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UPC Cisco EPC3925: Enabling True Bridge Mode - A Simple How-to Guide

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    #602
    Ludikrus
    Registered Users Posts: 468 ✭✭Ludikrus


    Thanks a lot OP. I didn't have a clue how to do this...delighted! :-)


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    #603
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    Ludikrus wrote: »
    Thanks a lot OP. I didn't have a clue how to do this...delighted! :-)
    No problem. Did you use Opera 12.xx? I tried quickly with Opera 15 (which uses the same engine as Chrome, called Blink), Chrome 27, and Firefox 22 (with Firebug) last month or so without the success. Opera 12 worked without a problem. It uses their proprietary Presto engine.

    It appears that Chrome et all won't re-run the code on change. I'm still trying to figure out a way.


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    #604
    Sam the Sham
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭Sam the Sham


    Am I missing something? Isn't the whole rigamarole with hacking the code no longer necessary? I got an EPC3925 and could just set it to bridge mode out of the box.


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    #605
    white_westie
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭white_westie


    Sam the Sham wrote: »
    Am I missing something? Isn't the whole rigamarole with hacking the code no longer necessary? I got an EPC3925 and could just set it to bridge mode out of the box.

    You are correct - bridge mode is a menu option on most 3925's now, but I think there are some out there that do have that option, and for some reason the firmware did not update on them.


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    #606
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,164 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    DECEiFER wrote: »
    You can get up to 3 public IPs, a 4th isn't possible, so 3 out of the 4 ports will give you a unique IP.

    Anyone actually implemented this? We're thinking about renting a room and want to isolate and rate limit the tenant AP. Assume UPC dont have a problem with it. Also, any suggestions on a cheap router that will allow a hard rate limit?


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    #607
    stanley1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭stanley1


    can anyone tell me how to turn off wireless on epc3925.

    Regards


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    #608
    roast
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭roast


    Log in - Wireless - Radio Settings - Wireless Interface (enable or disable)


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    #609
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    ED E wrote: »
    Anyone actually implemented this? We're thinking about renting a room and want to isolate and rate limit the tenant AP. Assume UPC dont have a problem with it. Also, any suggestions on a cheap router that will allow a hard rate limit?
    You can definitely do this but I'm sorry, I haven't ever owned a router, cheap or otherwise, that has an obvious option to limit the rate. That's not to say that there isn't one but it might not be a) cheap, b) obvious to find. Good luck, though, and I'd be interested to know if your search comes up with a half-decent router that can accomplish that.


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    #610
    Sam the Sham
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭Sam the Sham


    ED E wrote: »
    Anyone actually implemented this? We're thinking about renting a room and want to isolate and rate limit the tenant AP. Assume UPC dont have a problem with it. Also, any suggestions on a cheap router that will allow a hard rate limit?

    Seems like any router that supports DD-WRT (paid version) will apparently do it, or using this guy's workaround, even the unpaid version:

    http://markmaunder.com/2011/01/26/how-to-reliably-limit-the-amount-of-bandwidth-your-room-mate-or-bad-office-colleague-uses/


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    #611
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,164 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    The requirement is quite basic, just need say a 15Mb Down limit and 1.5Mb up limit for that whole network.


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    #612
    madmoe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭madmoe


    Hi all,
    Excuse my limited knowledge on this but what is the main advantage of bridged mode can you tell me?

    Cheers,
    M


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    #613
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    madmoe wrote: »
    Hi all,
    Excuse my limited knowledge on this but what is the main advantage of bridged mode can you tell me?

    Cheers,
    M

    Quite simply you can use a better router. Also it allows (with the use of a long ethernet cable) better positioning of the router for wifi purposes.


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    #614
    madmoe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭madmoe


    dub45 wrote: »
    Quite simply you can use a better router. Also it allows (with the use of a long ethernet cable) better positioning of the router for wifi purposes.

    Like using one of these which I should be getting tomorrow instead of the Cisco one for WiFi in my apartment?

    Cheers,
    M


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    #615
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,980 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    madmoe wrote: »
    Like using one of these which I should be getting tomorrow instead of the Cisco one for WiFi in my apartment?

    Cheers,
    M

    I'm pretty sure those Cisco devices are wireless access points, not routers. So bridge mode wouldn't help you.


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    #616
    madmoe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭madmoe


    Cuddlesworth wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure those Cisco devices are wireless access points, not routers. So bridge mode wouldn't help you.

    Yep....just got mine mate and it's a wireless access point. Could it not be plugged into one of the RJ45 ports on the Cisco router and then used to cover a bigger area\more of my apartment?

    Cheers,
    M


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    #617
    white_westie
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭white_westie


    Yes


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    #618
    madmoe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,364 ✭✭✭madmoe


    white_westie wrote: »
    Yes

    Great ;-)


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    #619
    cupax
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭cupax


    Hello.

    I've got the Cisco EPC3925 and I have no BRIDGE option in Management menu.
    I've tried to inject the HTML code found here: http://pastebin.com/W0eQy7mM
    but it differs a lot from the code found in the router's page so I suppose it was written for an older firmware.
    Is there a way to enable bridging for the latest firmwares? Mine is: epc3925-ESIP-16-v302r125573-130625c

    Thank You!


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    #620
    Calibos
    Registered Users Posts: 7,796 ✭✭✭Calibos


    cupax wrote: »
    Hello.

    I've got the Cisco EPC3925 and I have no BRIDGE option in Management menu.
    I've tried to inject the HTML code found here: http://pastebin.com/W0eQy7mM
    but it differs a lot from the code found in the router's page so I suppose it was written for an older firmware.
    Is there a way to enable bridging for the latest firmwares? Mine is: epc3925-ESIP-16-v302r125573-130625c

    Thank You!

    Are you in Ireland or another Country?

    That's a worrying development if UPC are upgrading firmwares to disable the bridging option on the EPC3925 in Ireland


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    #621
    Sam the Sham
    Registered Users Posts: 683 ✭✭✭Sam the Sham


    Calibos wrote: »
    Are you in Ireland or another Country?

    That's a worrying development if UPC are upgrading firmwares to disable the bridging option on the EPC3925 in Ireland

    Do they upgrade firmware remotely without the customer's knowledge? Are some of us at risk of losing the bridge mode we already have?


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    #622
    loki7777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭loki7777


    They are updating online remotely - no way to stop it.
    But i think if they would do that ppl would eat them alive because the hardware they are providing is low end(piss of sh*t:).
    But there is always DMZ.


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    #623
    cupax
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭cupax


    I'm in Slovenia, EU.

    I was browsing the HTML code and I found some lines of code that have words "Bridge" and "Router Mode" inside them so I think the option should still exist, it is just hidden. I'm not a coder but if somebody is willing to try I could send my entire HTML code.


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    #624
    Agueroooo
    Site Banned Posts: 4,925 ✭✭✭Agueroooo


    Phew I just speed read the last few posts and I picked things up wrong.i was positive I read that UPC had started updgrading firmware and disabling bridge mode in Irl.

    serves me right just parachuting in.


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    #625
    spads
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭spads


    I have the EPC3925 and I have the option to set my router to bridge mode.

    Question is, if I do this and set up my own router......willl the phones still work?. They are plugged directly into upc router.


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    #626
    loki7777
    Registered Users Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭loki7777


    Yes,It Will.


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    #627
    Agueroooo
    Site Banned Posts: 4,925 ✭✭✭Agueroooo


    spads wrote: »
    I have the EPC3925 and I have the option to set my router to bridge mode.

    Question is, if I do this and set up my own router......willl the phones still work?. They are plugged directly into upc router.

    Yep phones will be fine.


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    #628
    spads
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭spads


    Agueroooo wrote: »
    Yep phones will be fine.

    Great,

    Thanks


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    #629
    silviu001
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭silviu001


    Hello,

    I am in the same situation of having the new firmware on my router. Before reseting the router to factory defaults the bridge mode worker with the current firmware but due a missing password I had to reset it without knowing the consequencies :-))

    is there anyone with the bridge mode function active that is willing to share its configuration file? Just change the login password, export the configuration file and share it on the forum.

    I am willing to test it on my router and I am confident that it will work :-) because the settings downloaded from UPC, at boot time, are regarding only the DOCSIS parameters everything else is kept on the router and can be changed only from withing the routers interface (Web, CLI (not available to us) etc.)

    Thanks,

    Silviu.


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    #630
    MarkY91
    Registered Users Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    hi guys, im extremelly confused here. ive read on boards that putting the 3925 into bridge mode will STOP the homephone from working but here it says it will continue to work as normal :S

    i have a netgear n600 ordered from ebay today and im worried as i probably have until tonight to cancel it before they ship it to me.

    to make it clear...the homephone connected to the 3925 WILL work if i bridge mode it to the netgear?


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    #631
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    MarkY91 wrote: »
    hi guys, im extremelly confused here. ive read on boards that putting the 3925 into bridge mode will STOP the homephone from working but here it says it will continue to work as normal :S

    i have a netgear n600 ordered from ebay today and im worried as i probably have until tonight to cancel it before they ship it to me.

    to make it clear...the homephone connected to the 3925 WILL work if i bridge mode it to the netgear?

    Definitely.


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