How to improve wifi strength on HUAWEI b535

Get mesh wifi

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how does that work do i have to create another ssid? wont my devices get …how does that work do i have to create another ssid? wont my devices get mixed up between the two ssids?Read lessRead more

You connect the mesh to the Huawei via ethernet and disable the WiFi on the Huawei. Your Huawei essential becomes just a modem.

It's essentially what everyone in the world does with their crappy fixed line BB supplied routers. (edited)

Cisco06060605/11/2021 15:42

Get mesh wifi

how does that work do i have to create another ssid? wont my devices get mixed up between the two ssids?

The HUAWEI B535 is a piece of rubbish. You can stand next to it and get a loss of 3dB (50%) compared to if you just used the sim card in your phone. Move further away and it barely gives out any power. For my one the best place in my entire house for a mix of mobile reception and broadcast power is curiously in a corner of a internal room. Anywhere else and it basically doesn't work. External antennas do not add any value whatsoever (especially if you buy the 'official' HUAWEI ones).


Basically Three mobile is tolerable, but they have rubbish wifi hardware. You might try a repeater (you manually select which one to connect to on most devices), but I don't know if that will actually work well.

Use an ethernet port to connect a £5.50 used router from the bay and enjoy additional benefits such as integral feature options of VPN and torrent client.
Could even do away with the B535 altogether if you have an old battered 4G Android handset kicking around a drawer, example:
hotukdeals.com/com…501

Ubique05/11/2021 20:57

The HUAWEI B535 is a piece of rubbish. You can stand next to it and get a …The HUAWEI B535 is a piece of rubbish. You can stand next to it and get a loss of 3dB (50%) compared to if you just used the sim card in your phone. Move further away and it barely gives out any power. For my one the best place in my entire house for a mix of mobile reception and broadcast power is curiously in a corner of a internal room. Anywhere else and it basically doesn't work. External antennas do not add any value whatsoever (especially if you buy the 'official' HUAWEI ones). Basically Three mobile is tolerable, but they have rubbish wifi hardware. You might try a repeater (you manually select which one to connect to on most devices), but I don't know if that will actually work well.Read lessRead more

I agree the b535 is rubbish. But I haven’t really got a choice atm and can’t spend more. The three speeds are always perfect for me, I have a pc via Ethernet never lets down but the b535 wifi range is so crap!! Can’t even get full coverage in the next room

I’m not getting a new one because the 5g mast is being built down the road so waiting

AndyRoyd05/11/2021 22:24

Use an ethernet port to connect a £5.50 used router from the bay and enjoy …Use an ethernet port to connect a £5.50 used router from the bay and enjoy additional benefits such as integral feature options of VPN and torrent client. Could even do away with the B535 altogether if you have an old battered 4G Android handset kicking around a drawer, example:https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/45776501Read lessRead more

5g is being built in my area atm so I want a solution that’ll help the wifi I don’t do torrenting and I use vpn on one computer

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5g is being built in my area atm so I want a solution that’ll help the w …5g is being built in my area atm so I want a solution that’ll help the wifi I don’t do torrenting and I use vpn on one computerRead lessRead more

The example suggested £5.50 router has benefit of dual wifi and from my own experience coupled to other peeps' comments on this thread will slaughter the wifi of your self-confessed "rubbish" B535.
Apologies if a potential £5.50 solution doesn't tick your expectation boxes; or maybe it's a £6.33 solution if you absolutely must buy an 83p ethernet patch cable to connect the rubbish B535 to the example £5.50 router
amazon.co.uk/83p…G1/

AndyRoyd05/11/2021 22:24

Use an ethernet port to connect a £5.50 used router from the bay and enjoy …Use an ethernet port to connect a £5.50 used router from the bay and enjoy additional benefits such as integral feature options of VPN and torrent client. Could even do away with the B535 altogether if you have an old battered 4G Android handset kicking around a drawer, example:https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/45776501Read lessRead more

Hi mate I think I mis understood what you said. Unfortunately I don’t have an old 4g android device I do have a Redmi 6 but when I put the three sim in that I got even lower speeds than the b535… not sure why. Can you recommend any routers. Or shall I just get a better 4g router that has strong wifi?

Thumbnail06/11/2021 19:47

Hi mate I think I mis understood what you said. Unfortunately I don’t have …Hi mate I think I mis understood what you said. Unfortunately I don’t have an old 4g android device I do have a Redmi 6 but when I put the three sim in that I got even lower speeds than the b535… not sure why. Can you recommend any routers. Or shall I just get a better 4g router that has strong wifi?Read lessRead more

Lower cellular speed on the handset, or lower wifi speed, or all three?

Already suggested an example £5.50 router. If you want to keep it minimal cost via a new device then there's a couple of £27 options that tend to attract good wifi penetration comments
amazon.co.uk/dp/…3Q/ and amazon.co.uk/dp/…FJ5
hotukdeals.com/com…998