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netopia 2247NWG jailbreak?

  • 18-07-2011 6:30pm
    #1
    zom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭


    I need wireless router and I have 2 old Eircom Netopia's routers (netopia 2247NWG). I wonder if I can by any chance jailbrake them to get access to all settings and reuse them as standard (non-eircom) network routers? I did smal research but I couldn't find anything about hacking that model - what do you think? Can it work?


Comments

  • #2
    roast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭roast


    What do you mean? Do you want to be able to use them on other providers connections? Because that's possible anyway, all that needs to be changed is the PPPoE Username and Password.
    Flashing the firmware to a generic Netopia firmware has no added benefits.


  • #3
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    That's a DSL modem/router, and if you want to use it as a router only, you can't.


  • #4
    zom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭zom


    I thought about using it as a wifi AP. I know it works fine as switch connecting 2-4 computers but somehow is messing with internet if connected (probably because it's branded for Eircom). Well - I can't access PPPoE settings anyway (probably because it's branded for Eircom) so that's why I ask if I can "jailbreak" it?


  • #5
    kaahooters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 675 ✭✭✭kaahooters


    http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index

    your looking for that.


  • #6
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    There have never been reports on here of being unable to access the ppoe settings - what you tried so far?


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  • #7
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    Should not need a jailbreak to work as a modem but does need a jailbreak to remove the backdoor 'feature' .

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64009166&postcount=6


  • #8
    lucernarian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    jor el wrote: »
    That's a DSL modem/router, and if you want to use it as a router only, you can't.
    That's not necessarily true. Not with updated firmware anyway. The netopia 2247NWG I have was used as a wireless router alongside a Digiweb wireless service, with a cable plugged to the digiweb modem and one of the lan sockets of the netopia. However in that case, it wasn't really behaving as a router but more as a wireless access point and 3-way switch combi with added security features. A firmware upgrade to 7.8 allowed port 4 to be converted into a true WAN port, with the DSL port switched off. This made it function as a typical router much like how the WRT54G and others would operate, albeit with only 3 LAN ports instead of 4.

    This feature is called LAN/WAN Turnaround in the netopia's menu.

    Updated firmware doesn't remove the eircom branding but it does let the netopia work as a router for any other broadband service that provides a modem with an ethernet port. E.g. UPC, Digiweb Metro.


  • #9
    CRM Ireland
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 350 ✭✭CRM Ireland


    To_be_confirmed wrote: »
    That's not necessarily true. Not with updated firmware anyway. The netopia 2247NWG I have was used as a wireless router alongside a Digiweb wireless service, with a cable plugged to the digiweb modem and one of the lan sockets of the netopia. However in that case, it wasn't really behaving as a router but more as a wireless access point and 3-way switch combi with added security features. A firmware upgrade to 7.8 allowed port 4 to be converted into a true WAN port, with the DSL port switched off. This made it function as a typical router much like how the WRT54G and others would operate, albeit with only 3 LAN ports instead of 4.

    This feature is called LAN/WAN Turnaround in the netopia's menu.

    Updated firmware doesn't remove the eircom branding but it does let the netopia work as a router for any other broadband service that provides a modem with an ethernet port. E.g. UPC, Digiweb Metro.

    This sounds just like the problem Im having. I have Net1 internet and there isnt a router supplied with it. Im trying to figure out how to setup my Netopia router so that I can have the other 3 Ethernet ports and the wireless connection provide internet. At the moment, I only have one pc connected.

    I cant access the router settings on my pc, it shows as an error when i input the router IP address. However I can connect with my tablet and my smartphone wirelessly. When I try to enable the LAN/WAN turnaround option, it asks me to save and restart the router. When I do, nothing happens at all, I cant even access the settings on my tablet, so I have to hit the reset button on thr router to get back to the settigns page.

    Whats the best way to do this?


  • #10
    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    what ip range does net1 use 192.168.1.nn is it, try getting the netopia to allocate 192.168.2.n addresses instead.


  • #11
    CRM Ireland
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 350 ✭✭CRM Ireland


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    what ip range does net1 use 192.168.1.nn is it, try getting the netopia to allocate 192.168.2.n addresses instead.

    Its 109.234.100......


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