Vodafone now give Huawei ADSL broadband modems!

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#23632 4-Jul-2008 19:34

Just noticed today - Vodafone are now giving out Huawei ADSL modems. See the broadband page, and click on "Modem options".

Single port: Huawei MT882 - Vodafone Quick Start Guide

Four port and wireless: Huawei HG520s - Vodafone Quick Start Guide

They seem to be packaged by Vodafone really nicely too!

I wish I got one of those instead of my clunky D-Link one

Vodafone broadband = Huawei DSLAMs and Huawei ADSL modems

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#143062 4-Jul-2008 20:34

I had heard they were coming, and that they give the best performance with Huawei DSLAMS.

Apparently they give you Huawei Filters too? (Yet to be confirmed).

I too would love to see if it makes any performance difference on my ADSL connection......

IIRC the VF ones will be VF branded?

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#143067 4-Jul-2008 20:46

The HG520s looks like it's Vodafone branded.

Can I swap my D-Link router for a Huawei single port modem?

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#143087 4-Jul-2008 21:26

Just like Telecom switching too, Alcatel infrastructure and Thomson (Alcatel speedtouch) modems.

It's a good move for both to switch user equip to same branding as what is being used at network level.

D-Link really are just crap, as well as bad performance and buggy drivers the old 604T had power control circuitry that screamed at audible frequency and pumped out a lot of heat.

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#143091 4-Jul-2008 21:37

paradoxsm: Just like Telecom switching too, Alcatel infrastructure and Thomson (Alcatel speedtouch) modems.

It's a good move for both to switch user equip to same branding as what is being used at network level.

D-Link really are just crap, as well as bad performance and buggy drivers the old 604T had power control circuitry that screamed at audible frequency and pumped out a lot of heat.

I can hear my DSL-504T router buzzing/screeching away too. I'm only 2 meters away from it though.

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#143103 4-Jul-2008 22:14

Anyone know if the huawei does half bridge?

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#143107 4-Jul-2008 22:31

Their manuals have an unidentified format which does open in Adobe Reader as a PDF...

Unfortunately, they're just Quick Start Guides... so I'm still searching around for more info on the Huawei modems.

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#143111 4-Jul-2008 22:49

Here's the MT882 manual.

Looks like there is Bridging support.

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#143224 5-Jul-2008 14:24

bigal_nz: Anyone know if the huawei does half bridge?

At a guess, I would think Vodafone would have PPPoE support in there own Red-Network, which would do away with the need for half bridge.

Anyone know if they do?

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