How to Setup Mobile Broadband Router ( 4G LTE ) for Beginners

Hi, this video shows a complete new set up of a mobile broadband connection in the home, using a Huawei 4G router. It is intended for complete beginners who have never installed a 4G LTE router before. It shows the unboxing, initial set up, moving locations to improve the speed and lastly using an external aerial for the most stable connection.
If you want to know more about the external aerial set up please watch • How to increase 4G LTE...
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Many thanks, Vince :-)

[@tatertot64]

Honestly with that opening, all these videos are still really good. Feels anecdotal, friendly, informative. Love it :)

[@legendkiller456]

It's like going into a new era. I will never forget how I found your channel. One of your networking videos was recommended to me from watching an old RadioShack tutorial video about setting up internet wiring in a house. And then you just recently released your first Trying to FIX video. I watched it and thought of how neat it was. Been watching since and will continue to do so. Oddly enough one of the most memorable videos was that refrigerator a couple years back.

[@randomronn]

Vince, while I don't think I need much help setting up a router I do find your videos very helpful for my mood. I'll do my bit to support you regardless of content. Keep up the good work!

[@dallowspicer]

Really enjoy your videos irrespective of the content. Never get tired of your sheer enthusiasm. Keep up the good work Vince 👍

[@jessem1708]

Not a video I would typically watch but I am here to support you Vince! I don't want the trying to fix videos to go away, I need them in my life!

[@jamesdougan8789]

this comment is to help the algorithm for the my mate vince`s channel .. love ya work vince

[@rainbowrepair5692]

I appreciate this video a lot Vince. It was pure coincidence you uploaded this the day I was trying to find a eay to improve my 4G LTE signal. I went out and bought a netgear 4g ltr modem with dual antenna and a wifi router and its been wonderful. Thank you!

[@Matimila59]

Fantastic help thanks so much. I’ve been struggling with this one in the last week and this feels like the breakthrough moment.

[@sebxiou-lifestyle4465]

Brill, Vince. I knew much of this but still appreciated it - well done. Cheers!

[@hArDsTyLe2259]

Nice to see something like this again! I remember back when you made a cat 6 adsl cable (which I still use after all these years with no issues)

[@grumps75]

I'm on my eighth or nineth playing by now. I'm running it in another tab with the volume low while watching other content. Doing my best to tickle the algorithm, VINCE!

[@RuytonXI]

Thanks for that Vince, I've been following your tips for a long time now. We're in the country and 'exchange line only' i.e. copper cable to the exchange. Although the exchange is fibre enabled, Openreach have no plans to improve our connection. BT quote us 5mbs down and 1mbs up but using your tips I got that up to 7.5mbs down with the phone line. However, I recently changed to a 4G router and a Three 12 month unlimited data contract. We only get a 3G signal and although the signal strength is 75-100%, the signal quality is poor at -85 to -90dBm. Moving the router and now with an external antenna makes little difference, but my download is now a fairly stable 15-20mbs and 1.9mbs upload. That might not sound great, but it's twice to three times better down and double the speed up! Thanks again for the videos and good luck with the channel.

[@johnmerrett5186]

I live in a rural area, so with three, ended up with the B535, but initially had problems, good connection, 20 mbps down (v good for edge of Bodmin moor), but, I had to reboot or reset at lest once a day, when it went to less than 1 mbps. By chance, I came across a blog for the 535. The guy said for maximum speed, 2 or three settings need to be changed; so, off I went to 192.168.8.1, and in advanced changed the aerial setting to internal, and the network setting to 4g only. Now I have 30mbps! The guy said to never leave the aerial setting on both. I have also changed the aerial setting on auto. Hope this helps others who have problems, and maybe Vince could try this on his to see what difference these settings make to his router. Really enjoy your videos, keep it up.

[@cliffordgallagher4531]

Amazing deal on the service and the Router. Thanks for sharing this Bud!

[@thatman84]

Giving you a view mate. Want to see this channel continue

[@coltsman93]

Here to support my favorite KZbinr on his new journey

[@jns8393]

I've been considering this for a while for an organisation that has no cable broadband or even a phone line, but data limits were too low. Assuming the 3 network gives a good signal £15 unlimited would be great! Thanks for showing this.

[@trentselectronix837]

I don't need this, but I gave it a watch, I'm going to support you all the way mate, and good luck with the new content!

[@ghibog]

Same here

[@aravambaram767]

Same here

[@Tattooroom113]

Thank you b🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@luketaylorphillips1072]

I have that and it rubbish

[@crappymeal]

do internet providers do a package that has two sim cards sharing the same data package and contract? i want to avoid needing a sim for my phone and a separate sim for my router.

[@Omegapork]

I may not care about this, but I'm here to support your channel Vince! May the algorithm be with you.

[@cleffei]

very very comfy video, love hearing you talk about stuff you know :D

[@guidomersmann9744]

Now it is official! Even his brother has no table! Must be a family issue! :D

[@zincmann]

Gosh I REALLY enjoy the "Trying to fix" series. I believe thats what brought me to Vince's channel. I will try to continue to watch but its a crying shame KZbin dictates the content you make. I believe you ENJOY making those videos but have become a slave to the algorithm. I also found it amazing at 3:20 he took the router out of the box for the first time and it already had painters tape covering the serial and address information ;-)

[@RastanPinball]

Already know how to do this but came here to give the video a thumbs up in support of you Vince!

[@yorkshireplumbing]

Very good final result with the outdoor areal... the upload was 4x better than our 100Mbps Virgin Media connection which is a pitiful 5Mbps up. Things might get a bit slow with multiple people in a house on netflix, gaming etc etc at the same time, but still impressive for what it is... would be great for caravans and canal boats!

[@UkSkin]

You can change the SSID and Password on the new router to match the old one - Saves you a lot of re-configuring of many devices

[@rdouthwaite]

By far the easiest option in a diy smart home...!

[@xblahblahblahblah]

Not only a inbox video, but also very useful tips like the antenna... Which I was going to search later 😁 and then you provide it 🤗👏 Great! Many thanks 👍👍👍

[@xblahblahblahblah]

Obviously I have been using this for one year now, firstly as a life saver after BT messed up my install 😡 Now I've moved in an area with no cable etc.... And very crappy bad mobile reception 😞 So I need to improve this set up! 🤨

[@ToxoRetro]

A brilliant tech video Vince! Content like this is really good for the technophobic. I know that many people would get a lot of out of this - in a previous job I spent many hours trying to talk through the process of this and other gadgets. People might not understand these things initially, but they have to begin from somewhere.

[@crappymeal]

do internet providers do a package that has two sim cards sharing the same data package and contract? i want to avoid needing a sim for my phone and a separate sim for my router.

[@ToxoRetro]

Not that I know of,@@crappymeal - although I admit I've been out of the game for 6 or 7 years, and tech changes fast. I know some networks do a family bundle where you can essentially give some of your data to another SIM within that bundle. That could give you a potential option? Also many Smartphones allow tethering; essentially using your phone's data and turning itself into a mobile hotspot. You could then go for a large data SIM deal. However it'll eat up the phone's battery. The trouble with phone stores is many will simply bluff their way into selling anything, especially when pressurised for sales stats and commission. I hope Vince can read these replies as he's probably more clued up than me - if not, try again as a fresh comment as he'll get a notification. Good luck, and I like the name. 😁👍

[@crappymeal]

@@ToxoRetro thanks for help and compliment 😄, ill look into the family bundle thing

[@ToxoRetro]

No probs, @@crappymeal. 🤘😎

[@DMadHacks]

I will probably never need to know how to do this, but it's still super interesting learning how this works.

[@LLOD]

Same here 😌

[@azyfloof]

I've literally never seen you anywhere other than Wintergatan xD

[@DaMu24]

If you want to retire away from the city, where cable broadband and Fiber Optic don't exist,, you might want to know how to do this.

[@freddynayeb6919]

Never say never.

[@marktaylor3809]

Shut up thick lad

[@shadeee]

Currently waiting for my lte router to arrive, good explanation vince!

[@guyp3599]

I've got the same setup. In my loft, it was bimbling around 15Mbps. I bought and external aerial and no matter where o put it upstairs, the signal & speed didn't get better - in fact it got worse. Like Vince said, try it all over the house... And similar to him, the best signal for the router alone was in the kitchen. I positioned my external router outside and tried various positions and the best one was about 7feet off the ground in the opposite side of the house to where the masts were located!! (Found this using the Cell Tower location finder app) and now I'm getting 50, 60 and sometime 70Mbps. Use either of those apps to find the optimal setting of RSRQ, RSRP and SNIR. A couple of tips - go into the router settings (if you've got a Huawei, use the Huawei Manager app or the 3rd party HuaCtrl app) so make sure the antenna is set to EXTERNAL. Another tip is to set the receiving signal to just channel 3 (1800Mhz, or 3 and 20 (800Mhz). 3 on its own works best for me. (Using the frequency locking option of the apps)

[@luckywave3339]

Love the vid vince keep up the great videos I came by to thumb up and leave a comment to help

[@charleymouse4274]

Going to stick one of these in a caravan next year so very useful video.

[@TheCod3r]

Still here just to support you bud. Thanks for keeping up the content regardless of the type

[@ClayMann]

same, this is a video I really needed several years ago so its going to be cool for those in this awkward no broadband position.

[@troyvanheer3827]

Definitely, couldn’t agree more! :-)

[@TheCod3r]

@@ClayMann yeah this kind of stuff really helps people, if I didn't know how to do it I'd probably be looking for a short video by someone with a lot of subs just so I know they aren't wasting my time

[@DaMu24]

4G LTE has come a long way, and it was originally designed to be the final step in wireless broadband. As you can see in Vince's vid, a proper permanent solution will work very well, also helps if the ISP has a good deal for your data package.

[@buggerlugz6753]

And enough backhaul to provide a decent speed (which sadly three doesn't).

[@crappymeal]

do internet providers do a package that has two sim cards sharing the same data package and contract? i want to avoid needing a sim for my phone and a separate sim for my router.

[@welshtony1]

I am looking at that final speed test and can't help but notice how the upload is so much better than my upload from a "Fiber" (FTTC) connection that I have haha

[@Mitch03]

Nice video vince! Let the how to videos start :-)

[@poopfeast-kg1lv]

I am cordially typing this comment in the hopes of boosting teh algorithms. Ty vince for all the content.

[@dml1970]

Great video Vince im sure it will help lots of people out, don't let the thumbs down brigade get to you, keep going strong m8.

[@jasedobson2793]

great how to Vince.long may you continue!

[@MickNavarro]

let's smash the thumb up and drop comment for youtube algorithm ! i don't mind waiting for trying to fix stuff, keep up the good work !

[@bobaldis51]

So impressed I went straight online to order one, unfortunately, £15pm was a special offer that has expired, still not horrendous at £22pm, but the differnce was enough to make me stop and shop around a litle. But all that aside great video thanks.

[@ale6242]

very detailed! nice one Vince

[@Tokaisho1]

Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@DarkGT]

That's cool. Very useful nowadays with such extended coverage. Only the delay could be a problem, so forget about competitive gaming.

[@AlexStroiescu]

I Know You Are Going To Do More Videos Of This Type, But I Still Love Your Work And Support You! Peace Brother!

[@Asherz1]

Thanks this was a life saver!

[@stephenlittle7534]

Thanks I really like the way you explained the way to do it. I might go that route as I am borrowing with permission from my next door friends house. But the signal drops out sometimes. Thanks.

[@livm2516]

Thank you! This was very helpful

[@maniatore2006]

For Mobile Broadband this is not bad, especially is you have no traffic Limit, I wish we could have this in Germany. I Pay 9,90€/month with a limit of 4 GB, and then I have just 1 Mbit/s Thank you for the Video.

[@meganpapa1]

Very good, thanks for making this video!

[@oldbatwit5102]

Very good and clear explanation. Thank you.

[@TheMoromax8]

Really good as my internet is also very poor in the Shrewsbury countryside. Still enjoy your original content too

[@evcanada]

great how to video- you are now the 3rd mate called Vince :)

[@grahammorrell9516]

Your videos are so good I've watched you for a long time now and will continue so interesting to find out how things work and to fixs itams I will support you all the way egnore the hatter's

[@jamie9874]

We are lucky to live in both virgin and BT fttp.. we were with BT fttc but we got great deal to switch to their fttp and gets speeds of 960 down and 120 up for £40.. so far it has been a dream.

[@ManleyEvangelista]

In the Philippines, we're in the same situation, so I also have the same setup. Though, we still don't have the option for unlimited. So, the most I can get is 130GB for USD 30. Good for a month, but my parents and I burn through all that in three weeks. We get about 0.5-10Mbps during the day, and I get about 15-30Mbps at night. At least, that's better than no internet.

[@tiggy500]

Thank you Vince for this you are a brilliant provider for information. Loved listening to you on this Excellent

[@harrisalexander4074]

Thanks mate, love ya ❤️

[@CLC-1000]

Great video Vince.

[@sihaynes]

Great video vince!

[@sergiop8175]

Great job and thanks from Spain.

[@patrickmorrissey2271]

Very nice. I gave it a watch to support you... but you can always learn something, can't you.... Yes you can. A friend who lives further out was asking me, is it worth it to do an external antenna... You kind of glossed over it at the end, but the antenna was running around 57% faster, which is not nothing..... I do agree with you, if you have access to decent cable or something, that will almost always be your best bet, at least in the USA....

[@mikebe2090]

great video, i’ve got good BB but still interesting to watch 👍

[@johnj.vthefamfromamsterdam4088]

Hey Vince ,nice video :)

[@craniumbear]

I figured I'd watch this and learn something new.

[@LegendSpecialist]

Really interesting video..... Maybe I never need this information, but you never know🤷‍♂️

[@adelm2877]

Thank you for the video , I am recommend going to 5G due for low number of user are you using the network and you will have faster speed ?

[@abrahamromero.]

I wish I knew about this sooner! I bought a phone just for wifi and it is awful. I'll definitely try this out.

[@oddball5065]

You legend!! Thank you

[@willcope4542]

Great how too Vincent!

[@Afatt92]

Good video, keep it up mate.

[@nicksellens272]

Nice video, thanks!

[@ranuiaus]

Hey Vince! Great video! Just a quick question, nor sure if you have already answered it. But can I use a Mobile Phone Sim card with any mobile router? So essentially taking the SIM out of my phone and inserting it into the router? Do phone companies place restrictions on this, because data only plans are more expensive than a mobile phone sim plan here in Australia. And I was thinking of just getting a mobile phone plan and inserting into the a mobile broadband router. Would it work?

[@bigboygaming8201]

Thank you this is supper helpful

[@dzikiwonsz22]

Thx for video!

[@joesanchez979]

Thanks mate 👍

[@christopherrobinson387]

Loved it.

[@shea7527]

Very helpful

[@JonnyUnforeseen]

I would actually like to see a HOW TO GET INTO REPAIR video showing all the tools and stuff you bought and what tools you use the most when trying to fix electronics.

[@bigpaul009]

Hi Vince, I have been looking all over the place for a video on how to configure the B535 router to port forward. Do you have any experience in this area, cheers and keep safe.

[@TheDarkospartan]

great vid

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Thsnk you!! Very good

[@oakesiii3412]

Not my sort of video vince but I'll give you a like as I know how much you need them at the mo!

[@schuelke9280]

great video vince

[@VVerVVurm]

I missed the mentioning of an adaptor to fit a nano sim into a micro sim slot .. great video nevertheless .. thumbs up!

[@jadabailey1405]

Thanks, for making a video on this, I have the Huawei Mobile Wifi (portable version), and having difficulty setting it up.How do you activate a new sim, as my phone takes nano sims but the mobile wifi takes micro sim 🤔

[@karimkhanmohammedrjaul9083]

Thanks for this finally I got internet

[@justkangaroocourt]

great video!!!

[@TechGorilla1987]

I don't care what you post, mate. I am commenting and liking no matter what!

[@Rodrigo-ks6oc]

Me too.

[@simontay4851]

Wow, 33.18 download and 19.37 is better than i get with fibre to the cabinet. I didn't expect mobile broadband to be that fast. But i am 0.2 of a mile from the cabinet. I have a friend who lives across the road from the cabinet and he gets 70Mbps down.

[@dodgydruid]

The never much thought about solution could be satellite internet which is blisteringly fast download side but reliant on the landline for upload and control on most systems. I did years back trial a satellite link when I lived in Cornwall and it was very fast download but it lagged having to wait for its uplink control but I imagine nowadays far more advanced.

[@paulryan9024]

Good work Vince

[@uksuperrascal]

Hi - The One thing you did not show was the information on the mains adapter because this modem can be used anywhere in the uk and The Adapter will show what Current / Volts O/P is required for using a mobile battery power pack. To publish the Adapter info just click KZbin Edit video - Icon - and up date the text in ( SHOW MORE )

[@hellyhansen.]

Im literally just trying to do this but want to know if the sim can have a pin or if it has to be removed, just curious :)

[@vibrantszn9633]

when you take out the contract and they deliver the products. Do they only Deliver the SIM card and you have the buy the router separately or do you get both?

[@richardheard2014]

Vince great video we live in a rural area and use three and great great speeds - what’s that little laptop called ? Any good ?

[@mdzaidyounus1384]

Thanks Sir

[@puzzledzimbo]

Would you recommend using 5G mobile broadband as a replacement for fixed line with typical speed of around 29Mbps?

[@markshellard5894]

I don’t have cable but interesting to see what difference simply moving the router makes

[@andygeorgiou3803]

My phone provider left my business with no phone line or internet for 2 weeks so I picked up one of these on a 1 year contract. The speeds were actually better than my old fibre, but it managed to keep us going until a new phone line is put in.