---
title: "Bridging Huawei HG256s & D-Link DIR-855"
date: 2011-08-02 23:12:03
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2011/08/02/bridging-huawei-hg256s-d-link-dir-855/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - Network
tags:
  - D-Link
  - DIR-855
  - HG256s
  - Huawei
  - speedtest
  - tutorial
---

Went to StarHub Shop at VivoCity on the **24th June 2011** to apply for [MaxOnline Infinity](http://www.starhub.com/broadband/athome/fibrebroadband.html) which is Starhub fibre Internet service. I chose the [MaxInfinity Elite](http://www.starhub.com/broadband/athome.html#tabcontrol-1) plan which has a download speed of 150Mbps, upload speed of 75Mbps and international speed of 15Mbps. It cost **S$82.18 per month** for a 2 year contract.

They did not tell me when they are coming to set up the fiber Internet service. I waited a month and they called me on the 3rd week of July 2011 saying they will come on **26th July 2011** to install the service.

StarHub is forcing us to use the crappy Huawei HG256s Residential Gateway (RG) and there is no way to bypass it yet. I heard the wireless on it is just pure shitty. So the typical setup would be:

> Terminal Point (TP) -> Optical Network Terminal (ONT) -> Residential Gateway (RG) -> Router

If order to get your router to do the routing you need to bridge the connection between the RG and Router.

**Step 1: You need to disable WLAN and DHCP on the RG**

[![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6002061822_e34966966b_z.jpg)](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6002061822_6f3f351c3e_o.png)

[![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/6001514153_bc806ee1f2_z.jpg)](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/6001514153_343a394fa3_o.png)

**Step 2: Enable DMZ on the RG**

[![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/6002060646_e30d01d6f4_z.jpg)](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6145/6002060646_2bc57ca0c1_o.png)

My RG’s IP address is **192.168.2.1** and my router **WAN Port** is connected to my RG’s **LAN Port 1** with WAN Static IP address set to **192.168.2.2** on the router.

My router IP address is **192.168.3.1**.

> RG (192.168.2.1) -> DMZ (192.168.2.2) WAN -> Router (192.168.3.1)

**Step 3: Setting WAN Static IP on the Router**

[![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/6002063036_ac1cd13445_z.jpg)](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6128/6002063036_3ee28ecac2_o.png)

[![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6001514783_25f01f2e81_z.jpg)](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/6001514783_207fd1222a_o.png)

That is basically it. I have disabled all the firewall features on the RG side and let the router handle it. DDNS on the other hand is handled by the RG instead of the router.

[![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/6001511995_aa1a87039e_z.jpg)](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/6001511995_b4a8b3b69b_o.png)

Since the router is behind RG’s DMZ, port forwarding is handled by the router.

[![](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6001515295_2aefc6f4b5_z.jpg)](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/6001515295_54168f78eb_o.png)

![BEFORE (Cable): Speedtest - MaxOnline Ultimate (100Mbps)](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/6002098506_b04a22d1e7_o.png)

![AFTER (Fibre): Speedtest - MaxOnline Infinity Elite (150Mbps)](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/6001550393_952e6bddc7_o.png)

I am unable to obtain 150Mbps speed though. I am wondering if [Speedtest](http://speedtest.net/) can output more than 100Mbps. However I am able to obtain about 80Mbps on 2 computers while doing Speedtest simultaneously. I did my speedtest on [StarHub’s Speedtest](http://broadbandspeedtest.starhub.com/speedtest/) before doing it on [Speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net/).

Upon further investigation, I am actually on 150Mbps, I downloaded an iPad 2 firmware update (iOS 4.3.5) from Apple and I am getting about 16MB/s to 18MB/s which is about 128Mbps to 144Mbps. Woot!

[![A](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6009/6002059346_27b5260520_c.jpg "A Flickr gallery by Lester Chan (@lesterchan)")](https://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterchan/albums/72157627339647050 "A Flickr gallery by Lester Chan (@lesterchan)")

## Credits

Thanks to MarineX for [his post on HardwareZone Forums](http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=3271855).