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afoster1971's avatar
afoster1971
Newbie Caller
Hace 5 meses

Does T-Mobile have any plans to expose advanced settings on their gateways?

 

Is anyone able to provide a timeline for T-Mobile providing access to advanced router settings? (You know, the ones virtually all other ISPs provide)

Currently T-Mobile’s home internet solution does not allow users to:

  1. Manage DNS settings
  2. Manage DHCP (IP addresses for client machines)
  3. Use any subnet other than 192.168.12.x connected directly to the gateway
  4. Put the gateway into bridge mode - this results in double network address translation (NAT) that breaks services like port forwarding and VPN
  5. Specify the channel to be used for wireless SSIDs (neither 2.4 nor 5Ghz)

It would be really nice to know if T-Mobile has any intention of ever resolving these issues. Until they do, users will continue to be frustrated with just how inflexible and limiting the T-Mobile home internet solution actually is compared to other ISPs. When you factor in that most users get 150/30Mbps as average bandwidth, T-Mobile's low cost is actually not that low - most ISPs will provide 400/35Mbps for just a few dollars more.

So, when can we expect to get real access, on T-Mobile Home Internet, to the configuration options that almost all other ISPs provide already? It really is shameful that this hasn't been addressed or resolved already!

 

 

  • syaoran's avatar
    syaoran
    Transmission Titan

    This will more than likely not happen.  The Gateway and app experience are intended to provide a simple experience for home users.  The business internet does offer some more advanced features but probably not all of what you are looking for.  

    If you don't want double NAT, disable NAT in the router/Access Point you have connected to the gateway.