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[Andy_D]

The PC may not have had a valid IP address then, it should have been set to a static IP address as per Asbokid's unlock instructions.

Yes, on a recent second visit, set the ip address on the laptop NIC adaptor settings per instructions and everything worked again and stats accessible.  So the VLAN settings disabled by default with the unlocked software do seem to disable auto BT updates successfully then?  Thanks.

[Dray]

Yes, ptm 1.301 is the backdoor into the modem and it's disabled.

[digitalnemesis]

Any new updates for this or is this the last version indefinitely?

[kitz]

afaik, its the last version.
Its finding someone with the ability...  and time to be able to put into this.

Asbokid did the first version then H-wolf did the last one so that it works with g.inp.
iirc b*cat and BE also played a part, along with a couple of others along the way.
None of them got any recompense and did so on behalf of the DSL community for free.

That's why some of us thought it was a bit off when certain people of ebay started charging up to £90 for an unlocked HG612.
None of us have a problem if someone wants to make a little bit of beer money by installing the f/w on for those that dont think they are capable of doing it themselves, but I understand that even Asbokid thought it was taking the michael and in effect ripping off people to charge that much.    Far better IMHO to buy something like a Zyxel or Billion which is cheaper and should hopefully have fully supported f/w.

[digitalnemesis]

Do you think it's possible to extract the latest modem firmware from the Zyxel/Billion and implement into HG612 firmware?

[burakkucat]

Any attempt to upload a firmware image from an alternative device to an HG612 will fail. Big time. 

What might be possible would be to extract the proprietary Broadcom driver binary file from the firmware image of alternative device and then transplant that driver binary into the HG612 image. 

(Obviously that would only be sensible if the version of the driver is newer in the firmware image for the alternative device.)

There would be a lot of "ifs and buts" involved in such a task and it is not something that I would be willing to undertake.

[loonylion]

Do you think it's possible to extract the latest modem firmware from the Zyxel/Billion and implement into HG612 firmware?

unless the hardware is identical no, and even if it is identical then the job would be very difficult.

[digitalnemesis]

Any attempt to upload a firmware image from an alternative device to an HG612 will fail. Big time. 

What might be possible would be to extract the proprietary Broadcom driver binary file from the firmware image of alternative device and then transplant that driver binary into the HG612 image. 

(Obviously that would only be sensible if the version of the driver is newer in the firmware image for the alternative device.)

There would be a lot of "ifs and buts" involved in such a task and it is not something that I would be willing to undertake.

Yep, that's what I meant. I wonder if anyone is willing to try this?

[Ragnarok]

Thanks for the replies.

I plan to just use it as a modem, with an Asus AC68U connected to it.
I changed the IP so it can be accessed by my LAN and the password to secure it a bit more.

Anyway to change the telnet password ?
Thanks.

get the modem setup. use a different subnet for example I set my modem ip to 10.0.0.1

then enable and telnet into the asus router and enter these 2 commands. the 2 of 10.0.0.2 can be any number you like as long as it doesn't conflict with the modem, but this is what i use.

ifconfig `nvram get wan0_ifname`:0 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o `nvram get wan0_ifname` -j MASQUERADE

I'm not sure how to use the scripting to make sure the commands get run at startup. you might need Asus merlin firmware for that.

[spudgun]

Out of interest, what is the latest 'official' firmware for the HG612 and does it have anything that the August 2014 version doesn't?

[Dray]

Good question. I don't even know if the official firmware supports G.INP 

[kitz]

I dont know the latest version...  but yes it does.

H-Wolfs version is based on the BT g.inp update.

[SignedAdam]

It would be nice to have an update to this firmware, it is two years old,

* I understand it's alot of work, however, whoever undertakes this task, will be helping people who can't afford to pay for a router (because you cant buy vdsl2 modem on there own anymore, only combos ) from netgear and other respected networking manufacturers

[Dray]

What do you expect a firmware update to give you?

[digitalnemesis]

What do you expect a firmware update to give you?

Perhaps higher sync as on the Zyxel 8324/8924.