{"id":988,"date":"2015-12-23T23:13:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T21:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2016-04-14T13:13:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T11:13:13","slug":"kabel-deutschland-vodafone-and-their-hitron-cve-30360-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vioreliftode.com\/index.php\/kabel-deutschland-vodafone-and-their-hitron-cve-30360-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabel Deutschland (Vodafone) and their Hitron CVE-30360 device"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am big fan of Tomato firmware<\/a> (to be precise Tomato by Shibby<\/a>) and in the past 4 years I used it together with one ASUS RT-N66U<\/a> (located in Germany and having Kabel Deutschland<\/a> as ISP) and two Linksys WRT54GL<\/a> (located in Romania and having two ISP providers RCS & RDS<\/a> and UPC<\/a>). So, three locations, three IPS providers, three routers, Tomato firmware everywhere, having VPN site-2-site across these locations (using OpenVPN), PPTP server, Dynamic DNS, port forwarding, Quality of service (QoS) \u2026 – super awesome and reliable setup working all the time without issues.<\/p>\n

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Well, I recently decided to upgrade my internet connectivity for the place I have in Germany. My previous connectivity plan was 32 Mbit\/s download and 2 Mbit\/s upload. In combination with QoS was at the edge with my needs. For 5 additional EUR per month I upgraded to 100 Mbit\/s download and 6 Mbit\/s upload<\/a>.
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The upgrade procedure was simple – I changed the tariff plan through the KD Kundenportal<\/a>. Because I was upgrading to a higher speed it was necessary to replace the existing ARRIS modem with a new one (capable to handle 100 Mbit\/s). Kabel Deutschland<\/a> sent me the new modem by DHL and it arrived two days after the initial request.<\/p>\n

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Now the frustrations!
\nThe new device (Hitron CVE-30360) is a Wireless Cable Router, and is not just a simple modem how you normally would expect to receive for the basic setup. Despite the ugliness, the Hitron CVE-30360 also has the weakest administration interface and many missing features.<\/p>\n

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Allow me please to show how a Wireless Cable Router provided by Kabel Deutschland<\/a> looks like in 2015.
\n1. Hitron CVE-30360 is ugly as hell! Just look how big piece of plastic is (compare it with the iPhone 4 placed on top of it). There is absolutely no reason to be in this size!
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As comparison with the previous ARRIS TM602S modem.
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2. Maybe you guys will say “Yes, but it does more than the ARRIS TM602S does”. The answer is NO!
\nHitron CVE-30360 is wireless 802.11n \/ g \/ b \/ a capable, BUT you must pay additional 2 EUR per month to have the wireless functionality enabled<\/strong><\/a>.
\nSay what?!
\nSo, I received from Kabel Deutschland (Vodafone) a large piece of “furniture” who is ugly and on top of that it also has restricted functionality for which I have to pay extra if I want it enabled? Really? Pay more just to have wireless functionality enabled?<\/p>\n

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3. The management interface of Hitron CVE-30360 is same as the exterior design – ugly! It also has lots of missing features (far from what a basic wireless router provides).
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4. Wait! How can I make this big piece of plastic to act just as a modem and pass all the traffic to my ASUS RT-N66U<\/a> router? I don’t want to keep my ASUS router connected behind the Hitron device. I am losing so many features Tomato provides because of this configuration. I want to setup the Hitron CVE-30360 in Bridged Mode.
\nOK, prepare for it \u2026 \u2026 \u2026 -> the bridged mode is not available by default in the management interface of the Hitron CVE-30360 device. It is necessary to connect to the Kabel Deutschland Kundenportal<\/a> and perform the changes from there.
\nSay what?!
\nI received a device who can be managed via the ISP’s portal? Why??? Ohhh, I know why! Because Kabel Deutschland wants to be in control of what features are enabled on this device and charge additionally for basic functionality like wireless. How down is this?<\/p>\n

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So, connect to Kundenportal<\/a> -> authenticate -> MeinKabel -> Einstellungen (section) -> Interneteinstellungen ->
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-> and \u2026
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Yes, it says something about an update and the necessity to wait \u2026 – all FALSE!
\nI called the support and I found out there is a problem with their Kundenportal<\/a>. It has nothing to do with the device I received and it will be fixed in maybe couple of days.<\/p>\n

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At this moment I am in the “between” state. I need to return the previous modem (ARRIS TM602S) in the next 14 days, I still don’t have the Internet configuration I need to satisfy my needs, but I do have a much better connectivity. From all ISPs I ever had, Kabel Deutschland (Vodafone) is by far the one who provided the worst experience. Unfortunately I don’t have other options (Telekom is out of discussion also).<\/p>\n

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I really would like to have the device configured in the bridged mode, so I can pass all the traffic to my ASUS RT-N66U<\/a> router. In this way I can hide this mini “Xbox” (Hitron CVE-30360) somewhere behind my wardrobe.<\/p>\n

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Update: I was gone from home for about 5 days and on my return I found the bridged mode enabled. What a release!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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