topic Re: 4gee home router 1, 2 or 3? in Mobile Broadband

4gee home router 1, 2 or 3?

Nixtoo — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:00:11 GMT

I currently have an old 3 soyealink b535-333 which works for most devices but not Roku (streaming stick). After lots of research and trying different setting I've decided to replace it.

I have the options of buying a few variations of the EE home router. HH70 (£40), a huawei model (I think its the homerouter 2) or a

D412C57 (home router 3) (£50). We have a great 4G signal and I think they all have a potential top down load of 300mps. Can anyone recommend one router over the others?

Thanks

Re: 4gee home router 1, 2 or 3?

Christopher_G — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 13:07:38 GMT

Hi @Nixtoo

I understand you're looking for recommendations from other users, hopefully someone is along soon to offer their opinion. 🙂

Chris

Re: 4gee home router 1, 2 or 3?

EssexBoyEE — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:26:29 GMT

The soyealink b535-333 you have is actually an Rebadged Huawei 4G (CAT 7 Router) and whilst there showing there age a bit now, they are actually a half decent 4G Router (Assuming the Routers Firmware has not been messed about with and locked down too much by Three) .

Before you start spending money on replacing stuff, can I suggest you change some APN Profile Settings on your current Router, reason being is the words Huawei, EE IPV6, and Roku don't fair well in the same sentence due the way IPV6 is presented through an EE Mobile Data Gateway.

Try this - (Assuming the Three Firmware let's you)

Using the Admin Web UI, create a New APN Profile, call it something like EE IPV4Only or something, use these Settings in the new profile,

APN = everywhere

User = leave this blank

Password = leave this blank

Authentication = PAP

Protocol = IPV4 Only

Save the above new Profile and do either a Soft or Hard Reboot (not Reset), upon restarting, check that the New Profile is saved and still exists, hopefully it will, now set that profile as the new Default Profile and do a Hard Reboot (complete Power Off and back On again) but at the same time do a power On / Off of ALL the Other Devices that are connected to Router, ie, Roku Boxes or Sticks, Phones etc.

After a complete Network Reboot of your Devices post up your findings, ie, does the Roku work?

Re: 4gee home router 1, 2 or 3?

Nixtoo — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 06:05:51 GMT

Thanks for your reply. We tried this and it will stay on ipv4 and roku will connect but we get no internet.

Re: 4gee home router 1, 2 or 3?

EssexBoyEE — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:26:55 GMT

@Nixtoo wrote - We tried this and it will stay on ipv4 and roku will connect but we get no internet.

The symptoms you are describing are exactly what to expect with a Roku Stick failing over an IPV6/4 connection. did you try the same settings I suggested above and then Rebooted everything over the Network?

Re: 4gee home router 1, 2 or 3?

Nixtoo — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 18:48:25 GMT

Yes, and I tried it again. When on Ipv4 only it disconnects from the internet. So all devices are connected to the router (including roku) but no internet connection. When back on ipv4/6 we get a good internet speed but Roku won’t connect to the internet.

Re: 4gee home router 1, 2 or 3?

EssexBoyEE — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 22:10:12 GMT

Hmm, that's means your probably going to have the same problem if you upgrade or buy another Huawei 4 or 5G Router.

Try this, replace the EE APN = everywhere to an older 3G APN like general.t-Mobile.uk , with the same IPV4 Only and PAP, then do another complete Router and Device Reboot.

What Roku Stick is it, I've got one kicking around somewhere, think it's a Roku 4K + or something, let me see if I can duplicate your issue with an Huawei CPE Pro Router.