Probably it’s the router issue, I also have U Home 5G and never had issue with the connection, I bought my own router. Always fast speed. The bundled router is problematic based on the feedback here.

I see I see, actually my uncle was the one who set this 5g thing up. He’s sadly passed away, don’t think they can afford to spend much on a new 5g router now.

Would much better they be on the 79 for 100mbps by umobile itself

Is there a clause in the contract for minimum service? Or is it the government set 1mbps?

Better report to U Mobile is the speed is not good or maybe the settings are wrong.

Hi, just received uhome 5g sim card with router.
Plugged in everything, looks like no Internet from sim card.

Is there any activation required?

Login to the router and select PC interface, check if there is any SMS.

Or plug in to the phone and see if there is any SMS.

U need to activate the simcard first iianm..

Thanks for helping.
Managed to get it work after waiting for few hours.

Hi All Sifus - i have the Nokia FastMile 5G-24W-A.. it worked well but during the week i finished my 5g sim quota thought it was modem issue and pressed WPS button.
ive since renewed my 5g sim quota BUT now

i cannot log in with the default userAdmin and password at bottom sticker even after　ＦＡＣＴＯＲＹ　ＲＥＳＥＴ several times.

I tried to connect via RJ45 network cable but no use as it will still bring me to the webGUI page where i need to login.

Basically im now locked out and cannot use the internet anymore!

Any ideas on how to resolve? Is there any other default password or can i debug with the usb A or usb C at the bottom?

Shopee seller is hopeless and doesnt take responsibility.

I believe these are all refurbished routers from aus? Could it be corrupted?

The thing powers up well and looks very new - sad if it goes to waste.

How long did u press the reset button? Sometimes u need to hold it for a few seconds for it to register

Another firmware update for zte MC888s.

Where to find the change log ?

The router itself is flawed, I googled and many said to have the same reboot issue. Mine is getting worst every few minutes reboot, no watchdog no nothing, factory reset also same it’s a piece of shit

man I wish I saw this thread before opted in for the router last week. Tried it once, really terrible signal, worst than a cheapo Huawei B315, so shelved if for now.

This post has been edited by digitalifelesss: Dec 4 2024, 05:11 AM

Kindly share which router you bought

Thank you

new update for router

I'm using Zyxel NR5103E.

Does it solve the frequent reboot issue ?

wanna share 1 trick for u guys to locate best spot to place your 5G modem router.

take a samsung 5G phone and dial *#0011#

then select your 5G sim (sim1 / sim2)

then place your phone on the spot you want to put the 5G modem router.

check and see which spot has the best RSRP signal. (-80 is stronger than -90)

SINR higher is better. (5 is higher than -5)

normally the corner of the wall near window has better signal.

This post has been edited by BOTAK_WAI: Dec 5 2024, 12:47 AM

Thanks for the tips! I will check the spot when I go back to my hometown.

for NR5301E, i also notice that if RSRP-NSA has weaker signal than -90, you might have chance to drop to LTE mode (B28) when SINR is low, even you have already selected 5G-NSA/LTE auto mode with B28+n78 boxes checked only.

RSRP signal normally has better signal than RSRP-NSA signal because B28's 700MHz has better penetration than n78's 3500MHz.

This post has been edited by BOTAK_WAI: Dec 5 2024, 03:26 AM

Here are some of my takes after using my newly bought nokia fastmile router vs MC888S

1. The snapdragon chip is indeed a signal magnet, the place i'm in is supposedly no 4G signal at all..not even my phone mediatek chip can detect 4G but this router can and got like 20Mbps out of it
5G wise slightly better signals but significantly better and consistent speed(even during peak hours)
for context, i can run a speedtest on fast.com at anytime, i can get 300Mbps

2. i think this router has 5 receiver which symbolizes the 5 dot on top so no matter which direction u put it on, it will detect which side has the best signal

3. it will still get hot but due to the circular design of it and me using the charger brick as a stand...it cooled off pretty good...u can feel heat coming out on top if you put your hand on top of it

4. cannot lock band, cannot change time or time zone, cannot manually connect and disconnect

5. DNS only can change ipv4

6. the question that everybody will be asking, will it disconnect?...answer is yes and no
the router won't restart but the 5G would disconnect so when the 5G disconnect, there's only 2 way it can go
one is it will try to reconnect 5G back or if it's unsuccessful, it will be only connected to 4G(5G will be permanently unavailable) and you have to manually restart the router to reconnect 5G
so i feel like the MC888S is setup as "if 5G disconnect, router has to restart" because i notice everytime 5G drops on MC888S to limited service, it basically means the router is gonna restart....they just need to change this line of code to prevent it from restarting

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Dec 5 2024, 12:26 PM