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| Thread ID: 141708 | 2016-02-08 02:52:00 | Huawei HG 695 | Peter Coleman (597) | Press F1 |
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| 1415715 | 2016-02-09 02:31:00 | Yeah as part of their order of a few thousand of the units, they usually pay a "Customization" fee of a few thousands bucks for Huawei / Technicolor etc to do some of the branding and stuff... And yeah those routers are worth ~$11 a pop last I heard from a source. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1415716 | 2016-02-09 15:02:00 | in gerneral Those ISP supplied routers are ~pre-hacked~ by the ISP. They have ISP's back door & the ISP's secret admin logon so the ISP can remote in & check things. Dont be surprised if it wont work with another ISP, it may have been pre-cobbled so it doesnt . The are not the same as the NON isp supplied model. The firmware is different. Some things dont allways work with ISP routers: some port forwards wont work & DMZ may not forward all ports (on some models) Try & flash it with NON ISP firmware at your own risk. Ive Bricked an ISP supplied brand name modem doing just that ( some years back). The only router I can think of that doesn't work with other ISPs is the old Telecom 2Wire. I've used a Spark HG659 on Spark, 2Degrees, BigPipe, Vodafone & Slingshot with no issues. They are IMO one of the best sub $100 routers you can get your hands on. Find something else with Gigabit LAN/WAN, 5GHz Wifi with AC, VDSL/ADSL Modem and WAN port for UFB/Cable for that kind of money that doesn't suck. The older Vodafone firmware did have some issues, but they have updated theirs to something a bit more stable. The Spark ones have been pretty solid from the get go. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1415717 | 2016-02-10 03:21:00 | Find something else .... for that kind of money that doesn't suck The HG695 is not that ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1415718 | 2016-02-10 11:23:00 | If you say so. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1415719 | 2016-02-10 21:36:00 | The HG695 is not that ;) +1 on that DMZ just doesnt work 100% , 3 sites . Replaced with Draytek, problem solved . |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1415720 | 2016-02-10 22:20:00 | DHCP stops giving out IPs, DNS stops forwarding when under heavy load, the usual issues... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1415721 | 2016-02-11 00:56:00 | +1 on that DMZ just doesnt work 100% , 3 sites . Replaced with Draytek, problem solved . A feature very few home users need to worry about. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1415722 | 2016-02-11 20:52:00 | A feature very few home users need to worry about. Which is why the ISP's also send them out to companies I guess. :) Home user or not, these things are either buggy or not. There is a long history of home users having issues with port forwarding on ISP supplied routers. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1415723 | 2016-02-11 21:08:00 | We are talking about a router that retails for sub $200 and is often given away here. Would I use one in a business critical situation or if hosting services? Hell no. For most consumers as an all in one device, they are absolutely fine. Spark sent us a pretty nice Juniper unit at my last job, but we were not expecting the earth at no cost. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1415724 | 2016-02-11 21:45:00 | .... For most consumers as an all in one device, they are absolutely fine. yeah, I'd have to conceded there must be thousands of these, working away just fine :) |
1101 (13337) | ||
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