my current experience, i have two sets of those maxis usb dongle modem & archer router.. 1 existing installed during fibre instalation & another one set exact same models (usb dongle & archer router) i bought from mudah...

the backup simcard working and interchangeable between those devices (at other location as well)... but when i put in other modem (different brand and model) or smartphone, NO SERVICE

Maxis router has no IMEI because its not sim card router

the IMEI located at the USB dongle

For my case, i lived in bukit jalil.. then last year pkp phase 2 i move to perak. my location doesnt have tm fibre neither maxis fibre..
hence im using the 4G connected to archer router and my whole house still got internet and act as fibre down and 4g backup kick in

till date no fibre available in my area. so no problem about location. as long as i connected my usb zte modem into the router, then i can have wifi.

This post has been edited by aviro25: Aug 3 2021, 04:09 PM

you paid the fiber for wireless broadband, they will welcome you

Hi TS,

I've combined my Maxis home fibre and Maxis postpaid plan...I was provided a new Maxis 4G backup sim card and a ZTE MF833V dongle.

I tried to put the new Maxis 4G backup sim card into the dongle (dongle attached to a powerbank), the light turned blue, I tried to use my computer to search for wifi connection of this ZTE dongle... cannot find it.

I tried to attached the ZTE dongle to Maxis TP-Link Archer c5v router, the light turned blue, I unplug the fibre connection (trying to force the connection switch to 4G backup)... backup is not working.

I remove the sim card from dongle and put it into a phone, I am able to connect to internet and share hot-spots connection to my other devices.

Mind to share and advise... is my ZTE dongle not working or it is locked? Can I put the sim card to a spare phone and act as hot-spots on the move (different locations)?

Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by clickNsnap: Sep 17 2021, 03:50 PM

I tried to attached the ZTE dongle to Maxis TP-Link Archer c5v router, the light turned blue, I unplug the fibre connection (trying to force the connection switch to 4G backup)... backup is not working.
If the light turn blue meaning it connected successfully, its a setting problem cause your device cant use it.


Can I put the sim card to a spare phone and act as hot-spots on the move (different locations)?
by doing this, soon your sim card will be block by maxis

Btw, are you still using it as backup only?

This post has been edited by clickNsnap: Sep 17 2021, 04:22 PM

last time i using it in my office

but now wfh, long time never use

can ZTE MF833V dongle pair to use with laptop?

so far what i can achieve is the dongle connected, but laptop show no internet connection

but nslookup www.google.com did work,

suspect block from firmware

This post has been edited by ZzZzz...: Oct 4 2021, 04:39 PM

Hi
I'm new to Maxis Home Fibre.
Can i use the 4G backup SIM in my own ASUS router (as a backup purpose in case of fibre network is down) ?

no idea, i never try before

Are you using Maxis's router or own one?

I using maxis router, but did not plug in the 4G dongle

4G dongle i use in laptop. My one is earliest batch, did not lock

Sorry for micro bumping this thread. But has any of you received this kind of message from Maxis?

Now my SIM seems unusable.

https://pictr.com/images/2021/11/12/BnHgbY.md.jpg

any chance to unblock it?and how?

Yap, i received this message from Maxis too!

Just give maxis customer service a call, they will help you make a report to relevant department to unbarred the SIM.

FYI, maxis able to detect if the backup SIM being use in other devices/location

Hi guys,

I'm do provide unlock service for Maxis USB stick and you will be able to use the backup SIM on your PC after the unlock process. If anyone interested you may PM me.

Thank you.

Has anyone successfully use their 4g backup dongle with car android device?

MF833V-M-S does not seem to be locked.

The issue I had when connecting to Linux- Ubuntu PC, that makes it seems like it is locked, was in reality the DHCP did not work.

So I manually assign IP in the 192.168.0.5 as the modem is 192.168.0.1 and Viola ! Can access the webui.

Went to change the DHCP range and now DHCP works as expected.

Anyone know if the backup SIM able to receive SMS ? I trying to register the number from the backup SIM, seems like the verification SMS from Whatapps/Telegram is not receiving.

Thanks.