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Divert calls from B525 Huawei 4g router sim to phone

  • 08-01-2019 08:43PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭


    Hi ,

    I have a B525 4g router . Is there anyway I can get a wireless phone to recieve and make calls to the phone number associated with the router sim. Is that possible?

    Basically I want a house phone (similar to the old landline setup) running off the modem sim so we can leave our personal mobiles in phones away lets play type box.

    Thanks in advance


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,094 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Not the router sim, but you could use a VOIP provider and number in addition to the router and have a relatively cheap "landline".


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭nagel


    Are you using a broadband sim ,or the 20 Euro payg sim, if it's the 20 you could plug an standard phone into the grey port and see if you can make and receive a call , then use a dect wireless phone, this works on the b315 ,the downside is that when a call comes in the modem drops to 3g then reverts to 4g when finished, for this to work modem must be set to auto


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,531 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    There are routers that can do that, but the Huawei one is not one of them.

    /M


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭Car99


    Marlow wrote: »
    There are routers that can do that, but the Huawei one is not one of them.

    /M

    Thanks , can you suggest any particular 4g router that could do that?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,531 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    Car99 wrote: »
    Thanks , can you suggest any particular 4g router that could do that?

    Fritz!Box routers support to plug in a 3G/4G USB adapter (that has to have voice support) and will allow you to utilize that feature.

    There's also a 4G version of those routers, that has the support of that feature.

    But they do come at a premium.

    /M


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭AirBiscuit


    Marlow wrote: »
    There are routers that can do that, but the Huawei one is not one of them.

    /M

    Doesn't the B525 have a RJ11 jack for exactly this? Surely you just plug a landline phone into it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭nagel


    Huawei b315 does this, when network selection is set to auto. the b593 can do this too, but sometimes after a call it needs to be re-booted to get it back to 4g


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,531 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    AirBiscuit wrote: »
    Doesn't the B525 have a RJ11 jack for exactly this? Surely you just plug a landline phone into it?

    The landline port on the Huawei B525 is for VoIP. I can't see any specification nor configuration also to take voice from the SIM card.

    That's the unique feature, that the Fritz!Box has, but even there it is limited. Because you can't take calls while being on the 4G network. It has to back down to 3G/2G for voice.

    /M


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