Speed testing Huawei B535-232 & Teltonika RUT590

[Howard B]

I posted on another thread about how impressed i was with the Huawei B535-232 which bought recently to possible use as a home mifi system.

As we are away in Wyre Piddle at the moment I thought id do some speed testing against the Teltonika RUT590. The test were carried out at between 15:00 & 15:30 on 22/8/2023.

The tests were carried out using Vodafone and 3 sims. I ran tests using the routers own antenna and then plugged into a Poynting MIMO-3-V2-12 antenna. I am sure testing again at different times would throw up different speeds, but it was interesting to see how the two routers performed with and without an antenna.

The tests using the router antenna were carried out with the router sat on the motorhome dining table.

I also did a test of my iphone with the Vodafone sim as a reference. The first number is the download speed and the second is the upload.

I am still impressed with the Huawei router which I will hard wire into the MH and remove the Teltonika one. The external antenna reduced download speeds in some cases significantly, though it performed a lot better on the upload in two out of 4 tests.

edit. For some reason when I drafted this, the results were tabulated, however when i post it they are not. Ill stick it in an excel table form when I get home next week. I dont have excel or word on my van laptop.

Iphone( Vodafone) MH Table - On Roof
25mbs/0.9 mbs - 39mbs/ 1.7mbs


Huawei B535-232 MH Table - Ext Antenna
Vodafone 55mbs/4.4mbs - 40mbs/ 9 mbs
3 29mbs/4.7mbs - 14mbs/ 5mbs

Teltonika RUT590 MH Table - Ext Antenna
Vodafone 24mbs/ 5mbs - 7mbs/2.5mbs
3 14 mbs/5mbs - 8mbs/14mbs

 

[Reallyretired]

Download speed is probably more important for most of us unless we're bloggers. Surprising that apparently with both routers, the external antenna reduces the download speed.

 

[Howard B]

Download speed is probably more important for most of us unless we're bloggers. Surprising that apparently with both routers, the external antenna reduces the download speed.

That is what i have found when i have previously when i have tested a router antenna against the external one. The only time it was better with an external antenna was on a site outside Salamanca when i managed to improve it from 0.5mbs to 3mbs.

 

[Manic]

Download speed is probably more important for most of us unless we're bloggers. Surprising that apparently with both routers, the external antenna reduces the download speed.

I’ve been find that sometimes the antenna is not helping my Huawei B535, Poynting v antenna has long cables and I wonder if this is not helping

 

[Howard B]

I’ve been find that sometimes the antenna is not helping my Huawei B535, Poynting v antenna has long cables and I wonder if this is not helping

Mine comes with 2m of cable , but the router is about 200mm below it. So about 1700mm of excess cable

 

[Guigsy]

I found that on areas of good coverage, the aerial didn't do much or even reduced available bandwidth. Never enough to make the connection bad though. It was out in the sticks where an aerial would make an unusable connection stable and useable where it was invaluable.

 

[Manic]

Mine comes with 2m of cable , but the router is about 200mm below it. So about 1700mm of excess cable

Mines got the 2m cable and I think I could halve that, which I may do.
I’m near Matlock at the moment on Smarty and router is getting full signal (all lights lit) but slow speeds

 

[Howard B]

Mines got the 2m cable and I think I could halve that, which I may do.

Is it an easy thing to do?

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[Guigsy]

Mines got the 2m cable and I think I could halve that, which I may do.

My Poynting Mimo has over a metre of coiled cable. But it contains 4 mobile, 2 WiFi and a GPS connector. Don't fancy my chances of getting all those connections perfect!

 

[Manic]

Is it an easy thing to do?

I’ve done a previous puck antenna, you just need a suitable crimping tool for the outside of the sma connector

 

[Manic]

My Poynting Mimo has over a metre of coiled cable. But it contains 4 mobile, 2 WiFi and a GPS connector. Don't fancy my chances of getting an those connections perfect!

Mines only got the 2 MiMo ones

 

[Sasbo]

I've a Poynting V2-12 paired with a Teltonika RUT240. Signal strength and download speed wasn't the best on first installation.

Playing around, I found that when the Poynting antenna leads were swapped over on the RUT240 antenna terminals (move right lead to left terminal and left lead to right terminal) there was a significant increase in signal strength. Don't ask me why, but it worked for me and I've had good stable performance ever since

 

[Genear]

The Teltonika is an LTE Category 4 device and the Huawei is a CAT 7 device; its likely your iPhone is a higher CAT number as well - this has a far greater impact on the overall performance of throughput that most other factors.
E.g. A CAT4 device with 4 bars may well be slower than a CAT7 device with 1 bar.

Interesting in your experience with the external antenna; you would think this would give better/ cleaner signal.
I find with my Motorhome WiFi external antennae it always makes a positive impact on overall performance. but has a much shorter cable run - I guess this is most likely the cause

 

[Howard B]

The Teltonika is an LTE Category 4 device and the Huawei is a CAT 7 device; its likely your iPhone is a higher CAT number as well - this has a far greater impact on the overall performance of throughput that most other factors.
E.g. A CAT4 device with 4 bars may well be slower than a CAT7 device with 1 bar.

Interesting in your experience with the external antenna; you would think this would give better/ cleaner signal.
I find with my Motorhome WiFi external antennae it always makes a positive impact on overall performance. but has a much shorter cable run - I guess this is most likely the cause

Ill look at shortening the cable. To less than 0.5m. Ill see if i can find the right crimps for the SMA connectors

 

[Manic]

Ill look at shortening the cable. To less than 0.5m. Ill see if i can find the right crimps for the SMA connectors

Something like this

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[Manic]

My router/ antenna with 2metre cable is getting full bar signal but still not fast download , so don’t know is shortening the cables would help but I may try.

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[Guigsy]

My router/ antenna with 2metre cable is getting full bar signal but still not fast download , so don’t know is shortening the cables would help but I may try.

Having a strong signal is just the loudness it can hear the mast. It doesn't tell you how much interference there is. Or how congested the network is. You can get full bars and still get a rubbish connection.

 

[Manic]

Ill look at shortening the cable. To less than 0.5m. Ill see if i can find the right crimps for the SMA connectors

Just watched this video and his method would save buying crimp tool and the 90’ sma would work on the Huawei as I use a 90’ adapter

 

[Guigsy]

I know long cables from the antenna to the modem is bad. But how much would I realistically gain from cropping a 2m cable down to a metre? Will I be able to tell the difference?

 

[gus-lopez]

You can get full bars and still get a rubbish connection.

tell me about it. like that all the time at home.

 

[Lenny HB]

AI know long cables from the antenna to the modem is bad. But how much would I realistically gain from cropping a 2m cable down to a metre? Will I be able to tell the difference?

About 1db in the higher frequency bands which a lot when the highest gain is around 6db.

 

[Manic]

Weird the signal thing, we’ve now moved from Derbyshire to near St Neots and we’ve gone from 5 bar signal and 2-3 mbps to having 1bar signal and 8.60mbps.

 

[Jev88]

I mentioned on another post my Huawei E5577 with O2 or EE simm performance was dramatically improved by unplugging external aerial. Aerial looks like the typical Motorhome WiFi round model. Doesn't make sense and so interesting to see it "isn't just me". Mounted on raised metal plate on roof, cable has no tight twists or coils.....

 

[Guigsy]

Weird the signal thing, we’ve now moved from Derbyshire to near St Neots and we’ve gone from 5 bar signal and 2-3 mbps to having 1bar signal and 8.60mbps.

Signal bars don't tell you about interference or congestion on the network. Bars are a very crude indicator and it's frequently wrong.

I was at a campervan festival earlier in the year. The local masts for Vodafone and Three that usually only hosts the nearby village. They had great signal strength, but bandwidth was almost zero due to congestion. But the distant EE mast that I could only just see with my Poynting antenna was still giving me 8mbps both ways.

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