Vodafone has introduced its first LTE Advanced Router to the public router at Cebit in Hanover. It is the Vodafone B4000 router. Vodafone stays true to the name. The Vodafone B4000 comes from factory model Huawei E5186 LTE cat6 Router. There were already the Vodafone router B1000, B2000, B3000 and now the latest router model the B4000 comes out.
The new Vodafone router is the first CAT6 LTE Advanced router with a maximum possible download speed of up to 300 Mbit/s. Category 6 LTE is the same as LTE -Advanced. The Vodafone B4000 router is of course again manufactured by Huawei and is identical with the Huawei E5186s-22.
Vodafone B4000 Specifications:
* The B4000 is similar to the Huawei E5186s-22
* The LTE modem is Category 6 of HiSilicon
4G: LTE bands 1/3/7/8/20/38
* LTE800 / LTE900 / LTE1800 / LTE2100 / LTE2600 with FDD LTE as well as LTE 2600 MHz for TD-LTE
* LTE FDD A speed: 300 Mbit/s download
* LTE FDD A speed: 50 Mbit/s upload
* LTE TDD A speed: 20 Mbit/s upload
3G: UMTS bands: 900 and 2100 MHz
* DC -HSPA+ Speed: 42 Mbit/s download upload speed 5.7 Mbit/s
* HSPA+ Speed: 21 Mbit/s download upload speed 5.7 Mbit/s
* In the upload also 11 MB / s are possible with HSUPA soon
2G: GSM, EDGE bands 850 /900/ 1800/1900 MHz
Wi-Fi
* Up to 64 wireless devices simultaneously connectable
* Fast WLAN 802.11b/g/n and Wi-Fi 802.11ac with 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz
Router security
* Built-in firewall, ICMP support, DNS relay support, NAT, encryption, watchdog, ARP support
Antennas
* 2 × 2 MIMO internal antennas LTE
Network
* 4 x 1000 Megabit Ethernet (RJ 45)
* 2 X Analog telephone ports (RJ11) for analog phones, but they are available only via VoIP
* 1 X USB port for printer and mass storage
Others
* DLNA, IPv6, Print, VPN, fax
* The router color is white
* Dimensions: 194 x 177 x 64 mm
* Weight: 450g
Software
Windows 7, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 8 , Mac OS
Interfaces
* 2 x SMA connectors for external antennas LTE
* 2 x USB port
* 1 x SIM slot for standard 2FF SIM
* 2 x RJ11 analog phone lines
* 4 x RJ45 network port
Conclusion
If you want a fast LTE access, the Vodafone B4000 should be necessary to buy. However, one has to be patient until the summer of 2014, then the B4000 will be available.