HG659 would not allow Internet access to connected devices

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seeker123

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Wannabe Geek

#191963 22-Feb-2016 19:12

Hi,

I am in need of your help to solve a problem.

I have a new Vodafone Huawei HG659.

My landlord has Orcon Broadband line and she has given a Network port in our unit/apartment. I connected HG659 with that network port and all my devices can successfully connect to HG659. The problem is, none of my devices can access the internet.

When I connect laptop directly to the port through network cable; it works perfectly fine. It obviously shows that internet is available at the port but the router wouldn't let it through.

I have tried to reset to the router and done all sort of things and read many posts here but couldn't fix the issue. Is the HG659 locked with vodafone network or there is some other issue.

I shall appreciate your expert advice to fix the issue. Please be patient to explain coz I am not an IT or network expert.

Ciao :)

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tangerz

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#1497734 23-Feb-2016 11:50

You have to set the router up to work with the network connection you've been supplied with.

Here's a basic outline of what you'll need to do, (I can't be too specific as I'm not familiar with the router!)

1 - Reboot both the PC and the router.

2 - Connect the PC network port to one of the 'LAN' ports on the router.

3 - Login to the router web management page. Open a browser and enter 192.168.1.1 Username/password will be vodafone/vodafone or user/user or admin/admin (or similar)

4 - Find the 'Internet Setup' or 'WAN Setup' (or similar) You want to set this to 'Ethernet' as the connection and 'Automatic - DHCP' for the configuration. Save these settings.

5 - Login to the management interface again and change the login password to something different (and stronger!)

6 - Now connect an ethernet cable from the provided (Orcon) network port to the 'WAN' port on the router.

7 - Reboot the router and you should be good to go.

There are other things should do too like set up the wireless security. That can be done from the web management pages as well. Use WPA2 - PSK with a strong password.

xontech

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Ultimate Geek
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#1497806 23-Feb-2016 12:59

Not sure anyone has read the OP correctly. It sounds like the objective is to use the HG659 just as a switch - their landlord will have their router connecting to the Orcon Broadband service.

Two suggestions from me - plug the cable coming from network port in to one of the LAN ports in the HG659, not the WAN Port. Also disable DHCP on the HG659, you want the ip address allocation to come from your landlords router.

tangerz

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#1498418 24-Feb-2016 12:13

seeker123:

Thanks again tangerz. As you said " they have access to your computer or indeed anything connected to your router either wired or wireless"; would that put devices in my apartment at risk. If so, can I avoid this.

Thanks :)

Yes it would put your devices at risk in (at least) a couple of ways. First, if anyone connected to the same LAN (ie your neighbors/landlord) wanted to, they would have access to your devices. Now the chances are that none of your neighbors/landlord are that way inclined, but it's still a threat. The bigger threat is that if one of their devices is hacked/compromised, that hacked device now has easy access to YOUR devices!

The easiest way to protect yourself is to do the setup just as I outlined in the posts above, with your router connected via the WAN port which means you have a firewall. This is what protects your network from anyone 'outside' trying to access your devices.

Perhaps think of it like this. The WAN port on your router is like the locked front door of your house. It means YOU get to decide who can come in and get to your stuff (devices). The LAN ports of your router are like the open back door of your house. Anyone can come in and get to your stuff (devices) as they please.

So here is the setup again, with the extra 5a-5c steps included:

1 - Reboot both the PC and the router.

2 - Connect the PC network port to one of the 'LAN' ports on the router.

3 - Login to the router web management page. Open a browser and enter 192.168.1.1 Username/password will be vodafone/vodafone or user/user or admin/admin (or similar)

4 - Find the 'Internet Setup' or 'WAN Setup' (or similar) You want to set this to 'Ethernet' as the connection and 'Automatic - DHCP' for the configuration. Save these settings.

5 - Login to the management interface again and change the login password to something different (and stronger!)

5a - Find the 'LAN Setup' or 'Router Address' (or similar) page. Change the address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.5.1 (could be anything 2-254. I just randomly chose 5)

5b - Reboot router and computer.

5c - Login to the router at the new address of 192.168.5.1 The password is whatever you set in step 5. (This is just to check that you have reset the router to the new address)

6 - Now connect an ethernet cable from the provided (Orcon) network port to the 'WAN' port on the router.

7 - Reboot the router and you should be good to go.

There are other things should do too like set up the wireless security. That can be done from the web management pages as well. Use WPA2 - PSK with a strong password.