Puretelecom huawie modem

DRice

Hi i was looking at switching back to pure and they told me they don't do the fritz box 7539 anymore they have upgraded to the huawie 8245x6-10, it has better range apparently. I was used to the nas function on the fritz. Anyone know if this new modem is any good?

Glaceon

The Eir F2000 is a Huawei, so I can't see it being better than the Fritz.

DopeTech

I remember it being mentioned in a thread that they are now offering a new Huawei router that is Wifi6 capable but can't find the comment.

DRice

Thanks. Suspicious it's a downgrade but I will dig around

DopeTech

@CoBo55 What was the Huawei router model Pure Telecom provided you?

Any problems so far?

DRice

Thanks dopetech

Jnealon

I recently signed up with Pure and they sent me out a Huawei. I sent it back and am using my own ubiquiti edgerouter instead.

They sent me out another router the other day as the fibre in the area was down and they thought a new router would sort it, this was a Zyxel

DopeTech

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122646167#Comment_122646167

what was your issue with the huawei? Was it one of the old models?

DRice

This must be the one

https://greatecno.com/gb/networks/633089-huawei-optixstar-eg8145x6-10-optical-network-terminal-ont-optical-network-terminal-8435280924500.html?country=ie&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo8S3BhDeARIsAFRmkOPOxQDFdk9ZKuA200UHRstAx-TELsSczfvlJQfF0nu2bfFjTPVRyvEaAuSJEALw_wcB

DRice

Or better link

https://e.huawei.com/en/products/optical-terminal/eg8145x6-10

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122646109#Comment_122646109

Lg8245x6 is the model number, connected it up and turned it on last April I haven't had to touch it since, top class service from Pure I'm very impressed with them tbh. Bills are spot on every month, the bill is issued at the beginning of the month and the money taken around the 20th. If they offer me a half decent deal next year I'll stay with them.

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122646440#Comment_122646440

Doesn't look a bit like my router. Does the fibre connect to that one directly? With openeir the ont is a separate device and the router I have is connected using a network cable to it.

The Darkness

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122646167#Comment_122646167

And how did you find the Zyxel? What model was it, btw?

I was in contact with them recently about switching and their sales guy said that they were using the Zyxel now instead of the Fritzbox for full fibre, but he didn't know specifically which one.

Would like to know more before I decide, as having the wrong (or right) hardware can make such a big difference to your ongoing service quality; and as I've been down that road previously, I'd much prefer to avoid it this time if at all possible.

The Darkness

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122646102#Comment_122646102

Certainly has the appearance of such. At least where Huawei being compared to/replacing the Fritzbox is concerned anyway; Fritzbox as a brand seems to generally be considered as far superior - and the 7530 is a very reliable piece of kit by all accounts.

Very curious to hear about what your digging around unearths, as I'm currently considering switching over to Pure myself.

CoBo55

Jesus lads, what type of network are you running? The fritzbox 7530 doesn't have WiFi 6 that's why they aren't using it anymore. If you're that much into having a top of the range network you should be using your own router at this stage, the beauty of ftth is that you can do that as the modeming is already done.

Jnealon

It's a Zyxel DX3301-T0.

I have not used it as I am running my own setup

The Darkness

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122648155#Comment_122648155

Thanks Jnealon. Does anyone else have any experience of using that particular model? Is it up to scratch and reliable?

The Darkness

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122647810#Comment_122647810

Depends on which version you're supplied with I suppose, Digiweb use one and it's WiFi 6 capable:

https://digiweb.ie/product/fritzbox-7530-ax/

But if someone were considering going down that road and getting their own router, altogether - any model in particular you (or anyone else, for that matter) would recommend?

DRice

Sorry the above two links I shared were bum links. This is it pretty sure, think I will give them a try

https://www.lightwirebusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LG8245X6-10-Fact-Sheet.pdf

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122654936#Comment_122654936

That's the one, I don't know what pots ports are and the USB port doesn't do anything which is a pity, they must have it disabled with their gui.

pizzahead77

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122655436#Comment_122655436

POTS = Plain Old Telephone System - the ports for connecting the phone to.

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122655545#Comment_122655545

Feck sake🫣. Had I looked at it again I would have seen them😏

DRice

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122655436#Comment_122655436

I was using the nas function on the fritz box, connecting some storage and using it as a media server. That tech sheet mentions plug and play AV media server ...do you know if this modem can do that?

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122658312#Comment_122658312

No it can't which is a pity it just doesn't recognise that the flash drive is there.

The Darkness

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122646167#Comment_122646167

Hadn't realised previously that you'd already specified which router you were using instead - which model ubiquiti are you using and was it straightforward to get it to work with Pure's protocols?

They've sent me out one of the Huawei LG8245X6-10's mentioned above, but I'd rather not use one of those as they're not particularly good and I've had coverage issues here before.

The Darkness

Does anyone know if you can use a Fritz!box 7530-ax with Pure's FTTH optical offering?

Or do the ONT requirements preclude it?

https://en.avm.de/products/fritzbox/fritzbox-7530-ax/

Glaceon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122669661#Comment_122669661

That would work fine with Pure, you plug it into the ONT instead of their router.

_John C

ONT-----LAN1 (of Fritzbox)

The Darkness

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122669898#Comment_122669898

Ok, thanks Glaceon. And, just to clarify, where exactly would I be able to plug it in to then?

Is there a specific ONT device/socket supplied during the installation, separate from their provided router?

The Huawei has a built-in ONT AFAIK, hence their preference for it; although I'm not sure about the Zyxel.

Glaceon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122670278#Comment_122670278

Are you sure that they’re using a router with a built-in ONT? The ONT is usually provided by the infrastructure owner (Eir, SIRO, NBI etc) rather than the ISP.

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122670278#Comment_122670278

The Huawei supplied by Pure doesn't have a built in ont it's just a router. The ont(modem) is a once off install done by siro/ openeir etc. You're making this sound more complicated than it really is.