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Huawei E587 mobile hotspot question—signal is weak?

By: dssfashion Verified Member MouthShut Verified Member | Posted Mar 02, 2012 | General | 1578 Views

A 3g router is a best friend for your tablet or pc, with Huawei E587 mobile hotspot, you can enjoy a truly mobile internet life, and surf the web anytime, anywhere. But sometimes you may find a lot of problem of your 3g wifi router, such as signal is weak and cannot register to 3G network, forget Wi-Fi key and Web login password that cannot login Huawei E587 wireless router or cannot open Web UI, when the problems happened, most of people do not know what to do to solve it, then they may think that something wrong had happened to their 3g wifi router, that opinion is always wrong, give a example for the question: poor signal


Below gives four situations and methods how to solve it:




  1. When Huawei E587 mobile hotspot using it’s battery power, in order to save energy for longer run-time, 3g wifi router will lower down its transmit power, so Wi-Fi signal is weaker compare with powered by USB or power adapter. Connect 3g mobile hotspot to power adapter or with USB cable to a running computer’s USB port will enhance E587’s Wi-Fi signal strength.




  2. Keep Huawei E587 mobile hotspot at least 3 to 6 feet away from other electrical devices which may create RF signal and cause interference (for example, microwave oven, TVs, cordless/cellular phones, baby monitors or wireless speakers). If you needn’t using any of those devices when you want to connect Internet, please turn it off.




  3. Wi-Fi covered range of E587 is according to its power supply mode and its using environment. In Idea clear square area the Wi-Fi covered range of Huawei E587 mobile hotspot showed below:






Use power adapter: 100m (328ft)


Use USB cable connect: 20m (66ft)


Use battery supply: 10m (33ft)


In actual use Wi-Fi covered range maybe different from idea square area, it decided by the environment you use. The closer to 3g wifi router, the stronger Wi-Fi signal you get. And every obstacle (walls, ceilings, furniture) between your device and 3g mobile hotspot may decrease Wi-Fi signal strength. Move your device closer to Huawei E587 mobile hotspot can avoid obstacles and improve Wi-Fi signal.




  1. Change the Wi-Fi channel to fix one other than auto (you can try the available channel one by one and select the channel with best signal strength)




You can find more answer for you Huawei E587 mobile hotspot’s problem at Huawei Official website.


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