Sorry for hijacking your thread but...

Huawei Echolife HG612 3B. Is it as good as people are saying (once firmware are updated, etc)

Or should I look at a newer model?

I haven't had any trouble with mine in constant use since 2011. But if it did go on the blink I would look at a Billion 8800NL R2 as a direct replacement as a modem bridge, I wouldn't bother with the router or wifi bit on my network.

Edited by deleted (Fri 13-Jan-17 08:28:43)

Nothing wrong with the HG612 perfectly adequate as an FTTC modem,

In reply to a post by hypertony:

Sorry for hijacking your thread but...

Huawei Echolife HG612 3B. Is it as good as people are saying (once firmware are updated, etc)

Or should I look at a newer model?

It is pretty good, although there are plenty of routers with built in modems now

In reply to a post by ukhardy07:

It is pretty good, although there are plenty of routers with built in modems now


Yes, but I want to get rid of BT HHv5 and use modem only so I can have the USG fitted and use it to manage my network.

I believe the HG612 is now outdated in terms of performance on Huawei cabinets. Once my banding is removed I expect my new Billion 8800NL R2 to give several Mbps gain over either of mine. A figure confirmed by a ZyXel and a Draytek modem.

All three show a Max Attainable of 6-7Mbps higher than the HG612s.

Having said that, the HG612s have both been rock solid apart from the sudden unexplained introduction of banding a few months ago. That may have been down to the one in use beginning to fail, or to some unknown major one-off or short-term external disruption.

In reply to a post by hypertony:

Yes, but I want to get rid of BT HHv5 and use modem only so I can have the USG fitted and use it to manage my network.

With which statement your hijacking of he thread becomes inappropriate, along with the accompanying "apology".

A new, dedicated, thread would have been much more sensible, about your actual requirement . Far more likely to attract solutions to that than this buried in another thread about HH regular rebooting.

Edited by RobertoS (Fri 13-Jan-17 09:54:48)

I did say "adequate" and nothing more.

I can get an extra 2Mbps on my line with an ECI modem and te cabinet is actually Huawei.