Airtel DigitalTV E5573Cs-609 Wireless Hotspot Single_Band Wi-Fi Data Device, White

Good Quality

Well packed, received in 4 days, works great with airtel data card, You can download HUAWEI HILink App from playstore and monitor your router, also see text messages received on Airtel sim. Battery lasts upto 5 hours with normal usage. Only thing I dont like is it uses full size generic sim card and sims other than iArtel wont work. P.S. you can google how to crack this router, Model No: E5573Cs-609, their are some good youtube videos, and Jio, Vodafone, Idea sims will work. Same router on flipkart comes with crack. Overall happy with the purchase. Will update riview once i get it cracked and tested.

Good

Before buying this, I was using internet on my laptop using mobile WiFi hotspot from smartphone. I was getting good speed on opening regular website, even those with lots of images as in shopping sites. But I was getting poor download speed. It was taking 10 minutes or more to download 21 MB file. And YouTube videos play with buffer most of the time. So, I bought this airtel hotspot with hope of getting fast download and YouTube video play speed compare to mobile hotspot. But my hope was dashed. I am getting the same speed on this airtel hotspot as with my mobile hotspot. So, I regret buying this, but didn't return the device as it is not fault of device itself. I am living in rural area which is the reason of slow speed.Sim slot design is not good. Nowadays all sims are smart sim (pre-cut). But this 4g hotspot has full sim slot. When we insert pre-cut sim with adapter, sim is getting stuck when we remove it later. We have to put some thick flat paper under the sim and then pull out the sim. Mobile technicians know this trick. But many mango people don't know this trick and they will likely pull out the stuck sim with force. This will damage the sim slot. Airtel and other dongle manufacturers should provide nano sim slot. If they prefer the full sim slot, then provide one with latch like in old Nokia keypad phones.Tip for new user:First connect your device with usb cable to computer and type 192.168.1.1. and then change settings like ssid and wifi password.Without connecting to the computer first, your computer will show airtel signal, but when you use password, you can't connect to the internet. So, first you have to connect the device to computer. Thereafter, you can use the device without keeping it connected to the computer with usb cable.

Very happy with this hotspot. Get good range for wifi and also for mobile signal. Did a speedtest, got 13 Mbps down / 2.5 Mbps up. Battery lasts for few hours easily (with 2 bars signal). It is portable. Best thing I liked is that I can send/receive SMS from the browser/app.Edit: Updating my review after 2 months. It has become such a pain to use this hotspot. Have to reboot every 10 mins. I made a mistake on relying on this for my office work. At some point, it does not connect at all for about 3-4 hours. Now problem is, if the device faces problems connecting to 4G, it creates problem accessing the settings page via Wi-Fi ... WT hell ... I gave up after non-stop restarting the device, changing modes between 4G/3G. This device just can't function for even up to an hour. Same SIM I remove and put in mobile, i works perfectly ... Sorry to those guys who bought this device based on my previous 5-star review, ... really sorry.

Device is very good in terms of quality and price point specially the device is reliable bcoz the company behind is huawei.Actually some of feature jiofi device i was expecting in this device but initially you will not get that if i highlight some of point is-->when u connect directly the device via usb to pc the USB THETRING was not working-->device dose not work without battery inserted i mean if i directly connect via wall charger without battery inserted it will not work unlike jiofi device bcoz battery is not reliable it might swollen or damage with time as happens with my jiofi...but jiofi work even without battery inserted-->one more thing i wanted was the feature like dongle ,if dongle is connected to wall charger and if ther is power cut the modem switch off now we don't need to manually start the dongle if the power resumes but in jiofi we need to start it manually after every power on off cycle.FORTUNATELY MY FRIENDS ALL OF THE FEATURES AND LIMITATIONS MENTIONED ABOVE ARCHIVED AND ELIMINATED AFTER UNLOCKING THE DEVICE thats why i called it 110% paisa vasool in 999.i am mentioning these things here bcoz some of buyer friends may face these issue with time.so it might be helpful for them.

Some info to ease your 1st hand experience:To start the device you need to long press the center button for 2-3 seconds.The wifi network will be established in 10-15 seconds.When the network light shows green, it means you're connected to 4g.Yellow means 3g.Red means 2g.Now Pros:Easy to use. Just put the sim and start the device. It will connect to internet.Looks wise it's nice and slim.Cons:Battery life could have been better. 3 hours at max.There could have been display indicator rather than led indicator.Conclusion: For 1k it is a nice deal.

Chumeshwari