Hi..

I came across one of the members here asking about the huawei e8372.. Yes I'm using it since about a month ago with digi i150. What I could say.. this modem/dongle/router is ok for the price I've paid for (market price RM180.00 - RM230). I bought the used one from mudah.my.. so I've paid cheaper in price.

performance wise.. when I first used.. I felt little bit frustrated since it did not performed as I expected.. the download speed just about 5mb and upload speed about 3mb... FYI I'm coming from tm streamyx 4mb.. I hope the speed should be much more better. BTW I'm not straightly jump to digi i150 bandwagon.. rather than use my digi
prepaid to test the speed of digi 4g lte.. (daily unlimited RM8). So I almost cancel my intention to subscribe to digi i150

BTW thanks to this forum especially this thread .. it has widen my knowledge about the wireless things... 4g/lte particularly.. so here i want to share my experience using this kind of modem for digi i150..

As I had mentioned earlier I'm not satisfied with it's performance ... but after digging and more digging from this forum and google.. I found that .. this modem should be set as it should be.. at least for my own usage.



This modem has capability to choose mode either LTE only, UMTS only, GSM only or combination betwwen these three modes via web browser 192.168 8.1. As default the auto mode is used. So that's why in my opinion the download/upload speed is not as it should be for lte network. So I set it to LTE only. This modem also has the
capability of what lte bands to be using ..as far as i know, digi uses 3 bands for their network b3 1800, b7 2600 and b8 900 (still not yet supported in my area) my best option is to use either b3 or b7 and combination b3+b7.. but from my experience if I set to b3+b7 the download speed max about 12mb upload max about 7mb.. same
thing if i set to b7 only.. but the thing is quite different if i set to b3 only... the download speed suddenly jumped to 20mb to 25b constantly through out the day.. same goes to uploading speed between 16mb to 20mb.. the signal strength jump to 4 bar compared to 2 - 3 bar previously.. since I ve said ealier I'm coming from
streamyx 4mb.. so this huge download/upload difference make me wonder what to download..what to upload.. hahahaha.. the speed become better and faster during early morning.. the upload speed can reach up to 30mb without using any ext antenna.. yap this modem supports mimo antenna (2 x ts9 ports)







So my suggestion for those who are going to use this modem ..pls attach the modem with usb male to female ext cable for power supply rather than straightly plug in to usb power adapter.. why ?? because it is easier for us to move, to point to the best position/direction or change the orientation etc... yap this modem is quite sensitive.. slightly move the modem.. It will effect the performance.. In my case .. I'm pointing this modem to the nearest digi tower (as shown in Cell Tower Locator app)..

last week I balik kampung .. karai enggor kuala kangsar.. I know 1 digi tower already been in my kampung for years... So I brought along this dongle/modem to test.. to my suprise.. the download speed... almost 40mb...wooo.... Ok hope this will help you all...at least...

Haven't tried yet.. but going to try...

for android search for.. Cell Tower Locator.. this is what i'm using .. but there are some other apps for similar function..
able to plug in directly to any usb ports for power supply .. , form factor.. price cheaper than normal mifi.. unlimited operation time... so I don't need to care about battery life as a normal mifi .. has router function ..not just a modem..

facing same problem before.. then I called digi cs.. within 24 hrs my internet speed changed drastically... now even on peak hrs the speed is stabil within 40 to 50 mbps indoor .fyi i'm just using e8372


so try call digi cs .. hope they could do something to fix your internet problem.

Recently I upgraded from E8372 to B310s-22. The main reason for upgrading is to use the phone replacing TM streamyx phone.. now I can call to anyone without having to think about the bill. Secondly because the b310s-22 has ethernet port so I can hook up to my pc.

But one thing I feel funny I couldn't place my modem as normally would. I have to put my modem as pic below. It gives me better signal and speed roughly between 45mbps to 60 mbps. Otherwise if I make it stand as normally would the speed just about 10 - 20 mbps




So for those who are using the same modem or other modems.. just try to put or place the modem as I did..

on other note: some members here pm'ed me how to change or lock the band on E8372..since no options on webui.. Luckily my one.. the webui has already modded when i purchased it.. yap the stock one doesn't have this option. So the solution is to use Huawei E5186 toolbox v0.9. This tool also works beautifully on my B310s-22 as pic below.