Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

ripclaw said:
So, good news, sad news.

The good news: received my ZTE 5GTS with preinstalled Vodacom SIM card yesterday. Was up and running within a matter of minutes.

The sad news: despite the coverage map showing that my suburb and surrounding areas are 5G-enabled, the reality is that the ZTE is showing that I'm 4G+, which is evident by the light blue light on the front of the router. Maybe this will be rectified by Vodacom in the near future...

I have a question for those who use their ZTE 5GTS's with another router: did you put your ZTE into bridge mode or leave it as-is in order to access the dashboard?

Ta.
Click to expand...

l've done bridge mode and added a static route to my Unifi setup to still access the dashboard just changed the ip
 
William1102 said:
l've done bridge mode and added a static route to my Unifi setup to still access the dashboard just changed the ip
Click to expand...
Thanks. Can you please share your steps on how you did that? I'm guessing that you changed the default IP of the ZTE from 192.168.0.1 to something else and then configured the route on your Unifi stack? A screenshot or 2 would greatly help.

Thanks.
 
ripclaw said:
Thanks. Can you please share your steps on how you did that? I'm guessing that you changed the default IP of the ZTE from 192.168.0.1 to something else and then configured the route on your Unifi stack? A screenshot or 2 would greatly help.

Thanks.
Click to expand...

What is the IP of your current network (not the ZTE)?

You can use any IP along as it does not cause a conflict (like the IP 192.168.0.1) is in use

Under policy engine , select policy based route and under interface pick your wan and under destination enter the ip of the ZTE

All should work bridge mode only works on the first port of the ZTE

My 5G is at the office so I cannot screenshot
 
William1102 said:
What is the IP of your current network (not the ZTE)?

You can use any IP along as it does not cause a conflict (like the IP 192.168.0.1) is in use

Under policy engine , select policy based route and under interface pick your wan and under destination enter the ip of the ZTE

All should work bridge mode only works on the first port of the ZTE

My 5G is at the office so I cannot screenshot
Click to expand...
Thanks.

My current network is 192.168.2.x
 
Before I log a ticket, just want to check is anyone else hard down on Vodacom 5G or just me?

Feels strange that noone has posted that they are down yet the trace seems to be stopping within CISP's network.

1782843978324.png
 
ripclaw said:
So, good news, sad news.

The good news: received my ZTE 5GTS with preinstalled Vodacom SIM card yesterday. Was up and running within a matter of minutes.

The sad news: despite the coverage map showing that my suburb and surrounding areas are 5G-enabled, the reality is that the ZTE is showing that I'm 4G+, which is evident by the light blue light on the front of the router. Maybe this will be rectified by Vodacom in the near future...

I have a question for those who use their ZTE 5GTS's with another router: did you put your ZTE into bridge mode or leave it as-is in order to access the dashboard?

Ta.
Click to expand...
Speeds though?
 
Jason-ZA said:
Before I log a ticket, just want to check is anyone else hard down on Vodacom 5G or just me?

Feels strange that noone has posted that they are down yet the trace seems to be stopping within CISP's network.

View attachment 1918550
Click to expand...
Strange, I can reach your IP from my end- might have come back up now.
Is it still not working at the moment? Don't see anything obvious that would have caused that
 
CoolEscalator said:
Strange, I can reach your IP from my end- might have come back up now.
Is it still not working at the moment? Don't see anything obvious that would have caused that
Click to expand...

Yep, still dead, I have actually just opened a ticket before I saw your response here as I dont think its widespread / affecting everyone.

#COOL-20260630-2712374

Edit: It seems like traffic that doesn't flow through the 100.99.22.16 hop seems fine, eg the DNS IP:

traceroute to 154.0.1.1 (154.0.1.1), 30 hops max, 66 byte packets
1 * * *
2 10-60-254-214.local (10.60.254.214) 56.701 ms 57.676 ms 61.711 ms
3 sfp-tengig-2-as1-2901-echovc-apn.terjhbcgnatar0-coolideas.cisp.co.za (100.127.1.161) 57.632 ms 65.287 ms 70.929 ms
4 sfp-tengig-2-as1-2901-echovc-apn.terjhbcgnatar0-coolideas.cisp.co.za (100.127.1.161) 60.842 ms 66.395 ms 57.765 ms
5 loopback0.tri-jb3-dc21-a21-cr.cisp.co.za (154.0.0.75) 57.672 ms 64.638 ms 62.818 ms
6 154-0-1-1.core.cisp.co.za (154.0.1.1) 68.116 ms 59.449 ms 70.553 ms
 
Jason-ZA said:
Yep, still dead, I have actually just opened a ticket before I saw your response here as I dont think its widespread / affecting everyone.

#COOL-20260630-2712374

Edit: It seems like traffic that doesn't flow through the 100.99.22.16 hop seems fine, eg the DNS IP:

traceroute to 154.0.1.1 (154.0.1.1), 30 hops max, 66 byte packets
1 * * *
2 10-60-254-214.local (10.60.254.214) 56.701 ms 57.676 ms 61.711 ms
3 sfp-tengig-2-as1-2901-echovc-apn.terjhbcgnatar0-coolideas.cisp.co.za (100.127.1.161) 57.632 ms 65.287 ms 70.929 ms
4 sfp-tengig-2-as1-2901-echovc-apn.terjhbcgnatar0-coolideas.cisp.co.za (100.127.1.161) 60.842 ms 66.395 ms 57.765 ms
5 loopback0.tri-jb3-dc21-a21-cr.cisp.co.za (154.0.0.75) 57.672 ms 64.638 ms 62.818 ms
6 154-0-1-1.core.cisp.co.za (154.0.1.1) 68.116 ms 59.449 ms 70.553 ms
Click to expand...

Yeah I have also been down for a while. Looks like one of the NAT boxes maybe. Since 19:30.

Screenshot 2026-06-30 205132.png
 
Jason-ZA said:
Yep, still dead, I have actually just opened a ticket before I saw your response here as I dont think its widespread / affecting everyone.

#COOL-20260630-2712374
Click to expand...
Strange yeah, as I see No loss when pining your CGNAT IP

Also don't see an issue on my own one, so likely a tower issue , but strange that it times out on hop 7, very odd
1782845279648.png


1782845782763.png
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X