Eircom Huawei F2000 Gateway Bridging

ED E · 09-06-2016 12:13AM

Is multicast traffic handled over public or privates do we know?

Fiend-Foe · 09-06-2016 12:23AM

ED E wrote: »

Is multicast traffic handled over public or privates do we know?

Sorry I'm not sure exactly what you mean.

On the DDWRT I disabled;

Block WAN Requests
*Block Anonymous WAN Requests (ping)
*Filter Multicast
*Filter WAN NAT Redirection
*Filter IDENT (Port 113)

And on the F2000 I enabled DMZ, disabled firewall. Couldn't find anything relating to multicast in the menu there. Still nothing...

Thanks for your help!

cadete · 14-06-2016 06:03PM

lads this thread just ended 2 days of messing around! my deepest gratitude to all involved

Fiend-Foe · 14-06-2016 07:06PM

cadete wrote: »

lads this thread just ended 2 days of messing around! my deepest gratitude to all involved

Pls pls tell me what you did!! Tried everything as best I could, no noob but hate the F2000 totally hate it!

Please help me stop my 2 months of messing around. Have servers doing nothing...

Have a spare, Eír sent me a new modem a while back and don't want old one returned. If anybody would enjoy seeing me bate the sh1te out of an F2000 with an aluminum baseball bat, will post a youtube vid if I can get sorted

Maybe drill some fat holes through it first and try plug it in. Maybe pouring zippo fluid in vents and plugging it in would look nice...

I'll get creative and accept suggestions. Thx

14-06-2016 07:18PM

Just had a lightbulb moment.

Have you tried setting up a PPPoE connection on the DD-WRT router? Should give you the benefit of bridging without losing the TV.

Change the WAN port to PPPoE, username is eircom@eircom.net or eir@eir.ie and password is broadband1. Set MTU to 1492 if requested. If it works, the router will get its own IP, independent of the F2000's.

Fiend-Foe · 14-06-2016 07:34PM

Karsini wrote: »

Just had a lightbulb moment.

Have you tried setting up a PPPoE connection on the DD-WRT router? Should give you the benefit of bridging without losing the TV.

Change the WAN port to PPPoE, username is eircom@eircom.net or eir@eir.ie and password is broadband1. Set MTU to 1492 if requested. If it works, the router will get its own IP, independent of the F2000's.

Yup, tried it. Seems to be an older version of PPoE, updated DD-WRT to latest firmware. Couldn't get any WAN connection on the (DDWRT) network. Had to hard reset F2000.

Will try it again but can't afford to lose connectivity for a few hours, will need to do it tonight.

Thanks for idea and will check it out, anything else you may think of much appreciated. Will let you know how it goes, may get a chance to try soon.

Should the F2000 and the DD-WRT use the same IP structure. ATM I just have the DDWRT on DHCP - Auto and that uses a custom IP set (Just a pain to change because I have them in so many scripts for shares, port forwarding WoL, lots of IP cams configured with static IP's etc.

The F2000 is just using it's default IP, so I guess DDWRT picks up the gateway on F2000 with DHCP (Is DMZ too but doesn't seem to do anything) and my systems use gateway on DDWRT, all set up static IP's etc. I can still access the F2000 interface on my DDWRT's wired or Ethernet connection. If I bridge it I will lose connectivity to F2000 and have to do a reset.

As an experiment I turned everything off, bridged F2000 as in screenshots you kindly posted. Tried DDWRT with same IP structure (F2000 at default 192.168.1.254 and DDWRT and 192.168.1.1. Connected just using Laptop on DHCP both wireless and Ethernet) both with WAN settings on DHCP and PPPoE as you said (I may have fecked up) but basically lost all connectivity. Couldn't ping F2000.

What is wrong with me

ED E · 14-06-2016 08:34PM

Karsini wrote: »

Just had a lightbulb moment.

Have you tried setting up a PPPoE connection on the DD-WRT router? Should give you the benefit of bridging without losing the TV.

Change the WAN port to PPPoE, username is eircom@eircom.net or eir@eir.ie and password is broadband1. Set MTU to 1492 if requested. If it works, the router will get its own IP, independent of the F2000's.

I suppose that could work, but its something their pools should deny as you're basically getting a free extra WAN address. I think your CSI will conflict even if its delegated with NGA.

14-06-2016 08:43PM

ED E wrote: »

I suppose that could work, but its something their pools should deny as you're basically getting a free extra WAN address. I think your CSI will conflict even if its delegated with NGA.

It does work on domestic connections anyway, as do multiple IPs on a bridged modem via IPoE. I've seen some do it as a last resort when they couldn't port forward (or just to get NAT Type 1 on a PS3 when they didn't understand the meaning of it).

Probably wouldn't work on a business connection with a static IP.

Fiend-Foe · 14-06-2016 08:56PM

Have bridged F2000, just loses connectivity + TV. Tried double NAT forwarding, can see ports open on canyouseeme.org (except routers VPN port) but cannot connect to any services on any system.

Set up DDWRT with PPPoE whilst bridged, just lost connectivity. Am I doing something wrong?

Don't know why the internet goes, If I have to lose the TV will unsubscribe from E-Vision and get Sky if needs be, unfortunately Eír have monopoly on ISP in this apartment complex.

UPC I just connected Cisco cable modem, ETH1 to DDWRT WAN-In. DMZ page just asked for an IP and enable/disable. Once enabled wireless/all other functions disabled and DDWRT picked up WAN from DHCP nice and simple, never a problem. Just want the same result

ED E · 14-06-2016 09:10PM

With broadcast TV its a lot simpler than IPTV.

And to say Eir have a monopoly is misleading, OpenEir have a wholesale monopoly but you could get Sky TV and Fibre Broadband over the same infrastructure.

Probably the easiest way to work this out would be to ssh to the F2000 and try and dump its NAT rules and config.

Fiend-Foe · 14-06-2016 09:23PM

ED E wrote: »

With broadcast TV its a lot simpler than IPTV.

And to say Eir have a monopoly is misleading, OpenEir have a wholesale monopoly but you could get Sky TV and Fibre Broadband over the same infrastructure.

Probably the easiest way to work this out would be to ssh to the F2000 and try and dump its NAT rules and config.

I said there was a monopoly in my apartment building, haven't seen a non Eircom SSID. Modem runs over VDSL to Cab in basement to optic connection. Only other option would be to go for another POTS broadband provider. Vodafone seem to use F2000 too, not sure who else I can try who would be different. I did look around to avoid Eircom.

Apartment buildings in complex have shared sky dishes piped in to each flat, no cable/UPC. Eircom seem to own the gear downstairs so not sure if I can get another provider. In a bloody 18 month contract now...

Would like to avoid Sky, as I said I've only seen Eircom SSID's around (did some scouting, several 100 apartments) and a few that were from mobiles tethering/those 3g SIM mini wireless jobs. But believe Sky BB comes over POTS, standard ADSL. Would be serious downgrade from fiber. If they have any Satellite internet would be worse and has serious lag and bandwidth restrictions.

Like to move lots of data

John Dough · 18-01-2017 06:57PM

Slighly OT but was thinking of changing to Sky Fibre rang the other day and they said they would supply new fibre modem but did not specify type, local phone and basic TV for 39 euro for 12 months contract then 75 euro month but I could change back to Eir then for there offers as Eir line is the same as Skys. Anyone with Sly here?

Decoda · 06-01-2018 09:58AM

Hi and sorry for dragging up an old thread. Have had Eir FTTH 150mb for approx 6 months and as well as having signal strength issues (long house with double layer block wall extensions at each end) we are constantly having to reboot the f2000 due to Wi-Fi dropping continuously. Anyway to try and solve the above problems I am proposing on installing 2 tplink ac1200 access points and switch off the Wi-Fi capability on the f2000.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-Wireless-Controller-Software-EAP225/dp/B01LRQW0GM/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1515229151&sr=1-2&keywords=TP-Link+AC1200+Wireless

I also have tplink powerline extenders working from it to link smart tv and playstation and they have never given any trouble (40 to 50mb) and I would like to keep these working from the f2000.

Would anyone be able / willing to walk me through how I would go about adding the AP's and switching the f2000 Wi-Fi off. I'm a complete dunce when it comes to this sort of thing but have finally had enough of the constant Wi-Fi problems with Eirs modem.

Any assistance gratefully received.

D.

Eircom Huawei F2000 Gateway Bridging

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