tompgilliam
Casual Member
My CPE Pro 2 is unlocked from the factory.
I have a few problems I wondered whether anyone could offer advice on.
Sometimes it's instant, sometimes it just hangs. I try hirouter.net and the actual ip: 192.168.8.1 and it just sits there in Safari. At least Brave gives me a timeout:
Safari sometimes warns me the connection's not private:
But it hangs even when I tell it to ignore and visit the page.
I think this is to do with Three in my area which has actually stopped offering 5G mobile broadband and, now I check, mobile broadband altogether!
When my contract ran out, in order to get the new device, I had to have it delivered to a friend in an adjacent postcode because they weren't offering it at my address. However my old (CPE Pro first gen) device was working fine so I figured it was worth it.
I find it really odd that Three 5G is consistently fine on my phone though. Which means that either:
There are a LOT of
When this happens (both 4G & 5G lights wink out of existence). If I want it to reconnect I have to unplug and plug it back in.
If this is going to continually happen to me I'd like to find a solution for doing it remotely or - even better - automatically.
What I want is for the router to be able to either reboot itself or, you know, turn off and on whatever the equivalent of aeroplane mode is for a router (which, I concede, may just be switching itself off and on).
I don't know where to download firmware files from. It says it's up to date but I suspect not because I don't know whether Huawei are updating ones that don't come from the carriers.
Perhaps they are.
Thanks everyone.
I have a few problems I wondered whether anyone could offer advice on.
1. Logging onto the router itself
Sometimes it's instant, sometimes it just hangs. I try hirouter.net and the actual ip: 192.168.8.1 and it just sits there in Safari. At least Brave gives me a timeout:
192.168.8.1/html/index.html?origin=xxx"
Safari sometimes warns me the connection's not private:
This website may be impersonating "hirouter.net" to steal your personal or financial
information. You should go back to the previous page.
But it hangs even when I tell it to ignore and visit the page.
2. The router frequently loses signal.
I think this is to do with Three in my area which has actually stopped offering 5G mobile broadband and, now I check, mobile broadband altogether!
When my contract ran out, in order to get the new device, I had to have it delivered to a friend in an adjacent postcode because they weren't offering it at my address. However my old (CPE Pro first gen) device was working fine so I figured it was worth it.
I find it really odd that Three 5G is consistently fine on my phone though. Which means that either:
i) there are different 5G masts for different devices (that are being worked on .. the three website always says something about work going on in my postcode
ii) my phone automatically turns its modem off and then on when it gets disconnected (never seen this happen though)
iii) Three knows it's a router that's in an area that's not supported and either stops giving it priority or just periodically boots it off.
Here's some info from the system logs. I don't know how much of this is relevant though. No idea why it thinks it's 1970.| 2022-01-04 12:47:52 | (***.***.*.***) Action AddPortMapping execute by UPNP Success |
| 2022-01-04 12:46:53 | Device **:**:**:**:**:** disconnect m*********l |
| 2022-01-04 12:46:53 | (***.***.*.***) Action AddPortMapping execute by UPNP Fail, Errorcode:501 |
| 2022-01-04 12:46:12 | (***.***.*.***) Action AddPortMapping execute by UPNP Fail, Errorcode:501 |
| 2022-01-04 12:45:52 | (***.***.*.***) Action AddPortMapping execute by UPNP Fail, Errorcode:501 |
| 2022-01-04 12:31:14 | Detect UDP port scan attack, and the attack has been blocked, scan packet from 192.168.8.162 |
| 2022-01-04 12:30:47 | Device **:**:**:**:**:** connect m*********l |
| 2022-01-04 12:30:47 | Device **:**:**:**:**:** connect m*********l |
There are a LOT of
Device **:**:**:**:**:** connect m*********l
I don't know what that means.
3. When the router loses signal.
When this happens (both 4G & 5G lights wink out of existence). If I want it to reconnect I have to unplug and plug it back in.
If this is going to continually happen to me I'd like to find a solution for doing it remotely or - even better - automatically.
What I want is for the router to be able to either reboot itself or, you know, turn off and on whatever the equivalent of aeroplane mode is for a router (which, I concede, may just be switching itself off and on).
In a fundamentally misguided moment I installed a HomeKit plug to turn the router off and then on again; I figured I could use HomeKit despite the internet being down. All went well until I turned the router off and then realised that I had no wifi with which to turn the HomeKit plug on. Genius.
4. Where to get the firmware to update the router?
I don't know where to download firmware files from. It says it's up to date but I suspect not because I don't know whether Huawei are updating ones that don't come from the carriers.
Perhaps they are.
| Device | H122-373 |
| Hardware version: | WL1H122M |
| Software version | 10.0.5.13(H612SP5C1217) |
| Web UI version | WEBUI 10.0.5.1(W2SP7C1217) |
| Configuration File Version | H122-373-CUST 10.0.3.2(C1217) |
Thanks everyone.























