Any good SIM CARD ROUTER to recommend?

[sallybee]

Plan to use the SimCard to power the house Wifi hence seeking a good sim card router.

Any recommendations pls

 

[sadboy]

If I'm getting you correct you plan to get a mobile data router?

You looking for 4 or 5g mobile router?


Good as in speed of the router modem or wifi range coverage?

 

[chiu2000]

Plan to use the SimCard to power the house Wifi hence seeking a good sim card router.

Any recommendations pls

Android 11 supports Ethernet tethering.

Just get a USB C adapter with LAN port and connect to the router WAN port.

 

[sallybee]

If I'm getting you correct you plan to get a mobile data router?

You looking for 4 or 5g mobile router?


Good as in speed of the router modem or wifi range coverage?

Thinking of using simba / zym those sim cards to power up the house Wifi since it's so much cheaper

But I don't know how to go about it

 

[hwzlite]

Or fancy a GL.iNet Spitz AX (GL-X3000) ?

bro @clyp1973 is using one @ https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/5g-router-any1.6902105/

Alternative: https://store.gl-inet.com/collections/4g-smart-router

Having Black Friday Deals now

 

[sadboy]

I will suggest you go with zym. Simba is really to slow for multiple users.

Zym who is on singtel network usually have a better coverage and data speed (there are still blind spot where Singtel data speed is slower)

You can check out this zte device which is capable of supporting 4/5g plan.


C5G 3.4Gbps Sim Router ZTE MC801A Support all Sim Global Version ENGLISH SIMBA 5G SUPPORTED. Get it on Shopee now! https://shp.ee/6gka5t5

 

[hwzlite]

Do also note that 4/5G Cellular connections are more prone to bufferbloat .

Checkout test @ https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat

It will be more profound if on heavy download/upload and cause lagging/buffering for latency-sensitive apps like realtime VoIP calls, video call,zoom, teams. , netflix , youtube ...etc

So good to go for those routers (eg. with OpenWRT) that has QOS support based on fq_codel or Cake.

 

[sky1978]

Thinking of using simba / zym those sim cards to power up the house Wifi since it's so much cheaper

But I don't know how to go about it

Have you considered how much data you need to consume at home every month? 100GB may be enough for only 1 household member.

 

[sallybee]

Have you considered how much data you need to consume at home every month? 100GB may be enough for only 1 household member.

So far we hardly use plus my husband is often on business travels. So apart from youtube and Netflix, I don't really use much

 

[sallybee]

Thank you all for the kind sharings. Will checkout all the links

 

[sky1978]

So far we hardly use plus my husband is often on business travels. So apart from youtube and Netflix, I don't really use much

You just need to find an old phone or use your existing phone to hotspot the Wifi for your YouTube and Netflix. Many phones manufactured over the past 3 years should be able to hotspot at 50Mbps or even more than 100Mbps which is higher than Simba's average speed around residential areas. The phone hotspot continues to run when it is charging, the only thing is constant plugins may affect the battery life.

If you want to save money, the other alternative is to wait a while more for Simba's 20-dollar broadband. If you want to have a dedicated SIM card at 10 dollars per month just for the 4G router, Simba broadband costs another 10 dollars more. Netflix 2-hour movie at HD is around 6GB, and at 4k will be 14GB, so a 100GB mobile data plan may not go that far.

 

[Lexng88]

Simba Plan cannot activate the hotspot inside the iPhone.

 

[ra_khu]

Hi need a recommendation for 4g router. Already have fibre installed but need a backup in case of downtime.

 

[sky1978]

Simba Plan cannot activate the hotspot inside the iPhone.

 

[caiusrin]

Have you considered how much data you need to consume at home every month? 100GB may be enough for only 1 household member.

So far we hardly use plus my husband is often on business travels. So apart from youtube and Netflix, I don't really use much

Agree with sky. I'd like to add a caveat though. Videos can consume tonnes of data if you stream it in 4K, even if only 1 person is watching. So you may have to down res your streaming, as otherwise videos + web surfing and some games can easily exceed 100GB.

 

[loganrunning]

Simba Plan cannot activate the hotspot inside the iPhone.

did they disable something since the tpg days?

Admittedly i tried this on an android phone (redmi note 2) during the tpg trial days.

the same sim card also worked without a problem when i set up the hp as an android USB modem for my asus router dual wan (RT-AX88U or RT-AC68U, secondary WAN, failover)

edit: now that i recall, the hp as usb modem served as my primary WAN before fibre was installed (this was during the lock down days and fibre installation was suspended). not as fast, but network-wise, it was (almost) plug and play. exactly same setup, just change WAN source from fibre to USB modem.
the only thing that didn't work was the existing external access - used alternatives during the few months before fibre was finally installed.

 

[sky1978]

Hi need a recommendation for 4g router. Already have fibre installed but need a backup in case of downtime.

Pick an Android phone laying around and connect it to your computer.

 

[loganrunning]

(video is dated 26 jan 2023)
till this day, still need to manually add APN name? <facepalm>
acceptable during trial period of 2019/2020, but it is reasonable to assume this "feature" would be fixed so long after going live. I sure hope this "feature" has been/will be fixed

 

[sky1978]

(video is dated 26 jan 2023)
till this day, still need to manually add APN name? <facepalm>
acceptable during trial period of 2019/2020, but it is reasonable to assume this "feature" would be fixed so long after going live. I sure hope this "feature" has been/will be fixed

Apple's database does not have Simba APN by default, so it needs to be manually entered even for hotspots.

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/official-simba-telecom.6243080/page-184
(see message 3671 in the link)

 

[loganrunning]

Apple's database does not have Simba APN by default, so it needs to be manually entered even for hotspots.

https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/official-simba-telecom.6243080/page-184
(see message 3671 in the link)

oic.

out of curiosity, how would simba get their APN into apple (or any other system's) db?
does it cost initial and/or recurring $$$?