Just got today the latest model of Huawei Optixstar HG8145X6-10 from Time Fiber. Check online, and found no one using this. I guess I'm the first person who received this from Time Fiber. The outlook design and antenna is newer look.

This post has been edited by davychoo: Jul 27 2023, 10:27 PM


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How's the speed and coverage

old

This post has been edited by fireballs: Jul 27 2023, 11:15 PM

So far so good.




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This is the result for next room, behind the wall.

Wired backhaul supported, connected from my Tplink AX73

did time offer it as a free replacement?

Not sure but it's given to all new install

Looks nice. Always like Huawei mobile broadband devices.

Never use their wifi product yet though.

Somehow there's hardly any in depth reviews on units like this?

Anyone knows how to disable the WPS?

The wps setting doesn't shows up in the wlan configuration page at 192.168.100.1/

I just installed Time broadband 500mbps today.
Can Original Huawei HG8145X6-10 use ethernet backhaul to connect 2nd mesh unit?
Anyone tried before ?



This post has been edited by slackinux: Sep 23 2023, 10:22 PM

Yes you can, I am running this setup.


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The installer pair the 2nd router using wireless signal.
Do I need to make any changes on the main router if I connect 2nd mesh unit via ethernet backhaul?

i got this pair of mesh/router but i plan to buy my own router and use 2 of them as mesh, just wondering how can i set them up?

I tested the 2nd unit so called mesh enabled router is actually not implementing wireless mesh protocol 802.11k/v/r.
It is just a wireless AP or wired AP, i.e., if connected to main router via ethernet cable.
I placed the main router at level 2 and placed the 2nd unit at level one. Both having same WiFi SSID.
I connect to the level 1 SSID and go up to the level 2. My device forever attach to the level 1 SSID.
It will never switch to level 2 SSID seamlessly like other mesh router.
Unless you choose to connect level 2 SSID manually then only it connects to level 2 SSID.
Therefore, the 2nd unit router given definitely not a mesh unit. It is actually acting as a wireless AP.

TIME marketing team is misleading the subscriber with the term "mesh".
In networking term, wireless mesh means a network element that implements 802.11k/v/r protocol.

This post has been edited by slackinux: Sep 26 2023, 12:06 PM

thanks for the test, now i know how it wors lol but since got it why not use it, i am just now sure how to set them up only as wireless AP if i get new router. i guess just connect LAN cable to the fake "mesh" and access 192.168.100.1 to the page and setup as wireless ap then?

Hi, I would like to retreat my statement that Huawei Optixstar HG8145X6-10 not implementing 802.11k/v/r protocol.
My previous test showed that my device didn't switch between SSID from main router and 2nd router due to default setting of the
Cascade Link Threshold value is too low, i.e., 200kbps.
Meaning that if the device's data transfer rate lower than 200kbps then it will switch to another SSID that is stronger.
After I increased the cascade link threshold from 200kbps to 40000kbps, my device able to switch between main router and 2nd mesh unit's SSID seamlessly.

Conclusion is Huawei Optixstar HG8145X6-10 is compliant to Easymesh and able to switch between SSID seamlessly.

how do u access this advance page?

i couldnt see this in my menu

Same here. Could it be he has the password for superadmin?

For me on HG8145X6

Advanced -> WLAN -> Wi-Fi Coverage -> Wi-Fi Network Management button on the page under the first checkmark

checked with normal admin password

I recall seeing a settings sub page where you can set the repeater mode to wired or wirelesss. I tried finding it but can't seem to find the page though.

I access using username telecomadmin.
The normal username admin has no authority to access this advance page.

Password admintelecom?
This user is not available on mine based on the config I exported. Weird yours have it and mine doesn't.

I'm using this new TIME broadband router.. but i have not been able to enable port forwarding. I'm sure i've done it right as far as configuring the port forewrding in the router is concerned, because i had done many times before with other routers but this one does not want to work..

I configure my web server on machine 192.168.100.2 and use a dynamic IP service.. i am able to ping and connect to that web server using the public ip address when i'm connected to the wifi network, but as soon as i change to a different network, i cannot ping or telnet or ssh or do anything with my web server..

Is there a special setting i have to enable?

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How ya ? elaborate a little. I want to try.

Are you setting up the same SSID or a different one?

Same SSID in both Huawei Optixstar HG8145X6-10

May I know does it have a gigabyte lah port for SSD hard disk plug and play?

May I know where do you get the telecomadmin password?

I figured it out myself

Just had my time broadband installed. I can only say it is totally disappointed. The ONU Huawei wifi router + modem and mesh are simply trash.

Even the room next to living room that has the ONU connected also could not get more than 200Mbps of speed.

Anyway I can change the stoopig ONU to bridge mode so I can use my own wifi mesh?

yes, ask time cs to do so for you

They can do it remotely? Is it free also?

I seriously need to use back my own wifi mesh routers.

Yes it is free. For normal user, guess the Huawei is fine. The old TIME would give Asus router.

Huawei still the best

Not really. The coverage is poor…

Speed is also not consistent.

This post has been edited by westlife: Dec 16 2023, 07:16 AM

But but but mine okay

mind sharing?

username: telecomadmin
password: TIMExxxx
where xxxx is last 4 digit of main router's MAC address in capital letter

I just use this router todey
But technical said that router to mesh using 2.4G only
Unless using direct cable

No, it can mesh using 2.4 or 5

After technician balik, i check the router
Chang ssid. This router nub kenot dual band mode. Sohai.
Reconnect mesh then setting shows connect router-mesh using 5Ghz

Mcm mau change back to old router because dual band mode
Can use old btu? Because this new router using built in btu

sorry, a super newbie here.
i just gotten keys for my new condo, its supported by times

but when i see my unit, the fibre optic cable port is at the living room,at the place of the TV ports area.

i asked times customer service, they say they will install huawei HG8145X6 at the port and all devices need to connect wirelessly.

so if i have a PC inside another Room how a?
normally what do ppl do? during renovation extend the fibre optic cable or something?

i currently staying in another apartment which is still using unifi , the traditional copper cable i suppose, so my desktop is connected via Lan to the router. many years ago during reno, we have extended the phone line from the living room into my room, so my unifi router and devices all at room

This post has been edited by prozfromhell: Jan 9 2024, 05:41 PM

Can't reuse old BTU, but you can ask time cs to convert the new 2 in 1 router btu into just btu mode, and connect up your own router as usual

There might be a few ways you could go about this
1. Purchase a fiber cable with the correct plugs and move the router to your room later

2. Purchase a Lan cable and connect the pc to the router in the living room with it

3. Subscribe to time fiber to the room and get a node at every room connected via fiber

Hi, may i know how to reconnect the second mesh (AP)? This few days i feel that wifi abit weak in my room. So i try checked on admin page. Seems like AP are disconnected. How to manually reconnect again? As i already turn off and off few times but it still appear as offline.



This post has been edited by hakim_radzuan: Jan 9 2024, 10:29 PM

I doubt it is using 2.4ghz only. If yes, it can never hardly even hit above 100Mbps…

Interesting, similar settings here
However, I tried connecting to the mesh using ethernet cable and it is pushing 500Mbps full

Guess it is still using 5G as backhaul but only produce 2.4Ghz signal?

great thanks

i accidentally reset the router and having issues to enter wan details til i see this message

I had the same issue for the past few days whereby its connected but the repeater doesnt work

been messing with it and accidentally reset the main router by pressing WPS button for more thn 10 second...

somehow once reconfigure it back, the repeater works again...

damn!

May i know how to reconfigure it again? I cant find how to add new repeater. 🥲

I factory reset the main router

once set up the main router back, the repeater works again

is it possible to configure the hg8145x6-10 as a pure AP + mesh configuration ?

the provided credentials for the device has limited configurations and there seems to be no way to login as another user since the page defaults to a password entry

I plan to switch my TIME ONT modem to newly obtain HG8145X6-10 but seen like unable to get my ONT authorized with OLT. Mind to share how you setup your TIME router after reset?

I try copy all setting from initial HG8145X6 including valid username and password for pppoe but seem fail to get the ONT authorize. Is the ONT password similar to TIME pppoe password or it should be others?

Thx

PH

This post has been edited by chuah_ph: Jan 13 2024, 01:33 AM

Anyone mind to share the ONT authorize step if reset up TIME with new router?

Is the ONT password similar to PPPOE password?

Thx

Should be the same, Pwd mode: ASCII
However you will need to key the serial number as well (should be the one under the ONU)

Noob for wifi setup here.

I would like to setup it as mesh unit (correct me if I use wrong term) where I wanna connect it to my current WIFI router D-LINK DIR-878 with wireless, and connect to laptop via LAN cable, is that possible? Why LAN cable? my old laptop wifi not working good.

I am not new Time user, I planning to buy it myself.

Thanks.

I don't think the dlink and Huawei can mesh together

Repeater may work but not sure if the Huawei even has that option

Not a recommended setup

Recommend buy other router to replace the dlink

Received my Huawei HG8240H5 just now, tried to setup for time fiber
Didnt expect the ONU is actually running on Unifi's firmware
Hence the VLAN WAN mode is stuck on TR069, means 100% not supported by TIME (TIME is on INTERNET mode)
Unless one could find the stock fimware for this ONU, it will only support Unifi or any ISP on TM infra

Money down the drain...

Unifi version of the ONU


Settings for TIME



CORRECTION, I got the idea wrong
IF you are using ONU+Router in a box
You will need to setup VLAN for VOIP and Internet plus OLT serial and pwd

However, if you are switching to ONU standalone
Just setup the OLT serial and pwd
VOIP is optional, if you need the phone
And put your PPPOE credentials in the router
Versions of the ONU should not matter

Dumb me, everything is actually that simple

This post has been edited by QuantumEdge: Jan 17 2024, 08:10 PM

For VOIP, we need to setup password also right? is it same like PPPoE pass since in hg8145X6 the pass is encrypted.

VOIP is in IPoE
Using static ip address

is this router not able to do any port forwarding? it seems like i added the port i wanted to forward and is not open when i check.

i added at IPv4 Port Mapping.

i plan to change to a new router, is it possible if i can use these 2 huawei device and become like a mesh to my new router with other brands?

which plan are you on? 100/500/1000?

500 mbps

Hmm it should work since that plan has public IP
But it may be the router is buggy as well, I don't exactly recall where I read it, probably somewhere in the time fiber thread but the forum search function is broken right now

nice guide, i just key in the max value and testing now

any one know what is the 3rd option for ?

Time just setup this Huawei Optixstar HG8145X6-10 at my condo but these bad wifi dead spots. Any recommendations for a good value and good performing wifi extender? Ideally 2.4 and 5ghz dual with log latency.

And something not too technical to setup.

New Time subscriber here.

I have one Huawei Optixstar HG8145X6-10 but the wifi range doesn't seem great so I have some wifi deadspots.

Is anyone using a second HG8145X6-10 router for Mesh? if so, please share your thoughts and if you'd recommend this setup.

thanks

anybody have the telecomadmin password pls

refer to
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=108905517

the given huawei mesh wifi routers are just simply trash....

it has poor coverage. even u use the second unit as mesh and u put the second unit super close to the main unit (parent node), u still get poor speed and high latency...

if u have budget, please go for any tri-band mesh... even a wifi 5 tri-band mesh will be better than a wifi 6 dual-band mesh like the huawei one given by time.

just buy any wifi 5 (if ur speed is 500Mbps and bleow) tri-band (if u are on budget) or just go straight for wifi 6 tri-band mesh it will be good for ur use case...

Does this router have resale value? I have two units wanna sell off.. haha

It is really basic, so I'm guessing RM200 for two units?
Try tossing it on carousell

got people wanna buy meh? buy for what since fibre optic co is giving for free one.

Just upgraded from the Huawei router to TPLINK AX72.

Download speed increase from about 240-260Mbps to 270Mbps to near 300Mbps.

Upload speed from 160Mbps to 260++Mbps.

My kid's laptop did much better at nearer spot (and newer hardware). Later i upgrade my PC to TPLink TXE75E Pcie Wifi card and test again.

Mobile phone about same as before, coz old phone i guess...3 years+.

Very hard. I tried to sell my 2 x unifi free wifi 6 mesh also no one wants to buy.

Urs is tri-band or?

Anyway all third party brand wifi mesh will outperform the free mesh given by tm.

Dual band AX72. I also discovered i have yet to update the driver for the USB Wifi dongle my PC in my room after that..

Now it can reach even higher 300Mbps to 400Mbps...but this is done using speedtest.net in the browser...i have downloaded the speedtest windows app and it shows nearly max at 500Mbps/500Mbps....does this means i have wasted money to buy a new PCIE 6E Wifi card (yet to upgrade due the casing cannot fit).


This post has been edited by CommodoreAmiga: Mar 2 2024, 08:21 AM

technically all wifi 5 and above wifi products will be able to hit beyond 500Mbps no issue.

it is ur dual-band device that causes the lost of some bandwidth as one of ur 5Ghz band is shared for data transfer as well as the communication between the parent and child nodes...
if it is tri-band, the speed should be consistent as it has additional 5Ghz band that is dedicated for communication between ndoes.

Hi. Any way tp change the Internet Access Mode from WiFi Repeater to Mesh?
And the connection from Gateway to Repeater - only 2.4G? Can it be switched to 5G?

Hey all,

anyone have been facing issue with their TIME fibre where there's no internet for period of time.

I'm using my own Deco m9 connected to TIME Modem. TIME won't be able to troubleshoot unless i use their router. There recommend me to subscribe another two years to get this Huawei HG8145X6 for free. I'm not sure changing the router helps.

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This post has been edited by warrior: Apr 13 2024, 02:16 PM

Hi All.

I have these two unit last year when TIME upgraded my bandwith from 300Mbps to 500Mbps. But I did not configure it back then. Nor as ONT or router/mesh.

I still used the old ONT with my TP Link Deco router/mesh.

But I want to try it now. one unit as the ONT with Wifi and the other one as AP/Mesh.

But I failed to configure the ONT somehow. I have all the credentials and password. but it always failed saying the ONT failed authenticate to the OLT Service Provider.

Can anyone share the steps on how to do it?
Thanks in advance.

what credentials do you have? PPPoE is not enough in this case, you also need the PLOAM password, probably have to copy from old one

I read from unifi thread, the PLOAM password is basically the ont superadmin password converted into HEX format. Is that correct?

I just want to use one single 2in1 ont+router if possible. Save elctricity, less clutter.

This post has been edited by ulost16: May 14 2024, 05:21 PM

No it’s not. PLOAM password for time is the same as your PPPoE password. For maxis on TM infra, it’s [accountid]1.
It’s different for all ISPs.

Thanks for sharing.
So have you tried it successfully?
Btw, i also see ONU password which i have it. What is it for?

Yes I use my mesh node as my ONT now because I damaged the fibre port on it. Wdym by onu password?

Is it possible to access the router menu from internet? I can't find the option to enable it. As of now, cannot access the from the public IP of the device.

please.... dont do that, that's a terrible security risk

Sometimes I just need to remotely do some config. I will disable it after I am done.