Bridging Vodafone HG659 to Netgear Orbi

ED E wrote: »

Nice piece of kit (though thanks to Orbi, Eero etc 5Ghz in apartments is going to be a total failure).

Vodafone yes? (If it were Eir you'd likely call it and F2000)

Found this on the Vodafone New Zealand website, would it work here? Has anyone bridged the HG659?

Here's how to set up bridge mode on the Vodafone wireless modem. This method will give you full bridge mode as well as a reserved IP to access from another LAN port. This will work for VDSL, Fibre and FibreX, not ADSL or standard broadband.

Please note that this is for advanced users, if you're not sure whether to use this mode - don't!

Disconnect the Internet connection (VDSL or Ethernet to ONT / cable modem)
Connect your PC via cable directly to the HG659
Log on to the Web Management Page as Admin (not the default vodafone/vodafone)
Go to Internet > Internet Settings: Delete all of the profiles except the connection you want (eg VDSL)
Go to Internet > Internet Settings: Edit that profile, change connection type to Bridged, change Service type to Internet only (untick TR069 & Voice). It will show disconnected, that's OK
Go to Internet > Network security > Firewall: disable the firewall
Go to Home Network > WLAN settings > WLAN Encryption: Untick the 2.4 & 5GHz WLAN SSID on the WLAN encryption section. Doing it here rather than under the Basic Settings means that the physical button on the unit won't re enable Wi-Fi
Go to Home Network > LAN Interface: Turn off UPNP, IPv6 DHCP Server and DHCP Server (IPv4)
You should still be connected. If not, you'll need to set your PC to a static IP in the 192.168.1.0/24 range, eg 192.168.1.123
Go to Home Network > LAN Interface > LAN Interface Settings: Set a LAN IP, say to 192.168.200.200 that won't conflict with anything
Now if you ever want to reconnect to the router, you'll need to set a static IP on your computer to something like 192.168.200.100/24, and connect physically into the router, and browse to 192.168.200.200.

ED E wrote: »

Sorry for the slow reply.

Thats not bridging, thats a cludge. Unless Vodafone crippled the 659 you should be able to directly bridge the WAN interface you want to use and itll just frame forward properly.

It should be as simple as this:
https://www.spark.co.nz/help/internet-data/equipment/huawei/hg659-gateway/setup-bridge-mode-huawei-hg659-hg659b/

You may need to use the Vodafone IE superuser details (they're on here somewhere) instead of the basic admin account to do it.

I tried that and it didn’t work.

Can you give me a step by step (idiot proof!) guide to bridging this and any settings that would need to be amended in the Orbi?

Thanks

Jist another thing to remember- set the VLAN ID to 10 on the HG659 to ensure the connection works.

notahappycamper wrote: »

Just noticed I can’t log back into the Vodafone router now after bridging it. I’ve connected the LAN cable to one of the ports on the VF router but it’s not recognising my laptop.

Solved it - had to give my laptop a manual IP address.