can the stock time router Huawei HG8145V5 be configured as wireless range extender? want to connect to main/host router wirelessly.

my sibling's house just got TIME internet installed. he complains that his Apple device reports the wifi is not safe. he shows me this:



it's 2025 and installer chose WPA and not WPA2? why? can we change this?
router model is HG8145X6-10.

Hi all,
I recently moved into my new house in Sri Rampai and decided to try TIME Fiber, which has a better reputation compared to Unifi. The internet speed meets my 600 Mbps package.
However, I'm experiencing intermittent packet loss when playing Dota 2. Today, a technician from TIME came by and said everything seems fine on their end. He suggested replacing the stock Huawei WiFi 7 router because, according to him, it is unstable. He recommended upgrading to the WiFi 6 X6-10 model instead.
Has anyone had experience with this? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Time fibre finally enters my taman.

Just a taman in the B40 area and not even in main city actually. Quite shocked when I saw that!

They planted a concrete pole just beside the TM pole at the back of my house around end of august.

Now they're in the midst of lying the cable as well as labelling the concrete pole.

But it seems that the fibre cable that they're using are so thin, around the thickness of CAT6 cable when compared with Unifi one, which is thick.

The FTB also smaller than Unifi and only got around 1-3 FTB for the whole jalan, compared with Unifi which got around 5-6 FTB.

But well, I still can't subscribe to Time even when their infra is ready at my area. Just renewed my contract with Unifi last June.. 1Gbps for RM159 and still in the 'honeymoon' period (free bills for 6 months) 

Hi sifus, I want to ask — is it easy to change to a new ASUS or TP-Link router?
YEs pretty easy.
My current router is HG8145V5 (600Mbps). I don’t really have much knowledge about router setup, but based on what I’ve read, the steps are:

1. Get the new router
2. Call TIME CS and switch to Bridge Mode
3. Connect the new router’s WAN port to LAN1 of HG8145V5
4. Log in to the new router and enter PPPoE username & password

Am I correct??
YES you are correct.

Besides, does any Sifu know what Router fit my neeed? Budget are RM600-800, Apartment, 1400+ft, WiFi 7 if can
I assume your current ONT (HG8145V5) is located at living room which is somehow center of the unit, for single router, you may opt for TP-Link BE400 or BE550 or Ruijie/Reyee RG-EW7200BE PRO.
If you wish to go for Mesh System, within this budget, you can go for TP-Link Deco BE25 (2 Nodes).


600mbps plan, 2desktop PC, 1 TV, 30++ Devices including Smart Electronic and Laptop.

would downgrading invoke a new subscription contract ?

Did TIME started using XGPON for 1Gbps customer or still only for 2Gbps customer only?

Let say GPON port is full at my condo, will they use XGPON if I am just a 1Gbps user
Sometimes XGPON splitter will be used.

Will I get the XGPON modem
1Gbps plan only getting Huawei HG8245X6-8N-30 with 4xGE Ports.
Huawei HN8145X6B7N also currently being used with 1x2.5G + 3xGE ports, after WiFi7 being rolled out.

Whereas 2Gbps which is on XGPON using Huawei HN8245X6s-8N-30 with 1x2.5G + 3xGE ports.

It seems that Time only use a thin fibre cable to, looks like they deploy a cat6 cable at the pole. Really thin when compared with TM. Two lorong at my taman, they laying the cable at the front drain instead of concrete pole.

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Ya, personally I think that the cable that they use looked so fragile. BTW, this is not connection from subbox or FTB? to home, it's from the their manhole at the front of lorong to the pole... 
It is from the subbox which usually they installed on the drain/pit wall or at the pole, if you see they pull from the pole then the subbox is located at the pole...
This cable has no protection against damage. Whereas, TM using the conventional outdoor drop cable (doesn't matter whether it contains steal wire messenger), the standard method of installation is they will put microduct as a further layer of protection, this is far better than the bare cable used by Time in this case.
I'm still thinking whether I will migrate from Unifi or Time.
Because as I read throughout this thread, it seems that Time wasn't that really good actually compared to Unifi. 

Hello all sifus,

I'm a newbie in terms of technical networking stuff but I've been a TIME user since 2019 with the Basic Plan 2Mbps.

There are some areas in my apartment where the connection is quite bad and from what I gathered, this is due to the old Router (Tp-Link AC1200) that I've been using. It is an old router that I first got when subscribing TIME.

I'm thinking of buying a new router myself as I don't want to renew my contract with time. I've been reading and ChatGPT-ing around and seems like Tp-Link Ax1500 is good enough upgrade for my case.

My question is, do i just simply plug and play the new router (with some settings ofc) and it's good to go? Or do I need to call for Time technician to configure the router?

Thank you!

It seems that you're knowledgeable about Time infra,
Do you know why they suddenly expanding their service even in rural and small town like my house ya?
Because before this, they only willing to give their service to major town and state capital.
Maybe they suddenly got the MCMC assistance by 'USP funds thingy' to expand the fibre service to rural areas like TM?
Or part of their CSR? 
My area only got the Unifi infra at the end of 2020!

Can I request for termination from the TIME web portal?

Hmm what if they give me  1 unit of ONT (combo of ONU & Router).

But I alr have a ZTE ONT (outside cable to this router).
Can I still use the  1 unit of ONT (combo of ONU & Router) and connect to the ZTE ONT?

Wan from ZTE ONT to Lan 1 ,  1 unit of ONT (combo of ONU & Router) ??

Looking for AX23, hope it's easy to setup
https://www.tp-link.com/my/home-networking/...er/archer-ax23/

Have scheduled for FTTR installation,

current combination offered is parent node huawei V163 and child node K153. CS told me existing ont+router unit will not be compatible with FTTR device and these devices cannot be set as bridgemode. I checked that FTTR device all is wifi 6. Anyone has idea about the performance and wall penetration? I have no much choice either as my home do not pull extra LAN cable during renovation and wifi 7 mesh also hardly settle connection issue of second floor.

Also what is the reliability and durability of these fttr device

Do you provide the solution of own FTTR? if yes maybe can pm me the quotation. I worry if I subcribe time fttr, I hardly switch to other ISP after contract end. mean must be using time device/protocol after end of contract

I read your comment about avoiding fttr and use lan cable but I have not choice left, impossible to hack wall to hide the conduit for lan cable now. other than time, which isp provide device for fttr also?

Can this be done on my own or I need Time CS to do the changes on the existing Time Huawei modem router?

It's been a while I looked into the whole FTTR solution and it's pros and cons.
(I didn't see the point for my place since I've already laid out CAT-5e during renovation previously).

Anyway, for anyone wanting a more technical explanation, I went down the rabbit hole trying to understand the FTTR stack and why someone will be stuck with this solution once you commit to it.

Basically the issue comes down to the use of the single flexible fiber for connecting the main unit to the end points. The single fiber requires the use of bi-directional optical signalling over the one fiber.

Currently the most common network equipment that operate with multiple optical signals (wavelengths) over the same fiber is GPON technology, so the FTTR equipment basically extending GPON to the room.

There are bi-directional (dual-wavelength) SFPs available for Ethernet switches/routers, but I don't believe that they will work over the fibers used in FTTR.

There is also an alternate Polymer Optical Fiber (POF) technology but that uses a different type of fiber than what is used for FTTR AFAIK and is not (yet) bidirectional. In addition, I have not even heard anyone talk about POF for home networking around here.

Thanks jjj2 for the advise