Review of iPad intimate companion MiFi Huawei E5830

Background: MiFi is a portable broadband wireless device about the size of a credit card that combines the functions of a modem, router, and access point. Sometimes called a personal "hotspot", it can establish a small WiFi LAN and support 5 users at the same time. All WiFi-enabled devices, including digital cameras, notebooks, games and multimedia players, can access the Internet.

Huawei E5830 Wireless Cat

Huawei E5830 Wireless Cat

IT168 Review Many iPad users have a doubt when buying an iPad, whether to buy the WiFi version or the WiFi version 3G version, however, the current WiFi coverage area in China and the high price of WiFi+3G make many users hesitate. But the product introduced to you today can completely dispel your worries. It is Huawei 3G handheld mobile wireless router E5830, also known as "Wireless Cat". Because of its close integration with iPad, Huawei Wireless Cat E5830 has always been the focus of user expectations. It has perfect support for notebooks, iPhone, Touch, iPad, PSP and other products, allowing peripheral WiFi devices to enjoy the Internet, so E5830 has become the first choice for many iPad users.

Huawei E5830 Wireless Cat

Huawei E5830 Wireless Cat

Appearance Introduction

The reason why Huawei E5830 is a perfect match for Apple iPad, In addition to the complementary functions mentioned earlier, there is actually another aspect of color matching, materials and texture. Huawei E5830 also uses black, white and gray as its basic colors, which matches well with Apple's iPad. At the same time, the brushed panel on the front also complements the metal material of the iPad. The fuselage adopts a more rounded design at both ends.

Huawei E5830 Wireless Cat

The front of the fuselage is divided into upper and lower parts. The upper black part is the screen indicator light, and the lower part adopts a metal brushed effect, and Huawei's LOGO can be seen.

Huawei E5830 body design

The back of the fuselage is mainly white, and the pure white design highlights the aesthetic charm of Huawei E5830. The design of the integrated back cover is quite distinctive, simple and beautiful. In addition to the wifi support symbol used to indicate identity, the RoHS mark that complies with the material and process standards of electronic and electrical products, and the mark that is not harmful to human health and environmental protection, There are not many modifications. The long list of English below indicates that this product is from a famous family.

Huawei E5830 back shell design

The microSD card slot on the left side of Huawei E5830 lets us know that this product also supports microSD cards. By connecting the cable, it can act as a U disk usage, the design is quite user-friendly. The buttons on the other side are the power switch, WiFi/WPS switch and 3G network access button, which allow us to operate this product very conveniently.

Huawei E5830 Wireless Cat

Huawei E5830 Wireless Cat

Huawei E5830 Wireless Cat

Open the back shell and you can clearly see the simple internal design Clear, you can see all the information clearly. After inserting the 3G tariff card, you can enjoy the theoretical downlink speed of up to 7.2Mbps and the theoretical uplink speed of up to 5.6Mbps through settings. Even if multiple people share the network, the Internet speed is still very fast, which can bring excellent network to every sharing user. experience. Moreover, the built-in 1500mAh battery of Huawei E5830 can provide 4 hours of working time and 100 hours of standby time, which exceeds the battery life of ordinary portable WiFi devices, and users can use it with confidence.

Huawei E5830 Wireless Modem

Don’t doubt its functionality just because of its small size

Huawei 3G wireless router E5830 is much smaller than similar products in terms of size, but in terms of functionality But it is not inferior to those big guys at all. It has many functional settings as diverse as ordinary 3G routers, making our use more convenient and faster. Moreover, the interface and other aspects of Huawei E5830 have been converted into Chinese, which is very convenient for our use.

Huawei E5830 Wireless Modem

Use the data cable to connect Huawei E5830 to the computer, and the E5830 will automatically install drivers and desktop applications for the computer.

Mobile Partner Interface

After the installation is completed, the Mobile Partner application will appear on the desktop, double-click to enter. We can see that the program is mainly divided into connection management, text messaging, and phone book functions.

Mobile Partner SMS Interface

When entering the SMS function, we can see that the last traffic and fee used will be sent in the form of SMS before and after use.

Wireless management interface

We enter ?http://192.168.1.1? through the computer browser to enter the wireless management interface, where we can configure it according to the user's own needs.

WiFi hotspot setting interface

In the advanced settings, we can centrally set various settings for the wireless network of Huawei E5830, including system, SIM card, mobile network, etc.

Advanced Settings Interface

Advanced Settings Interface

Entering the settings interface, the first thing we see is the "Quick Installation Wizard". We are not very familiar with router settings. Users can follow this wizard to perform wireless WiFi settings, which is very convenient.

WiFi hotspot settings

Click Next in the quick installation wizard to enter the configuration interface.

WiFi hotspot settings

Next we see the configuration Profile settings interface. We are not allowed to modify any configuration and just click Next to continue.

WiFi hotspot settings

Next we can set the WiFi hotspot name. Here I use ?E5-Sooyuu?

WiFi hotspot settings

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Security issues have always been the most concerned aspect for wireless network users. Huawei E5830 provides us with three network encryption methods including WPA and above. Users can freely use their own networks without worrying about being exploited. . The editor here chooses no encryption and uses an open WiFi environment.

WiFi hotspot settings

Click Next to complete the configuration of the entire WiFi environment. Next, players can enjoy the WiFi environment they created.

Experience the charm of high-speed 3G network

Since its birth, 3G network has been flaunting high speed, and the three major domestic operators have also used this as their promotional slogan. Yes, the 3G network is indeed much faster than our previous 2G wireless network, but there is still a certain gap between the actual speed and the theoretical value. As the smallest 3G router, Huawei E5830 has already amazed us with its appearance. So what kind of surprises can it bring us in terms of performance? You can’t just say it with words, but you’ll find out with practice.

Huawei E5830 Wireless Cat

The editor used a computer, Apple iPad, Apple iTouch, etc. for testing. The Wi-Fi devices participating in the test all support the wireless signals emitted by Huawei E5830 . Let’s first take a look at how the WiFi version of Apple iPad performs. Because the WiFi version of Apple iPad does not support 3G cards, it cannot allow users to connect to the Internet anytime and anywhere. This also prevents the iPad’s powerful network applications from being fully utilized. Through Huawei E5830, we can transform the WiFi version of iPad into WiFi + 3G version of iPad allows us to never be disconnected.

Huawei E5830 Wireless Modem

First, we search the WiFi environment we established previously in the iPad network and connect to the network.

iPad searches for WiFi hotspots

iPad connects to WiFi hotspots

The editor first tested the speed of opening large website pages on iPad in a WiFi network environment. Approximate loading speed is 8.8 seconds. The performance is quite commendable.

The iPad browses the web through hotspots

Next, the editor opened the Youku video website to conduct an online video playback test, and opened a video. After a short buffering period, the video started to play, but the playback failed. Before 10 seconds, buffering started again. After a short buffering, playback started again. This was also caused by insufficient network speed. But overall the performance is still very eye-catching.

Using WiFi to watch videos online on iPad

In order to more intuitively show the speed of Huawei E5830, the editor used the speed test software SpeedTest in the App Store to conduct the test. Through the test, we can clearly see that the download speed can reach 47.6KB/S and the upload speed can reach 244.2KB/S, which proves the powerful data transmission capability of Huawei E5830.

speedtest speed test

Huawei E5830 supports 2100MHz HSDPA and HSUPA 3G networks, and also supports 2G networks such as EDGE, GPRS, and GSM. Users can easily convert 3G/2G into WiFi, allowing surrounding WiFi devices to enjoy the Internet. The theoretical maximum downlink speed is 7.2Mbps and the maximum uplink speed is 5.76Mbps, which is enough for our daily use. Next, I will connect the Huawei E5830 to a computer to see how it performs on the computer. First turn on WiFi, find the previously established hotspot E5-Sooyuu and click to connect.

Computer connection test

Download speed test

Through the test we can find that during the entire process, the maximum instantaneous rate can reach 0.59Mb/s and the upload speed can reach 0.72 Mb/s, although this speed is still far behind the theoretical value of China Unicom's WCDMA network, it can still meet our network needs.

speedtest web page speed test

Summary

Through the test, the editor personally feels that the transmission speed of Huawei E5830 is still very good, although the size is slightly smaller than that of ordinary 3.5G network cards. It is a little bigger, but it has a very practical WiFi connection* function. For some light and moderate netizen users, it can actually replace the general fixed line and be used as an Internet access machine at home; and it is lightweight The size is small and can be taken out for use at any time. Friends who have multiple devices surfing the Internet at the same time may consider it.