2700HGV and Fritzbox

[FritzBox]

I stand corrected

No worries James

Just one more before I hit the sack for a while(nights )

This is the option on the QWest RFC 1483 Transparent Bridging
Should that work?

Also has these options

RFC 1483 via DHCP
RFC 1483 via Static IP

[MisterW]

This is the option on the QWest RFC 1483 Transparent Bridging
Should that work?

I would think so, I can't imagine there is any underlying difference in functionality bewtween the firmwares, it's mainly user interface and terminology. I would guess they are referring to the same 'bridge mode' that the BT and Singtel f/w's are.

[FritzBox]

BTW this http://blog.marc-seeger.de/2009/07/04/change-dns-servers-to-opendns-on-the-fritzbox-7240 might help you with the DNS settings on the Fritzbox. Doesn't look simple though...

I've had another crack at this this afternoon. I can access and manually change the file, but nothing I do seems to save it, not even sure where to type the commands
I've tried
exit
/exit
/w
/q
w
q
/wq
wq
:w
:q

Any ideas anyone, any telnet clients that can do this sort of semi automatically?

[Steve]

I think it's 'vi' the text editor :x is save and exit.

http://www.cs.colostate.edu/helpdocs/vi.html

A windows client which may help is WinSCP

[MisterW]

Have you tried the method of exporting the configuration file, you can then edit it with notepad, then import it. Don't forget the trick with the 'Nocheck' to avoid a checksum error.

[FritzBox]

Have you tried the method of exporting the configuration file, you can then edit it with notepad, then import it. Don't forget the trick with the 'Nocheck' to avoid a checksum error.

Thanks Steve, will have a look later

MisterW, that's probably the easiest method, tho I used Crimson Editor, Fritz still doesn't want to recognise the file when you go to import it

[MisterW]

I must admit I've never tried it ( not got a FritzBox ) but I was going by this post http://www.ip-phone-forum.de/archive/index.php/t-227260.html whci is talking about changing the configuration to use VDSL.

For this to work you'll need FBEditor - The good thing about the FBEditor is that it changes the Checksum of the Fritzbox configuration file this allowing it to put changes back into the Fritzbox.
FBEditor can be downloaded here (http://hotfile.com/dl/86465658/cad4ba1/FBEditor-0.5.2.zip.html)or directly from IP-Phone (http://www.ip-phone-forum.de/showthread.php?t=79513)
Note: You can also use the Export function of the Fritzbox and save the configuration to a file and then edit with a editor such as Notepad++ - If you do this add "NoCheck = yes;" just above the line "**** CFGFILE:ar7.cfg". After editing restore the file via the web gui.

1) Start up FB-Editer and in "Datei" choose "Konfiguration Einlesen"(Means Read configuration)
...
5) In the FB editor choose "Datei" -> "Konfugration Zuruckspielen"(Means Put data back)
6) Let the Fritzbox restart - And you should have Internet. If not check the Extra tips/FAQ

Might be worth a look at FB-Editer, depending on how good your German is...

[FritzBox]

depending on how good your German is...

Absolutely non existant

The good news is I've cracked it with Telnet. It's :wq to save and exit. We have OpenDNS!
The Fritz is now running as a standalone router with no 2700 feeding it the WAN IP. I've re-flashed it with a Beta Firmware en-de-es-it-fr.84.05.04-19647
Let's see how I get on with the disconnections

[FritzBox]

Had so many disconnections last my sync has now dropped to 5024 I have never seen it this low before. The 2700 used to hold a constant 7616 no matter what
We had thunderstorms last night in it's defence, but that never affected the 2700
Just a shame it didn't get blown up

[MisterW]

Time to try the RFC 1483 Bridging option on the 2700 ?

[FritzBox]

Time to try the RFC 1483 Bridging option on the 2700 ?

I think your right MisterW. Not tonight though, it's beer time. Tomorrow is another day

[FritzBox]

Time to try the RFC 1483 Bridging option on the 2700 ?

As a bit of an after thought again, I bought the 7390 with half an eye on the power saving options. It's really green if I have to stick another modem in front of it. We have had a lot of problems with a VW car, I'm sort of thinking that I might have to lump German products along with French as products to avoid

[FritzBox]

Have pulled the Fritz for the time being, fed up with the disconnections, even with my sync down as low as 4880, the poxy thing can't help it's self. Gone back to the trusty 2700, this time with the QWest firmware rather than Singtel. Means I can't use my VOIP phone tho
Have also stuck in a complaint with BT about them not resetting my line when my ISP asks, while I was at it reminded them about my previous complaint about them not upgrading my exchange to ADSL2+
I sound like a right minging old git

[FritzBox]

I like my Fritz again now, after flashing with the latest firmware, the sync jumped to 6900, perhaps George got the clowns at BT to reset my line after all, as I was down on 4600. Still not syncing as high as a 2700(7616), but with the extra features and the VOIP phone I'm happy to leave it. No actual disconnections for days either which was my biggest hair puller.

[jskyrme]

Hi, I realise that since this hasn't been updated since June I'm probably a Johnny-come-lately to the party, just wanted to add my experience.  I have been an early adopter of AVM (and other German products) and was a little disappointed when I got my 7390 some time ago to see the ADSL speed wasn't anywhere near as good as the 2700.  I live at the end of a LONG ADSL line, and would get a regular ADSL connection on the downstream of around 2700-2800 (although I had seen it at around 3.2kbps once).  The 7390 won't ever go any higher than 2.3kbps.  I posted on other forums (forii? fora?  ) and the response I got was in essence that the 7390 is optimised for VDSL connections, it's just a happy coincidence it happens to sync with the UK's rather archaic ADSL exchanges.  Which kinda didn't really help cos that's all I can get 4 miles from the exchange.

So I started looking at alternative front-end ADSL solutions.  This grates somewhat, considering one of the things I love about the AVM is that everything is integrated into one solution, but if it means I get a better connection speed, I'm prepared to be a hypocrite to the green cause 

3 modems were recommended, can't remember what they all were but having had terrible experiences with Netgear I excluded that one, and the other one didn't register in my brain so obviously that one was excluded, leaving me with the BT 2-Wire.  Having invested all of 10 quid for that on Fleabay, I got it up and running with the help of other forums/fora/forii and eventually got it to work in bridge mode.  So I have a 2-wire connected to the 7390 using a normal LAN connection (i.e. straight-through wired lead), with the 7390 sat behind it, the only change to my original config being that the ADSl connection (on the Account Information page) is achieved through LAN1 rather than through the DSL feature of the 7390.  I think there may have been some earlier confusion about double-natting etc., but this doesn't happen.  I keep my 7390 with the default internal LAN of 192.168.278.x (otherwise trust me, you could be storing up problems in heaven with the VOIP config).  If I could explain it simply to help someone, the router is still the connection to the net, it just happens to leave via the LAN Port 1 and flow "through" the 2-wire onto the ADSL network rather than use the ADSL wire out of the 7390 itself.  After getting my ISP (used to be Freedom2surf, very reliable and I get a static IP - but now subsumed into TalkTalk) to modify my IP profile as a result of the 2-wire, I'm back to a regular 3.2kbps+ (and mostly 3.5kbps or so).  Meaning that this combination actually exceeds what I got on the 7270 and is nearly a whole MEG more than just the 7390 on its own.

So in summary, everything you need (apart from the rather complicated set up of the 2-wire modem, due to BT's 'lovely'  implementation of their firmware) is already in this thread I see.  And it's definitely efficacious as I've proven: at least, I believe a whole 1mbps increase in download capability to have been worth it for the 10 quid investment, extra power supply and running costs.

I don't know if this helps anyone but like everyone else on here, I'm more than happy to answer anything I can help with if someone is considering a similar setup or needs to know why I've had to do it this way.
Jeremy

[Rik]

Hi Jeremy and welcome to the forum. Anyone wanting to help is more than welcome here.

[Simon]

  Jeremy. 

[Ray]

  Jeremy.