If anyone is interested to know.

I'm on 30Mbps and contract's due this year end.
Router -> TPLink Archer c5v

Both of you are right, I miss state Lucent is modem. My apology.

The Technicolor router you're referring to is not distributed by Maxis Home Fibre to their customers. It's for Astro Broadband for connecting with their Astro set-top boxes(STB). Yes, it's crappier than the Aminia MA-131 or TP-Link C5V but the Technicolor router is the only working router that is compatible with the Astro Broadband IPTV tv boxes. They're only supplied to Astro Broadband subscribers now which is not relevant to this thread.

This Technicolor router has no 5GHz WiFi band and this is the reason why ASTRO IPTV Broadband is only offered upto 30M in many areas in this country due to this shortcoming.

Should you decide to renew your contract and get a new C5V/newer router after the MCO, please request your Maxpert installer to pull along the TM installer to replace your old Alcate-Lucent I240(silver old box) with a new Nokia ONT/fibre modem to future proof your connection for gigabit connection.

Alcatel-Lucent has been acquired by Nokia around 5 years back.

The fibre modem has a very sleek and slimline design.

How to downgrade after 1 month?

Need to call sc or can do in maxis app?

Actually Astro IPTV supports up to 100 mbps only( and the technicolor router doesn’t support this speed)

Astro and broadband goes all the way to 800mbps

I do see maxis customer having that router too as well(must be old maxis fiber customer)

This post has been edited by yongtjunkit: Apr 25 2020, 05:14 PM

I'm referring to the ASTRO IPTV Broadband which does not require satellite dish use ethernet cable connected to router directly like cable TV plan.

They're forced to only use that Technicolor router only.

Maxis customers who use the old Technicolor routers are those older customer more than 24 months ago.

Pretty sure you need to call CS and do so. Or maybe this Live Chat will do also.

That fiber modem sure looks like Xiaomi's TVbox, that's the new ONT?

Contemplating whether I should switch from Archer C5v to Archer C1200. Any suggestions?

Notice there's a CWMP option but unable to disable it. Suspect is being used to capture and monitor Internet traffic...

Going as cheap as RM68 per unit on Carousell Malaysia.



Some are selling at Mudah for RM100.

Yes that's the new ONT replacement for those areas previously using Alcatel-Lucent modems.

There are 3 OLT vendors for TM Unifi FTTH if I'm not wrong.

1)Nokia (previously Alcatel-Lucent)
2)Huawei
3)Fiberhome, Wuhan

Thanks for the info, I'm guessing Nokia is the best of the bunch?
And may I have the model number of it, please?

canI know current maxis broadband 100mbps what router is given ?

TP link archer C5V


This post has been edited by yongtjunkit: Apr 27 2020, 02:45 PM

i have a archer c9 v3. but no matter how i try, i cant set it up

U need choose profile mode.

gave up on this, so I just set it up as access point, and disable the maxis technicolor router wireless.

did the same, bought a new tplink router as an AP and :
- disabled all wireless from Maxis router in 1st floor
- connect the new AP in ground floor using one of the LAN port from Maxis router.
- all wireless connection will go to this new AP, so far so good, at least i have good 5ghz and 1000M coverage now to the media players, TV and laptops in GF which are using wifi connection.

I do not have the specific model number myself. Maybe can try searching the internet. My area's OLT is not using Nokia OLT multiplexer equipment for FTTH.

Most areas are using Huawei's equipment it seems?
I thought ONT is universal for FTTH

Not really with GPON standard it's stricter. The fibre modem and OLT multiplexer must be of same brand for achieving compatibility.