HUAWEI B315s LTE router for ADSL?

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arno.vanzyl

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Hi guys,

I recently bought a HUAWEI B315s LTE router for my home (Not for LTE though), since we dont have LTE coverage in my area.

I bought it because my default Huawei Telkom adsl router fell and broke.

Is it possible to use this router with my existing DSL line? I tried setting it up last night with no success... Called Telkom and they said it's not "synching"

Does anyone have the configuration for this router for DSL use?

Many thanks !:o
 
By the way,

I plugged my telephone cable into the RJ11 grey port at the back of it, like I would with a standard ADSL router... (We have no telephone) - we only use the line for data.

It does however have a yellow RJ45 port called LAN4/WAN at the back, but then obviously my RJ11 cable wont fit there?
 
arno.vanzyl said:
By the way,

I plugged my telephone cable into the RJ11 grey port at the back of it, like I would with a standard ADSL router... (We have no telephone) - we only use the line for data.

It does however have a yellow RJ45 port called LAN4/WAN at the back, but then obviously my RJ11 cable wont fit there?
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just put it in the small grey port. use 8 VPI and 35 VCI
 
Thanks,

But why then does it have a RJ11 port called "Tel" surely this is where your phone line for the DSL connects? it also has a setting for PPPOE like a normal router, but the difference is it's under "Ethernet Settings".. this is weird. You can even set the MTU, like with ADSL router
 
arno.vanzyl said:
Thanks,

But why then does it have a RJ11 port called "Tel" surely this is where your phone line for the DSL connects? it also has a setting for PPPOE like a normal router, but the difference is it's under "Ethernet Settings".. this is weird. You can even set the MTU, like with ADSL router
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It's for plugging a phone in
 
I just got one today, connected it to adsl, but no internet. Then this article helped me. So this modem / router cannot do internet via adsl then.
 
upup said:
I just got one today, connected it to adsl, but no internet. Then this article helped me. So this modem / router cannot do internet via adsl then.
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No it can't unfortunately. If you still want to use it buy the cheapest adsl2+ router. Put it in bridge mode and connect a cat5 cable on the Huawei b315 wan port to any port on the dsl modem. Now change the mode to pppoe + dynamic ip in the B315 and then you can put in the username and password for your isp.
 
cavedog said:
No it can't unfortunately. If you still want to use it buy the cheapest adsl2+ router. Put it in bridge mode and connect a cat5 cable on the Huawei b315 wan port to any port on the dsl modem. Now change the mode to pppoe + dynamic ip in the B315 and then you can put in the username and password for your isp.
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Thank you for that, I do have an old one.
 
upup said:
Thank you for that, I do have an old one.
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Yeah it works fine like that even for fibre. The connection mode on the B315 is auto so it should detect once you plug in a cable on the wan port. Just login and change it to pppoe + dynamic then you can put a username and password there and custom dns servers if you want. Works great like this and I believe Cellc Fibre also uses this type setup.
 
arno.vanzyl said:
Thanks,

But why then does it have a RJ11 port called "Tel" surely this is where your phone line for the DSL connects? it also has a setting for PPPOE like a normal router, but the difference is it's under "Ethernet Settings".. this is weird. You can even set the MTU, like with ADSL router
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You are lucky no smoke came out... It's for VOIP.
 
cavedog said:
Yeah it works fine like that even for fibre. The connection mode on the B315 is auto so it should detect once you plug in a cable on the wan port. Just login and change it to pppoe + dynamic then you can put a username and password there and custom dns servers if you want. Works great like this and I believe Cellc Fibre also uses this type setup.
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Thank you, this works. Only my Explora does not see the router, I think will plug in a laptop on the cable at the explora, then test the cable first. The wifi dstv adopter uses the same ethernet port.
 
upup said:
Thank you, this works. Only my Explora does not see the router, I think will plug in a laptop on the cable at the explora, then test the cable first. The wifi dstv adopter uses the same ethernet port.
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Now also if you want you can setup a SIP (Voip) account in the B315 and plug a normal phone into the B315 then you got Voip running too.
 
cavedog said:
Yeah it works fine like that even for fibre. The connection mode on the B315 is auto so it should detect once you plug in a cable on the wan port. Just login and change it to pppoe + dynamic then you can put a username and password there and custom dns servers if you want. Works great like this and I believe Cellc Fibre also uses this type setup.
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Bloody hell thanks man haha.

Was googling for this. The guys are installing and activating my line today, but the router is only shipping later today or tomorrow. So i have the B315 with LTE at the moment.. i've noticed the pppoe setting but i wasn't to sure if fibre would work.
 
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