hyseptik
Member
I came upon a thread here with some knowledgeable people discussing the B818-263, and I was hoping someone here might have a solution to this problem as well.
I run an internet-facing server for multiple purposes. Recently, I moved into a house where 4G broadband is the only option at this time. The last owner kindly left his modem/router for me. I assumed it'd be simple enough to put it in bridge mode and use my own router. Not so!
I looked everywhere in the web UI and found nothing. Decided to contact my ISP (Telenor), and their advice was to buy a new modem. This seems like a waste of money when bridge mode is only made unavailable at the firmware level. So I found a website where I could (cheaply) buy a more recent and unbranded firmware version - 10.0.3.2(H190SP1C00) vs. the branded 8.0.1.1(H160SP2C517) that I currently have.
Unfortunately, attempting to install this firmware via the web GUI just gives me "Update failed" after a while, and no further explanation anywhere. I tried asking the people that sold me the firmware, but they just asked if I wanted a different version (don't think they understood what I meant).
In the other thread I happened upon, people were talking about unhiding hidden settings using Javascript. I was thinking this may be a solution. If someone can give me some pointers there, that'd be awesome. Even if it's just a css selector for the appropriate element(s), I can give it a shot.
Otherwise, I'm interested in advice on how to successfully change the firmware, and ideally thoughts on which version I should get. It's all but impossible to find any info online on what separates the different firmware versions...
Thanks for reading!
I run an internet-facing server for multiple purposes. Recently, I moved into a house where 4G broadband is the only option at this time. The last owner kindly left his modem/router for me. I assumed it'd be simple enough to put it in bridge mode and use my own router. Not so!
I looked everywhere in the web UI and found nothing. Decided to contact my ISP (Telenor), and their advice was to buy a new modem. This seems like a waste of money when bridge mode is only made unavailable at the firmware level. So I found a website where I could (cheaply) buy a more recent and unbranded firmware version - 10.0.3.2(H190SP1C00) vs. the branded 8.0.1.1(H160SP2C517) that I currently have.
Unfortunately, attempting to install this firmware via the web GUI just gives me "Update failed" after a while, and no further explanation anywhere. I tried asking the people that sold me the firmware, but they just asked if I wanted a different version (don't think they understood what I meant).
In the other thread I happened upon, people were talking about unhiding hidden settings using Javascript. I was thinking this may be a solution. If someone can give me some pointers there, that'd be awesome. Even if it's just a css selector for the appropriate element(s), I can give it a shot.
Otherwise, I'm interested in advice on how to successfully change the firmware, and ideally thoughts on which version I should get. It's all but impossible to find any info online on what separates the different firmware versions...
Thanks for reading!























