I am using zte mc888, which is last year model
Umobile suggest 2021 model which use x55 chipset, but that one got local official warranty, cant blame them.
Malaysia 5g broadband adoption is low compare to other countries, cant blame vendor does not bring new router come in Malaysia. The performance is really good.

Was having pretty heavy rain at skudai last friday
Did not have any effect on speed, in fact i was doing a lot of test that day
If i get anymore rain in recent day, I'll report again.
However, in my experince of using 4g broadband for the past 6 years or so in my office, rain seldom cause any issue

Which nr5103?
I would advice you get 3 branded one instead of ee
As 3 firmware is a lot better and with more features

I'm using zte 888, which is x65 chip. Did not on wifi as i am connecting it to my x50-4g which serve as an AP now. The temp reading shows 56c in a pretty cold aircon room.

There is 4g/5g broadband and there is fiber broadband, so which one you and indicating in statung at the second part of you statement about doubting rain will cause slow speed?

Yes tplink is nice and loval unit, x50-4g is using x65 chipset, which is likely to be the cheapest around
But, my experince using tp link x50-4g is, their firmware support for mobile router is suck to the max, while normal x50 is getting multiple firmware with Added functionality, the 4g variant got nothing. It had been complain at the forum and they just dont care.
Perhaps in a sense that tplink main router portfolio is fiber router, and those china brand eg huawei and zte are having sustaintial cpe porfolio

The reason i decide to see September unifi price reduction would be public ip too, using cgnat would be too troblesome to access nas at home..

Operate 24/7 will have a lot of heat or not? Hows the heat?

Hahaha funny
Dont misled ppl
Direct compare apple to apple. Three uk was using zte 801A before change to newer and better 3 branded zyxel 5103e.
801a is using x52 platform while the bew 3 branded router us using mediatek T750 platform

On the other hand, the newer model from ZTE is 888 series, which use x62/65 platform. Therefore, not really savvy if follow umobile suggestions only.
Why umobile suggest obsolete model? Becuase ZTE didnt bring in newer model into malaysia yet and got a lot old stock lo

Therefore, if chossing between 801a and the three model, three one is newer tech
Ee one is using older mediatek chipset i believe

Yes my mc888 sibei hot
Operating @ 60c constant
And i use it as modem only, didnt have wifi on and connect to my tplink mesh
Anyone has t750 normal operating temp? For zyxel nr5103e that rebrabded as ee/3? Zyxel 5103e also got fan at bottom

45c operating at 28c room temp, holy shit, nice temp wor.

I am using x50-4g for two years, 0 firmware update.
They dont really update their mobile internet line up. Check tplink forum you will see some complain too.
Perhaps they will change for 5g?

This post has been edited by wanttobuylaptop: Aug 14 2023, 12:47 AM

Gotten three logo zyxel nr5103e. Initially if didnt lock band straight connect 4g only. Granted, i am testing it in a very crowded residential. Seriously townhouse and condo in one area? Brilliant developer.
After locking to b28 and all 5g band, get constant 5g connection, at least for now.
Speed wise, bench against UTHM batu pahat getting ~ 320 mbps dl, and 8, yes, 8 mbps upload. I even getting 0.9 for upload, siao
Using fast.com, getting ard 270mbps, and 12mbps upload.
Dont have the time to stress test and gaming test, perhaps tomolo.
Dashboard show full bar lte, 2 bar 5g.
The firmware is b12, and true to what ispreview mentioned, without a three sim card this unit wont be getting firmware update.

This post has been edited by wanttobuylaptop: Aug 16 2023, 02:05 AM

From sing4g yes, but 702 include shipping, they did flash sale for two days at midnight in shopee
Ya b12 is good firmware but mana tau later b16/18/20 lagi best lol
Best solution is if it allow to flash zyxel firmware

Btw since we are nsa, we must lock both 4g b28 and n77/78 to get 5g right? Without locking also b28 wont connect?

Dont get ee, three firmware is much better. EE one gotten alot of complian
Buy online la can get on one day pun

True yo, gonna try ip passthrough when i get another router, if works then it wont matter if the firmware is not update on zyxel router

This post has been edited by wanttobuylaptop: Aug 16 2023, 09:31 PM

EE firmware cannot lock band, and some reported stuck at 4g forever
Same hardware true, but different firmware
Since u show sing4g poster, i gonna tell u that even they suggest 3 la ..

This post has been edited by wanttobuylaptop: Aug 16 2023, 09:33 PM

Look at the router, is it ee logo or three
Also, at the firmware, is it ee firmware, which is green, or three, which u will see three logo

I set up and tested three branded zyxel nr5103e and zte mc888, whcih is using sd x62. Diff location and set up tho, therefore i cannot compare the performance.
Have mc888 for two weeks, 24/7 and connected to at least 17 decyices during working time, but, it is hook up to a x50-4g and deco m4 as mesh node, only using zte mc888 for wan, no wifi obviously. I use javascript to force dns, which does not have it in zte dashboard. Zte ui is not the best, quite chunky and inaccessible once during two weeks, whcih require a hard restart. But, connection wise, the best. Really stable.
Zyxel i set up as a single router, so far two days also no isuue, and connection also stable. Firmware is very responsive, and can set dns, which is awesome. But it does not subject ro heavy abuse as my office set up yet.
Since x50-5g is available, even i have bad experience with tplink firmware support, i have to say it is hard to suggest zte mc888 over tplink. Tplink UI is good, and can remote monitor the router. I would suggest based on budget, either three branded zyxel or x50-5g. If u want mesh, zyxel would be chesper to set up with more choice since x50-5g is expensive. But if u already have tplink router, x50-5g should be good upgrade, and can recycle old router as mesh node.

This post has been edited by wanttobuylaptop: Aug 17 2023, 12:43 AM

Aiya, missed ur question. To the contrary, at my place in skudai, UTHM server is the best speed compare to other, be it for 5g or unifi

Nope i didnt change the host name. Well, only the gui is down and everything else work fine, so no problem for me. Really need to go into gui for sms which is the only reason i enter zte gui now then i restart lo if it inaccessible again.

Dia hot sell sampai oos lol
Cheapest in shopee i think

Stress test download for, ok, i cant really stress test download, too fast for 100 gb download. Test is done for zyxel nr5103e three logo
Spread between epic stram and xbox pc download, all three with supposingly optimized server cdn and Epic can get constant 42MB/s, steam need to wait for awhile to achieve highest download of the three, 49 MB/s, probably because the file allocation method ir used is different from epic. Xbox however, is the slowest, geting below 40MB/s, peaked ard 37 with frequent howering ard 17~25,
Also use rclone and terminal to download a couple of file from onedrive business, getting peaked speed @ 37MB/s and howering ard 32 ish. All test done with my kingston A2000, so read write wont be bottleneck.
Gaming counter strike i am getting ping of 34 ish, which is average.overall, good enough la, but xbox download funny, cos with my unifi 300 i can get constant max bandwidth, which is 35 MB/s.

This post has been edited by wanttobuylaptop: Aug 19 2023, 03:25 PM