, thanks to Huawei. Not as bad as Mikrotik which is responsible for the rest.
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Not quite convinced. Huawei is actually the better ones. Those Vodacom stats might be from android mobile rather than LTE routers. Afrihost supplied dlink, huawei and then now TP Link and not seeing open resolvers on those.

Mikrotik is another story. Crazy more than 1000 open resolvers now mostly Mikrotik. Not surprising seeing Vox there as they only supply mikrotiks and some of them are so old.
 
As for which LTE router well it's kind of weird right now. The B315, B618 and B525 was like the Nokia phones era. The go to routers for the best performance and best reliability and they are still. There hasn't really been a successor. I would say something like the ZTE MC801 5G router or the TP Link NX510 might be good options as they support 5G and has very good 4G carrier aggregation.
 
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They connect to the CWMP service/functionality on port 7547 (also better known as TR-069) via SOAP HTTP to inject commands and perform remote code execution on your router to download the necessary payloads required for compromise of the device.
This specific port is generally used by ISP's to connect to the router to perform configuration and software updates on the router and is visible to the internet unless the functionality has been specifically switched off.

Huawei is not the only culprit here though, TP-Link is also in the crosshairs, especially with their overall market footprint and the huge amount of security holes in their products.
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I've seen that in the 618 settings, if I disable that does it close the door on this exploit?
krieg said:
I'm also looking for a new LTE router, Cudy seems good value for money and supports Openwrt.

Cudy
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That's only Cat6, nay!
Cat 11 is apparently the lowest you should have to have consistent decent speeds, @cavedog is that fairly accurate?
 
cavedog said:
As for which LTE router well it's kind of weird right now. The B315, B618 and B525 was like the Nokia phones era. The go to routers for the best performance and best reliability and they are still. There hasn't really been a successor. I would say something like the ZTE MC801 5G router or the TP Link NX510 might be good options as they support 5G and has very good 4G carrier aggregation.
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So the B618 is still king of the hill?
Is there any way to fix them not saving settings when they get a bit older?
The Zte and Tplink are near R5k so not really feasible/worth it.
 
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