deanfourie
Casual Member
Hey guys, I have some questions regarding mobile broadband.
I have signed up for 2degrees mobile broadband, and they have supplied a router, the huawei B535. I have recently managed to get my hands on a Huawei B818-263, because I found this seems to be the only consumer grade router that ive managed to find that supports bridged mode.
I have installed the 818 but I seem to be getting much lower speeds. I am connecting to the tower which is about 4 kilometers away. Is this down to the router? Is the B818 better over the B535 as I heard it can support multiple bands rather then the 535.
The other question I have is regarding antennas. When I first got the connection and was sent the 535, I was getting 90mbps down. Super solid and great speeds but over time that has slowly deteriorated. Would I benefit from an antenna, The router says I have about 85 to 90% signal strength. Would I benefit from say a directional YAGI or is there no point?
Im just trying to get the most out of the connection. This seems to be permanent for us now, so I would like to benefit and get the best speeds possible.
I have signed up for 2degrees mobile broadband, and they have supplied a router, the huawei B535. I have recently managed to get my hands on a Huawei B818-263, because I found this seems to be the only consumer grade router that ive managed to find that supports bridged mode.
I have installed the 818 but I seem to be getting much lower speeds. I am connecting to the tower which is about 4 kilometers away. Is this down to the router? Is the B818 better over the B535 as I heard it can support multiple bands rather then the 535.
The other question I have is regarding antennas. When I first got the connection and was sent the 535, I was getting 90mbps down. Super solid and great speeds but over time that has slowly deteriorated. Would I benefit from an antenna, The router says I have about 85 to 90% signal strength. Would I benefit from say a directional YAGI or is there no point?
Im just trying to get the most out of the connection. This seems to be permanent for us now, so I would like to benefit and get the best speeds possible.























