Help with using eircom efibre zyxelF1000 on vodafone

callumsdad

Hi all.
I am looking to use my eircom zyxel F1000 efibre modem on vodafone and wanted to know is it the same process as setting up the old modems ie netopia etc?

Dermot McDonnell

I don't believe you can use your Eircom F1000 on Vodafone, it is locked to Eircom. You can unlock it, flash Zyxel's latest firmware and it will work with any ISP. Performance will be a whole lot better than the Huawei HG658c Vodafone supply. The single board computer in both routers are almost identical from the hardware point of view, they have the same SoC, WiFi radio, etc - only the software is significantly different.

ED E

Both use IPoE, should be able to use it no problem. And the f1000 isn't locked down, unlike the HG and the skyHub. You can enter any details you like.

Dermot McDonnell

ED E wrote: »

Both use IPoE, should be able to use it no problem. And the f1000 isn't locked down, unlike the HG and the skyHub. You can enter any details you like.

Ed, you're quite right, my bad. The HG658c has hardcoded username and passwords that cannnot be changed unless you move to the O2 firmware.

callumsdad

Cheers guys.

ED E

Dermot McDonnell wrote: »

Ed, you're quite right, my bad. The HG658c has hardcoded username and passwords that cannnot be changed unless you move to the O2 firmware.

HTML edits might allow you to bypass flashing, but I've only skimmed.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057006124

jt72

Sorry to dig up a thread.

Just looking to confirm F1000 can be used on Vodafone without flashing.

My Vodafone connection stopped working over the last couple of days. I've got an F1000 with Eircom firmware on hand to test with.

I can flash it in a couple of days time, but if I'm not getting a sync at all with it then it's likely the line.

Line tests out OK according to Vodafone...

If F1000 can be used with Vodafone even using Eircom firmware, are there any settings changes required?

Paul Thomas Rowland

jt72 wrote: »

Sorry to dig up a thread.

Just looking to confirm F1000 can be used on Vodafone without flashing.

My Vodafone connection stopped working over the last couple of days. I've got an F1000 with Eircom firmware on hand to test with.

I can flash it in a couple of days time, but if I'm not getting a sync at all with it then it's likely the line.

Line tests out OK according to Vodafone...

If F1000 can be used with Vodafone even using Eircom firmware, are there any settings changes required?

You cannot use Eircom's locked F1000 with any other ISP. The broadband settings cannot be changed. Unlock it by following the guide or get it done on adverts.ie and then you will be able to connect to any ISP.

ED E

Paul Thomas Rowland wrote: »

You cannot use Eircom's locked F1000 with any other ISP. The broadband settings cannot be changed. Unlock it by following the guide or get it done on adverts.ie and then you will be able to connect to any ISP.

Are you sure about that? Eir have always allowed the PPPoE details to be changed, sky never and Vodafone did but made it very difficult with the 658c.

Paul Thomas Rowland

ED E wrote: »

Are you sure about that? Eir have always allowed the PPPoE details to be changed, sky never and Vodafone did but made it very difficult with the 658c.

Username and password boxes in vsdl are greyed out, cannot be edited. That was certainly the case when I unlocked my f1000.

jt72

Paul Thomas Rowland wrote: »

Username and password boxes in vsdl are greyed out, cannot be edited. That was certainly the case when I unlocked my f1000.

I thought it was still possible to create a new WAN profile where you could specify your own settings. The original VDSL profile uses VLAN 10, which you could edit/disable before creating your own. Otherwise it says VLAN 10 is already in use.

Since I'm having suspected trouble with my line, I couldn't verify any kind of operation at all.

I'm guessing it should have synchronized even if authentication failed?

Paul Thomas Rowland

jt72 wrote: »

I'm guessing it should have synchronized even if authentication failed?

Correct.