Kitz Forum
Broadband Related => Broadband Hardware => Topic started by: mtlathome on July 26, 2022, 06:42:27 PM
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Hi all, So today my modem come from amazon, not 100% sure it's the correct model for a start, the modem ECI model number B-Focus V-2ub/r Rev.b I can't even log in to this modem and it's only given me 169. IP address from it, it also has lan2 not in use sticker on it as well as BBU not in use is there anything I can do?
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@mtlathome What modem did you mean to buy? In my earlier post I did say I wouldn't recommend the ECI one. You cant log into it is locked and is rather difficult to unlock to get any stats. It is plug and play and connects to the phone line and LAN1 to your router which should be set up with a PPPoE WAN connection.
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I've posted a picture of the one that was sent out. I thought it was the hg612 version.... ::)
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No that needs to go back as it’s an ECI not a HG612 not the same make, although the look identical
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finally got the correct modem hg612 :drunk: which has been already been cracked :clap:, when I try to plug this into my pc to access the web interface from the modem 192.168.1.2 from IE or chrome it's not working. so I've typed into command prompt ipconfig and I'm getting 168.254... IP address I've tried this on two computers already with the same problem. is this just a bad flash on this or something should I send this back? is there anything I can do? DHCP is enabled I've tried formatting one of the pcs. this thing is starting to become a bit of a ballache. :wall: :comp:
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To get issued with an IP address automatically, you need to connect your PC to something called a DHCP server, otherwise you set an IP address for your PC, phone, tablet or other kind of similar device by hand in the settings for the network interface. Your router will contain a DHCP server, so plug your PC into the router, not into the modem.
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Have you read the instructions for what you need to do AFTER the unlock? https://kitz.co.uk/routers/hg612unlock.htm
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IPv6: What I said about DHCP was in fact me thinking about IPv4, and it probably doesn’t apply to your IPv6 addressing because IPv6 just ‘does the right thing’ and intelligently sets itself up with a number of IPv6 addresses for each network interface on your machine without needing a DHCP server, which is a great benefit in robustness. (There is a DHCPv6 too but it’s often not used at all and isn’t needed. Some corporate sysadmins for example like to use DHCPv6 for more control.)
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woohoo, finally got it working, had to set a login name and password on my router. I've logged into the modem and seen there is QoS enabled is this meant to be enabled? is this so the lan port2 kicks in when you add rj45 into it?
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woohoo, finally got it working, had to set a login name and password on my router. I've logged into the modem and seen there is QoS enabled is this meant to be enabled? is this so the lan port2 kicks in when you add rj45 into it?
QoS throttles the upstream throughput by 1Mbit (probably to reduce buffer bloat), it can be safely disabled especially if you have QoS enabled on your router.