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Howto unlock your Eircom F1000

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  • Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭rogercross


    This is kind of off topic but I was wondering if there is a free service i could use to keep my ip address updated on my unlocked F1000 router.

    I am using smartdnsproxy, is there anything i could run on the F1000 to keep my ip up to date with that service do you think?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,201 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    What, when did I question any of that? I questioned the reported attainable figure, I'd love to put my Megger meter on it because one or both of the before/after attainable figures is wrong. Not at all knocking your achievements btw

    Would the updated firmware of the modem not just do a better job of the vectoring/G.vector for the connection?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    KeRbDoG wrote: »
    Would the updated firmware of the modem not just do a better job of the vectoring/G.vector for the connection?

    I don't see how, vectoring is applied to the whole cab, not individual connections. It's the coordination of line signals to reduce crosstalk


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,201 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    I don't see how, vectoring is applied to the whole cab, not individual connections. It's the coordination of line signals to reduce crosstalk

    While a cab has to have vectoring enabled, each line negotiates the line rate as the modem brings up the connection. Each line is different. Different lengths and different environmental factors causing cross tall etc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    Okay I've everything bought and en route to me. I've downloaded all the necessary software and started but as I've little experience in puttytel it will be a learning curve, one which I look forward to. Just to speed things along does anyone have the setting for the putty tel other than the baud/parity that are needed. If not I can do my research and publish it here later. I have both ExtraPutty and Kitty. Anyway looking forward to it once it starts.

    W


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,201 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Just completed the unlocking of the F1000 - sync speeds look kinda the same as before, but lets give it a few days.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    Hi Dermot, apologies in advance for what is going to be a complete noob question. Do you need the ethernet cable to upgrade the modem or can it all be done with the USB-TTL cable?

    Thx,
    W


  • Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭Dermot McDonnell


    wcarey1975 wrote: »
    Hi Dermot, apologies in advance for what is going to be a complete noob question. Do you need the ethernet cable to upgrade the modem or can it all be done with the USB-TTL cable?

    Thx,
    W

    Hi Wayne,

    strictly speaking you can use the USB-TTL cable only. That would involve sending the new ZyXel firmware, as well as the boot loader, over the USB-TTL cable. The firmware is fairly large and takes the best part of half an hour to send that way.

    Therefore, once you have flashed the bootloader, I suggest plugging in a CAT5 ethernet cable and using your browser to point to 192.168.1.1. You can then send the new ZyXel firmware via your browser, it takes less than a minute at 100mbps.

    My guide describes the second method. It is much faster and involves less risk.

    Regards,

    Dermot


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    Thanks Dermot for answering it. I'm probably over thinking it as I dont have everything yet. All materials will be here this week. Cable arrived this morning and modem has been posted so should be here later on this week. heres hoping for a successful outcome.

    Wayne.

    QUOTE=Dermot McDonnell;94210844]Hi Wayne,

    strictly speaking you can use the USB-TTL cable only. That would involve sending the new ZyXel firmware, as well as the boot loader, over the USB-TTL cable. The firmware is fairly large and takes the best part of half an hour to send that way.

    Therefore, once you have flashed the bootloader, I suggest plugging in a CAT5 ethernet cable and using your browser to point to 192.168.1.1. You can then send the new ZyXel firmware via your browser, it takes less than a minute at 100mbps.

    My guide describes the second method. It is much faster and involves less risk.

    Regards,

    Dermot[/QUOTE]


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    Hi Internet peeps just have a couple of questions for those that have experience with extraputty and windows. I've put in the baud and parity but it won't let me open. I've stick in an IP address 192.168.1.100 and port 22 and it lets me open a window. I've got the TTL cable but modem isn't here yet. Do I need to have the modem connected to open the window and have I setup the software correctly. Finally do I need to have the Ethernet cable connected along with the serial cable from the start. Thanks in advance, W.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,946 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Will unlocking increase wifi range and speeds ?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    wcarey1975 wrote: »
    Hi Internet peeps just have a couple of questions for those that have experience with extraputty and windows. I've put in the baud and parity but it won't let me open. I've stick in an IP address 192.168.1.100 and port 22 and it lets me open a window. I've got the TTL cable but modem isn't here yet. Do I need to have the modem connected to open the window and have I setup the software correctly. Finally do I need to have the Ethernet cable connected along with the serial cable from the start. Thanks in advance, W.

    Think its actually easier than I thought. Just looks like poor attention to detail on my part. I thought I'd selected the serial radio button as the comms choice of communication but I may have missed that. I'll double check it tonight once I'm home and I'll keep you all posted.

    W


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    Just finished work for the week so sat down tonight when the misses and kids were in bed. Completed the unbranding and took as many screen grabs as I could all finished. Cant thank Dermot enough for all his initial effort. despite some pretty noobie stuff at the beginning completed the whole process without any real issues.

    W


  • Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭zarafiq


    Thanks for all the posts Dermot. Unlocked mine yesterday. Was able to use Raspberry Pi instead of TTL-USB cable. One issue - DSL LED is green but the Internet LED stays red so not able to connect to the internet.
    Could somebody who uses Eircom and ideally uses 1.00(AAKL.5)C0 firmware backup their config, remove any sensitive info (passwords, etc) and post it here?
    Many thanks!


  • Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭Dermot McDonnell


    wcarey1975 wrote: »
    .. Completed the unbranding and took as many screen grabs as I could all finished...
    W

    Nice work, Wayne!


  • Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭Dermot McDonnell


    zarafiq wrote: »
    ..One issue - DSL LED is green but the Internet LED stays red so not able to connect to the internet.

    Green DSL light indicates ADSL connection on an unlocked F1000. Amber (Yellow) DSL indicates VDSL sync. Can you post a screen shot of xDSL statistics report and status page? With the Eircom firmware, the DSL is green for both ADSL and VDSL.
    Could somebody who uses Eircom and ideally uses 1.00(AAKL.5)C0 firmware backup their config, remove any sensitive info (passwords, etc) and post it here?
    Many thanks!

    I think you will find the eircom config file will be incompatible with the Zyxel firmware.


  • Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭zarafiq


    Thanks Dermot,

    I was able to fix the issue by changing the VLAN 802.1q value to '10' - missed this step after flashing firmware.
    Would still like to see default config of Eircom provided modem (forgot to save it before flashing).
    I know I won't be able to upload it to the modem but since it's a text file (XML?) I can see the values
    Eircom are using. Will post the xDSL stats tonight.


  • Registered Users Posts: 539 ✭✭✭captain_boycott


    Dermot, am having issues since unlocking to the latest firmware. Device's on the LAN intermittently start losing connection to the internet, and i have to reboot the router. Always had rock solud connection before.

    Also i have noticed that when i stream video thru a device connected via one of the F1000 ports from another PC on the LAN, the stream buffers and network goes slow for all users. However if i plug same device into a port on my access point, it works fine. This leads me to think the ports on the F1000 are not acting like switched ports, but instead like a passive hub. Dunno if that was always the case or if its firmware related. As v7 is only beta, is it possible to easily downgrade to the latest officially supported release?


  • Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Paul Thomas Rowland


    ... if its firmware related. As v7 is only beta, is it possible to easily downgrade to the latest officially supported release?


    You can flash any Zyxel firmware you want, Kitz forum has a long list. V7 is not a beta, it is released. The Dutch ISP Tweak is shipping it and it is signed off in the Zyxel changelog. http://www.tweak.nl/consument/support/firmware.html


  • Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭Dermot McDonnell


    Dermot, am having issues since unlocking to the latest firmware. Device's on the LAN intermittently start losing connection to the internet, and i have to reboot the router. Always had rock solud connection before...

    @captain_boycott, give me a call and we can swap it for another F1000 to see it is isolated to your router. Nobody else reporting lost connections, neither here nor on Kitz, and I am certainly not seeing it myself at all on a wide range of connected devices - PC, laptops, android and apple tablets and phones, TV and eVision box.

    The F1000 has a BCM53115 5-port Gigabit Ethernet switch, same as the Huawei HG658c if I recall correctly. I see no change in internet performance on any device when the eVision box, connected by cat5 and streaming video, is removed/reconnected to the F1000.

    It would be nice to replicate your issue and try to get to the bottom of it.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 539 ✭✭✭captain_boycott


    hi Dermot, thanks for the offer - too busy to troubleshoot further at the moment but will try and recreate issue if I get time next week, and then might try downgrading the firmware as well.

    Right now its behaving well as i only have my Asus AP connected to the F1000, and I have all my wired connections coming in thru that.

    One possibility is that the 1080p traffic was just too much for the router. Would the F1000 firewall be trying to do packet inspection on the NAT side of the router? Anyways, will try a few things next week if I get some time.


  • Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Paul Thomas Rowland


    The V7 firmware is now available from ZyXel Sweden. ftp://ftp.zyxel.se/VMG8324-B10A/firmware/

    Their site it almost always up unlike Zyxel Italia


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,040 ✭✭✭yuloni


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  • Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭Dermot McDonnell


    yuloni wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    You are correct, the Serial Number is in the Bootloader and as yet I have not discovered how to change it. That number can only be seen from the GUI, it is not detectable remotely. There may be a mechanism to change it from CFE but there is no documentation for the command set.

    Well done, btw!


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,040 ✭✭✭yuloni


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  • Registered Users Posts: 16 peewee3ie


    I have read the most of this thread before doing a spare modem a friend has given me and will be trying it out later on his fiber and get his cctv working over the internet again (it was before he got fiber). I will have mine up and running next week. I will be doing this to my own modem as well.

    Thank you Dermot. I had no problem following your guide and I am use to using putty as I use it to keep my own linux server up to date. I was a bit afraid when doing it that I would do something wrong but it's much easier that it look and sounds.

    As I work in computer repairs I will be keeping a eye out for modems that customers are not using and doing this.

    Dermot. I will also get as many screen shots as I can if they are any good to you but it could be next week. I mite try and do a windows how to and I may do a web page and host it myself on how to do it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16 peewee3ie


    Hi,

    How do I change the voip setting as my friend does have a voip/sip account he would like to use with a phone plugged in to the modem


  • Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭Dermot McDonnell


    peewee3ie wrote: »
    .. I will also get as many screen shots as I can if they are any good to you but it could be next week. I mite try and do a windows how to and I may do a web page and host it myself on how to do it.

    I greatly appreciate to your kind words and offer to provide screen shots. I can PM the source to you if it may assist your efforts.

    As for VOIP, not used it myself but a neighbour does. I shall enquire. My first port of call would be VOIP settings. Do you have a user guide?


  • Registered Users Posts: 16 peewee3ie


    Hi Dermot,

    I do but I seem to be missing a menu for voip. It could be as I do not have a phone plugged in to it yet will try it over the weekend and post back here.

    Please do pm the source it maybe useful.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,040 ✭✭✭yuloni


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