How to Bridge Mode on the ZTE MC801A 5G Router
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- This video shows you how to use modem only / bridge mode on the Three ZTE MC801A 5G Router as supplied in early 2022.
This function allows you to use your own router with the WAN IP / public IP directly on that router. If you really wanted you could have it go direct to a computer or game console without the router in the middle giving that computer or console direct access on the internet with no NAT.
• Web Admin Interface of... - The web admin interface of the router
• A look at the ZTE MC80... - General video showing what is in the box, the lights, manual, buttons and connectors on the router.
• How to factory reset a... - How to factory reset the router.
• What does the USB port... - What the USB C port on the router does. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Thank you for this video. Helped me immensely. I have same router and was struggling to get the Tenda Mesh working with it and followed your instructions to bridge it.
Very glad to help, I hope it stays working well for you :)
You have deffo earned a new subscriber, some of your other uploads (in te description) have helped me soo much,thank you!
yay :)
@@freename no probs
. Just picked one up from cash converters! Brand new, £80! Cash converters broke the seal! Oddly, i had to manually set the 3 APN to iPv4 and APN 3INTERNET, even though that was the APN before. The ipv6 was throwing it out. You made it look so simple! Great router. Will be buying the outside antenna at some point too!
Great vid! Just what I was looking for! Thank you.
Thanks for the thanks :)
Thanks very much! I’ve got the ZTE and the lack of QOS was causing quite a headache with multiple devices gaming and streaming etc. Now I know what to do to get my new router up and running. You have yourself a new subscriber sir.
Thanks :) QoS on mobile networks can be tricky. As the speed can vary so much configuring QoS and device limits may be ineffective if the network speed reduces during peak usage times on the mast.
@@freename thanks for the heads up! Really the QOS is only to ensure that the PS5 is set as the priority - the latency variation I get when other people are using the internet with the ZTE is crazy.
Been looking for this information everywhere, thank you very much! :)
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Thanks for this video. I'm currently suffering an outage on my TalkTalk broad-band. A contractor digging up the street sliced through the Openreach cable cutting off me and a couple dozen other properties. I got the Three ZTE 4g router as a stop gap while we are waiting for repairs to be completed. The 4g bandwidth is very variable but better than nothing. I also have bought a Poynting external antenna which will be going up soon and hopefully improve the signal. This setup worked okay double nating but I have changed to bridged on the 4g now which is also working fine. I'm using eero mesh as the router. eero took a few minuets to settle after the config change. The main reason for doing this is when we eventually get TalkTalk back up (come on Openreach pull your finger out) I'm going to try a TP Link ER605 and set up load balancing or failover. The TP Link box is expected to arrive early next week, but no rush until TT is back up. I'm puzzling through how to set this up and are thinking of using the TP Link as the router and putting the eero mesh into bridge mode too. Has anyone tried this sort of setup? How did it go and are their any pitfalls to be avoided? On second thoughts could I use the TP Link just for load balancing / fail over and the eero to provide dhcp etc? I'll have to experiment...
TP Link Er605 has arrived and looks like it will do the job. Still no vdsl coming in so i can't try the load balancing yet. How hard can it be for Openreach to blow a new fibre down the duct, splice some tails to it and plug into the street boxes? I'm starting to think it was a very good decision to go down the 4g route.
I have the same 5G hub and had a few issues getting the internet passed through to my Ubiquiti Edgerouter. What fixed it for me was making sure the router and modem were on different subnets / for example setting the 5G hub to (i think the default) 192.168.0.1 and my Ubiquiti router to 192.168.1.1. Started working after that
Oh yes, thats a very good point. Colliding IPs is likely to cause all sorts of problems. If your router defaults to the same IP as the ZTE router you definitely want to change the IP of one of them.
Great useful video. Thanks.
Two thank you messages in one day for this video. That makes me happy. :)
Excellent video 👍🏻
Thanks for taking the time to say so :)
keep on making videos like this
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Hi very helpful, a google search led me here, the Three provided ZTE MC888 (newer?) includes a cable modem mode, in addition to bridge mode. Do you know if this is preferable? I will be using a good old an Asus RT-N66U as my router as attempt to fix a lack of port forwarding support from Three
Good video . I am struggling a bit with mine on bridge mode . I need to play with it a bit more.
What problem(s) are you having?
Thanks. Very helpfull!
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What's the difference between Mc801A and Mc888 pro? What's your recommendation? I can be connected from wifi and at the same time via cable with my TV? Or I have to choose only wifi or cable and not all of them together?
@freename Hi, Thanks for the video! I have a question: do you need a public ip sim to set the bridge mode system? I have a private ip sim in my huawei 818-263 configured in bridge mode and I don’t see any wan ip to my tplink deco main router.
Should work anyway but you will have double-nat instead of triple NAT. It seems like a common issue people have had where they don't get an IP on their own router when in bridge mode. It's not a problem I've managed to replicate though :(
very interesting thanks!
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THANKS SO MUCH!!
Glad to have helped!
cheers been looking how to set up with pfsense ,hopefully sorted it
Hope it goes or went well :)
Hi - Can you bridge over Wi-Fi? These devices need to be on a window ledge for best reception and I dont want all my other gear also up on the window.
I didn't try but I suspect the first device that connects will get the bridge, even if over WiFi. If you test.. let me know :)
Just make sure that nothing else can accidentally connect. Maybe change the WiFi password so you know just your important device is the only one that can connect. (If you get a 192.168 IP, try a reboot of the router and try again).
Do u advice to use bridge mode with a arouter gaming?
Thank you for this video. Helped me immensely. No wonder it wont works as need to change to bridge mode. One question, are you using Lan Port 1 to wireless router? Or Lan port 2? Thanks
I'm sorry I don't recall.. I would likely have used anything not shared with "LAN/WAN" as some have shared WAN and LAN ports. I think it just bridges to everything though as I'm sure I got a bridged IP when connecting to the WiFi.
Built in Wifi is crap on these. I have one and have connected a Unfiy AP Pro to it and then turned on DHCP. Works a treat.
The WiFi in the ZTE is crap or the Zyxel I tested with ? The ZTE shouldn't be too bad. The Zyxel spec is ok but they've screwed something up in firmware.
Hi thanks for the video, I have the same router with a public apn and I just cannot get it to give my laptop or router public ip! I cannot figure out what is wrong or with what sequence it must be done to not give me a private ip. (Bridge mode gives private ip with no internet access but ui access), Wireless broadband mode gives of course private ip range and internet access, also is accessible behind my main router. This is very weird issue, my provider does not know either. Its annoying as I cannot manage my network and I get double nat which causes issues. Any ideas?
Which mobile provider are you on and do they even give devices a public IP? Most mobile providers use CGNAT (Carrier Grade NAT) where you get given a non-public IP (sometimes between 100.64.0.0 and 100.127.255.255).
Thank you for your sharing , i would like to know if there have any performance increasing after setting up in bridge mode?
The performance will be the same.
@@freename Thank you for your replying .
Can you get into the hidden menu without having to use a pc IE a mobile phone thanks
I’ve just signed up to this for 24 months with 3.
I have been using a BT whole home wifi mesh system with my previous ISP’s (Gigaclear/Virgin/Sky) - I just used to disable their SSID and use the BT one as I found it better than their signal strengths and coverage.
As the 3 router has wifi6 and my BT discs don’t, I wanted to take advantage of that where I can and if not then would still like to have the BT mesh available. Then I can join the one with optimal strength depending on where I am in my house.
Could I just leave the 3 router on wireless mode and plug the BT master disc into one of the Ethernet ports on the back of the 3 router?
Would there be any disadvantage in doing it like that?
What you describe sounds fine. The only annoying thing might be having to manually swap between the two wifi names if your computer or device "sticks" to the wrong one even though it has worse reception than the closer or better one.
Mo Islam you have just really hurt my head with your question/comment ha,ha! No seriously how the hell do you guys become so clever and know all this stuff? I'm just learning btw and already lost.. Mo Islam, question how r you finding 3? you ever loose connections or have any probs, in that department?
I have a Asus AX4200 with 3 AIMesh nodes that connects everything in my house. I want to use the ZTE router as an internet supplier to my Asus router via LAN and WAN connection so the ZTE only supplies internet to Asus router and not using the wifi of the ZTE. Can you tell me if you can put the ZTE in bridge mode and get full speeds on a connected router as I read some people don't get more than 30mb/s if going that route.
I do not know about the speed issues, sorry.
Hey man I don't understand this stuff but maybe you can help me.
So I have the exact same Router, and it's pretty good. But often the network turns blue, drops to 1 Signal and switches to 4G causing it to be terrible. I'm gonna use Bridge Mode and connect my ZTE mc888 to my TP Link device. Do you think the results will be better? Like less disconnecting and stuff. Also please explain why my ZTE drops to 1 signal and goes into 4G mode because I really don't get this WiFi stuff. Forgot to mention I disabled the WiFi because I'm the only one that uses the Router for gaming WITH ETHERNET.
If you are in the UK I recommend posting your question to the ispreview forums, they will be much better than I am at helping :)
Hi，what is the WAN setting on ZYXL router？The DHCP must be disable on ZTE router.
Wan setting was just default, obtain automatically (via DHCP).
can this work the other way around and use the mc801a as a router but connect it to virgin media hub and set that one as just a modem with no NAT?
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See the "cable router mode".
I have an MC888 which looks same just newer model. I have put it in bridge mode and connected it to my Asus RT-AX86s WAN port and then in Asus Quick Internet set up changed the WAN setting to Automatic IP. This works but my speeds are very slow on all devices around 30mbps down and 13mbps up. When connected direcly to the MC888 I can get around 700mbps down and 55mbps up.
Any ideas on whats causing this? Am I set up correctly? Any adevice appreciated as it will be great if I can get the high speed to my RT AX86s with M888 as modem.
On the Asus check you don't have QoS or other rate limiting setup, especially if you've not factory reset it!
@@freename Thanks very much for that tip and disabling QoS did help marginally by making things a bit faster but still no where near what it should've been. So I took the leap and did a full factory reset of the RT-AX86s and now I get at least around 150mbps and sometimes considerably more downloads and 40-50mpbs upload.
@@BogStomperz Great news. It seems to be quite a common "fault" on the Asus routers. Like they auto-throttle or remember the speed of the old internet (or it isn't clear where it is set). Good to know you've solved it :)
Do you know if these will accept a different carriers Sim?
My one does. But it's possible other carriers may lock the device they provide.
I'm backwards with this to me honest I've got a EE 5g router and having issues with nat type as I can't change it currently most games NAT type is strict making games unplayable does that 3 5g router have a proper ip address so I could somehow change the nat
Three Data SIMS (and maybe normal SIMS too?) can be configured to use an "APN" (Access Point Name) which provides you with a public IP address. EE and other UK networks and one of the other APNs on Three give you a CGNAT (Carrier Grade NAT) IP address where port forwards and inbound traffic won't work, likely leading to NAT type issues on games.
However - it isn't a guarantee. Consoles and NAT are difficult at the best of times. Even having a public IP might not solve your specific issue.
if you get an IPv6 address along with the IPv4 from the provider, will both be passed into the router?
I don't know the answer for that, sorry.
Hi have you tried band locking or the debug page and do external antennas work ? Kind regards
Prior comments seem to say that the external aerial sockets work but only on 5G. I keep meaning to try the hidden pages but not done so, so far.
@@freename okay please do try it and the cell lock, Here is the ip for the debug page, i ask as i want to buy this and if i can get the three version its cheaper
192.168.0.1/index.html#rf_mmw
192.168.0.1/index.html#temp_status
192.168.0.1/index.html#debug_page
I tried the various links for the hidden pages on my 5G 3 and they don't work.
Hi, great vid, I recently ordered the three 5G router the Huawei version, the speeds seemed decent even if a little unpredictable, the reason I returned it was that I couldn’t get it to work with my TP Link mesh system, every time I connected it up the internet would die. Would using bridge mode on this router fix that problem? Thanks in advance and keep up the good work :)
Difficult to know without seeing what was happening when it fell over. Mesh stuff can be very unclear ok how it is working so might not have been detecting the WAN port correctly.
@@freename ok thanks, I’ve ordered it again, will be interesting to see if the change in router will help it out, if not I may message you again with more detail on what’s happening, only if that’s ok with you. Thanks again
@@derekgordon7955 If I have time I'll provide all the ideas I can but just make sure you won't be out of pocket or stuck in a long contract because of me.
is there a way to bridge this with a bt home hub 5 ? so i can use the home hub as a switch i'm struggling to connect it I basically want to use the wifi on the home hub 5 to connect to the zte router
I'd ask why.. because the hub 5 probably has worse WiFi specs than the ZTE!
Anyway. Disable IPv6 on the BT hub. Move the BT hub IPv4 to something that isn't the same as anything else on your network. Turn off DHCP on the home hub. Now plug the Lan of the hub into the Lan of the ZTE and the BT hubs WiFi should give you the internet from the ZTE.
Very helpful video. The ZTE can only have 32 connections. Will bridging to another router get around the 32 connection limit?
Putting your own ethernet based access point will work or possibly a WiFi repeater (with a different name for the repeated signal so you can force stuff to the repeater) may work.
Only? What kind of short is that? I have onlu 3 pcs an one tv, but I understand if you have 32 pcs...
Hi I've just got one of these routers and the speeds are pretty decent in my location, but I'm having a problem connecting my smart devices, ie smart plug sockets, video doorbell, security cameras Etc . Because they all work off 2.4 ghz, I've been to my local Three store to ask for their advice on how to connect to the 2.4 ghz signal but they couldn't help me, I'm not a total tecnophobe, but pretty close😂 any help or advice you could pass on will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
The router will be transmitting both 5ghz and 2.4ghz with the same name. As long as you enter the correct name and password there's no reason why it shouldn't connect (and as long as you are within range. Often these small devices have worse reception than a mobile phone would in the same location).
Very helpful video, I have a question, i have one adsl connection and one 4g connection so 2 routers inside the house. So let’s say my adsl connection gives me a public ip and my 4g a private ip. Is this what I need to do in order to get a public ip address? Like use my 4g Wi-Fi router as a bridge? Is this a solution for getting a public ip on my pc over my 4g router?
If you are in the UK then only Three gives you a public IP address when bridged, and only if you set the right APN. Every other provider gives you a CGNAT ip. I'm not sure about providers in other countries but it's very unusual to get a public IP on mobile networks.
@@freename thank you for your answer mate :) good to know that three gives you public ip may be useful to others
Hi back again with another question lol-sorryyyy. Anyway when i have one thing downloading with 3 broadband its fine good speeds BUT!!! when i set a second thing to download at same time it cripples it to the point where only one thing can download.. Any ideas please? when i was with Talk Talk i could have 2 or 3 different things downloading with no probs? Thanks in advance
I would have thought that they would "flip flop" on which was getting most of the speed. I wouldn't expect one to go to nothing for the entire duration of the new download. Or, if it does, the old download server is worse than the new download server and the new one manages to get more data across your connection just naturally?
@@freename Yes the second download goes down to kbps, 3 😅
Good video thanks. I've just got this hub from Three. Switched it to bridge mode but can't get it to work with my googlewifi mesh. Hoped I could just slot out my ancient EchoLife HG612 but alas not! Any ideas?
What IP does your Google thing think it has on the WAN port?
@@freename hiya, it won't let me post an IP address here
First part is top break in snooker. Second the same. Third add fifty. Fourth, the answer to life the universe and everything
@@cliffreeves2481 Try changing the dots to space or something e.g. 192 168 1 15 etc.
@@freename it liked that even less, and deleted the comment straight up rather than just hiding it from others, hopefully you can suss the cryptic clues!
Hello, i have this router and it's working fine with my wireless devices but for my pc which is connected with cable, the internet speed is super slow for some reason. What can i do?
What speeds do you get on WiFi and what speed do you get over the network cable ?
Does Anyone know if you can change the bandwidth to 2.4 on this router trying to set up a video doorbell ready to go away and its stressing me out 😪
It should be transmitting both 2.4ghz and 5ghz WiFi by default. If you have an Android phone install Aruba utilities and it should show you all the WiFi and which are 2.4 and which are 5ghz, see if you can see your ZTE WiFi in the 2.4 section.
Hi did you find out how to do this I'm having the same issue 😭
Does the ZTE on three provide an IPv6 address/network?
I don't think so. The only device I know does on Three is an iPhone.
Does this work if I use the modem with other networks (eg lebara) ?
Yes
I have a question
Aint there option where i can limit a certain user
For example i want user A to use only 5GB then once he reaches his limit he doesnt get access to the internet anymore
No. That's not a function in this router and I can't recall many routers which do have it. It would be "AAA" (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting) function and the "accounting" (usage against a user) is the thing you want. Very few things will support it.
When i test multiplayer on my xbox it says there's a mtu problem, have you any idea what could be causing this please? Thanks in advance!
Not sure, maybe try changing the APN. Three use "three.co.uk" and another called 3Internet I think. One has CGNAT (Carrier Grade NAT) which will mess with inbound ports for games.
I have been trying to do the reverse with no success. I’m try to use a Zyxel NR5103e as the modem/router and the ZTE as a WiFi extension. I can connect to the net from the ZTE without issue but cannot connect to my ethernet printer connected to the Zyxel from the ZTE. Clearly, there are more steps to combining both networks as the ip addresses are different.
You are connecting the two routers using a network cable?
Does the MC801A Three 5G router in bridge mode pass thought external IP requests? I’ve tried to connect to a CCTV camera in my house from an external location through the Three router in the normal broadband mode. I’ve added the port forwarding address to the firewall settings and bound the MAC address, then tried to connect through the WAN IP address, but it won’t respond or ping.
Which APN are you set to use?
@@freename - I'm using the default APN "3internet"
I believe that's the one where you get a public IP address. It should be working. What does it show for your wan IP address in the status section in the bottom right of the router home page?
@@freename - You do indeed get a public IP address with an APN set to “3internet” and it’s currently 182.31.109.72, it seems to change each time I restart the router. It doesn’t appear that Three is passing the traffic through to the local net. In the past I’ve used ADSL and Cable internet, and this is the first ISP that's had this problem, which is pity because apart from this I’m very happy with Three and I’m getting a very fast connection. Have you ever tried to connect to a device on your local net from an external connection?
Ah. If you are having problems with the IP changing then look into Dynamic DNS such as no-ip.org where you can have a name like 5thestreet.no-ip.org which will always change to point to your new IP. The router, if it supports it, gets configured with the dynamic DNS provider information and reaches out to update the host name each time the IP changes.
Does it have an option to wireless bridge or do we need to plug a cable?
From my testing the first thing connecting to it, even over WiFi, would get the mobile side IP assigned to it. Any other device got a LAN IP and then couldn't access the internet. So yes. If you do it right I think it will work over WiFi rather than having to plug a wire in.
Can I connect my zte in bridge mode to my main router via wifi ?
Only if your main router supports being a "Wifi Client".. which is quite an obscure function.. so very unlikely.
I saw that computer get IP from ISP on bridge mode, if i connect more than one PC each one can get diferent IP at same time from ISP
Not on Three.. any further devices got given a 192.168 IP by the router and didn't have any internet access when that happened. Other providers might be different.
i mean, i am cg nat not need to public ip, with cg nat range i am ok, is posible from cg nat get more than a IP for example to router o similar from ISP@@freename
@@user-wd1ut6ri3i Depends how your cell provider handles it but I suspect you can't. Only one (the first) device is likely to work when the router is in bridge mode.
just trying to understand the ethernet setup; did you connect LAN-LAN from your "3" device to your router, and then you took a different cable and connected it to your laptop from the WAN port of the router??
LAN port of 3 router to wan port of my own router. Then LAN port of my own router into the laptop.
Nice clear video that proves I must be doing something wrong! With the 801a in bridge mode and a TP Link AX73 connected I cannot browse the web. With nothing except laptop, tp link & 801a I can ping external addresses fine but cannot browse to them. It's as if DNS isn't being passed other than for ping. DNS on the laptop is reported as 192 168 0 1 and the tplink is 192 168 1 1. Any ideas? Probably dead simple but I'm at a loss!!
Sounds almost like something has managed to connect to the ZTE first before the tp-link and has "stolen" the bridged IP. Ensure nothing else can connect via a cable or wifi to the ZTE when you boot up the ZTE and then the tp-link?
A good test if your laptop has a network socket, plug the laptop directly into the Three bridged router. Your laptop should show a non 192.168 IP if you do ipconfig.. see if the internet works still. If the internet works then you know the issue is the tp link.
(If you get a 192.168. IP then reboot the ZTE and try again. I think only the first device connected to it gets the public / bridged IP. Anything else gets a local IP and can only access the ZTE web admin interface but not the internet.)
@@freename Thanks for the reply. When connected directly my laptop does indeed get a public IP and can browse the web. Turning everything off and rebooting ZTE, then TPlink the TP gets a similar public IP. I can ping any address from within the TPlink's diagnostics page or attach a laptop (which gets given a 192... address) and ping from there to any address, they respond just fine. Just no browsing!! So frustrating but I know it'll be something simple, feels like the TP isn't passing DNS requests other than ping. Even its own firmware update checker can't see their update server, yet can ping it!!
@@izzyw5839 Is there an MTU option on the WAN settings for the tp-link, maybe try lowering that to 1400 rather than the likely default of 1500.
Is it possible to get a static IP with a 5g hub like this?
Not with any mainstream provider. Some other small business providers (MNVO) will do so.
How do I get remote acces to my router settings page from internet? When I enter my public wan to internet browser it only connects to ZTE modem config page how do I get pass the ZTE and acces directly to router settings... Or is it even possible in this setup. Thanks. 😅
That's an interesting one. You've got the ZTE in Bridge mode? If so.. I'm a bit confused and not sure. Maybe move your main routers web admin port to another port?
@@freename Yes ZTE is in bridge mode and acting only as modem. I tried to assign another port for router but it doesn't take connection at all. I'm hopeless. When I'm connecting inside LAN it works flawlessly. 192.168.1.1 is my ZTE and 192.168.0.254 is my Router. But accessing from internet it is only possible to connect ZTE control page -_-. Any hints what I'm doing wrong or it is just how it is and I can only configure my router when i'm connected to LAN. Thanks.
Can you connect to your Zyxel Router web admin from internet without issues with setup shown in your video? :)
@@BFmeister I would love to test but I don't have a SIM plan which has a public IP any more :(
@@freename Ok. No problem. I'll try to solve it and inform here if I find my error or if it is something else.
Does the three router support port fowarding
It does. But only if you are on Three and using the right APN. If you've used this router with almost any other provider they will (by side effect of CGNAT) not get the data to the router for it to port forward.
Hi, very nice video. I have ran into a problem with my network at home. I was using the ZTE router as my main but upgraded to a fibre network and got a new router from my provider. I wanted to use the ZTE as an Access Point to cover my whole home with wifi but can't figure out how. So I connected the ZTE with my new router with a LAN cable and tried all modes (bridge mode, automatic and the other 2) but no luck. The SSID is the same and I turned off the DHCP on the ZTE.
I know this video is old so probably will have to buy an Access point insted of using the ZTE.
If someone can help me I would be really thankful. Already serched the whole internet but nothing.
Greetings from Switzerland
Should be: with the ZTE in factory defaults mode.. set it's LAN IP to something not already use on the network. Change the WiFi name and password to be what you want. Turn off IPv6 on the ZTE for the LAN (if it has it?). Turn off DHCP on the LAN. Then plug the LAN (not shared Lan/wan) port on the ZTE into the LAN port on you main router. It should now just act as an access point.
@@freename Did it like you said and it worked, thanks man! you earned yourself a new subscriber :)
@@Leo-xq1dz Thanks and very glad to have helped :)
Can you bypass a ZTE Rain 5G to work for all sim cards?
Have you tested, what does happen if you put in another providers SIM?
@@freename Does not read the sim
@@kgahlisokatleho4005 not sure, sorry. Maybe see if unlock codes can be bought on eBay? If you visit the admin page with the other SIM in does it ask you for a PUK code?
I've got the older version of that 5g 3 router and I get around 500Mbps to 1Gpbs on average. I'm surprised your newer one couldn't even get to 100Mbps
It's reception/coverage at home rather than the router. The router in my car next to the mast gets nearly a gigabit. (see my other videos about the router).
@@freename yh makes sense
Hi, Do You have any idea my my crypto miner wont connect to any pools via my 5g router? It does via standard broadband router no problem. I tried chat gpt and had no luck MC888 ultra
What is the software or hardware you are using? Did you do port forwards on your standard broadband router or does the miner use UPNP?
@freename thanks for fast reply. Zte Mc888 ultra 5 router with Three sim. G1 mini crypto miner runs open wrt software. When connecting to the mining pool with standard broadband router it works. When I try with 5g router it just won't link to the pool and hash. I can connect to my miners interface and configure it etc. If I start mining on standard broadband and connect to pool then unplug eth port and connect to 5g router it will continue to mine. But if I reset the miner it will not initialize connection to the mining pool with 5g router. I asked chat gpt and we been on a ride! Port forwarding I have configured it makes no difference. I'm currently looking into updating kernels but no option on the router. Also could be an issue with the static ip address.
@@E69apeTheMatrix420 There's no way ChatGPT will be able to guess its way through what is happening. It's thoughts won't be joined up enough.
If you connect your computer to the mobile broadband router, then reboot it, then try pinging the pool hostname does it work? Is there any difference if you ping the pool hostname from the normal broadband instead?
What mobile network are you using for the mobile broadband?
@freename I haven't tried connecting the router directly to the PC but I'm in the interface and have configured port forwarding. Enabled everything. Even downloaded a vpn and configured it on command prompt and over rode the errors that came back etc. . Chat gpt is insane. I copy the logs over and it comes up with solutions but nine have succeeded. It's more than likely the pool needs a static ip and that can't be done on three network. The mining pool have a website with the pool address. You simply put that in and your worker is your wallet address and it links usually. It's the initialization to the pool from a 5g router won't allow it to connect for some reason.
Can you bridge this using home plugs? My router needs to be downstairs but the 5G hub is better upstairs?
Yes but I wouldn't recommend it. Have you performance tested your home plugs to see if they would be a bottleneck ?
@@freename They are solid. I got them last year TP 1000Gbit ones
@@samperry2376 That's the theoretical link rate; actual achieved speed may be much lower and especially dependent on the quality of your house wiring and what other equipment is plugged into your power.
Doesn't work here - been trying to get it to give a WAN DHCP address but it won't even if it's the only device on the network. Kinda frustrating.
Which firmware version is the router on?
I’m having issues with 3, this router won’t let me go onto debug page, the first month I got the router I easily got 250mbps down and after the grace period it went down to 1Mbps.
I checked the network checked before the grace period was ended and they said that the engineers where working on the masts.
2 months later they are still working in the masts… claiming every week that 1 week it will be fixed, I asked to go to 2nd or 3rd line support and they are refusing telling me to wait as it’s not a issue that gets you those types of support.
Pissed off that I can’t work remotely like my job entails I have the contract for 2 years and I’m stuck with 1Mbps…
Does it show as connected at 5G ?
@@freename Yes.
Also if you go on Three’s website and do a network check it will say engineers are working on the Masts, but it’s a lie, every major city I checked has that same screen msg.
I tried to look for a clause for the service level agreement to see if what they are doing to me is legal but in the terms and conditions it says that Three network can have “Faults” and that you gotta just deal with it…
Stuck on what to do now.
@@seffffee1333 My local area has had that message for about a month now too! I'm able to receive about 30mbps on 4G in the area I'm in at the moment so your 1mbps problem isn't a national problem. If you take the router to somewhere closer to the mast or put the SIM in a phone and take that phone around do you see better speeds?
When u restart the router is the wan ip will change?
Depends on the mobile provider but almost certainly it will change with each reboot.
@@freename i mean u dont need to reboot the modem to change the wan ip only the router is that will hapen!
The fact that all I had to do is turn the mobile data off for this to work, makes me rethink my whole life. WTF????
ehehehe :)
The obvious thing for 5g is that putting this in your loft will give you a better signal. So bridge mode is important on these devices.
Is this the 5G Hub (Qualcomm 5G SDX55M NSA/SA) that Three are currently promoting on their website? It looks the same but when I asked Three they categorically told me their hub did not have a 'Bridge Mode' option. If your video is showing that in fact they are wrong and it does have 'Bridge Mode' then I want to subscribe to their 5G Broadband service.
It's the one ordered from three and delivered just before I recorded the video. Maybe they've removed the function on newer firmware?
@@freename Thanks for the confirmation... If I order one it'll be in the next couple of weeks so l'll report back and let you know.
@@alexandergoldstone5404 I'll also try and re-test my one to see if the option has disappeared.
I assume at least one person somewhere in the comments of all your MC801a videos has suggested using an external 5G antenna / aerial?
I use the "Bluespot mini" 5g (no 4g) aerial with my MC801a, but they also do various 4g /5g combo versions
I've read that only 5G works on the external aerial. If you are in a 4G only area using this and want to use an external aerial you can't. See the comment highlighted when you click this link: th-cam.com/video/UmsV6E8__VI/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgxB7wu7uTPqo9ITv-F4AaABAg
@@freename its only frequencies above 3GHz. So yeah in the UK that means 5G only. The antenna ports do work, but they're a bit rubbish. Too much force on the TS9 connector breaks them off the PCB. I'm the author of the MCE801A review on ISPreview we've written a lot about this modem there. The internal antennas will work for the 4G in tandem with the external ones though. Which is good. There is also a bunch of hidden menus, one of which controls external antennae.
@@silverismoney Thanks :) To save me time on a question someone has asked in another comment, did you test the "Phone" port on the router? Does it do anything?
I've tested. On B04 firmware it works and I can make and receive calls. However an old corded phone doesn't ring on inbound calls. I suspect only DECT phones or very, very modern phones with low ring voltage will work.
I'm rather envious of how smoothly bridge mode worked for you! I bought an Asus RT-AX86S and followed your video but the ZTE wasn't passing on the WAN IP to the router and the wifi was still running even in bridge mode. I disabled the wifi and DHCP but still no good so I had to manually set a static WAN IP on the Asus router but I'm guessing the problem there is that when that changes the internet will go down. I wonder why the automatic setting isn't working and also why the ZTE isn't working as it seems to in your example?
The only thing I can think is that something else gets there first and is given the public IP. If you've previously had the router in routing mode with lots of things on the wifi then anything might auto connect and nothing else will then work. If you turn WiFi off you'd then need to reboot the ZTE router and make sure that the only thing ever connected and doing DHCP on the network sockets was your Asus router.
Interesting question about the static IP setting, mobile networks work in very strange ways so I do wonder what will happen. Three is pretty quick to change IP so a reboot of the ZTE should simulate a forced IP change if you wanted to test it.
@@freename thanks for the pointers, some playing about needed I guess, router is brand new out of the box so I will hopefully get it working the way it should eventually!
I just noticed dabigm posted an identical experience to mine over on the ispreview forums, thread is titled "MC801 Three modem bridge mode"
Good spot. Some time in the next week I've got to use bridge mode again, I'll do some more testing.. which firmware version are you on?
@@freename B04 after a brief spell on B07 which was downgraded sometime in May I think.
How to add dns or modify
The video you have commented on is about bridging to another router. You just change the DNS on your other router. In bridge mode the ZTE doesn't do anything to do with DHCP, DNS or IP addressing.
Could you tell me how to fix Network light being red so like it doesn't work
It is worth to say that you are at risk while you plug your computer in the ZTE in bridge mode, because there is no more NAT to hide you from the bad guys, especially if you have switched off windows firewall. So you can check that your ip is the public one (or the private given by the LTE ISP if they use CH-NAT) but do not stay connected this way for a long time. Plug quickly the ZTE into a true router-firewall.
Windows firewall is enabled by default for all computers with software only opening ports to the internet if you approve the request. It's not an issue running a normal desktop computer like this these days. But if you enable remote desktop port and have a weak password that's asking for trouble. I run many windows servers and desktop machines directly on the internet and have never had problems other than if someone's been an idiot and set a weak password.
How do i find out the password for the website?
On the sticker at the bottom.
There's a sticker at the bottom of the device with all required login infos
ipconfig/all ...
There is a script . That allows you access hidden features .
Do you have a link? Thanks.
@@freename too big to paste here . I am on ispreview forum my user is roguee just pm me .