Good video, you told me everything I wanted to know before purchasing this, thanks!!😊

@nsmmedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind feedback Freckles glad you found it useful!

@SayWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Жыл бұрын

this is very crappy garbage router! Buy either Asus 4G-AC86u or Mikrotik Chateau LTE 12. Mikrotik is for advanced users.

I’ve been using mine just in the table near my bedroom door for yonks and it works fab . Up north

Cheers mate very helpful!!!

Great review thanks mate

@nsmmedia

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers David

A lot depends on location, I have been using a cheap basic (slow) ZTE USB key style modem with a Smarty sim plugged into my TP-Link router originally as fall back connection it proved more than enough for all the many devices in our home, however we don't have a house full of gamers and most of the internal network is by power line networking. Happy with the 4G speed on a limited modem I have taken the plunge doing away with the FTTC broadband and landline using a proper 4G router and will go 5G when coverage reaches my edge of town.

Ive bit the bullet and bought tp link mr600 router along with poynting xpol 1 5g external antenna (futureproofing). Results are great, much faster than my adsl connection - plus on pre pay smarty unlimited meaning no long contracts.

Thanks for showing the back and connections. Didn't know there was WiFi only modems. Had nothing but problems with Vodafone on a full fibre optic set up. Completely no internet for 2,4 7 and now 10 days. Meanwhile paying for it and streaming services. Latest ones talk of 150 mbs bit I'd just be happy with reliable internet which Vodafone don't provide and require continuous phone calls to an 'offshore' call centre and still take a fortnite to fix it. Imagine if you were running a home business or doing what you do with KZread sites. I always thought cable were better but now experiencing fibre with its not affected by traffic or weather mantra not working I'll go with a WiFi 3 modem

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry to hear about your experience with Vodafone’s Full Fibre service usually Full Fibre broadband is the most reliable it may be worth trying another provider that sells on the full fibre network you have. If you send me an email to info@fttppro.co.uk I will be more than happy to help with your situation and see what other options are in your area.

Thanks. Any idea what to do to use external aerial please? I can't find a setting in router like you can on other routers.

@nsmmedia

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Brian unfortunately there is no setting to force the router to use just an external aerial it will use it together with the internal ones. Would be better if they did have a setting!

@briantack2058

2 жыл бұрын

@@nsmmedia magic. Thanks so much for reply. I've been searching and scratching my head for days!

This may be a simple question. This Three router just relies on a 4G signal and it picks this signal up using the installed sim. I know it does not need a phone line. but It is not a fibre-only broadband router with a coax connection like a virgin mobile router. Is this a good solution for a home router? This sounds like its a mobile 4G router. Take it anywhere and plug it in. Is this right?

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

This particular system is designed to work just off 3/4G mobile broadband signals no need for a fixed line. So yep you can take it anywhere(within this country) and as long as you have a good enough signal on Threes network your good to go 👍

In my case I'm living in temporary accomodation, mobile so i can't have a fixed landline installed, this is my only option for internet, finding the right spot for best connection is true tho, ive enevn had to wall mount it at one point just to get the best speed, wasn't a fun experience 😂😂

Just about to sign up to 3's 4g broadband, £20pm and three months free! I live in a area where 3 has a strong signal, sadly no 5g at the moment and fibre wasn't a option. Speed not that important just want something that is reliable

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

Hope it all goes well for you. Feel free to use my refferal link to get upto £40 aklam.io/87y4pp

I cant seem to get the USB port to work as a samba share like my huawei does. i get an icon in windows but it wants a username and password and none of the ones on the label on the modem work so..... and in the modem config pages theres no mention of the usb so who knows.

@nsmmedia

2 жыл бұрын

I have not tried the USB port myself as have a TrueNas for File sharing it may be a feature on the unlocked firmware?

@lezbriddon

2 жыл бұрын

@@nsmmedia probably works on stock firmware zte branded models and maybe fell to 3 cost cutting like the back up battery

my son just got this and he's only getting like 4Mbps...and unstable connection even then. The router supplied by Three comes with antennas?

@nsmmedia

9 ай бұрын

Hi Porcu the router does not come supplied with external antennas just the built in internal ones and while the router does come equipped with external ant ports they don't work very well. If your getting a poor connection and tried the usual things like finding where your nearest mast is and placing the router high up in the window etc then you will need to contact 3 and if they can not resolve cancel the contract. Even if your getting a good signal if the local mast has issues and or congestion then you will face issues its the nature of the beast I'm afraid.

What are the aerials you can use at the rear and do you have to change the settings to switch to them

@nsmmedia

11 ай бұрын

Hi Herronbill they are two SMA antenna connections and unfortunately due to the locked down firmware you can not switch to just using external and it’s difficult to know if they work properly. During my testing using an external antenna it did not make much difference. You may be able to use custom unlocked firmware to give you more control but that is at your own risk. Checkout my review of Threes 5G home broadband service the Zyxel Nr5103e has a physical switch to use either internal or external antenna and does work really well with external antennas for both 4 and 5G

Have this as well, and run multiple speed test at same time with different devices, my laptop always scored last, used a ethernet cable, still last against my smartphone and iPad, I turn on the VPN on my laptop and bum very fast, I don't know if Three can cap the speed on laptops!?

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think Three throttle the connection assuming your on a home broadband contract? Which APN are you using? If you use the 3Internet APN that does not use CGNAT and may improve your experience.

Somebody I know is thinking of this setup but doing it DIY (buying unlocked router & smarty plan). I have told him he will be quids in compared to what he's paying virgin. The set up will work brilliantly at his house - my mobile is on smarty and speeds at his house are strong and very fast, after doing a bit of investigation on cellmapper it turns out the local 3 mast is just around the corner 320 meters away crow flying. Getting 70 down 40 up at prime time (19:00 weekdays), At weekends getting close to 100 down 40 up.

Can you see on how many frequencies is locking with carrier aggregation? Does it support 3CA?

@nsmmedia

Ай бұрын

I no longer have this router but I recall it did do 4G+ aka band aggregation

Can you attach wifi mesh to this such as the BT system so it covers the whole house?

@nsmmedia

9 ай бұрын

Hi Premium, yes you can connect a 3rd party Wifi mesh system to one of the ethernet ports and then disable the built in WiFi.

Can you tell us about and/or show the lights in the front please? Get mainly blue on mine, but have had red and green. These can be on or flashing and the little booklet I got isn't very clear.

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

Hi Keefhk, which model?

@keefhk11

Жыл бұрын

The one in your video. I assumed, obviously wrongly that you got the comments attached to the video? Very odd if you just get them out of nowhere. ;)

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

Apologies I did not look properly at the video this comment relates to as also have a recent review video of the 5G home broadband service where I reviewed two routers! In regards to the lights on the front of the router the signal indicators ( - Red means either no signal or no/issue with SIM card - blue flashing means 4G service and data is being transfered. -Blue means connected at 4G -Green flashing means your connected at 3G and data is transferred - Green solid means connected at 3G

@keefhk11

Жыл бұрын

@@nsmmedia no problem. Thanks for the explanation. Managed to get four blue bars on mine so it works. Guess I will have to wait till 5G is here as it's pretty slow. Still a good back up, I suppose.

Could it also be due to ur area that doesn’t have strong 4G connection?

@nsmmedia

8 ай бұрын

At the time of making this video yes that was part of the issue. See my 5G review video for an update on my signal. The thing with 4/5G services is you don’t know really till you try as everyone’s experience will be different.

can it work without being plugged in. I.E at the park away from the house?

@nsmmedia

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Audiobooks & Chill, you can take the router anywhere and providing you have a signal on the Three network for 3/4G it will work. You can also take the Sim card out of the router and put into a different device (that is unlocked) and that also works!

@audiobookschill5888

2 жыл бұрын

@@nsmmedia top man! i bought the mifi version 2 weeks ago for #21 a month. however this one seems 10 times better. I will try to change it on monday, cheers

How do I change my network from 4g to 3g when my zte says this setting can only be changed when the modem is disconnected I don't understang

@nsmmedia

11 ай бұрын

Hi Graham, You need to first click on disconnect on the mobile broadband connection and then it will let you change the settings

Wonder if is just me, but from one side to the other of the flat (small flat) with couple of walls, I lost connection on my WiFi, seems this modem has really poor range

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don’t think the WiFi on this router is the best your better getting a mesh WiFI system to improve the WiFi speeds.

do you think Huawei b715-23 is better than ZTE cat12?

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

I have not had any hands on experience with the Huawei Router so would not be able to say if it performs better than the ZTE.

Qui a paris vous a testé ce ZTE cat12 comparativement avec d'autres modem comme Huawei 715

Does it give you a proper ip address to change your NAT type

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

You get an ipv4 address but it’s behind a CG-NAT

@andywinn6873

Жыл бұрын

@@nsmmedia sorry I don't understand

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

@@andywinn6873 the public IP address you get on the service is behind a NAT which means you can not run a web server, port forward to an IP camera etc using this connection. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT

I'm having to consider something like this since my property only has a copper line (6-17Mbps), just awful.

@nsmmedia

8 ай бұрын

Hi Charlie pop your house number and postcode into the checker on my website to see what you can get both fibre broadband and mobile coverage fttppro.co.uk/getfttp/ If you can’t get any fibre then see if you can get 5G from any of the mobile networks feel free to email me if you need anything further 👍

Any speed over 10Mbps is good. I was paying £25/month for 11Mbps DS and 1Mbps US. Since switching to Three 4G I get between 80 and 174Mbps DS and about 19 to 34Mbps US. What you fail to mention is that speed test sites are an indication ONLY. They dont measure accurately, to do so would require infinite capacity and minimum and a link with minimal latency to the test server. At no time are any of the above true. When you click "go" the speedtest may be running a 1000 or 10000 simultaneous tests, this is why the software speed gauge will "dither". Not sure if you were testing on Wifi or via Ethernet cable but plugging in an Ethernet cable will eliminate any wireless losses. The other point to note is that all UK traffic is routed via docklands in the UK. Changing the test server to London should result in the ping time dropping a few ms as its routed from London back to the test server (Northampton) in your test. The 4G signal is direction and you can make a reflector from a piece of cardboard lined with aluminium foil. Bend it in a concave shape and place it behind your router to the direction of your 4G mast. I've not tried this myself yet as Im getting a good speed, I live about 1/2 mile from the mast. Those speeds are excellent, so not sure why youre complaining. Full fibre is better but much more expensive. The speed you get on a speed test site is largely academic as all downloads are restricted. The BBC, Amazon, Ebay, Facebook, etc may have to serve 500 million simultaneous web requests. To do this network load balancing is used and restricts the throughput to every device. There is no difference in speed on most sites between ADSL2 and Full Fibre. The only time you can use the full speed is if you are downloading torrents or peer to peer. This was a good video, but you also forgot to mention. 4G is not affected by temperature, EMI, RFI like hybrid Fibre, you can move it around your house if wifi is weak in some rooms, and can take it on holiday if there is a Three network. You can turn it on and off at will, wont cause a fault like ADSL/hybrid fibre and its only about 50 seconds to boot. Good review, thank you.

@nsmmedia

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Hal, Many thanks for your comment to address the points you raise: You are right speed test services are only an indication of throughput speed. I performed speed tests using multiple services including fast.com and speedtest.net and on speedtest.net using a number of host servers that are of closest proximity to myself overall this gives a good indication of the service throughput speeds. During all the speed test's as observed on the video the latency of the internet connection increased to over 1000ms and caused packet loss (to 8.8.8.8) this indicates an issue with the connection. The tests were all performed using a hard wired connection and it was the only device using that connection during the testing. More real world testing was conducted including loading webpages and watching KZread videos the conditions observed showed the connection speed fluctuate and the quality of the connection shown in the KZread nerd stats buffer page shows the issues with the connection. What i did not show on the video was while streaming Netflix and Amazon prime the quality would drop from 4K ~16mbps down to HD at times again due to the wide fluctuations in the internet speed. That is a interesting tip regarding boosting the signal and a cheap one I will have to try that out thanks! I agree you do not need fast speeds to load the vast majority of websites and services and indeed having a 1Gbps symmetric connection for example you will come up against bottlenecks form the server end I will be writing a blog about speed on my fttppro.co.uk website soon so keep an eye out for that. 4G is not effected by all the same limitations as hybrid fibre products but is effected by its own set of limitations naturally being a wireless based product and something I demonstrated in the video. Full Fibre connection's vary in price depending on if and who you can get it from in your area in some cases it can work out cheaper than standard broadband packages and even 4G packages when taking actual speed into account. 4G and 5G broadband is certainly going to be a good option for some people like yourself where you can get an acceptable consistent speed and service and do not need things like Static IP's etc . There was a lot I had to cut out of the video to keep the time down and get the balance right (i can talk for hours on such matters) Kind Regards, Nathan

@The_One_0_0

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@SayWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Жыл бұрын

:DDDDDDDDDDD you joking? any speed less than 100Mb/s is GARBAGE

Hey, does any one know if you plug an antenna does it make difference?

@nsmmedia

8 ай бұрын

I found that it made little to no difference on this model of router locked by Three as for one there is no switch to only use external.

@ugurkeser3348

8 ай бұрын

@@nsmmedia I was thinking the same, as it's locked. Thanks for replying

So probably not for gaming with that ping right?

@nsmmedia

Жыл бұрын

Nope no wireless based internet system is suitable for latency sensitive application

@Stewer1000

Жыл бұрын

@@nsmmedia thoght so. Thanks for the reply though 👍🏻

Mine is terrible, do i have a right to cancel my contract if i don’t achieve 25mbps on a daily basis. I’m lucky if i get 10

@nsmmedia

4 ай бұрын

If you’re in your cooling off period then yes you do have the right to cancel your contract. You may also be able to leave if you’re not achieving the minimum guaranteed speed they gave you and have not been able to improve it. I manged to get out of a contract as our mast was having issues for ages.

@michaeldent1684

4 ай бұрын

@@nsmmedia i’m out of the cooling off period, but it has been working better the last couple of days. I will cancel it when my contract ends, you can’t beat fibre optic broadband. I only got 3 as its the cheapest, but as you know theres a reason for it

@nsmmedia

4 ай бұрын

Yeah if you can get FTTP that is the best for sure.

How to setup external antenna?

@nsmmedia

6 ай бұрын

I found external antenna did not really work with this router at least with the locked down Three firmware. Checkout my more recent review of the 5G service and the Zyxel NR 5103e which does have proper external antenna functionality Three 5G Home Broadband Review Zyxel NR5103e Vs ZTE MC801a kzread.info/dash/bejne/nq1km7FworqtXZs.html

@jakobson2307

6 ай бұрын

@@nsmmedia Cool thank you

Anyone knows how to change the password at the bottom please

@nsmmedia

4 ай бұрын

Hi Do you mean the admin password to log into the router or the WiFi password?

Please avoid three 5g broadband internet as it has Ivanti VPN issues connecting to office network while working from home.

@nsmmedia

9 ай бұрын

Have you contacted Three’s support about this and or posted on their community forum? Some things I would try -Disable IPv6 as this is known to cause issues on their network/routers -use the 3Internet APN which is not CGNat - Change your DNS server to say Google or Cloudflare etc instead of their default.

Mine keeps lagging every 15 min please help 😢😢

@nsmmedia

5 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that Charter feel free to email me info@fttppro.co.uk to see if we can improve this.

𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖒𝖔𝖘𝖒

TESTING INTERNET SPEED WHILE HAVING [testing] ONLY 1 DEVICE IS NONSENSE! SPEED DEPENDS ON LOCATION AND ONLY THEN ON DEVICE. For me in my location my cat12 4g modem gives me about 320Mb/s speed. If i take it to other place, other house, street, city..other cell tower it will NOT produce the same speed. SO whne you show speed you showing speed of your location, cell load and so on. Other people may have tripple the speed you having or 3 times slower :) I always miss this information in such video. Not everybody is knowledgeble like i am. and they do believe the speeds they see.