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Boost wifi with B260a?

  • 22-08-2014 1:37pm
    #1
    cjt156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭


    I had mobile 3G midband wifi from 3 using the Huawei B260a router/modem for the past couple of years. Reasonably content with it but I can't get 4G coverage from 3 at home so I knew I'd have to change if I wanted 4G speeds.

    I 'upgraded' to Meteor's 4G using the Huawei E5372 hotspot.

    While the 4G speed is far better and the data allowance bigger; the Wifi power is very poor. A brick wall or two in the way and the connection just dies away.

    The E5372 has no Ethernet port, only a mini USB port. Is there a way to boost the wifi output? Can I configure the B260a as a wireless access point?


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  • #2
    swoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭swoofer


    yes, its tricky but go slow, download manual from here,

    http://doc.diytrade.com/docdvr/955443/24748324/1329910693.pdf

    look at page 19.


  • #3
    bodonnell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 565 ✭✭✭bodonnell


    @cjt156
    I had same issue with the e5372 basically my pc upstairs could not get signal. I plugged in a tp-link range extender (TL-850RE) close to the hotspot where it received a full wifi signal, I then used the extenders Ethernet port to connect to powerline adapters which got my pc connected upstairs. Btw only approx. 10% of original signal was lost.


  • #4
    cjt156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    Thanks both, I think the TP link may be they way to go. I can configure the B260a as a bridge OK, except I need to change the default gateway to see the other router. This isn't configurable in the B260a interface, as far as I can see.


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