When can I JUST use TM internet modem as ONLY a modem, in BRIDGE mode, with NO NAT, NO firewall, and frankly NO Wifi.
PLEASE let me know when can get a PLAIN modem from T-Mobile, or BUY my own modem, or SET their modem up to DUPLICATE the functionality of Spectrum. I can't and won't change, until and unless I can get that kind of service. Frankly, I am shocked that TM didn't spec that into their design. Instead, based on about a 20 minute search, that is IMPOSSIBLE today… and here are just a few of the problems that will prevent me from even considering TM: There's NO bridge mode --- This means I CAN NEVER treat TM device like my Spectrum cable modem, and treat it JUST like a modem. Since I can't treat it as just another modem, I have to REDO and RETHINK, and REDESIGN my whole network, to adopt to their design -- This is NOT going to happen! No Bridge means that I'm limited to whatever they designed into their modem, to provide services like DHCP, NAT, port forwarding, DNS, ETC. Since their software UI is the only way I can provide services I depend on, then unless they perfected their software, their UI, and their firmware, and their firewall software that is better than all the other devices I have, some of which are extremely sophisticated and expensive, their device makes using these devices not only redundant, but also DISABLED services, without a lot of workarounds, assuming I both want to do the work, and I can actually achieve configs that work for me. I'm still using Spectrum, and it appears I won't have a viable good option ofchanging everything over to T-Mobile, until they somehow figure out how to produce a service that is COMPLETE plug and play with a CABLE MODEM…. By modem, I do NOT mean a firewall, a router, a WiFi, or ANYTHING more than a stable MODEM with ONE IP address, DHCP in order to pass an IP to my firewall, and that's it. NO, I do NOT even need DNS services, either. I hope I just misunderstand thecurrent TM design. If this is how it works today, it reminds me of when I first put a DSL modem in my company in the early 1990's. The first thing they gave me was a contract that said I had to PAY EXTRA, for EACH device I connected, I'd have to notifythem in advance, and EACH IP was extra cost. After Irewrote their contract, and informed them I only wanted ONE device connected, and ONE IP, and bought my SonicWall "Internet gateway" "NATFirewall", and "DHCP server". Although that one device was about $300-400 at the time, we were able to use that to service over 50 computers at a time for the next 15 years. I guess we were ahead of our time as a small company. Most everyone else was paying 10-15 per user, and we never EVER paid for more than ONE user. But then, we had 20 or more engineers working for us at the time as well. C'mon T-Mobile --- Get a real great network designer involved so it only takes plugging my EXISTING 1,000-T WIRED internet cable and then everything works, out of the box. Then, also provide the means to MANAGE and MONITOR that modem remotely. That's all I need or want, and suspect that is all most all users want today..
High-Speed Internet Gateway does not work with some apps on T-mobile Home Wifi Internet
I don't know if anybody can help. Encountered a few deal breaking moments with T-mobile Home Wifi internet. I get a whopping 100-235mbps with my High-Speed Internet Gateway but it prevents full access to apps causing extreme lag spikes, pages not loading and video not playing with Amazon Prime Video (on PS4 and on Amazon Fire Stick 4k), TD Ameritrade trading platform for Windows 10, and to a lesser extent apps like Epic Games on PC I also have T-vision TV package, that works fine. So does Netflix. Epic games was able to be fixed once telling PC to use Google DNS 8.8.8.8. and 8.8.4.4. respectively. I had to use Nord VPN to get TD Ameritrade to function correctly without freezing at times, DNS change did not work here. Amazon prime video is still a no go, constantly stops and takes a long time to load again only to stop again. DNS change also did not resolve the issue. It should still work with Nord VPN because it bypasses all T-Mobile filters, but I did not buy T-mobile Home WiFi internet to need the VPN all the time, so I did not bother trying VPN with Prime Video. Is that something we can possibly fix in firmware? And soon please? Speaking of firmware. There is no place to get a new Firmware update which the High-Speed Internet Gateway critically needs. It lacks too many features. One the most needed features is to allow the High-Speed Internet Gateway to turn in just a modem and turn off all routing features so that users can bring their own independent routers to handle DHCP and other advanced functions. High-Speed Internet Gateway also has a bug where I can not fully disable all of the WiFi Signals. You can stop broadcast and SSID from being announced and reduce the radio power for 2.4ghz and 5ghz from 100% down to 12% but it is still not entirely off. I can still see a 5ghz band displaying a signal and allows me to connect when WiFi is supposed to be disabled. Apparently there is a 5Ghz low and 5Ghz high antenna mode. And the 5ghz high is the one that remains visible and usable. Can not be turned off. I don't want to use the hub for wifi, just want to use hard wired internet. I hope to see these issues addressed in the next firmware update with a resources on where we can obtain the new firmware update file as right now there is no information on that anywhere for the new High-Speed Internet Gateway. At the very least I want to see the simple feature of turning the gateway into a modem all by itself and I can handle all the routing on my end instead and if it comes to it I can do a whole house VPN that way and bypass all the problems. Older gateways had the expert mode from what I could see, please bring that back too if you can. Thank you for reading! And for the help! Mike P.S. I have already tried turning it off and back on again, obviously does not work. VPN seems to be the only way to bypass all the problems, but since the unit can not disable routing to act solely as a modem, I can not use a separate router for DHCP and to run VPN for the whole house.
How to change the Wifi and LAN IP subnet
I just got a Tmobile 5G Home hotspot and set it up. It's working but it's built in DHCP server is handing out a subnet of 192.168.12.x /24 on both the Wifi and LAN ports. I would like to change this, or at least change the Wifi. The built in wifi will be useless to me unless I can change this IP. I have a home internet distribution system, Cisco access points on all the floors that blow away the built in wifi this thing has. And I don't trust the security in this device to keep my networks secure. If anyone knows how to change the IP please let me know. Thanks, DavidT-Mobile Cylinder, pfSense and Google Wifi
Trying to figure out a solution to the no bridge-mode\no port forwardingin T-Mobile's dumbed down appliance. A pfSense firewall will port forward so I can get Plex and ChannelsDVR among other things from outside the network. This solves the bridge mode and port forwardproblem. It also does DHCP and NAT. Add to that my Google Mesh WiFi system (5 units.) So what I'm looking at is T-Mobile appliance>pfSense appliance>Google Router. Onlynow I've gottriple NAT (disaster) unless I put the Google in Bridge mode. But then I'm pretty sure the mesh won't work. Anyone using pfSense with a mesh system? I know I could try ZeroTier but really like the capabilities of pfSense. It can really improve the network in addition to some goodprotection.
KVD21 DHCP/iPv6 Prefix Delegation and PFSense
Hi, It seems the KVD21 Gatewayis a great device for basic Internet users. It is wise and understandable. Unfortunately, It has no options for DHCP or iPv6 Prefix Delegation. Is there any other T-Mobile gateway available with more options? At least controlling the DHCP or iPv6 Prefix Delegation? I understand the Core network of T-Mobile is running over pure iPv6 and it is amazing! But iPv6 Prefix Delegation should be available so we can technically get more freedom to use PFSense or other open-source gateways. I am interested in PFSesne because I have more control over my traffic to block the Ads/Tracker/malicious addresses on my network. The reason I am asking this question is that Part of my question is asked in community and there is no answer from T-Mobile! https://community.t-mobile.com/other-devices-11/ipv6-prefix-delegation-44058 https://community.t-mobile.com/troubleshooting-38/prefix-delegation-41507 Thank you
inseego FW2000e and Asus router NO INTERNET
This home internet has been a disaster from the start. Someone please explain this to me: Internet dropped again tonight. Rebooted inseego. Nothing. Unplugged wan from router and into computer directly. Rebooted Inseego. Nothing. Went into Inseego settings and changed from 5G/LTE to force only LTE. I have strong LTE internet on the computer. BUT when I unplug the wan from the computer back into the router and reboot everything? No internet. Router tells me DHCP not functioning properly from ISP. Why is this? How do I fix it? What can I do/try? thanks
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: Manage DNS settings Manage DHCP (IP addresses for client machines) Use any subnet other than 192.168.12.x connected directly to the gateway Put the gateway into bridge mode - this results in double network address translation (NAT) that breaks services like port forwarding and VPN 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 150/30Mbpsas 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!
DHCP Setting Incorrect Gateway IP
I've had the Sagemcom Fast 5688W router for about three weeks. I'm fortunate to be near a tower and typically see 5 bars but noticed that I was getting 4 bars and just to see what would happen, I power cycled the router on 5/10/24. When the router rebooted, signalstrength was good, but I could no longer connect tothe internet from every connected device. Checking my IP settings I noticed the DHCP assigned gateway IP was 192.168.12.88 while the router's management IP is still 192.168.12.1. For a test, I switched my PC to a static IP matching the DHCP assigned IP and switched the gateway IP to 192.168.12.1 and I was able to connect to the internet. Definitely a LAN DHCP settings issue as the WAN side is fine. Called into T-Mobile support and the rep was stumped and opened a ticket to investigate. Asthis will take a few days, I set static IPs on my devices so I can use the working gateway IP. I'm playing in the DHCP scope so I could see an IP conflict but should be ok until this is worked out as device use at my home is pretty consistent. Firmware is SGJi10205-1.2.B4 and I've only found one mention of this version so far over on Reddit while searching the internet for info. Post was from 18 days ago so this could be a relative new release and I didn't see theissue untilthe power cycleoccurred. Sagemcom 5688W Firmware Updated : r/tmobileisp (reddit.com) Anyone else experiencing this?
