D-Link G403/B Eagle Pro N300 4G Smart Router

Managed to snag this for a bargain price of only £27.99. A great little 4G router that will serve as a handy backup if the Wi-Fi goes down or if i'm away travelling. Setup was a breeze aswell. I simply plugged the device into power and popped in a sim and i was away!

The device is very unstable. It constantly shows errors and restarts itself every day at exactly 5:00 PM, which causes the connection to drop. Each time this happens, I have to set it up again using my phone connection. I regret my decision to purchase this product. The signal quality is also very poor, and overall I am extremely disappointed with its performance.

Nice router but no ability to switch manually the LTE network provider. I managed to figure out the HNAP SOAP messaging to pull signal quality stats into Home assistant and that's working nicely, but gave up trying to force operator selection in the OS. Just noting that along the way I did use a Three SIM initially and that worked straight away picking up the APN automatically, and then I also tried a multi network SIM which locked onto EE and worked without issue (Note that filling in the APN profile does not mean you can force operator selection). However EE is the worse signal in my area hence the attempt to hack the network selection. Eventually I ended up with a dedicated Vodafone SIM but I also echo the comments from another reviewer that a voda SIM was not initially recognised. In fact it did recognise the APN setting advised by Vodafone and came up on the radio side but would not register to return IP settings. I had to put the SIM into my phone in the end and it registered correctly and then when putting back in the G403 it worked and I ran OOKLA at 90Mbps. Anyhow, I bought the G403 it as it was on offer at 29.99 but maybe next time I might avoid the engineering project and get something with known HA integration. Overall it seems a decent router though, it is working as a secondary WAN backup into an ASUS with virgin primary WAN and I am monitoring through regular pings and so far it's been quite stable, but still gathering longer term data.

We live in a very remote area with no fast fibre. On the old home broadband the download speed at best was 1.5 and it is now around 8 so am really impressed! Also a lot cheaper. Very pleased with it!

In this day and age, why would I have to phone the manufacturer to get this working. Anyway I persisted, to my regret of not returning this the very same day it arrived not working. Would not recognise Vodafone APN settings (yes I was messing with APN settings). Anyway ‘product support’ could not figure it out and said I need to contact Vodafone. Needless to say the thing went back. Wasted afternoon and still no internet. AVOID

The D-Link G403 4G Router is a reliable choice. It offers steady 4G LTE speeds up to 150 Mbps for smooth browsing and streaming. The AI Wi-Fi Optimiser ensures a stable connection, and setup is simple with the SIM card slot. With four Ethernet ports and WPA3 security, it’s versatile and secure. Ideal for home or small office use.

Had 2 units sent to me as both won’t read the SIM card, now stuck with a £100 piece of rubber that don’t work

absolutely a waste of money

Unreliable router. Keeps disconnecting from the network and requires frequent manual restarts to work again.Not suitable for stable 4G use. Would not recommend.