Setting the Alcatel HH71V1 Orange LTE router into bridge mode - methods and tricks

Hello,

I have such an LTE router together SIM card from Orange Alcatel HH71V1 03 012 7FE from Orange network such a white round cylinder. Is it possible to set it to bridge mode? The option in the menu is not there but maybe there is a trick?

mariusz.lubicz wrote:

Is it possible to set it to bridge mode?

Since you ask that, there is a problem but not with the lack of bridge mode, then?

There is no bridge mode anywhere in the menu. Do you know where it is? I need to connect it to another router on the network. There is nothing like that there. If there is then share the information.

There is nothing to share because there is no other software for this Alcatel, this equipment is not recommended by anyone because it is a weak router. On top of that with poor manufacturer support not to mention the lack of community dealing with such routers like Huawei for example. If you don't have this bridge mode in the menu you can't do anything with it. You have unfortunately chosen a poor hardware without the function you need.

I didn't so much choose it as they gave it to one of the SIM cards sort of as a gift, no extra cost or subscription I thought there was a way through telnet/ssh somehow. I will list on Allegro below the price of all others. He is new and in working order. Someone will definitely find it useful. Thanks for the info anyway.

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Can colleagues point out what to buy as such a router to have band aggregation, higher LTE category, 1Gbit LAN port, inputs for external LTE antennas and of course bridge mode? It can be with or without alternative software, because it will be connected to the main router anyway. Wifi modes don't matter, because I'll turn it off in it anyway.

mariusz.lubicz wrote:

There is no bridge mode anywhere in the menu.

That's why I ask, why do you even need such a mode on an LTE modem?

I want to have a public static IP on the interface of the other router. This one is to be used as a modem. This is what I have so far but on a USB modem. This is the third link.
Has anyone any types of hardware to recommend?
There is a Huawei b715 with three bands and you have to change the firmware, you have to disassemble it to upload it. But there are probably also with four bands. It's been a long time since I changed LTE but the time has come.

mariusz.lubicz wrote:

I want to have a public, static IP on the other router's interface.

And you have to buy one and pay monthly.

KOCUREK1970 wrote:

And you have to buy such and pay every month.

Yes I know, that's what I mean. I've always had it this way just want to change the operator because they put a mast 500m next to me and I can see it from my window. So far the directional antenna was looking at a mast 6km away and it got bad. Trees have grown up over the years and obscured the visibility of the mast by the highway and the signal quality dropped.
Now the signal is strong, I have antennas and I would like a router with bridge and band aggregation and I am just looking for what to acquire.

mariusz.lubicz wrote:

Yes I know, that's what I mean. I've always had it this way just want to change operators

Bridge mode does not make you get a public IP, such IP you have to buy from the op if available.
In Orange and Plus - public fixed IP address, or public floating IP address, for a fee for everyone. Public fixed IP address more expensive.
In T-Mobile - public fixed IP address, or public floating IP address, for a fee only for companies. Public fixed IP address more expensive.
In Play - no such service at all.
Public fixed IP address, or public floating IP address, charged monthly.

I know, I have purchased a public fixed IP for a long time and not one. The topic is very familiar to me, on routing from several links I know very well. The candidate Huawei B818 seems very good for a modem. Following this lead, I also found a successor "Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2 H122-373 router" only I don't know yet if it has a bridge, I'm going to look for the manual. It doesn't have 5G on the mast, but that will probably change and there would already be equipment at the ready. Unless this B818 can be snatched up cheaply from OLX then I'll let go of overinvesting. If there will be 5G then I will worry.
It looks like the B818 has a bridge for sure.
https://youtu.be/BmXrUq6Bv2E?t=818

mariusz.lubicz wrote:

It looks like the B818 has bridge for sure.

In one of the comments under the video:
Question to the Author of the video:
"Hello, this was purchased from some operator or from free distribution? I'm looking for equipment with bridge mode option as shown in the video and unfortunately operators are neutering the software and for example in such a b525 this option I don't have..."
Response to Author of the video:
"This is this router B818 from orange offer currently available. There is no simlock etc. Soft as in the video"
You just have to remember that these descriptions are about half a year old and could have changed something at the next software update (if there was one) however.

Sure, I already bought on Allegro from Polish distribution on the open market, not from the operator. I have, as if anything, 14 days. I'll do the update for now normal on a regular SIM card without bridge mode and see what has changed. People are writing in various places that it works and has good reviews about this band aggregation. In general they write surprisingly well, and these are not sponsored comments or cryptic advertising. Our compatriots who bought would surely write "what they think of the product" in Allegro comments. I will definitely write a follow-up when it arrives, maybe it will be at my place the day after tomorrow. I just ordered, and it's late.
The internet near the mast on the P40 mate phone shows over 200mbit, and this P40 also has the latest LTE Advanced.

Especially how is the coverage in aggregation of 4 LTE bands in Orange, which station do you use ?

Orange, on the mast 500m next door there are 3 bands. 800, 1800, 2100

Hello everyone,
Huawei B818 came 2 days ago. I can confirm that it has bridge mode and you can turn off each wifi band individually and as a whole. For some reason after turning on the bridge the wifi continued to work so it had to be silenced manually. The router has 2 LAN1 and LAN2/WAN ports. In the bridge it works on LAN1.
I haven't connected it to an external antenna yet because the new antenna didn't arrive and the old one has different tips. There are TS9 terminals on the B818 as if anyone is looking and they are awfully close together, let's hope the plugs aren't too thick.
First tests on Orange. The router exposed to the sill of an open window, without an external antenna, towards the mast was pulling 75/35. It was plus or minus a few Mbit. I positioned it every 90 degrees, put it down, and as it stood with the lights towards me/mast it was better than rotated 90 degrees. 10Mbit difference. Maybe with DL antennas it will get to a hundred?
I will point the antenna to another transmitter 5km away but having all bands and share my observations. Now when I project it in that direction it speedtest 30/15 and for sure it is connected to another BTS because I see another LAC/CID of that mast further away. We'll see on Monday when the antenna arrives.
What about the router as such is the software itself, the firmware inside, it's misery. As a modem it seems great but as a router a tragedy, almost useless.
Firmware in it was the latest from 2020, there is no newer.

An external antenna like the one in the picture arrived. Instead of improving anything it makes the number of dashes even worse and the speed decreases.
Tested it on this Huawei and on a Netgear LB1111. In both cases it worsens the signal and the number of dashes by 1-2 even. Tests on one cable inserted once here once there, on both cables, on both cables swapped places, antenna rotated in all directions, directed to a strong transmitter and to a weak one in the distance on the opposite side of the building. This below I do not recommend. Mine had a 5m cable, I'm doing a return.
Also, the terminals in the antenna do not go into the LB1111 and since it was long past warranty I had to ream, file down the holes, because I would not put the angled plugs.


What antenna do you recommend? How many can you buy and send back?

Products sold as Signaflex, new-electric and several other accounts avoid from afar, unfortunately, but instead of showing tests for LTE2100, LTE1800 and LTE800 on B818 outdoors and ss from the application and speedtests you bought an attenuator. Well, and it is common knowledge that for B818 you buy straight connectors TS9.

Then what antenna to buy so that it is good and the plugs are skinny and straight at the same time? Point out the model to my colleagues.

Then what kind of antenna to buy?