AWED
Casual Member
Hi,
I have recently acquired a Huawei B535 4G router on an unlimited data tariff with Three. At the moment I do NOT have an external aerial. No 5G available where I live (Worcester).
It's driving me crazy!
The concept is great, and it does work. My speeds are pretty crummy though - download can be up to 20, usually somewhere between 8 and 15, occasionally lower. Workable, but not great. I've moved it various positions around the house, I'm aware how fickle and sensitive these are.
So here are my questions:
1. Frequently I have only a 2 or 3 bar signal on the indicator, yet speeds of 15+. But when the signal strength shows as 4 or 5 bar, the download speed DROPS - down to single figures, 3, 4. Now, I know that signal strength and speed don't correlate exactly, but a stronger signal = slower speeds? This really puts me off investing in an external antenna.
2. Usually around 3pm the download speeds plummets to 1 or 2 Mbps. I power cycle the router and the speed returns to ~10-15. Eh? What gives?
3. Should I get an external antenna? I was thinking of the Poynting 4G-XPOL-A0001 Cross Polarised 4G Omni. But given (1) should I bother? Is the reason for poor speeds contention / overloaded network rather than reception? I used to think so, and it's certainly true that speeds drop in the late afternoon, but even in the early hours of the morning I never get much above 16 Mbps download.
I haven't adjusted any settings in the router, wouldn't know where to begin.
Any advice gratefully received!
Awed
I have recently acquired a Huawei B535 4G router on an unlimited data tariff with Three. At the moment I do NOT have an external aerial. No 5G available where I live (Worcester).
It's driving me crazy!
The concept is great, and it does work. My speeds are pretty crummy though - download can be up to 20, usually somewhere between 8 and 15, occasionally lower. Workable, but not great. I've moved it various positions around the house, I'm aware how fickle and sensitive these are.
So here are my questions:
1. Frequently I have only a 2 or 3 bar signal on the indicator, yet speeds of 15+. But when the signal strength shows as 4 or 5 bar, the download speed DROPS - down to single figures, 3, 4. Now, I know that signal strength and speed don't correlate exactly, but a stronger signal = slower speeds? This really puts me off investing in an external antenna.
2. Usually around 3pm the download speeds plummets to 1 or 2 Mbps. I power cycle the router and the speed returns to ~10-15. Eh? What gives?
3. Should I get an external antenna? I was thinking of the Poynting 4G-XPOL-A0001 Cross Polarised 4G Omni. But given (1) should I bother? Is the reason for poor speeds contention / overloaded network rather than reception? I used to think so, and it's certainly true that speeds drop in the late afternoon, but even in the early hours of the morning I never get much above 16 Mbps download.
I haven't adjusted any settings in the router, wouldn't know where to begin.
Any advice gratefully received!
Awed























