Huawei Hg8145v5 bridge mode?

[rajil.s]

I am thinking of getting this router. Anybody knows if this can be put into bridge mode?

 

[rajil.s]

I can confirm that bridge mode works great with this router (and with Airtel FTTH). I used the following setting,

 

[amitahuja]

Hi. I would also like to use the HG8145v5 in bridge mode with my Asus router. So in this case, will I need to stop the DHCP server on the HG8145v5 and let my asus router hand out the DHCP addresses? Also, which port of the HG8145v5 do you connect to which port of the router? I am assuming that LAN1 on the HG8145v5 connects to WAN port on the asus router - would that be correct?

Also please correct me if I am wrong - I would need to put in the PPOE settings in my asus router and let that reach out to airtel servers to make a connection. In this case, the HG8145v5 just acts as a dumb ONU (just to convert fiber to copper). I will let my asus router handle and route all the traffic.

Are there any other settings I should take care of?

 

[rajil.s]

Whatever you said is all correct. Give it a go and report back if it doesnt work.

 

[amitahuja]

I am assuming that when I do this, I will not be able to open the gui for the HG8145v5 on my browser? So i guess I should do that before and then proceed for the Asus router?

 

[rajil.s]

You could have wifi running on the HG router, and connect using that.

Also, there is no need of stopping DHCP on the HG router. Just configure the LAN1 for bridge mode, and connect to the Asus router.

 

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[rajil.s]

Is Airtel still giving out HG8145V5 routers?

 

[amitahuja]

The wifi on HG is pretty bad that's the reason I want to go with the Asus router. Just last question about the DHCP - when I have the asus in router mode rather than AP mode (as it is currently) would'nt it be better for asus to handle the dhcp?

 

[amitahuja]

Is Airtel still giving out HG8145V5 routers?

yes - and it's a crappy one

 

[rajil.s]

I am afraid will have to disagree on that one. I have found HG8145V5 to be an excellent device as a dumb ONU.

I am happy to swap your device with my Nokia if you like? 🙂

 

[amitahuja]

will try today evening to make it dumb and then report back. I meant that the HG is crappy as a router and as a wifi device. Asus has so many more options like VPN, QOS, etc

 

[rajil.s]

Consider yourself lucky you were handed out a Huawei instead of a Nokia.

On the other hand i am pleasantly surprised Airtel still has Huawei in stock. It is not all gloom and doom yet.

 

[amitahuja]

Hi...was wondering if you did anything with any other setting - like NAT (to avoid double nat) or just change to bridge mode and nothing else. I want to disable wlan and dhcp from HG so that everything is handled by Asus router.

thanks for your quick replies.

 

[rajil.s]

Once you bridge your modem and setup PPPoE on the Asus router, the routing is done on the router.

I suggest you watch some videos on youtube, there are pretty good for learning these kind of things.

 

[amitahuja]

happy to report back that everything works fine in bridge mode. Only issue where I got stuck was that it was not letting the default internet configuration go to bridge mode - so had to create a new one and disable the old one.

Thanks a lot for patiently answering all my questions