Huawei E3372 4G USB Modem - Black

Very good plug and play. Unlike the older Huawei modems where you have to set up desk top icon to connect or find the dongle connection above wifi networks list, just plug in and run autorun.exe once from the stick. I used with Windows 8. After that, every time you plug it in, it just connects.You can configure networks, check data usage and update firmware via browser tab, no desktop icon needed. Fast as well on 4G, I noticed the difference compared to 3G. Build quality is a little flimsy, and it is quite bit bigger than the old 3G one. But it does come with a slot for micro SD card (not supplied), so it can double as storage stick. If you are going to be putting it in your bag/pocket a lot or dropping it on the floor, I'd only give it 3 or 4 stars for build, but kept safe from abuse it's a good performer.

I have little knowledge on this Dongle but needed to give it a try to stream a Church service into our local church which has no internet in the building. Inserted an ID data sim into dongle, booted up my laptop (Windows 10), inserted the Dongle into USB on my laptop and after just about a minute of flashing light on the Dongle, it suddenly changed to a solid blue light, telling me that I had a an excellent 4G connection on the local 3 mast. The streaming went perfectly. All much simpler to use than I thought it would be. Very pleased with it.

A white elephant, does not install Manager as described in Quick Start Guide, configuration is done via web browser and is: So appaling bad as to be useless Incredibly slow Times out selected function and reveryts to the home page before you read and understand the settings option the options Only finds O2 despite supposedly being unlocked N0o full guide available anywhere Three week on from supplying Huawei with requested details and screen shots there's been no response apart from a "delivered" receipt fo my email with this information. I've wasted a couple of whole days at least trying to get it to work and got nowhere so returned it.

The dongle works fine. However, just to clarify what it is, it is Huawei E3372h. Notice, that there are two possible variants: "s" (stick?) and "h" (HiLink). This one is HiLink. The result is that it works just like a USB-attached network card (and by the way, works fine for me under Linux). It also has a special web page where you can see the strength of the signal and the amount of traffic used. However, the operating system does not see it as a 4G dongle. So it does not see things just as signal strength directly. Also, I am not sure if it is a feature of HiLink firmware or my mobile operator, but it does not support IPv6. The rumor is that the current versions of HiLink support only IPv4. So if you need IPv6 you may have a better luck with the "s" variant of this device.

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I have done lots of research on this device in the last week since I received it from Amazon. I wish I'd done more of it before I bought the device, because I am a little frustrated with it if I'm honest. Let me explain first that I bought this specific device because it has a port for an external antenna - two in fact. I live in a very rural situation where the only option for broadband is 3G/4G mobile. I purchased this stick to plug into one of the two usb ports in my new ASUS router (RT N66U), to act as my sole WAN. Now what I hadn't realised until after the purchase is that this stick comes in two distinct flavours, the E3372h, and the E3372s. This stick (E3372h) is I think intended to be plugged directly into your pc/laptop. By all accounts it does not work well routers. Huawei have designed this stick to be as user friendly as possible, and it is - assuming you want to just plug it into your computer and go. On my Linux machine you just plug it in and it works, no settings, no APN entry nothing. It presents itself to the pc as an ETHERNET connection.. as if you'd just plugged in a network cable. For the average (Linux, I can't speak for the Windows) user, this is almost perfect, albeit with a 3G/4G selection caveat I will mention below. The problem with using this device in a router is that this model (apparently) has some routing functionality incorporated itself that means it has it's own NAT layer. Rather than delivering a public ip as an old-school modem would, this model delivers a specific IP address (namely 192.168.8.100), which has already been NAT'ed. I will say that my understand in this area is limited, but from what I gather, this means that router users such as my self will have a hard time getting this to play ball if you want to do things like DDNS, VPN, port-forwarding for gaming etc. because one you'll end up with a double-NAT situation. Anyway, apart from that issue, the web page (and only way) you use to control the device is somewhat limited. I also have another 4G Huawei MiFi device (E5776s-32) and on the similar web-style interface you can choose how you want to connect (ie. 3G only, 3G preferred, 4G only, 4G preferred etc.). On the E3372h however, you CANNOT FORCE IT TO STAY ON THE 4G connection (for this web/sw firmware anyway). Your options are a tick box for "LTE support", and choosing either AUTO or Manual under the network connections. If you choose manual, the device searches for 2/3/4G masts and providers from which you can select one, however even if you select a 4G band, the device seems to revert back to the 3G band from the same provider if it decides the strength is better. While this sounds like a good idea, it's not always. In my situation I happen to know that my relatively poor 4G signal is still 8 times faster than the stronger 3G signal from the same network provider. So I WANT TO CHOOSE which signal to attempt. I think also I am losing packets because it is switching back and forth between bands when I select "LTE Support", although I can't see for sure because I can't see what's going on when it's plugged into my antenna and router because I can no longer access the web page behind the router/ double NAT. After much frustration, I have ordered the other flavour of the same device, the E3372s (sorry Amazon). This I am told, will act more like a modem than a router, and my router (that supports 3/4G usb modem) should be able to order it around in "modem language", rather than it being subservient to the E3372h's routing whims. Apparently, Windows users can (with a bit of googling and determination) flash the "sitck" or "s" version of the firmware onto this device. I must admit I did try to do this in a Windows session within a VBOX on my Linux host, but I (along with many many others) were unsuccessful with getting the Windows guest to recognise the device. As far as the actual speed is concerned (when attached to a 4G signal), it performs well - hence me sticking with the other variant of this device. More expert people with more determination might be able to get this working properly with their routers, but I personally have wasted too much time trying. Hardware version: CL2E3372HM Software version: 22.200.05.00.1080 Web UI version: 17.100.11.00.1080

J'ai installé cette clé 4G sur un routeur Asus pour qu'elle me serve de secours quand ma ligne ADSL est coupée, il faut d'abord la connecter 1 fois sur un ordinateur pour faire quelque réglages et lancer la mise a jour automatique de la clé. Après elle fonctionne parfaitement et me permet grace aux connecteurs pour une antenne externe d'avoir 35mbps dans une zone ou la réception n'est pas idéale. Produit performant et de bonne qualité

Super Stick und wurde von meiner Fritz!Box 7590 ohne Probleme erkannt. Ein kleines Mango, der Formfaktor. Da der Stick so klobig ist, kann man ihn nicht an USB-Slots stecken, wo direkt daneben auch ein Slot oder Netzteil ist. (Bei der Fritzbox nur an der Seite und nicht an der Hinterseite beim Netzteil anbringbar

Funciona correctamente. Configuración sencilla.

Einfach einzurichten und hilfreich wenn man kein WLAN Router oder Vertrag möchte. Ein anderer Stick hat bei der Einrichtung nicht funktioniert. Dieser hat sich selbst eingerichtet und funktioniert ohne Probleme. Hab sogar Videokonferenzen damit halten können.

Fonctionne très bien sur réseau Free, cependant chauffe l'été lorsqu'il faut chaud, comme tout ces systèmes de clé 4G malheureusement