In reply to a post by buggerlugs:Good question Barker, I don't think my local mast is 64QAM yet, the growth of 6ft high nettles inside its fenced off area makes me think no ones been to it in the last 5 years. The Three 5G Hub is sure to be more expensive, but there you’re getting even higher speeds if you have the coverage. Conclusion

It's only really been a problem recently, and in the last few weeks getting to the point where it is unusable. Hmm in which case does this mr600 support 64QAM ? Does anyone know , or can you suggest one that does ? Not sure if the B535 does ? Both achieve 4G+ on bands 3+20. Forcing any other combination using the MR600 interface or LTE H-Monitor proves pointless. SNR hovers around 10, RSRQ around -9, RSRP around -100 - not great!MR600 has no bridge mode, so if you're like me and intending on connecting it directly to your gateway (either as primary or secondary), then you have to jump through hoops. I'm working from home at the moment and I'm doing a lot of online training and whilst connected to the LTE network via the huawei, it's a nightmare; failure to resolve, failures handling the TLS handshakes, videos not loading. If I set up my phone as a wifi hotspot, it all seems to work fine. Both devices are set to only use 4G networks. A few people have managed to flash alternative firmware’s but I’ve not heard of anyone being able to flash the network profile which determines what firmware features are accessible by the end-user. Buying the router with the RJ11 port won’t make a difference unless it’s from a supplier who specifies this feature is enabled. No provider would be advertising speeds that high - I think what you were seeing were the router specifications not the estimated 4G speeds.

Is it really the case that most masts are 64QAM now ? The ee mast I want to connect to is the only one locally with anything other than just band 20 on it . Therefore if I can get even faster speeds with ee from another router that’s not too expensive I would be very interested ! I suspect the certificate error may be connected to my changing the LAN IP from 192.168.8.1 to 192.168.0.1 as that's when I first noticed the problem. Its not just the firmware file that is required to enable bridge mode, you also need the correct settings file for the firmware which upgrades the UI to enable/disable the correct settings. The Huawei B535 WebBox isn’t much to look at, but that’s not a criticism, as most people don’t want a flashy router. Here’s where things get a bit more complicated, as while the Huawei B535 WebBox is a good performer by 4G router standards, it’s no match for a 5G router or many wired connections. And the actual speeds you get will in large part depend on your coverage.All of this does indeed point to the issue being three. The SIM I took from my phone to test in the router is also three. But here is the peculiar part: The three network works much better from my phone (Pixel 3). Speedtest finds servers almost instantly and often has much lower ping and much better down speeds. Press & hold the volume up + The volume down first then press the power button and keep pressing all together. The firmware we all know what is. The WebUI, is that a separate software deployment? my guess would be yes! Just like in programming this must be the View part of the MVC pattern. Who deploys the WebUI - is it telco/ISP or manufactor/Huawei? And my guess is that the WebUI is basically just the HTML interface to configure the hardware. I seem to be in the middle of about 5 towers, which is possibly why I have so many issues, but if you are having similar problems, the analytics on the B535 make it the winner so far - that plus it has a proper bridge mode.

If you are not getting any signal with B3 either than that would suggest you're only able to receive B20 - if so, the speeds for that are likely to be very low - you don't say what speeds you are able to achieve so can't be certain.I think the beta firmware on the MR600 is really solid, and it appears many issues have been ironed out in the year since the product released. I suspect we will never get new firmware for the B535. So a mast can effectively have 5 different carriers on it with separate radio gear and they all share the same pipes of "available bandwidth" so to speak?? Ah that may explain it then. It was just something I read in another thread which I believed pertained to three. In reply to a post by buggerlugs:Just wondering because surely with better connectivity of MIMO wouldn't that automatically increase the availability of bandwidth to users on that mast?