Feature Request - Home Internet Gateway DHCP Settings

Y -- This also reminds me of my first "PC", a Radio Shack Model 3.  The model 1 was very modular, plug and play, even if difficult to get it to work reliably.  Some other "fruity company" out there had a similar design philosophy of allowing and encouraging both users and developers to create their OWN devices, their OWN software, and even their own operating systems.

Some guy from Radio Shack however named "Shirley",  must have been a real control freak.  Bust the paper seal over the screw to even open the case, use a different operating system, and it would void the warranty.  I think they would also refuse to even try to repair it at that time, if just one non-company component was EVER used.   (Yeah, His name REALLY was Shirley!!). 

Users fought, complained, and worked around the tyrants as best they could, but to no avail.  Meanwhile, the "open standard" became by far, much more preferred over the closed source and hardware, and Apple almost won all the marbles…  But then, there were a few rogue engineer/managers in Boca Raton that broke with New York's head office and produced the revolutionary IBM PC movement, with an open design philosophy in hardware and software.  Had not a violent thunderstorm in Texas killed off those Rogue IBM managers, you likely wouldn't have aver heard of anyone named "jobs" or "Apple".  IBM and OS/2 would have also replaced, NT/Windows and Microsoft as the predominant Operating System company.  Nevertheless, both IBM, Apple and many other "open-architecture" companies put a stake in the closed minded Radio Shack head start that they once had.  I bought one of those companies that created an IBM compatible, and it was allowed to exist and flourish, and not stomped on.

LEGERE -- Where did you go??  Please at least visit, and try to shake everyone up and tell them at TM, that they can't, shouldn't try, and don't have to replace all the network hardware and software we are using today in our current networks!  Want to own that market??  OK, then buy Cisco and do it the right way.

I just switched to xfinity, using my own cable modem. My experience has been that with this xfinity / (own) cable modem setup, my IP address didn't change. With T-Mobile, my IP address (in the past week) changed daily, and during the day switched between two IP addresses. I had to keep white-listing new IP addresses.

The Wi-Fi Network Settings has a "Maximum Number of Clients" option. Try changing that to 1 or 0 under all the appropriate frequencies/SSIDs.

Update: Nevermind, I guess that's just how many Wi-Fi connections it will allow and not restrict the DHCP range. Really annoying, I'm giving this thing back ASAP. Update your stuff T-Mobile!

I was hoping for many of the same things, and then my Nokia round gateway stopped working. It was replaced with the black one. It has no configuration options at all. 

The best thing you can do is plug a router into the gateway and use that for DHCP. The T-mobile device will show one device connected and everything else will go though that one. 

It won't let me turn WifI off, and I had it on with the round gateway but limited to one user just in case I needed it. Now, you are limited to the settings in the app, which are far more limited than what you had with the gateway. 

Really, this is just a firm update that can be pushed out by the gateway manufacturer.  There is already a firmware for the router with the DHCP and DNS advanced settings that comes with the gateways that are not branded by TMO.  

Replying to: 

      Let’s all get on the same page. The options are:

     A - get TMO to add comprehensive DHCP features to the gateway

     B - get TMO to support bridge mode for using one’s own router with existing DHCP features

    Personally, I think option A will take a long time to roll out because they would need a lot of firmware development and no matter how well they do, people will still demand more features. Option B sounds more logical to me because the "I need more DHCP features" moves out of TMO hands and back to the respective router makers and allows everyone to get the router that best fits their needs.

Jam_Eye wrote:

Really, this is just a firm update that can be pushed out by the gateway manufacturer.  There is already a firmware for the router with the DHCP and DNS advanced settings that comes with the gateways that are not branded by TMO.  

 

Replying to: 

      Let’s all get on the same page. The options are:

 

     A - get TMO to add comprehensive DHCP features to the gateway

     B - get TMO to support bridge mode for using one’s own router with existing DHCP features

 

    Personally, I think option A will take a long time to roll out because they would need a lot of firmware development and no matter how well they do, people will still demand more features. Option B sounds more logical to me because the "I need more DHCP features" moves out of TMO hands and back to the respective router makers and allows everyone to get the router that best fits their needs.

Yes, B makes more sense in the short term.  Their excuse for not having the features (it makes it easier for users) is disingenuous at best.  It can't be easier for users not to have options that they don't have to look at because they won't know about them. 

It might make it easier for T-Mobile support, since users can't change settings. But if I plug in my own router without option B, I still adjust my own settings, and there's an extra unneeded translation.  The only minor issue is that the ping time is about double, but I'm not likely to see a difference. But when their network is screwed up, I'll be sure to either plug directly into their device or use their WiFi (probably both) before calling them. 

I'd like to see option B because it's cleaner.

I just switched from CenturyLink DSL to T-Mobile 5G Home Internet service and I was very disappointed at the lack of features on the Home Router. I know that probably 90% of the user base are a plug and play clientele but for the rest of us the advanced features we are looking for just aren't there. I am a network engineer for an fortune 500 company and I have what some would call a very elaborate home network including a home automation system. Having a "bridge mode" feature added to the router would greatly improve the adaptability of the router to my system. I am contemplating either purchasing a 5G module for my Cisco Router or a Peplink 5G router to move in that direction. But why should I pay more for a feature that would be easy to add to the T-Mobile router with a software update.

Lets go for Plan B as mentioned above!

T-Mobile really needs to make this feature request a reality as well as offering the home user a static IP. What home user would be OK with having zero control over their own home LOCAL NETWORK. If i were to connect my home printer to my T-Mobile wireless connection. the printer would go unresponsive every time things get rebooted or go offline and the printer pulls a new DHCP address, because I can't reserve the IP address to the mac address of the printer. Pass through (Bridge Mode) would solve this by allowing me to pass the 5g connection through to my existing network that is already set up and functional. I'd simply be swapping service providers instead of allowing a service provider to take over the management of my Local Network, which I'm sure they would not troubleshoot or take responsibility of in every aspect. Why not just allow us what we should already have for paying for the service. PLEASE ADD Bridge Mode!