My Plusnet fibre has got worse with time :(

Ayahuasca · 29 May 2015 at 10:33

You shouldn't have to pay, I thought the seller has to pay for any shipping costs if the fault is their own?

timmy85 · 29 May 2015 at 11:06

He hasn't even asked me to send mine back yet, he's only asked me to confirm my address for delivery of the replacement.

KIA · 29 May 2015 at 18:27

Report him for scamming. What's his seller ID?

Randall8686 · 29 May 2015 at 18:29

He first asked if i want to return it for a replacement or refund i said i want the correct modem, he then asked for a address to send replacement too and i have heard nothing since

timmy85 · 29 May 2015 at 19:07

Exactly the same here. Mind, I never had a note to say the original package was dispatched...... His eBay ID is netkomonline

wildest_jjk · 29 May 2015 at 19:14

If you don't get a response then you will probably need to open up a case. With regards to return postage I think that will still be at your expense depending on their terms and conditions.

I do think that buying these modems doesn't make much difference just to make everyone else aware. I still have a slower connection with everything Huawei...

~Mike~ · 29 May 2015 at 23:13

wildest_jjk said:
...

I do think that buying these modems doesn't make much difference just to make everyone else aware. I still have a slower connection with everything Huawei...

I had an ECI modem connected to a Huawei cabinet, replaced the ECI with a Billion modem router and have gained 5 Mb/s download.

wildest_jjk · 29 May 2015 at 23:25

~Mike~ said:
I had an ECI modem connected to a Huawei cabinet, replaced the ECI with a Billion modem router and have gained 5 Mb/s download.

I think my example still stands.

~Mike~ · 30 May 2015 at 10:07

wildest_jjk said:
I think my example still stands.

Well it's made a big difference for me, you say 'doesn't make much difference' but everyone's line is different so for some it will others it might not.

Reason I went for a Billion rather than getting HG612 was because my Asus router had died, but I have seen on other forums that people have seen good increases in speed since replacing the ECI with a HG612.

wildest_jjk · 30 May 2015 at 11:57

~Mike~ said:
Well it's made a big difference for me, you say 'doesn't make much difference' but everyone's line is different so for some it will others it might not.

Reason I went for a Billion rather than getting HG612 was because my Asus router had died, but I have seen on other forums that people have seen good increases in speed since replacing the ECI with a HG612.

If you check above I haven't actually disagreed with you. I'm not denying there could potentially be a small speed increase.

My point is that I have both a Huawei modem and Huawei cab but have still seen my speed drop over the last few months.

Randall8686 · 30 May 2015 at 12:44

Well the new modem turned up today and its the correct type. Not sure if its unlocked yet just changed them over and waiting for my router to settle down

Randall8686 · 30 May 2015 at 12:56

Well so far its even worse

i guess it might take some time to adjust ?

Old Modem

New Modem

Danny091 · 30 May 2015 at 12:59

Would be worth connecting a LAN cable to the LAN2 port and trying to get into the settings to see if its unlocked already. You want;

Software version V100R001C01B030SP08

if its anything other than SP08 then it will not work correctly with G.INP and will give you slower speeds.

Randall8686 · 30 May 2015 at 13:07

Danny091 said:
Would be worth connecting a LAN cable to the LAN2 port and trying to get into the settings to see if its unlocked already. You want;

Software version V100R001C01B030SP08

if its anything other than SP08 then it will not work correctly with G.INP and will give you slower speeds.

off to get laptop and a lan cable lol brb

Randall8686 · 30 May 2015 at 13:13

So im pluged into lan 2 and i go to 192.168.1.1 and its trying to take me to my asus router, do i need to change my router ip away from .1?

Danny091 · 30 May 2015 at 13:15

are you still connected to wifi?

you might manually need to set your laptops network card to 192.168.1.100 255.255.255.0 leave dns and gateway blank

try clearing your cache too

Randall8686 · 30 May 2015 at 13:20

Balls its a work laptop and it wont let me do that as im not an administrator

will have to dig my laptop out,

Randall8686 · 30 May 2015 at 13:31

Nope just getting the message this page not avaliable, i uave manually set ip as u said too. Could it be that its not hacked ?

Danny091 · 30 May 2015 at 13:36

Could be, a way to test would be to go through the steps as if you where going to hack it and see if you get the webgui to upload the firmware.

Have you made sure your Wifi card is disabled or not connected to a network and that you made them ip changes to the ethernet nic and also cleared your browsers cache?

Other than that try the following and see if you can get to step 7 if you get that gui it might be that its not hacked.. Download the firwmware before you try though that way you can just finish the hack

1) Set your network card on your pc to the stattic address 192.168.1.100 255.255.255.0 doesnt matter about gateway or DNS leave them blank

2) connect LAN2 on the modem to your PC

3) Make sure the modem is OFF.

4) With the reset button pressed turn the modem ON

5) Keep the reset button pressed while it boots (for 5-10 seconds)

6) Open a web browser and go to 192.168.1.1

7) You will be given a page where you can upload firmware, simply upload the firmware you downloaded (look at the bottom of the post to firmware link)

8) Thats it really, after the modem restarts your modem is flashed (can take a couple of mins), if you go to 192.168.1.1 you will be given a login page default is admin for both user and pass.

http://www.kitz.co.uk/routers/hg612unlock.htm is a good place to start to read.

https://mega.co.nz/#F!LdJFDIJL!e_E1twsIg2kTet8mPjrb4w in this directory open the folder B030SP08 the one ending in WEBGUI is the firmware i am using

Randall8686 · 30 May 2015 at 13:40

Cheers mate its just flashing now, will see how it goes