Need help with second router

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balanga

I'm sure the solution to my problem is straightforward for you network gurus, but I'm unsure how to set about it.

My situation is that the house is connected to the Internet via an ASUS broadband router. I have two laptops connect via wifi - they use the 192.168.1.0 subnet. I also have a couple of powerline adapters, one of which is connected by cable to the ASUS router. The other one is connected to TalkTalk rebranded Huawei HG633. This one is set up as a DHCP server with an address of 192.168.3.1 with a couple of systems connected, both of which can ping 192.168.1.1 and 8.8.8.8, but neither of the systems on the other subnet.

Should I disable DHCP on this router, enable DHCP proxy and set a static IP from the 192.168.1.0 subnet?

In the router config there is no option for getting an IP address from the broadband router, so I suppose it has to be static.
Also in the configuration there is a tickbox to 'Enable Option 125'. I've no idea what this means.

I'm reluctant to experiment because if I break things I need to do a reset and start all over again trying to get Internet access.
 
if you have a free lan port on the hg633 just move the cable from the wan to the free port and stop dhcp
you dont need. bridge mode then
 
covacat said:
if you have a free lan port on the hg633 just move the cable from the wan to the free port and stop dhcp
you dont need. bridge mode then
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The router has 5 ports in total, so if/when I need them all I need to figure out how to set up bridge mode, but until then I need to stop using the wan port?
 
balanga said:
The router has 5 ports in total, so if/when I need them all I need to figure out how to set up bridge mode, but until then I need to stop using the wan port?
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Yes. Pictures suggest 4 (yellow) LAN ports, plus 1 (grey) WAN port. Total = 5. Same as nearly all consumer routers.
 
bgroper said:
I presume the Huawei HG633 is connected to the LAN side of the ASUS router.
You should set the HG633 to bridge mode, and let the ASUS do all the DHCP and routing stuff. Avoid the dreaded double-NAT.
HTH

Edit. Oh look, there's even some chat about how to do it !
https://community.talktalk.co.uk/t5/Technology/bridge-mode-working-on-HG633/td-p/2220054
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I had a look at these instructions but couldn't find the menu options mentioned. Maybe they are available on a newer version of the firmware... Mine is Version v1.05t. The latest may well be v2.00t, but I can't get hold of it anywhere... spent the last few ours looking :(.
 
balanga said:
I had a look at these instructions but couldn't find the menu options mentioned. Maybe they are available on a newer version of the firmware... Mine is Version v1.05t. The latest may well be v2.00t, but I can't get hold of it anywhere... spent the last few ours looking :(.
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I apologise if I led you down the wrong path. Sorries for that. :(
Actually, I have no personal experience with any HG633.
Only some experience using various consumer and pro-sumer routers generally.
And I've used bridge mode many times, mostly on a LAN with a pfSense (ie FreeBSD) router doing all the heavy lifting. It works.
 
bgroper said:
I apologise if I led you down the wrong path. Sorries for that. :(
Actually, I have no personal experience with any HG633.
Only some experience using various consumer and pro-sumer routers generally.
And I've used bridge mode many times, mostly on a LAN with a pfSense (ie FreeBSD) router doing all the heavy lifting. It works.
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Not a problem. At least I know there is a solution. I've used briidge mode on numerous Virgin routers, but until now was not aware of this possibilty on the HG633. Will keep looking for an ugrade to see if I can manage it.
 
various ISPs tend to block/disable bridge mode (via custom firmware) on the equipment they rent/give you when signiing up with them. they do it because they dont want to aupport various customer ways of connection
 
covacat said:
various ISPs tend to block/disable bridge mode (via custom firmware) on the equipment they rent/give you when signiing up with them. they do it because they dont want to aupport various customer ways of connection
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Whenever I can, I install OpenWrt on a router/modem, and that can open numerous possibilities. Unfortunately this is no build for the the Huawei 633 even though it purports to use Open Source Software. I even found some source but was unable to figure out how to use it.

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consumer.huawei.com consumer.huawei.com
 
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