****The Official 5G Home Broadband Thread**** (Three/EE/Vodafone/etc)

QndiX said:
Apologies if this information is somewhere already but I have scoured the posts on here (and elsewhere) and need some advice/help.

I'm on Three 5G Broadband and have a three supplied Huawei 5G CPE Pro. Last week I was upgraded (even cheaper deal) to a new Zyxel NR5103E and they didn't want the Huawei back so I now have both hubs. Both hubs have the option in their GUIs to put them in bridge mode and the Zyxel can be put in Bridge mode or Cellular passthrough mode.

I have an ASUS RT-AX86U which I need to use for a variety of reasons so want to put the 3 hub into Bridge mode. However I am a little confused as to what settings I should be putting into the ASUS for :

1) WAN Connection Type
2) Username & Password

Secondly, assuming the Zyxel is the better option (I might go for an external aerial too), should I be putting it in Bridge Mode or Cellular Passthrough mode? I am inclined to go with Bridge mode but I am not a networking guru and fairly new to all this so any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated!!

(Also is there a particular Ethernet port that gets used on the Router when in Bridge mode or should I just plug someething into it and see what there is there???)

Thank you so very much for your help on this. I spent yesterday going a little crazy trying to find out answers... I appreciate I was probably just googling the wrong questions. At least I found this Forum!!!!!
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Does the RT-AX86U allow for WAN Connection Type = Auto? (Authentication = None) I have that for my XT12. That connects to the Zyxel NR7101 and that is with EE. On the NR7101, just put it in Cellular IP Passthrough (https://support.zyxel.eu/hc/en-us/a...w-to-set-bridge-mode-cellular-IP-passthrough-). Set the mode to "Fixed" and put in the MAC address of the RT-AX86U in. That'll pass the cellular WAN IP to the Asus router. If the NR5013E is similar to the interface, you find that under the Broadband > Cellular APN section. Edit one of the APN lines (that is where you put the APN details, username, password, etc). Then afterwards I just manually turn off WiFi, DoS Protection and DHCP on the Zyxel. Let your RT-AX86U handle everything.
 
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Apologies if this has been asked already, but is anyone using the EE 4/5G internet packages that are available?

Looking to perhaps set my sister up on this at her new place (Farmhouse) so its really the only best option for connection with a decent speed.

After some suggestions/feedback from people who actually use it or have experience with it.
 
Firegod said:
Does the RT-AX86U allow for WAN Connection Type = Auto? (Authentication = None) I have that for my XT12. That connects to the Zyxel NR7101 and that is with EE. On the NR7101, just put it in Cellular IP Passthrough (https://support.zyxel.eu/hc/en-us/a...w-to-set-bridge-mode-cellular-IP-passthrough-). Set the mode to "Fixed" and put in the MAC address of the RT-AX86U in. That'll pass the cellular WAN IP to the Asus router. If the NR5013E is similar to the interface, you find that under the Broadband > Cellular APN section. Edit one of the APN lines (that is where you put the APN details, username, password, etc). Then afterwards I just manually turn off WiFi, DoS Protection and DHCP on the Zyxel. Let your RT-AX86U handle everything.
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Hi, thanks so much for replying.
The ASUS has WAN Connection Type options of Automatic IP, Static IP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, v6plus
I currently have it plugged into the non bridged Huawei (as I am awaiting the new Zyxel from three which should be here in an hour) with it set to Automatic IP which doesn't require any username or password. It 'works' but obviously I want to bridge mode the three hub to remove the double NAT.

Everything kind of makes sense but where you say 'that is where you put the APN details, username, password etc' my biggest question is what are the settings for three 5g broadband? I have looked on forums and people seem to recommend using the 3internet APN rather than the three.co.uk one but that still leaves me in the dark regarding required username and password requirements.

I did used to have bt with a hub in bridge mode and i needed to set the ASUS to PPPoE with [email protected] / bt to get it working but I appreciate this is is a 5G not wired connection which is all new to me so am a bit lost.

Thank you so much for your help. I'm learning!!
 
QndiX said:
Hi, thanks so much for replying.
The ASUS has WAN Connection Type options of Automatic IP, Static IP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, v6plus
I currently have it plugged into the non bridged Huawei (as I am awaiting the new Zyxel from three which should be here in an hour) with it set to Automatic IP which doesn't require any username or password. It 'works' but obviously I want to bridge mode the three hub to remove the double NAT.

Everything kind of makes sense but where you say 'that is where you put the APN details, username, password etc' my biggest question is what are the settings for three 5g broadband? I have looked on forums and people seem to recommend using the 3internet APN rather than the three.co.uk one but that still leaves me in the dark regarding required username and password requirements.

I did used to have bt with a hub in bridge mode and i needed to set the ASUS to PPPoE with [email protected] / bt to get it working but I appreciate this is is a 5G not wired connection which is all new to me so am a bit lost.

Thank you so much for your help. I'm learning!!
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  • Name: 3 Internet
  • APN: three.co.uk
  • MMSC:
  • MMS Proxy: mms.three.co.uk
  • MMS Port: 8799
  • APN Type: internet+MMS. (If an entry is required type a * on its own)
Leave pass and username blank
 
SexyGreyFox said:
So if my phone isn't picking up a 5G signal on EE, Three, O2 and Vodafone (I've tried them all) I'm not going to get a better signal with a 5G router and external antenna?
Go 200 yards from my house and I'm hitting good speeds.
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Hmm so borrowed a family members Zyxel router with Three SIM and was stuck on 4g as out area doesn't have 5G yet, was getting 40Mbps. Then on the router I manually selected n78 and one 4g band and then it went to 350Mbps although upload was dire. Router deffo picks up signal better than a phone. Oh and you'll have to find the sweet spot in your house. You can use apps to do that.
 
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kakarott said:
Hmm so borrowed a family members Zyxel router with Three SIM and was stuck on 4g as out area doesn't have 5G yet, was getting 40Mbps. Then on the router I manually selected n78 and one 4g band and then it went to 350Mbps although upload was dire. Router deffo picks up signal better than a phone. Oh and you'll have to find the sweet spot in your house. You can use apps to do that.
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Was the upload dire regardless of the DL link? Just curious as my upload has much improved since I moved over to wireless broadband nearly 2 years ago now.
 
kakarott said:
My Speed Tes

But saying that, not sure if they throttle but after 5pm could bare get on 200Mbps.
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Weird that the DL is so good but that latency is horrible. The upload is so bad. Do we think maybes it was just the test server? Have you tried different ones at different times of day? When you picked the 4G band on the Zyxel did you pick a few or just one? That would impact Band Aggregation. For example on the NR7101 with EE it alternates between the slower B3 and then the quicker B1 and B7 bands. So for the initial connection I may use B7 and then have 2 or 3 other bands, usually B3 for the aggregation. When I tried Three here the speed was awful (only a few MB) and they said it was congestion on the mast.
 
When it wasn't on 5g, upload was around 15Mbps I think deffo not that low. I remember when I had 3, if I switched to 3g, upload was faster than on 4g.

Not sure if it's server related.

I couldn't try at different times as I borrowed it quickly for a few hours.

When it came to 4G (voxi), it auto connected, I didn't specify bands but it was way faster than my phone and b535 router with external antenna.
 
QndiX said:
Im on Three 5G Broadband and have a three supplied Huawei 5G CPE Pro. Last week I was upgraded (even cheaper deal) to a new Zyxel NR5103E and they didn't want the Huawei back so I now have both hubs.
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Would you be looking to sell your Huawei router by any chance?
 
I kinda wish I had gone the 5G route when I moved into my apartment last year. I get blistering 5G speed in here compared to the fibre we have atm.

I'm going to revisit in 6 months time as were moving anyway but if I can get rid of Sky BB then i'm going to go for it as we're going to bin off Sky TV anyway.
 
kakarott said:
So my bros Zyxel nr5103e is still on b9 software while everyone seems to be on b10. Is there a download available anywhere?
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Got one of these yesterday and it came on the b8 software. Mine is from Three and is network branded so not sure if this will work for you.

The following worked for me - with the unit powered on, press and hold the reset button on the bottom of the unit (its a pin reset so will need something like a sim card remover) for 45 seconds ish, the lights on the top of the unit will go out, release the reset button when the power light turns back on. I then waited a few minutes and the whole unit started flashing like a christmas tree....a few minutes later I logged on and it had updated itself to b10 software. Apparently this sort of reset forces the unit to communicate with Three and check for a OTA update.

I still can't get it to connect to 5G though, which is a shame as I get a solid 5G connection on my iphone when placed directly next to the router both on the same Three network. Going to have a play around with the manual band selection tonight to see if I can force it onto that 5G connection!
 
WxM_IeuaN said:
Got one of these yesterday and it came on the b8 software. Mine is from Three and is network branded so not sure if this will work for you.

The following worked for me - with the unit powered on, press and hold the reset button on the bottom of the unit (its a pin reset so will need something like a sim card remover) for 45 seconds ish, the lights on the top of the unit will go out, release the reset button when the power light turns back on. I then waited a few minutes and the whole unit started flashing like a christmas tree....a few minutes later I logged on and it had updated itself to b10 software. Apparently this sort of reset forces the unit to communicate with Three and check for a OTA update.

I still can't get it to connect to 5G though, which is a shame as I get a solid 5G connection on my iphone when placed directly next to the router both on the same Three network. Going to have a play around with the manual band selection tonight to see if I can force it onto that 5G connection!
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It did actually update a few days ago

Btw in the settings you can select the bands so you should be able to connect to 5G, I was able to do this where I don't get 5G on my phone but can in the router. I think it's in network settings under cellular bands.
 
kakarott said:
It did actually update a few days ago

Btw in the settings you can select the bands so you should be able to connect to 5G, I was able to do this where I don't get 5G on my phone but can in the router. I think it's in network settings under cellular bands.
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Yeah I did do a bit of research last night it looks like Three use bands n77 and n78 for their 5G just haven't had time to test it out yet.

Fingers crossed I can get similar results!
 
I'm jealous to death.
My Brother in Law pays £30 a month for Talk Talk and gets around a 30 meg download so I just showed him 5G downloads at his house on Three network and he's just ordered the Three 5G Router for £24 a month.
I did get 960 at one point.


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