Best alternative for eircom modem?

Damokc

What would be better than the normal d1000 or what ever it is? Internet speed is crap but it's made worse by this sheet modem that can't seem to go through a few walls.:mad:

BeerWolf

If you're having a Wifi range issue, why not network your house using powerline adapters with the d1000 modem attached to it ?

anoble66

Just a word of warning with this Eircom F1000 modem. I am not sure if it was something specific to my powerline adapters but as soon as my home server started any kind of intensive download utilizing the powerline adapters it would cause a huge spike of noise - enough to drop my VDSL line constantly. As soon as I would stop the download from the server, I could see my VDSL SNR margin return to normal and the line would come back and remain stable. My old 35 euro ADSL2 tplink modem was never affected by them.

Paul Thomas Rowland

The Eircom F1000 is a normally used for VDSL2, i.e. fiber to the cabinet at least. The sync (data) rate will be much higher than with ADSL2 and more sensitive to the noise created by powerline devices on the router power supply.

You could unlock the F1000 and flash the latest ZyXel VMG8324-B10A OEM firmware which gives you the full functionality of the device, eg VOIP, and crucially the version 039 PHY. It provides a significant improvement on the 038 PHY found in the F1000, 5% to 10% improvement in sync rate. It might solve your noise problem.

The best solution is to get rid of the source of the noise and use a wireless repeater. Buy a second hand HG655a Ver C on Adverts.ie, flash the latest OpenWRT and you will have a second AP with a 300MB wireless link to the F1000 running linux 3.14.16 kernel that will support lots of usb stuff. It works great for me. Cost: €10 incl postage on Adverts. You can get the HG655a preconfigured as an OpenWRT wireless repeater there for ~€30.

I cannot post the link to UNLOCKING the Eircom F1000 as I am new here. Google "Unbranding the ZyXel VMG8324-B10A". It's on the Kitz forum in the UK as is their review of F1000 with the latest OEM firmware, note the excellent sync rates achieved. Very useful if you are some distance from the cabinet or like gaming and want an edge.

Dermot McDonnell

Paul Thomas Rowland wrote: »

.... Google "Unbranding the ZyXel VMG8324-B10A"....

Hello,

thank you for mentioning this. I researched and published the unbranding method for the Eircom F1000 on Kitz a few months ago and I sell the unbranded F1000 on Adverts.

Apart from unlocking VOIP and the like, the key gain is the new 039 Broadcom PHY. Many users on Kitz report very significant increases in Downstream Rate. In one case, on an 1.1km long line to the DSLAM when the PHY alone was changed, sync rates went from:

Max: Upstream rate = 2749 Kbps, Downstream rate = 33412 Kbps

to

Max: Upstream rate = 2754 Kbps, Downstream rate = 44708 Kbps

I cannot post the links here, but you can find lots of detail on the Broadband Hardware pages of Kitz.

That's 33% EXTRA download sync rate. Irish ISPs have no interest, quite the opposite imo, in providing consumers with better sync rates - they would have to offer better contracted rates and provide more backbone bandwidth.

I can tell you for a fact that O2, Vodafone, Eircom all use the older PHY and lock down their modem/routers to prevent you from enjoying the full capabilities of those devices. When consumers move on to a new ISP, their old router usually ends up in the garbage.

As the unbranding process requires tools, skill, time, etc that most people do not have, I will unbrand your F1000 for €20 plus postage. See my ad "Unbrand your Eircom F1000 Fiber Broadband" on Adverts. These devices cost over £100 new.

ED E

Dermot McDonnell wrote: »

I can tell you for a fact that O2, Vodafone, Eircom all use the older PHY and lock down their modem/routers to prevent you from enjoying the full capabilities of those devices. When consumers move on to a new ISP, their old router usually ends up in the garbage.

This only applies to Sky and UPC. The rest of the CPE out there can be reconfigured in a matter of minutes with a provider change.

Paul Thomas Rowland

Dermot McDonnell wrote: »

I researched and published the unbranding method for the Eircom F1000 on Kitz a few months ago and I sell the unbranded F1000 on Adverts.

Well done Dermot. Thank you for taking the time and effort to Unbrand the F1000. It made a huge difference to my family.

Dermot McDonnell

ED E wrote: »

This only applies to Sky and UPC. The rest of the CPE out there can be reconfigured in a matter of minutes with a provider change.

It may be possible to use modem/routers supplied by one ISP with another ISP. That much of your statement is correct.

It remains a fact that NONE of the ISPs in this country supply Broadcom based devices with the latest 039 PHY. Therefore ALL of those ISPs are ensuring that their broadband consumers are getting lower, often much lower, sync rates than are actually achievable.

stylie

When you have re-branded the f1000, did port forwarding work ?

Dermot McDonnell

stylie wrote: »

When you have re-branded the f1000, did port forwarding work ?

I do not use port forwarding myself. I have asked the question on Kitz forums where there are many users of the f1000 (VMG8324-B10A) and will advise in due course.

Is there is a specific test you would like me to try?

stylie

In my case I have a ssh service listening at port 600 lets say, and while I can ssh to it using the local ip and that port, getting to it from the outside doesnt work. The router only has one port open from what I can see, 53 and trying to open others will give a timing out message, so trying to open them seems to change something. Can you open a random port and scan it to see what message you get ?

Paul Thomas Rowland

Let's test it properly. Give me the Port Fowrding Rule your want to apply. I will set it up and provide you with my WAN IP address and you can see for yourself if it works or not. How does that sound?

stylie

Hi,

I am at work now so dont have it in front of me but something like this
server ip = 192.168.1.102
trigger start = 1234
end port = 1234
translation start = 1234
end = 1234
protocol = tcp/udp

I might be wrong but that should create an open port 1234, and when scanned from online should show the ports open(unless it needs a listener to appear open)

ED E

There needs to be a service live and listening on 1234 on .102 otherwise the packet will be dropped by the machine at .102(or the router if its off) and will appear closed/stealthed.

stylie

I do have a listener the ssh service which I can connect to on the LAN

ED E

stylie wrote: »

I do have a listener the ssh service which I can connect to on the LAN

Sure your firewall isn't rejecting wan traffic?

stylie

The firewall on the router is turned off. I dont even think the server has a firewall, with my old router it didnt reject any traffic, port forwarding was simple.

Dermot McDonnell

@stylie,

I did the Port Forwarding test you suggested just now on my unbranded F1000. I can see the open port on the F1000 using Port Scanner on my tablet (ISP: TescoMobile).

Firewall must be OFF.
Full Cone NAT (aka Port Forwarding) must be enabled (Network Settings -> Broadband -> VDSL)
A listening service, on the Port specified, must be running on the device with the specified IP address.

Regards,

Dermot.

stylie

Listening service is running, aka ssh service on freenas. ssh -p 1234 192.168.1.102 works fine, log in no problem. Full Cone turned on, I think my router settings match yours, maybe its an issue with freenas and its ssh service, going to have to go digging.

stylie

Well damn it, I was so convinced the mistake was with the router I neglected my servers settings. Turns out my default gateway was in correct. Thanks for the help

Dermot McDonnell

stylie wrote: »

Well damn it, I was so convinced the mistake was with the router I neglected my servers settings. Turns out my default gateway was in correct. Thanks for the help

Always happy to get a positive result.