Binatone DT 845W Wireless ADSL2+ Router

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

I got access to a leftover Binatone DT 845W Wireless ADSL2+ Router,
which I'm thinking if I can make use of. I'd like to bridge it with my
current wifi router so that things that are wire dependent can make
use of this router's ports and I still don't run cable throughout the
house.

Problem:
Router behin says default username: admin password: password

I tried to reset. Not sure if it did or not. I connected a lan cable
to it hoping to get an IP so that I could log in into the router and
explore. But it does not provide any IP.

This router takes a telephone Line-In. Is this device something I can
make use of ? Or is it useless otherwise?

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[Kingsly John]

+++ Ritesh Raj Sarraf [2011-07-04 18:04:59]:

> Problem:
> Router behin says default username: admin password: password
>
> I tried to reset. Not sure if it did or not. I connected a lan cable
> to it hoping to get an IP so that I could log in into the router and
> explore. But it does not provide any IP.

Try manually assigning an IP to your eth0 interface and try connecting to the
router. The router will most likely have an address of 192.168.0.1 or
192.168.1.1 so assign something from the same /24 subnet and you should be
able ping the router.

> This router takes a telephone Line-In. Is this device something I can
> make use of ? Or is it useless otherwise?

You can use it for what you want to do.

Kingsly

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[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On 07/05/2011 02:38 PM, Kingsly John wrote:
> Try manually assigning an IP to your eth0 interface and try connecting
> to the router. The router will most likely have an address of
> 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 so assign something from the same /24
> subnet and you should be able ping the router.

Thanks. That worked.

> You can use it for what you want to do. Kingsly

I couldn't find much. The router does have 4 modes: Static, DHCP, PPPoE,
and Bridge. I selected Bridge mode but I don't see any changes in other
pages where I could set some configuration for it to bridge with my
other wireless router.

Do you have any suggestions ?

Ritesh

[Kingsly John]

+++ Ritesh Raj Sarraf [2011-07-08 01:00:54]:

> On 07/05/2011 02:38 PM, Kingsly John wrote:
> > Try manually assigning an IP to your eth0 interface and try connecting
> > to the router. The router will most likely have an address of
> > 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 so assign something from the same /24
> > subnet and you should be able ping the router.
> Thanks. That worked.
>
> > You can use it for what you want to do. Kingsly
> I couldn't find much. The router does have 4 modes: Static, DHCP, PPPoE,
> and Bridge. I selected Bridge mode but I don't see any changes in other
> pages where I could set some configuration for it to bridge with my
> other wireless router.

Those options are for the DSL part of the router. You can connect your phone
line into the router and go with PPPoE and enter your ISP username/password
into it.

If you already have a DSL router you are only going to be using the ethernet
switch part of this device. So just plug everything(DSL router + wifi-router
+ other devices) into the ethernet ports and everything should work.

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On 07/08/2011 02:44 PM, Kingsly John wrote:
>> I couldn't find much. The router does have 4 modes: Static, DHCP, PPPoE,
>> > and Bridge. I selected Bridge mode but I don't see any changes in other
>> > pages where I could set some configuration for it to bridge with my
>> > other wireless router.
> Those options are for the DSL part of the router. You can connect your phone
> line into the router and go with PPPoE and enter your ISP username/password
> into it.

I don't have an extra phone line. This was a leftover router. The
current adsl modem, that I use for airtel connection, is just a plain
adsl modem. That I connect to my Linksys Wireless Router.

> If you already have a DSL router you are only going to be using the ethernet
> switch part of this device. So just plug everything(DSL router + wifi-router
> + other devices) into the ethernet ports and everything should work.

So in this case, it'd have the telephone line as its Line-In (which I
can't connect as I am already using a separate modem). So how do I make
use of it as a Wifi router only and bridge it to my other (Linksys) wifi
router ? Doable ? Can I put a community firmware on top of it ?

Thanks for your help.

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On 07/08/2011 05:12 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> So in this case, it'd have the telephone line as its Line-In (which I
> can't connect as I am already using a separate modem). So how do I make
> use of it as a Wifi router only and bridge it to my other (Linksys) wifi
> router ? Doable ? Can I put a community firmware on top of it ?

This is what I was looking for (and I'm sure this is what you were
referring to).
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-turn-an-old-router-into-a-wireless-bridge/

I had used a new essid instead on the current router's essid. I'll try
it today. Hopefully it works.

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On 07/08/2011 05:28 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> This is what I was looking for (and I'm sure this is what you were
> referring to).
> http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-turn-an-old-router-into-a-wireless-bridge/
>
> I had used a new essid instead on the current router's essid. I'll try
> it today. Hopefully it works.

And it does not have the option. This router's firmware shows no option
to bridge the wireless interface with with an essid. The bridge is only
for the adsl stuff (some PVC[0-9] thingie).

I guess I have to see if I can switch the routers instead. Then maybe I
can use my Linksys router to bridge with this one.

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On 07/08/2011 09:33 PM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> I guess I have to see if I can switch the routers instead. Then maybe I
> can use my Linksys router to bridge with this one.

And it worked. DD-WRT is awesome. :-)

[Shishir Sharma]

What version did you download specifically. I cant find Binatone DT845W in supported list of DD wrt.

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On Saturday 12 May 2012 07:32 PM, Shishir Sharma wrote:
> What version did you download specifically. I cant find Binatone
> DT845W in supported list of DD wrt.

Binatone DT845W runs with whatever the stock firmware it had. I flashed
ddwrt on my Linksys router and then bridged it with my Binatone router.
Works perfect and is very straight forward. All thanks to the hint and
help Kingsly provided.

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

The mail chain clearly states, that I did not flash ddwrt on the Binatone router. It ran its stock firmware.

On Sunday 12 July 2015 02:14 PM, Gurjot Ahuja wrote:

hi ritesh,

I have one D-Link router connected to internet and one Binatone router on which I want to install DD-WRT. But I am unable to locate Binatone in the List of supported routers.

Which version you installed on the binatone router?

[Gurjot Ahuja]

hi ritesh,

I have one D-Link router connected to internet and one Binatone router on which I want to install DD-WRT. But I am unable to locate Binatone in the List of supported routers.

Which version you installed on the binatone router?

On Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 9:02:28 PM UTC+5:30, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: