Huawei E3372-325 LTE/4G 150 Mbps, Low Cost USB Mobile Broadband Dongle, Unlocked to any Network (White)

Bought this to replace the ZTE modem I was using as a failover on my Vigor 2865 (the ZTE was 3G only) and this was a simple plug and play. If you are using in DHCP mode the device can be accessed by going to 192.168.8.1, in the Vigor router config you just need to select '3G/4G USB Modem (DHCP Mode)' in the Access Mode dropdown (screenshot attached). Speed and signal is good, and the web interface is very simple to use.

Ok

I tried this dongle in my 3, 4 and 5G enabled area of great reception with two different SIM card providers and the results were the same! It couldn’t produce speeds of more that 9Mbps down with either SIM, when my iPhone and iPad both saw speeds in excess of 500Mbps when using the same SIM cards. This would have been painfully slow for anyone wishing to use the hotspot in my car! Bad enough you would say, but the signal was so weak it couldn’t even connect to any network when in the car. Returned for a “false advertising” refund.

My broadband speed at home is appalling, so I purchased this dongle to make it faster when it drops to a really unacceptable level. All in all I am happy with the purchase, although I feel they are priced £10-15 too high. These are advertised at 150Mbps Download and 50Mbps Upload. Probably really unlikely anyone in the UK will get close to those speeds so I cannot really determine whether the dongle would do even close to those speeds if a local 4G network actually permitted it. My real world speeds below. My first annoyance was you needed a full sized sim card. Really?! I managed to find a new 3-size sim card that I managed to use to build it up my micro sim to standard sim. I appreciate it not supporting a nano sim... but it is literally just a little bit of extra plastic between standard sim and micro sim. All 4G dongles should be accepting micro sim IMHO as I don't think they have made smartphones since with the standard sim card size. Installation was a bit tricky. The dongle initially comes up as a drive for files. You install the software which was straight forward, then it recognises it as the NDIS dongle. I needed to change the settings for my network and then it would connect to the network but no internet! You just have to unplug the dongle, restart your PC and plug it back in again (if it works immediately for you, then you are lucky). On some other devices I installed the dongle, it was a bit flaky with the drive popping up (or not). The second annoyance... Each time you plug in the dongle it opens up a web page - which shows you the data uploaded and downloaded plus the inbox for SMS. I found this annoying (maybe a tray icon would have been better so you cold manually get to the portal); so I disabled the service "Mobile Broadband HL Service" (mbbservice) which stopped this but the dongle still works for the internet. It also still counts the data transferred, so you can still enable the service to check your SMS and know how much data you have transferred. The third annoyance... which might be OS based, is you cannot be connected to an ethernet network. (Might be similar for a wifi dongle but I didn't try it) There is no load balancing between internet connections, or selection of internet connection... it simply won't work. So when my main internet connection went down, I plugged in the dongle... and it wouldn't connect to the internet as long as I am connected to the router (which I use for NAS and printer etc) So i had to unplug the network cable physically or switch off the router. I presume this device is more intended for laptops on the move with no other active connection, but it would have been nice for it to have worked this way in Windows. Other than this learning curve... the dongle has been pretty good. My daytime 4G rate is around 800Kbps Download constant (this may improve when not everyone in the country is at home streaming or video calling!) and post midnight I get around 3.2Mbps which fluctuates a lot - anywhere between 900Kbps and the current record of 3.6Mbps. My home broadband has a typical upload speed of around 350Kbps for whatever reason so using the 4G dongle is much improved as I can get up to around 2Mbps upload. I wasn't expecting the earth and I am pretty happy with those speeds. However, anyone expecting headline speeds advertised by the manufacturer of 150Mbps (or anywhere close to it) might be severely disappointed. I am a little over quarter of a mile away from the local mast. When appropriate, I will try taking the dongle further afield just to see whether speeds improve further in different cities.i hope this review as been helpful to someone.

I am no techie expert, but it seems that 3G/4G USB dongles seem to come in two forms. Either as simple usb modems, or more latterly as usb routers. The latter work as tethered devices, much like a smartphone or tablet may be tethered to a PC. Both forms of dongle should apparently work with PCs without problem. Difficulties may arise however if the router form of dongle is used with another router. For example, if the dongle is to be used with your main home router as a backup or alternative internet source to a broadband landline. Unlike a PC, the home router may not be capable of tethering, and thus the dongle won't work with it. From my own experience I have found that this Huawei E3372-325 dongle will not work when connected with a GL-MT300N-V2 Mango router. At least, not out of the box, nor with any simple fix I have managed to find online. In summary, my understanding is that the Huawei E3372-325 acts as a usb router, not a usb modem, and should work OK with a PC (and presumably Mac, though I have no experience of Macs). Beyond that, things can become problematic.

The best one i have.

Good!

Used with an Android 10 double din stereo and was completely plug and play. Speeds and signal seem to be as good as any other 4g device.

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Dopo numerose prove, sono riuscito a connettere la Huawei E3372h-y320 LTE al Fritx!Box 7590, vi spiego come fare: Come operatore mobile io ho utilizzato ILIAD con l'offerta a 300 GB al mese ma prima di inserire la pennetta Huawei E3372h-y320 LTE nel Fritx!Box 7590, dovete utilizzare un computer, in quanto è necessario disattivare la richiesta del PIN (seguite le mie indicazioni fino in fondo, non inserite nulla nel Fritx!Box 7590). Operazione facile, inserite la scheda telefonica nella pennetta Huawei E3372h-y320 LTE, e poi in una porta USB del computer, avviate il software a bordo della pennetta e nelle opzioni visualizzate disattivate la richiesta del PIN. Ora potete estratte la pennetta Huawei E3372h-y320 LTE e inserirla nel Fritx!Box 7590. - nel mio caso ho utilizzato la porta USB laterale e non quella posteriore - Andate nel menù del Fritx!Box 7590 -> INTERNET -> Rete Mobile - Nel mio caso mi serviva una connessione backup per quando manca la connessione fibra, quindi, ho attivato l'opzione "Attivare automaticamente l'accesso a Internet via smartphone o chiavetta per rete mobile via tethering USB, se si interrompe la connessione DSL". Se volete una connessione stabile via Huawei E3372h-y320 LTE selezionate "Accesso a Internet via smartphone o chiavetta per rete mobile via tethering USB attivo". - NON inserite nessun'altra informazione, provider, pin, ecc, (seguite le mie indicazioni fino in fondo) - cliccate su "Altre impostazioni" - Scegliete l'opzione "Attivare la modalità di compatibilità estesa per chiavette per rete mobile" - Ora prima di premere il tasto Applica scollegate la pennetta dalla porta USB del Fritx!Box 7590 - Ora premete Applica - Dopo qualche istante viene ricaricata la pagina - Adesso collegate la pennetta Huawei E3372h-y320 LTE al Fritx!Box 7590. - Attendete che sia registrata in rete la SIM (vedi i significato dei led nelle istruzioni della Huawei E3372h-y320 LTE) e provate a staccare il cavo della rete fissa dal Fritx!Box 7590 ATTENZIONE !!!! La connessione alla rete dati non è Immediata, quindi, non disperate, la linea è operativa in circa un minuto (almeno per me), il led Power/DSL sul Fritx!Box 7590 lampeggia lentamente e il led Info non si accende di rosso. Se questa condizione è presente, è tutto OK. Nella schermata Home del Fritx!Box 7590 compare quanto segue, nel mio caso: Provider: TIM ADSL-VDSL (FTTC) connesso via Smartphone/chiavetta per rete mobile da 02.10.2022, 18:26 h via HUAWEI_MOBILE HUAWEI_MOBILE Se ricollegate la linea fissa DSL, trascorsi 30 minuti, come descritto nelle impostazioni del Fritx!Box 7590: "Attivate questa opzione per attivare automaticamente via rete mobile la connessione Internet nel caso che si interrompa la connessione DSL. Non appena la connessione DSL è di nuovo stabile per almeno 30 minuti, si ritorna a DSL." si collega in automatico alla rete DSL Fine

model received E3372H-320 looks like a small difference, but now it's not compatible with my firewall

Modemet fungerar utan problem. Installationen var helt automatisk. Bara sätta i simkortet och sedan modemet i USB porten så sker inkoppling till internet. Inga inställningar.

Es exactamente lo que dice ser, un conector USB que te permite colcoar la SIM dentro y de ese modo obtener un "modem" para el PC/portátil... Es la alternativa a los que los operadores venden pero más barato y sencillo de utilizar. Lo conectas, se abre el navegador, te pregunta el PIN, y en ese momento decides si queires que te lo pregunte cada vez que lo conectas o si lo deshabilita y asi te ahorras el paso. Nada más que hacer, funciona y listo, ni configurar ni escritorio Movstar/Orange/Vodafone, etc... Lo compré para mis padres ya mayores porque lo de darse wifi con el movil no lo ven factible a prender a estas alturas. 100% recomendable y añado NO HAY QUE HACER NADA a la SIM, se inserta y listo.