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UPC modem/router Technicolor TC7200

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  • #62
    PatDee
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭PatDee


    haa funny you should mention that as thats the way they used to have it setup They used a Scientific Atlanta modem only neat little box & worked well.

    The Cisco 3925 is a far superior router that the H E A P of S H I T let me say it again H E A P of S H I T Technicolor they are farming out, probably only cost a few euro to get them made in China, if it has a Cisco badge chances are it will have a good feature set.

    I'm using the Cisco 3925 and it works like a charm, has all the features I need & then some......so if UPC try to palm you off with a Technicolor just tell them you want a Cisco one instead.

    Rant Over!


  • #63
    white_westie
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭white_westie


    The problem is that this 'H E A P of S H I T Technicolor' TC7200 that they are giving out seems to be the new standard modem/router.:(


  • #64
    PatDee
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭PatDee


    New Standard???? Please explain....


  • #65
    ugglasdav
    Registered Users Posts: 563 ✭✭✭ugglasdav


    Hooked up this new Modem earlier, was up and running in about 10 minutes, get very good speeds wireless and havent had any drops when on the xbox


  • #66
    iceberger
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭iceberger


    ugglasdav - Is your wireless device far from the modem? And many walls in between? thanks


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  • #67
    white_westie
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭white_westie


    PatDee wrote: »
    New Standard???? Please explain....

    What you will get if you are a new upc bb customer, or are upgrading to 50Mb+ from a modem only (old SA2203 max 30Mb) installation.


  • #68
    ugglasdav
    Registered Users Posts: 563 ✭✭✭ugglasdav


    iceberger wrote: »
    ugglasdav - Is your wireless device far from the modem? And many walls in between? thanks

    yea, the modem is downstairs and my computer and xbox are upstairs, the speeds have been varying throughout the day, get between 35-50 wireless so far, once or twice it has been stuck on 3mb download, not sure about that, always getting the full 5 upload but

    i seen a few people saying there not sure about it working well with xboxs, i put my xbox into DMZ so it will pass all the ports, havent had a disconnection so far, my xbox is also wireless


  • #69
    maccer666
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭maccer666


    Got this piece of juuk today after upgrading to the 50mb package, was hoping to get the cisco one as i seen another thread on here on how to set it up in bridge mode. Speed wise im getting what i paid for but other than that im not happy with it. The router interface seems to be designed by a 5 year old. Hopefully as others have said we get the firmware update to enable bridging but i cant see it happening in the near future


  • #70
    corroonb
    Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭corroonb


    We got this router after upgrading and unfortunately my VPN won't work now. I was hoping a router with the N band would increase the range but my room is still a bit of a black spot.


  • #71
    superleedsdub
    Registered Users Posts: 362 ✭✭superleedsdub


    I upgraded to 100mb last week from 30mb and received the Technicolor TC7200

    It`s a pile of S£$te!

    I managed to get my d-link dir 655 router working with it after a call to the UPC self-install team (I needed to change the ip address of the my router as it was on the same sub-net as the technicolor)

    I had internet access all week until friday night. After a few attempts on my side (factory restore, etc) I still had no internet access. I could not even access the webui of the technicolor (no problems accessing my d-link router or my LAN).

    The UPC support technician I called was able to remotely access the router and could see no problems on their end. The IP address was set to 192.168.0.1 so I should have been able to access the router. I had disabled the wireless network on the technicolor as I was using my own router for wi-fi, but the UPC guy was able to turn on the wireless network from his end. However, I was still not able to authenticate the network.... we went through a number of troubleshooting steps and still couldn`t resolve the problem.

    After a long amicable discussion (the technician was excellent, a credit to UPC), it was a agreed that an engineer would call out to me with a Cisco EPC 3925 router tomorrow morning:-)

    Some additional issues I noted when trying to configure the technicolor router (some already noted in this thread)

    - I could not change the IP address of the router (I tried many times, each time I had to set it back to 192.168.0.1)
    - Ditto for setting up a DMZ
    -5ghz wireless network does not work, the UPC technician I spoke to on saturday confirmed this to me

    As previously mentioned in the this thread - i would strongly advise you INSIST on a cisco modem/router from UPC when upgrading

    P.S. I miss my VPN server:-(


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  • #72
    genericstranger
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭genericstranger


    Hi,

    I've been having problems with my Samsung N140 working on this router since I've got it (two weeks ago). No other devices are experiencing problems on the network. If anyone could help me troubleshoot I have a separate thread here :

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056973242

    The Netbook worked fine with an Eircom Netopia DSL modem and I've not had problems with any other Wifi Network with it before.

    Thanks


  • #73
    superleedsdub
    Registered Users Posts: 362 ✭✭superleedsdub


    have you connected the netbook to the technicolor by ethernet cable and can you then access the network?


  • #74
    genericstranger
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭genericstranger


    Can't replicate the problem when it's connected via ethernet.

    Not home now to do any troubleshooting, any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Hit me up on the above thread!

    Thanks


  • #75
    white_westie
    Registered Users Posts: 619 ✭✭✭white_westie


    superleedsdub wrote: »
    Some additional issues I noted when trying to configure the technicolor router (some already noted in this thread)

    - I could not change the IP address of the router (I tried many times, each time I had to set it back to 192.168.0.1)
    - Ditto for setting up a DMZ
    -5ghz wireless network does not work, the UPC technician I spoke to on saturday confirmed this to me

    (

    Hope you get sorted with a 3925 and you can use Bridge Mode.:)

    As regards the 3 issues you listed
    a) was able to change ip addr of router - mine is running on 192.168.51 subnet with dhcp giving out addresses
    b) DMZ sort of worked, but could not use stream from cricfree
    c) Don't use the wireless, but when testing could not get 5GHz to work either, didn't realise it was a known problem:confused:

    By any chance did upc tech hint that they might be making any changes to the TC7200 soon?


  • #76
    thefinalstage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭thefinalstage


    Hey,

    I don't know if this would be any use but here is the source code for a UPC tc7200 switch mode page with bridging option.

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/upc.css">
    <script src="/language/dutch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <script src="/trans_func.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
    <script>i18n_PageTitle("TAG_UPC_33 - UPC_Wireless_Cable_Router_Configuration_SYSTEM_PASSWORD")</script>
    </head>

    <!--[if !IE]><body><![endif]-->
    <!--[if IE 9]><body class="ie9"><![endif]-->
    <!--[if IE 8]><body class="ie8"><![endif]-->
    <!--[if IE 7]><body class="ie7"><![endif]-->
    <!--[if lt IE 7]><body><![endif]-->
    <div class="upc_container upc_container_12">
    <div class="upc_grid_12">

    <!--masthead-->
    <div class="upc_masthead">
    <!--top, contains logog ad languageswitch-->
    <div class="top">
    <img src="/media/img/upc_logo.png" width="64" height="59" class="logo" alt="upc">
    <form action="/goform/languages" class="language_switch" method="POST">
    <label><a href="/logout.asp" class="logout_nolock">admin</a>  <script>i18n("LOGIN_AREA_LANGUAGE=")</script>:</label>
    <select name="UpcLanguages" id="lang" onChange="submit()">
    <option value="1" >English</option>
    <option value="2" selected>Nederlands</option>
    <option value="3" >Deutsch</option>
    <option value="4" >Türkçe</option>
    <option value="5" >Français</option>
    <option value="6" >Italiano</option>
    <option value="7" >Magyar</option>
    <option value="8" >Polski</option>
    <option value="9" >Română</option>
    <option value="10" >Čeština</option>
    <option value="11" >Slovenčina</option>

    </select>
    <a href="/logout.asp" class="logout"><script>i18n("SPECIAL_PAGE_LOGIN_LOGOUT=")</script></a>
    </form>
    </div>

    <ul class="navigationbar">
    <li><a href="/status/system.asp" class=""><script>i18n("CONTENT_STATUS_MTA_STATUS_TITLE=")</script><span></span></a></li>
    <li><a href="/basic/internet.asp" class=""><script>i18n("CONTENT_STATUS_CONNECTION_BASIC_TITLE=")</script><span></span></a></li>
    <!--
    <li><a href="/advanced/options.asp" class=""><script>i18n("LM_ENTRY_WIRELESS_2G_ADVANCED=")</script><span></span></a></li>
    <li><a href="/parental/device-rules.asp" class=""><script>i18n("CONTENT_SYSTEM_LOG_CONFIG_MODULE_PARENTAL_CONTROL=")</script><span></span></a></li>
    -->
    <li><a href="/wireless/radio.asp" class=""><script>i18n("CONTENT_SYSTEM_LOG_CONFIG_MODULE_WIRELESS=")</script><span></span></a></li>

    <li><a href="#" class="active"><script>i18n("CONTENT_STATUS_SYSTEM_TITLE=")</script><span></span></a></li>
    </ul>
    </div>
    <!--end masthead-->

    </div>
    <div class="clear"> </div>
    <div class="upc_grid_3">

    <!--subnavigation-->
    <ul class="upc_subnav">
    <li><a href="/system/password.asp"><script>i18n("LOGIN_BOX_PASSWORD_LABEL=")</script></a></li>
    <li><a href="/system/switch-mode.asp" class="active"><script>i18n("TAG_UPC_SWITCH_MODE")</script></a></li>

    <li><a href="/system/backup.asp"><script>i18n("LM_ENTRY_SYSTEM_BACKUPANDRECOVERY=")</script></a>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="/system/backup.asp"><script>i18n("CONTENT_SYSTEM_BACKUP_TITLE=")</script></a></li>
    <li><a href="/system/restore.asp"><script>i18n("CONTENT_SYSTEM_RESTORE_TITLE=")</script></a></li>
    <li><a href="/system/factory.asp"><script>i18n("CONTENT_SYSTEM_FACTORY_DEFAULT_TITLE=")</script></a></li>
    </ul>
    </li>
    <li><a href="/system/syslog.asp"><script>i18n("LM_ENTRY_SYSTEM_LOG=")</script></a>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="/system/syslog.asp"><script>i18n("TAG_UPC_SYSLOG")</script></a></li>
    <li><a href="/system/local.asp"><script>i18n("LM_ENTRY_SYSTEM_LOG_LOGDISPLAY=")</script></a></li>
    </ul>
    </li>
    </ul>
    <!--end subnavigation-->

    </div>
    <div class="upc_grid_9">

    <h1><script>i18n("CONTENT_STATUS_SYSTEM_TITLE=")</script></h1>
    <div class="upc_content_area">
    <h2><script>i18n("TAG_UPC_SWITCH_MODE")</script></h2>
    <p><script>i18n("TAG_UPC_RG_MODE_PAGE_DESCRIPTION")</script></p>

    <form action="/goform/system/switch-mode" method="POST" name="system/switch-mode" class="upc_main_form">

    <label for="SwitchMode" class="width150"><script>i18n("TAG_UPC_SWITCH_MODE")</script></label>
    <select name="SwitchMode" class="width280">
    <option value="4" ><script>i18n("TAG_UPC_ROUTER_MODE")</script></option><option value="0" selected><script>i18n("TAG_UPC_BRIDGE_MODE")</script></option>

    </select>

    <div class="clear"> </div>
    <div class="s20px"> </div>
    <button class="upc_button1 floatright" type="submit"><span><script>i18n("CONTENT_ADVANCED_BUTTON_SAVE=")</script></span></button>
    </form>


    <div class="clear"> </div>
    </div>
    <div class="upc_content_area_footer"> </div>


    </div>
    <div class="clear"> </div>
    </div>
    </body>
    </html>


  • #77
    burt
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭burt


    superleedsdub wrote: »
    I had disabled the wireless network on the technicolor as I was using my own router for wi-fi, but the UPC guy was able to turn on the wireless network from his end.

    Is nobody else totally and utterly freaked out by this?


  • #78
    h57xiucj2z946q
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭h57xiucj2z946q


    burt wrote: »
    Is nobody else totally and utterly freaked out by this?

    No, its a DOCSIS modem hooked up to their grid. They can do a lot more with it.


  • #79
    superleedsdub
    Registered Users Posts: 362 ✭✭superleedsdub


    burt wrote: »
    Is nobody else totally and utterly freaked out by this?

    So long as they don`t have the password to my NAS then i`m ok with this:-)

    Engineer arrived today without a Cisco epc 3925, but he soon realised why I wanted/needed one and managed to get one off a fellow engineer in the locality. Apparently they are nearly out of stock of the cisco`s.

    Had me back up and running within minutes, will play around with the new modem and see if can bridge it later tonight (or at the very least set up a DMZ like I did on my old 2425)


  • #80
    floppyjoe
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭floppyjoe


    did anyone manage to get 2.4ghz and 5ghz working? can't understand why you cant enable both? manual says it can do both simultaneously.


  • #81
    superleedsdub
    Registered Users Posts: 362 ✭✭superleedsdub


    UPC technician I called on saturday told me that 5ghz doesn`t work...


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  • #82
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    This post might be of interest to some of you who want to bridge:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=85274658#post85274658

    I can't promise anything but it's worth a shot. I also can't test it myself as I'm still using the Cisco EPC3925.

    The instructions for doing so are not far off the EPC3925 instructions, found here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056758726


    EDIT: Sh1te, I just now noticed someone else posted a version of it at the top of this page.

    What you might want to do is change the following line from the version above: 
    <script src="/language/dutch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    To: 
    <script src="/language/english.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    That should hopefully make it easier to read. :)


  • #83
    thefinalstage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭thefinalstage


    DECEiFER wrote: »
    This post might be of interest to some of you who want to bridge:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=85274658#post85274658

    I can't promise anything but it's worth a shot. I also can't test it myself as I'm still using the Cisco EPC3925.

    The instructions for doing so are not far off the EPC3925 instructions, found here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056758726


    EDIT: Sh1te, I just now noticed someone else posted a version of it at the top of this page.

    What you might want to do is change the following line from the version above: 
    <script src="/language/dutch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    To: 
    <script src="/language/english.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    That should hopefully make it easier to read. :)

    Good call, just now noticed that. I feel like being a space monkey, so lets see what happens :-P.


  • #84
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    poisonedstream wrote: »
    Good call, just now noticed that. I feel like being a space monkey, so lets see what happens :-P.
    The big question is, does it stick the router into bridge mode? :)

    I'm absolutely dying to know...


  • #85
    thefinalstage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭thefinalstage


    DECEiFER wrote: »
    The big question is, does it stick the router into bridge mode? :)

    I'm absolutely dying to know...

    You will have to wait until Saturday :-P. Gotta get me a router that does the job first.

    I'm looking at this : http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WDR4900-Wireless-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00ATB28SM/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1372077934&sr=8-14&keywords=gigabit+router


  • #86
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    poisonedstream wrote: »
    You will have to wait until Saturday :-P. Gotta get me a router that does the job first.

    I'm looking at this : http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WDR4900-Wireless-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00ATB28SM/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1372077934&sr=8-14&keywords=gigabit+router
    Ah ya fecker! Hopefully someone else will give it a shot and report back today. :P

    Looks like a good router choice, it'll kick the ass out of whatever UPC supplies. :)


  • #87
    thefinalstage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭thefinalstage


    DECEiFER wrote: »
    Ah ya fecker! Hopefully someone else will give it a shot and report back today. :P

    Looks like a good router choice, it'll kick the ass out of whatever UPC supplies. :)

    LOl, I might do it as a midnight project tonight if I'm bored :-p.

    This badboy http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-Archer-AC1750-Wireless-Gigabit/dp/B00CEB53MS/ref=dp_ob_title_ce looks quite interesting but no adapter I know of can receive speeds like that over wireless.

    This is half the price and besides wireles speed I can't see a difference .http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00810P80S/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers


  • #88
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    poisonedstream wrote: »
    LOl, I might do it as a midnight project tonight if I'm bored :-p.

    This badboy http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-Archer-AC1750-Wireless-Gigabit/dp/B00CEB53MS/ref=dp_ob_title_ce looks quite interesting but no adapter I know of can receive speeds like that over wireless.

    This is half the price and besides wireles speed I can't see a difference .http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00810P80S/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers
    Spend up to your limit to get the best product. What might not be heavily supported now might be widespread in a year.

    This might be the best option, a good compromise:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WDR4900-Wireless-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00ATB28SM/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1372077934&sr=8-14&keywords=gigabit+router


  • #89
    thefinalstage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭thefinalstage


    DECEiFER wrote: »
    Spend up to your limit to get the best product. What might not be heavily supported now might be widespread in a year.

    This might be the best option, a good compromise:
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WDR4900-Wireless-Gigabit-Router/dp/B00ATB28SM/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1372077934&sr=8-14&keywords=gigabit+router

    Lol, I love random conversations about routers :-P.

    Sure, when the source editing above gets me bridge modem (gotta think positive!) I'll post the router too :-P


  • #90
    DECEiFER
    Registered Users Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭DECEiFER


    poisonedstream wrote: »
    Lol, I love random conversations about routers :-P.

    Sure, when the source editing above gets me bridge modem (gotta think positive!) I'll post the router too :-P
    Not trying to be a dick (well, I am really) but shouldn't you test to see if the HTML injection does the trick with the TC2700 first before buying a router? I know you could double NAT if it doesn't, but still. :P


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  • #91
    thefinalstage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,502 ✭✭✭thefinalstage


    DECEiFER wrote: »
    Not trying to be a dick (well, I am really) but shouldn't you test to see if the HTML injection does the trick with the TC2700 first before buying a router? I know you could double NAT if it doesn't, but still. :P

    Lol, you just want to see if it works as soon as :p. But you have a point haha. I'll try it this evening and report back.

    Space monkey signing off :-P


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