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Huawei Q2 Pro Mesh WiFi 3-pack - £139.99

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Zimmerframe


    dos29 wrote: »
    Specific question alert- Is there a way of setting these up so that the power line is able to work through a separate garage fusebox? Appreciate nobody might have checked this, but just in case.

    They will work no different to standard powerline adapters, have you tried any ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 540 ✭✭✭dos29


    They will work no different to standard powerline adapters, have you tried any ?

    I haven't to be honest, my main fear is not working through secondary fusebox. I was hoping, longshot as it might be, that someone might already have them set up like this, and could confirm that the power line works in that situation?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Zimmerframe


    dos29 wrote: »
    I haven't to be honest, my main fear is not working through secondary fusebox. I was hoping, longshot as it might be, that someone might already have them set up like this, and could confirm that the power line works in that situation?

    All I can tell you, in my opinion, power line adapters are to be avoided unless everything else is not an option. Anyone else's experience of these particular powerline units would be of little benefit either, it depends on the actual wiring and the quality of it in your house. When on the same circuit sometimes they work well, and obviously on different circuits/fuseboards speed start to degrade.

    That said, I have. seen powerline adapters to be useless on what looked like a text book application and to be half decent when not expected to be.

    In summary, I hate them but they might work. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,711 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    I can tell you the netgear is a good bit stronger. The huawei just about reaches signal wise

    Seem like really stable devices, but not very powerful

    In the App, the huawei has a power option for the Wifi, low, Average and Max,


  • Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭gabbo is coming


    In the App, the huawei has a power option for the Wifi, low, Average and Max,

    Yep, have it on max. Netgear way stronger


  • Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭gabbo is coming


    Gulliver wrote: »
    I got these Friday afternoon and setup was pretty painless. Coverage is excellent, the single SSID is great. I have foiled insulation between the house sections that usually kills wifi and these have covered everything.

    I do have a few issues though.
    1) they seem to drop out a lot over powerline. By drop out, I mean lose sync and flash red. That never happened with a previous TP-link powerline kit I had, so I'm assuming it's not the wiring (8 years old)
    2) even over ethernet backbone it seems they're less reliable than my 6-7 year old Belkin and TP-link routers.
    3) my Google kit won't work with them. Tried hard resetting the Nest Hub and still no joy.
    4) I can't access the "advanced" settings on the web interface. Some bits not listed and some sections are greyed out.


    Now it's entirely possible I made a fudge up during setup. I'm going to reset everything tomorrow and see how I get on.

    I have an issue with them now where the AI app doesn't recognise one node. But the gateway address website has all three listed and I know all three are working as the one missing has LAN connected devices

    I think the AI app is just crap


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,711 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    How is everyone gettling along with this kit, after a few days. I am finding the PLC connections between the base stations very very slow. The previous netgear homeplugs were a lot faster and more stable.

    WiFi is much improved, but need the link between nodes improved.

    I have actually disabled the PLC option in the Huawei and am using two netgear homeplugs to connect two base stations together, and the link between them is must faster now. the BluRay player is back working.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    How is everyone gettling along with this kit, after a few days. I am finding the PLC connections between the base stations very very slow. The previous netgear homeplugs were a lot faster and more stable.

    WiFi is much improved, but need the link between nodes improved.

    I have actually disabled the PLC option in the Huawei and am using two netgear homeplugs to connect two base stations together, and the link between them is must faster now. the BluRay player is back working.


    how do you disconnect the PLC?


  • Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭gabbo is coming


    How is everyone gettling along with this kit, after a few days. I am finding the PLC connections between the base stations very very slow. The previous netgear homeplugs were a lot faster and more stable.

    WiFi is much improved, but need the link between nodes improved.

    I have actually disabled the PLC option in the Huawei and am using two netgear homeplugs to connect two base stations together, and the link between them is must faster now. the BluRay player is back working.

    I'm very disappointed with them.

    The app says that at any point, one or both of the satellites are unstable and to move them. It's not a big house.

    All day today, I was getting great speeds and then speeds in the Kb.

    Just checked again - the connection to the kitchen satellite is unstable, I'd say it's 20 feet from the router.

    Disabled PLC, then reenabled it, no difference

    Think they're ****e.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,711 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    how do you disconnect the PLC?

    An option in the web admin "PLC Settings" under ""More Functions"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭Gulliver


    I'm going to try and return mine. I'm having continuous drops on my Google devices (hub sits "connecting" for 5-10 min multiple times a day, speakers unresponsive etc.) Never had that issue with my old cobbled together AP network trio of TP Link/Belkin/Mi routers. My wife's work Surface is also losing connection without even moving.

    The advantages of mobile devices moving from room to room seamlessly and better coverage in one corner of the house is massively outweighed by the constant drops on the static devices.

    Tried multiple factory resets on both the Q2 set and Google devices. Satellites are using ethernet backhaul.


  • Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Str8outtaWuhan


    Hi all

    have mine a week now. The satellites are "gone" from my app, keep running diagnostic says "no access". Strange thing is the signal works perfectly, blue light on , not flickering on satellite etc. If i plug out then in again the satellites pop up on app but then disappear after a few mins /hours. Ive have done everything i can to make sure no interference. is it the app or something i am missing. Im not super tech minded but its annoying me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭Gulliver


    Hi all

    have mine a week now. The satellites are "gone" from my app, keep running diagnostic says "no access". Strange thing is the signal works perfectly, blue light on , not flickering on satellite etc. If i plug out then in again the satellites pop up on app but then disappear after a few mins /hours. Ive have done everything i can to make sure no interference. is it the app or something i am missing. Im not super tech minded but its annoying me.

    I have the same issues. Thought mine were faulty as no-one else seems to be having this issue. How are your satellites connected - WiFi, powerline or ethernet?


  • Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭johntune


    They are brutal. Resetting every day and put the Sky Q mini haywire.


  • Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Str8outtaWuhan


    Gulliver wrote: »
    I have the same issues. Thought mine were faulty as no-one else seems to be having this issue. How are your satellites connected - WiFi, powerline or ethernet?

    as far as i know( not tech savvy) i just plugged the satellites into wall sockets initially and the main one picked them up. on the web based interface both the auto and powerline options are toggled on


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Kencollins


    Gulliver wrote: »
    I'm going to try and return mine. I'm having continuous drops on my Google devices (hub sits "connecting" for 5-10 min multiple times a day, speakers unresponsive etc.) Never had that issue with my old cobbled together AP network trio of TP Link/Belkin/Mi routers. My wife's work Surface is also losing connection without even moving.

    The advantages of mobile devices moving from room to room seamlessly and better coverage in one corner of the house is massively outweighed by the constant drops on the static devices.

    Tried multiple factory resets on both the Q2 set and Google devices. Satellites are using ethernet backhaul.

    I set mine up this evening, Google Nest Mini's refused to work.

    I figured it out in the control panel, from a PC, log into the main units control page.

    More Functions > Wifi Settings > 2.4Ghz > Change bandwidth from 40 to 20/40.

    This will allow the Google Nest Mini's to connect, the 20mhz is the only bandwidth that seems to be supported by them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Str8outtaWuhan


    quick update. it seems to have sorted itself out into a top notch system with kick ass coverage. Dont know how , the only thing i changed was i had a philips hue bridge connected into the lan slot on one of the satellites and when removed the coverage went perfect all over the house, the app suddenly picked up all the satellites and its hant dropped signal since . very happy


  • Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭gabbo is coming


    quick update. it seems to have sorted itself out into a top notch system with kick ass coverage. Dont know how , the only thing i changed was i had a philips hue bridge connected into the lan slot on one of the satellites and when removed the coverage went perfect all over the house, the app suddenly picked up all the satellites and its hant dropped signal since . very happy

    Same here. Satellites are max 1 wall away from each other, but all 3 devices have settled down and getting more and more comfortable with them. If I'm on a con call and someone says "your video has frozen", more often than not turns out to be their connection!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭stenan


    Have been using them for nearly a month and we have a lot of connection issues, with disconnecting on and off. Also we are having trouble with facetime calls with the US which we did not have in the past. Requested a return and going to go with https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deco-M4-Seamless-Coverage-Replacement/dp/B07NH1J543/ref=psdc_949408031_t2_B07RXLF5XZ or https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deco-P9-Powerline-coverage-Parental/dp/B07XSBGP7G/ref=psdc_949408031_t1_B07NH1J543

    Anyone got any experience with the above?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭Soarer


    Yup.
    Have the M4.
    Worked flawlessly right out of the box.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭tobdom


    stenan wrote: »
    Have been using them for nearly a month and we have a lot of connection issues, with disconnecting on and off. Also we are having trouble with facetime calls with the US which we did not have in the past. Requested a return and going to go with https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deco-M4-Seamless-Coverage-Replacement/dp/B07NH1J543/ref=psdc_949408031_t2_B07RXLF5XZ or https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deco-P9-Powerline-coverage-Parental/dp/B07XSBGP7G/ref=psdc_949408031_t1_B07NH1J543

    Anyone got any experience with the above?

    Have those Deco P9s the last couple of months, very happy with them.

    You should check out this thread, a lot of input & experiences of the different systems available: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058072654


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    stenan wrote: »
    Have been using them for nearly a month and we have a lot of connection issues, with disconnecting on and off. Also we are having trouble with facetime calls with the US which we did not have in the past. Requested a return and going to go with https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deco-M4-Seamless-Coverage-Replacement/dp/B07NH1J543/ref=psdc_949408031_t2_B07RXLF5XZ or https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deco-P9-Powerline-coverage-Parental/dp/B07XSBGP7G/ref=psdc_949408031_t1_B07NH1J543

    Anyone got any experience with the above?


    I done the same, I had no iussues with 3 units but I need 6 for the area I am covering, once I went over 3 it got flaky. So I sent back and bought P9 units with some of the smaller Deco to fill in the black spots.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭stenan


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    I done the same, I had no iussues with 3 units but I need 6 for the area I am covering, once I went over 3 it got flaky. So I sent back and bought P9 units with some of the smaller Deco to fill in the black spots.

    How did the return go? Did you have to pay for the postage or how did it work?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭Soarer


    stenan wrote: »
    How did the return go? Did you have to pay for the postage or how did it work?

    If you bought from Amazon, just tell them they don't work properly and they'll cover the cost of return postage.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    Are these working effectively for anyone who bought them as simple plug and go?


  • Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭gabbo is coming


    Are these working effectively for anyone who bought them as simple plug and go?

    I was going to return them, but I think they're working fine.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Kencollins


    Mine are perfect. 290 of my 300mb on wifi when close to one (5ghz) and 50 ish when further away (2.4ghz). Thats when using the three with wired backhaul. When I disconnect the wired backhaul and let mesh/powerline take over I am getting about 100mb on the 5ghz network and 50 on the 2.4ghz. Thats with two units downstairs and one in the attic (thick stone walls downstairs, so the one in the attic is feeding the 2nd one downstairs through the celing instead of through the walls I imagine.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    Kencollins wrote: »
    Mine are perfect. 290 of my 300mb on wifi when close to one (5ghz) and 50 ish when further away (2.4ghz). Thats when using the three with wired backhaul. When I disconnect the wired backhaul and let mesh/powerline take over I am getting about 100mb on the 5ghz network and 50 on the 2.4ghz. Thats with two units downstairs and one in the attic (thick stone walls downstairs, so the one in the attic is feeding the 2nd one downstairs through the celing instead of through the walls I imagine.

    Cheers, don't think backhauling is an option for now.

    Debating these or just going with the cheaper Deco S4 or Tendas.

    It does seem like these are a step above but are they really


    Am i right you can't prioritise devices with it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,711 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    Are these working effectively for anyone who bought them as simple plug and go?

    Our BluRay player seems to have intermitten network issues with it, but otherwise they working grand for me. WiFi is vastly improved around the house and i will replace the bluray player with an Android TV Box, which I wanted an excuse to do anyway.

    My reading of all the messages, is that the best "backhaul" is wired if possible.

    PowerLine backhaul is ok with one pack of them, but a second three pack on the same mains curcuit kills it.
    Am i right you can't prioritise devices with it?

    Depends what you mean by "prioritise devices" under the "Manage Device" option in the router menu, one can "limit" the upload and download rate, you can also "ban" them from internet access, but i have not bother with this yet.


  • Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭gabbo is coming


    Our BluRay player seems to have intermitten network issues with it, but otherwise they working grand for me. WiFi is vastly improved around the house and i will replace the bluray player with an Android TV Box, which I wanted an excuse to do anyway.

    My reading of all the messages, is that the best "backhaul" is wired if possible.

    PowerLine backhaul is ok with one pack of them, but a second three pack on the same mains curcuit kills it.



    Depends what you mean by "prioritise devices" under the "Manage Device" option in the router menu, one can "limit" the upload and download rate, you can also "ban" them from internet access, but i have not bother with this yet.

    Finally decided to get rid of these. There was definite flakiness when using a vpn for work

    Anyway, got a return label from box.co.uk. wouldn't scan in the shop.for DPD as its UK label

    Got on to them, they said someone would call to the house, yesterday, then today, no sign.

    Anyone who returned these, how did you do it?

    Got the tplink s4, way better. Stronger coverage


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭stenan


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    I done the same, I had no iussues with 3 units but I need 6 for the area I am covering, once I went over 3 it got flaky. So I sent back and bought P9 units with some of the smaller Deco to fill in the black spots.

    They found mine faulty and gave me a full refund. The Dècos I have are far far better with better signal, stable and where cheaper. Happy days :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭gabbo is coming


    stenan wrote: »
    They found mine faulty and gave me a full refund. The Dècos I have are far far better with better signal, stable and where cheaper. Happy days :)

    All good, DPD collected today


  • Registered Users Posts: 137 ✭✭delboy76


    I am looking at getting something for my 1000mb Siro connection and was wondering if anyone had any experience replacing the vodafone gigabox with these? No CAT5 or 6 cabling in the house so will have to rely on powerline backhaul.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Kencollins


    I replaced the gigabox with these. It was simple, just had to put in a username and password in the PPPOE settings, set VLAN tag to 10, and the Huawei router connected to the internet.

    The PPOE username is the router serial number, like E1234CM45555446@vfieftth.ie, and the password was broadband1

    I connected the vodafone router and the huawei to a cheap switch, so they both get their own IP address. This allowes the VOIP phone to work with the vodafone box, without causing a double NAT issue.

    The powerline backhaul maxes out at about 100mb for me. The 5ghz mesh manages about 300 in my house with concrete walls downstairs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 228 ✭✭mickotoole


    Had an interesting experience this evening with these devices. I was messing about with them and factory reset them. When they came back up I did a speedtest and was getting 300mb down and 200mb up ... all good. Then I reconfigured the router to use the IP addresses of my old network (10.0.0.0/24) and when I did a speedtest from the same place in the house with the same device I was getting 30mb down and 17Mb up. I changed back to the default netowrk of 192.168.3.0/24 and the speeds were back to the 300/200Mbps. I don't know why but the network configuration made a significant difference to the speed. I'll do more reading and see if I can get to the bottom of it but thought this information might be useful to some on here


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 755 ✭✭✭whowantstwoknow


    Finally decided to get rid of these. There was definite flakiness when using a vpn for work

    Anyway, got a return label from box.co.uk. wouldn't scan in the shop.for DPD as its UK label

    Got on to them, they said someone would call to the house, yesterday, then today, no sign.

    Anyone who returned these, how did you do it?

    Got the tplink s4, way better. Stronger coverage

    @Gabbo, did you get to return yours to box.co.uk using the generated DPD label, I've started the return process and would be great if I didnt have to get them back to the UK.

    Thanks
    W.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    How they turn out for everyone else? Looking at set for brother who has a lower budget than tp link

    People still using


  • Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭gabbo is coming


    @Gabbo, did you get to return yours to box.co.uk using the generated DPD label, I've started the return process and would be great if I didnt have to get them back to the UK.

    Thanks
    W.

    Has to go to UK. A DPD location won't accept the generated barcode. Had to get on to box support, who arranged a specific DPD collection to the house. After a couple of days, was collected. All good. In fact, box were excellent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Kencollins


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    How they turn out for everyone else? Looking at set for brother who has a lower budget than tp link

    People still using

    I'm still using mine. They are pretty solid. Had one issue where one of the satellites connected by cable to the main router went a bit crazy. Any devices connected to that one had no internet. A plug out and back in sorted it. I have been using it for work from home for the last two months with no issues with VPN or video calls


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  • Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭jim salter


    Has anyone used : devolo Magic 2–2400 WiFi next: Ultimate powerline Starter Kit

    Considering getting this set - any real world experience reviews when using with 1Gb BB?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    jim salter wrote: »
    Has anyone used : devolo Magic 2–2400 WiFi next: Ultimate powerline Starter Kit

    Considering getting this set - any real world experience reviews when using with 1Gb BB?


    Why not just go TP-link Deco P9, for same money you are getting 3 devices


  • Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭jim salter


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    Why not just go TP-link Deco P9, for same money you are getting 3 devices

    The Devolo offers passthrough and looks a bit neater.

    One of the drawbacks is that the Delovo does not offer backwards compatibility - which isn't a problem for me tbh as I have AV200 and AV500 TP link devices which have been quite flaky in the past.

    That said the M4 is on sale for £109 on Amazon at the moment.


  • Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭jim salter


    Anyone used one of these: TP Link RE650 AC2600?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    jim salter wrote: »
    Anyone used one of these: TP Link RE650 AC2600?

    Do you plan on connecting it by ethernet? If not I would avoid as repeating and mesh are not the same thing. Repeating slows your connection


  • Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭jim salter


    Do you plan on connecting it by ethernet? If not I would avoid as repeating and mesh are not the same thing. Repeating slows your connection

    Yeah, considering connecting by Ethernet as the wireless NICs on most of my equipment is not at the 802.11ac level (most of my wireless NICs are 802.11b/a/g/n - up to 450Mbps) only 2 of my devices have an 802.11ac card


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    jim salter wrote: »
    Yeah, considering connecting by Ethernet as the wireless NICs on most of my equipment is not at the 802.11ac level (most of my wireless NICs are 802.11b/a/g/n - up to 450Mbps) only 1 of my devices have an 802.11ac card

    I mean connecting this repeater to your main router?


  • Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭jim salter


    I mean connecting this repeater to your main router?

    No, I would not be connecting this to the router via Ethernet, would be using the powerline capability and connecting via cable to the device.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    jim salter wrote: »
    No, I would not be connecting this to the router via Ethernet, would be using the powerline capability and connecting via cable to the device.

    Powerline capacity? No mention of that at all. This is a repeater. It's even unsure whether the Ethernet port can be used for backhaul.


  • Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭jim salter


    Powerline capacity? No mention of that at all. This is a repeater. It's even unsure whether the Ethernet port can be used for backhaul.

    That's true, will look at the spec more deeply (made an assumption it could) :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,711 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    mickotoole wrote: »
    Saw this posted on another Boards thread and went for it. Expecting it to arrive tomorrow so can't comment on the quality or user experience yet. Total cost delivered is £150.23. For a 3 piece mesh WiFi system that is pretty good value. A quick search is showing the same kit as being over £200 elsewhere. I'll post a review as soon as I get it set up. For those that aren't bothered waiting on an independent review you can jump straight in here - https://www.box.co.uk/Huawei-WiFi-Q2-Pro-Wi-Fi-System-(3-Pack)_2784181.html

    Down to £99.99 now...


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