I am currently living with my parents and we have just started an Internet contract with a 5G wireless company.

The issue is the MFND settings are behind a password and likely not allowed access by the ISP. Even if they weren’t doing port forwarding on 5G likely isn’t possible because of CGNAT. I think I can use cloudflare tunnels or tailscale to get around this, and not many things need to be directly accessible from the Internet.

The more annoying thing is that setting DHCP reservations likely isn’t possible without getting access to the settings. It’s going to make setting up static IPs difficult too.

Before anyone asks fixed line Internet almost certainly isn’t practical in this area. Getting our own modem while possible is more expensive and potentially difficult, and would mean cancelling the contract.

Is there a reasonable way to work around these issues?

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

  • cron@feddit.deEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Maybe call your provider and ask them? Sometimes they hide settings in the user UI but can easily disable DHCP for you.

    Another option that is sometimes offered by the provider is another, more capable router model. This might cost a little more.

    • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      It’s not a lack of settings on the router. It’s that I can’t login to the router because only they have the password. I will double check but it’s not in the normal place on the router, and it wasn’t included in the paperwork.

      I did the research on the company, and both routers seem to have roughly the same capability. They are selected seemingly at random for the package I am on.

      • Possibly linuxEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Calling them is step one. Step two is to inform them you will be bringing your own device.

        • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeOPEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Not an option. Costs too much, and my family have already agreed to this provider. It would mean sending their device back. Then there is the risk we get a device and it doesn’t work, which already happened once.