TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Setting up your Huawei modem
  • 1. SIM card
  • 2. Plug in the power
  • 3. Connecting to your router
  • 4. Log into your Huawei router
  • 5. The Dashboard
  • 6. Setting the APN

Setting up your Huawei modem

If you’ve just received your router and opened the box, you should have the following…

Huawei B618 router

1. SIM card

• Your router takes a Micro SIM 
• You’ll have to push out the 2nd(middle) preset on your SIM card
• Your SIM is inserted on the bottom of your router where you’ll also find a handy sticker showing us how the sim is inserted

2. Plug in the power

• You’ll find the power plug in the router box, it’s normally either white or black
• You can plug this into the black power socket on the back of the router
• Now plug the other end into your power plug in the wall
• The light on the front of your router will now light up

3. Connecting to your router

• Locate the Wi-Fi Name and Wi-Fi password on the back of the router
• You can search for this Wi-Fi network name on your computer or smartphone and connect to it with the Wi-Fi password provided
• If it doesn’t connect on the 1st try, check the password again and make sure your caps lock was on when it wasn’t supposed to be

4. Log into your Huawei router

• Open your web browser (such as Chrome or Firefox).
• In the URL search bar, type in this address: 192.168.8.1
• You’ll be presented with a login screen. The password for this is Admin.

5. The Dashboard

You’ll find the screen as per below.

6. Setting the APN

You’ll have to click on Network Settings on the top of the page

You’re now presented with a page displaying the APN list

Click the PLUS(+) icon and you’ll be able to add an APN

The Profile Name you can set to ITriedAPN

The User name and Password fields will remain blank

The APN must be set to : ws.yourfixedlte.fwa

Click Save and restart the router once done.