How to Bridge Mode on the ZTE MC801A 5G Router 

You have deffo earned a new subscriber, some of your other uploads (in te description) have helped me soo much,thank you!

Thank you for this video. Helped me immensely. I have same router and was struggling to get the Tenda Mesh working with it and followed your instructions to bridge it.

. Just picked one up from cash converters! Brand new, £80! Cash converters broke the seal! Oddly, i had to manually set the 3 APN to iPv4 and APN 3INTERNET, even though that was the APN before. The ipv6 was throwing it out. You made it look so simple! Great router. Will be buying the outside antenna at some point too!

Great vid! Just what I was looking for! Thank you.

Thanks very much! I’ve got the ZTE and the lack of QOS was causing quite a headache with multiple devices gaming and streaming etc. Now I know what to do to get my new router up and running. You have yourself a new subscriber sir.

Been looking for this information everywhere, thank you very much! :)

Thanks for this video. I'm currently suffering an outage on my TalkTalk broad-band. A contractor digging up the street sliced through the Openreach cable cutting off me and a couple dozen other properties. I got the Three ZTE 4g router as a stop gap while we are waiting for repairs to be completed. The 4g bandwidth is very variable but better than nothing. I also have bought a Poynting external antenna which will be going up soon and hopefully improve the signal. This setup worked okay double nating but I have changed to bridged on the 4g now which is also working fine. I'm using eero mesh as the router. eero took a few minuets to settle after the config change. The main reason for doing this is when we eventually get TalkTalk back up (come on Openreach pull your finger out) I'm going to try a TP Link ER605 and set up load balancing or failover. The TP Link box is expected to arrive early next week, but no rush until TT is back up. I'm puzzling through how to set this up and are thinking of using the TP Link as the router and putting the eero mesh into bridge mode too. Has anyone tried this sort of setup? How did it go and are their any pitfalls to be avoided? On second thoughts could I use the TP Link just for load balancing / fail over and the eero to provide dhcp etc? I'll have to experiment...

keep on making videos like this

Excellent video 👍🏻

Great useful video. Thanks.

I have the same 5G hub and had a few issues getting the internet passed through to my Ubiquiti Edgerouter. What fixed it for me was making sure the router and modem were on different subnets / for example setting the 5G hub to (i think the default) 192.168.0.1 and my Ubiquiti router to 192.168.1.1. Started working after that

Thanks. Very helpfull!

Good video . I am struggling a bit with mine on bridge mode . I need to play with it a bit more.

very interesting thanks!

THANKS SO MUCH!!

cheers been looking how to set up with pfsense ,hopefully sorted it

Hi very helpful, a google search led me here, the Three provided ZTE MC888 (newer?) includes a cable modem mode, in addition to bridge mode. Do you know if this is preferable? I will be using a good old an Asus RT-N66U as my router as attempt to fix a lack of port forwarding support from Three

What's the difference between Mc801A and Mc888 pro? What's your recommendation? I can be connected from wifi and at the same time via cable with my TV? Or I have to choose only wifi or cable and not all of them together?

Built in Wifi is crap on these. I have one and have connected a Unfiy AP Pro to it and then turned on DHCP. Works a treat.

Can you get into the hidden menu without having to use a pc IE a mobile phone thanks

Do u advice to use bridge mode with a arouter gaming?

@freename Hi, Thanks for the video! I have a question: do you need a public ip sim to set the bridge mode system? I have a private ip sim in my huawei 818-263 configured in bridge mode and I don’t see any wan ip to my tplink deco main router.

Hi - Can you bridge over Wi-Fi? These devices need to be on a window ledge for best reception and I dont want all my other gear also up on the window.

Thank you for this video. Helped me immensely. No wonder it wont works as need to change to bridge mode. One question, are you using Lan Port 1 to wireless router? Or Lan port 2? Thanks

Thank you for your sharing , i would like to know if there have any performance increasing after setting up in bridge mode?

Hi thanks for the video, I have the same router with a public apn and I just cannot get it to give my laptop or router public ip! I cannot figure out what is wrong or with what sequence it must be done to not give me a private ip. (Bridge mode gives private ip with no internet access but ui access), Wireless broadband mode gives of course private ip range and internet access, also is accessible behind my main router. This is very weird issue, my provider does not know either. Its annoying as I cannot manage my network and I get double nat which causes issues. Any ideas?

I’ve just signed up to this for 24 months with 3. I have been using a BT whole home wifi mesh system with my previous ISP’s (Gigaclear/Virgin/Sky) - I just used to disable their SSID and use the BT one as I found it better than their signal strengths and coverage. As the 3 router has wifi6 and my BT discs don’t, I wanted to take advantage of that where I can and if not then would still like to have the BT mesh available. Then I can join the one with optimal strength depending on where I am in my house. Could I just leave the 3 router on wireless mode and plug the BT master disc into one of the Ethernet ports on the back of the 3 router? Would there be any disadvantage in doing it like that?

Hello, i have this router and it's working fine with my wireless devices but for my pc which is connected with cable, the internet speed is super slow for some reason. What can i do?

Hey man I don't understand this stuff but maybe you can help me. So I have the exact same Router, and it's pretty good. But often the network turns blue, drops to 1 Signal and switches to 4G causing it to be terrible. I'm gonna use Bridge Mode and connect my ZTE mc888 to my TP Link device. Do you think the results will be better? Like less disconnecting and stuff. Also please explain why my ZTE drops to 1 signal and goes into 4G mode because I really don't get this WiFi stuff. Forgot to mention I disabled the WiFi because I'm the only one that uses the Router for gaming WITH ETHERNET.

is there a way to bridge this with a bt home hub 5 ? so i can use the home hub as a switch i'm struggling to connect it I basically want to use the wifi on the home hub 5 to connect to the zte router

I have a Asus AX4200 with 3 AIMesh nodes that connects everything in my house. I want to use the ZTE router as an internet supplier to my Asus router via LAN and WAN connection so the ZTE only supplies internet to Asus router and not using the wifi of the ZTE. Can you tell me if you can put the ZTE in bridge mode and get full speeds on a connected router as I read some people don't get more than 30mb/s if going that route.

When i test multiplayer on my xbox it says there's a mtu problem, have you any idea what could be causing this please? Thanks in advance!

I have been trying to do the reverse with no success. I’m try to use a Zyxel NR5103e as the modem/router and the ZTE as a WiFi extension. I can connect to the net from the ZTE without issue but cannot connect to my ethernet printer connected to the Zyxel from the ZTE. Clearly, there are more steps to combining both networks as the ip addresses are different.

Very helpful video. The ZTE can only have 32 connections. Will bridging to another router get around the 32 connection limit?

I'm backwards with this to me honest I've got a EE 5g router and having issues with nat type as I can't change it currently most games NAT type is strict making games unplayable does that 3 5g router have a proper ip address so I could somehow change the nat

Does Anyone know if you can change the bandwidth to 2.4 on this router trying to set up a video doorbell ready to go away and its stressing me out 😪

Very helpful video, I have a question, i have one adsl connection and one 4g connection so 2 routers inside the house. So let’s say my adsl connection gives me a public ip and my 4g a private ip. Is this what I need to do in order to get a public ip address? Like use my 4g Wi-Fi router as a bridge? Is this a solution for getting a public ip on my pc over my 4g router?

Hi, great vid, I recently ordered the three 5G router the Huawei version, the speeds seemed decent even if a little unpredictable, the reason I returned it was that I couldn’t get it to work with my TP Link mesh system, every time I connected it up the internet would die. Would using bridge mode on this router fix that problem? Thanks in advance and keep up the good work :)

Hi I've just got one of these routers and the speeds are pretty decent in my location, but I'm having a problem connecting my smart devices, ie smart plug sockets, video doorbell, security cameras Etc . Because they all work off 2.4 ghz, I've been to my local Three store to ask for their advice on how to connect to the 2.4 ghz signal but they couldn't help me, I'm not a total tecnophobe, but pretty close😂 any help or advice you could pass on will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

can this work the other way around and use the mc801a as a router but connect it to virgin media hub and set that one as just a modem with no NAT?

Hi，what is the WAN setting on ZYXL router？The DHCP must be disable on ZTE router.

if you get an IPv6 address along with the IPv4 from the provider, will both be passed into the router?

I have an MC888 which looks same just newer model. I have put it in bridge mode and connected it to my Asus RT-AX86s WAN port and then in Asus Quick Internet set up changed the WAN setting to Automatic IP. This works but my speeds are very slow on all devices around 30mbps down and 13mbps up. When connected direcly to the MC888 I can get around 700mbps down and 55mbps up. Any ideas on whats causing this? Am I set up correctly? Any adevice appreciated as it will be great if I can get the high speed to my RT AX86s with M888 as modem.

Do you know if these will accept a different carriers Sim?

Hi back again with another question lol-sorryyyy. Anyway when i have one thing downloading with 3 broadband its fine good speeds BUT!!! when i set a second thing to download at same time it cripples it to the point where only one thing can download.. Any ideas please? when i was with Talk Talk i could have 2 or 3 different things downloading with no probs? Thanks in advance

I have a question Aint there option where i can limit a certain user For example i want user A to use only 5GB then once he reaches his limit he doesnt get access to the internet anymore

Hi have you tried band locking or the debug page and do external antennas work ? Kind regards

I saw that computer get IP from ISP on bridge mode, if i connect more than one PC each one can get diferent IP at same time from ISP

Good video thanks. I've just got this hub from Three. Switched it to bridge mode but can't get it to work with my googlewifi mesh. Hoped I could just slot out my ancient EchoLife HG612 but alas not! Any ideas?

Does it have an option to wireless bridge or do we need to plug a cable?

Does this work if I use the modem with other networks (eg lebara) ?

Does the ZTE on three provide an IPv6 address/network?

Nice clear video that proves I must be doing something wrong! With the 801a in bridge mode and a TP Link AX73 connected I cannot browse the web. With nothing except laptop, tp link & 801a I can ping external addresses fine but cannot browse to them. It's as if DNS isn't being passed other than for ping. DNS on the laptop is reported as 192 168 0 1 and the tplink is 192 168 1 1. Any ideas? Probably dead simple but I'm at a loss!!

Does the MC801A Three 5G router in bridge mode pass thought external IP requests? I’ve tried to connect to a CCTV camera in my house from an external location through the Three router in the normal broadband mode. I’ve added the port forwarding address to the firewall settings and bound the MAC address, then tried to connect through the WAN IP address, but it won’t respond or ping.

Is it possible to get a static IP with a 5g hub like this?

Can I connect my zte in bridge mode to my main router via wifi ?

I’m having issues with 3, this router won’t let me go onto debug page, the first month I got the router I easily got 250mbps down and after the grace period it went down to 1Mbps. I checked the network checked before the grace period was ended and they said that the engineers where working on the masts. 2 months later they are still working in the masts… claiming every week that 1 week it will be fixed, I asked to go to 2nd or 3rd line support and they are refusing telling me to wait as it’s not a issue that gets you those types of support. Pissed off that I can’t work remotely like my job entails I have the contract for 2 years and I’m stuck with 1Mbps…

Hi, very nice video. I have ran into a problem with my network at home. I was using the ZTE router as my main but upgraded to a fibre network and got a new router from my provider. I wanted to use the ZTE as an Access Point to cover my whole home with wifi but can't figure out how. So I connected the ZTE with my new router with a LAN cable and tried all modes (bridge mode, automatic and the other 2) but no luck. The SSID is the same and I turned off the DHCP on the ZTE. I know this video is old so probably will have to buy an Access point insted of using the ZTE. If someone can help me I would be really thankful. Already serched the whole internet but nothing. Greetings from Switzerland

I've got the older version of that 5g 3 router and I get around 500Mbps to 1Gpbs on average. I'm surprised your newer one couldn't even get to 100Mbps

Does the three router support port fowarding

How do I get remote acces to my router settings page from internet? When I enter my public wan to internet browser it only connects to ZTE modem config page how do I get pass the ZTE and acces directly to router settings... Or is it even possible in this setup. Thanks. 😅

just trying to understand the ethernet setup; did you connect LAN-LAN from your "3" device to your router, and then you took a different cable and connected it to your laptop from the WAN port of the router??

Hi, Do You have any idea my my crypto miner wont connect to any pools via my 5g router? It does via standard broadband router no problem. I tried chat gpt and had no luck MC888 ultra

Can you bypass a ZTE Rain 5G to work for all sim cards?

The fact that all I had to do is turn the mobile data off for this to work, makes me rethink my whole life. WTF????

Can you bridge this using home plugs? My router needs to be downstairs but the 5G hub is better upstairs?

The obvious thing for 5g is that putting this in your loft will give you a better signal. So bridge mode is important on these devices.

How to add dns or modify

Is this the 5G Hub (Qualcomm 5G SDX55M NSA/SA) that Three are currently promoting on their website? It looks the same but when I asked Three they categorically told me their hub did not have a 'Bridge Mode' option. If your video is showing that in fact they are wrong and it does have 'Bridge Mode' then I want to subscribe to their 5G Broadband service.

When u restart the router is the wan ip will change?

I assume at least one person somewhere in the comments of all your MC801a videos has suggested using an external 5G antenna / aerial? I use the "Bluespot mini" 5g (no 4g) aerial with my MC801a, but they also do various 4g /5g combo versions

It is worth to say that you are at risk while you plug your computer in the ZTE in bridge mode, because there is no more NAT to hide you from the bad guys, especially if you have switched off windows firewall. So you can check that your ip is the public one (or the private given by the LTE ISP if they use CH-NAT) but do not stay connected this way for a long time. Plug quickly the ZTE into a true router-firewall.

I'm rather envious of how smoothly bridge mode worked for you! I bought an Asus RT-AX86S and followed your video but the ZTE wasn't passing on the WAN IP to the router and the wifi was still running even in bridge mode. I disabled the wifi and DHCP but still no good so I had to manually set a static WAN IP on the Asus router but I'm guessing the problem there is that when that changes the internet will go down. I wonder why the automatic setting isn't working and also why the ZTE isn't working as it seems to in your example?

Could you tell me how to fix Network light being red so like it doesn't work

How do i find out the password for the website?

ipconfig/all ...

There is a script . That allows you access hidden features .