[Guide] - Huawei EchoLife HG612 /Modem ONLY

[Deleted member 77746]

Following on from the "Post your FTTC line stats & unlocking info" thread.

I have decided to create a guide post to assist with connecting to BT Infinity / BT Infinity 2 with just the Huawei EchoLife HG612 so this means you can connect another AP instead of using the BT HH3. The modem will get a direct connection (PPPoE connection) rather than having to go through the HH3.

Step 1) Unlock the modem using this thread "Post your FTTC line stats & unlocking info".

Step 2) Once your modem is unlocked and you can access the modem gui interface you then need to go to "Basic > WAN". This is where you need to modify the info.

Step 3) Disable "Service List > INTERNET (Connection Type, BRIDGE)".

Step 4) Disable "Service List > TR069_INTERNET (Connection Type, DHCP)".

Step 5) Create a new connection with the following settings. (Username: [email protected], Password: BT)

Step 6) Go to "Status > WAN" and you should see "connected" for "ptm1.101" - shown here.

Step 7) You can then enable DHCP "Basic > LAN" - shown here.

Then after this you can use it as a pure wired network OR add your own AP if you wish too. Remember to ensure your IP scheme is correct.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Interesting, but I can't really see why you'd want to do this. What's the advantage over having a connected device with a PPPoE connection?

Some people may only want one device handling the connections. I havn't done any tests on throughput e.t.c so I can't tell you the full answer but for myself it removed a device, which didn't require to be plugged in.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Another thing to note by default the HH3 is not unlocked. So far only version A can be unlocked not version B.

(One Example) By unlocking the Huawei EchoLife HG612 this opens endless posibilities and one of them is turning the DHCP server back on and what this helps is to modify the DNS settings to allow DHCP address to manage this as the HH3 can not be modified to allow DNS changes.

I was aiming this guide for home users and business users would be using more powerful equipment I would expect.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

this may interest you concerning that VLAN 301

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/121613-report-accuses-bt-of-supplying-276975.html

That's an interesting read. Thanks for that.