Since my first Modem+Router died (Was a Huawei SmartAX MT882), I got a newer one called UT300R2 by UTStarcomm. It looked sleek and all that but the landing page of the router seriously lacked options, giving only stuff like WAN config (For PPPoA, PPPoE, Bridged modes, etc.) and LAN config for DHCP, and almost nothing else.
I’m someone who requires port forwarding, virtual servers, etc. a lot for my daily work, and the lack of that option was a really bad thing; plus, being so attached to the internet, I didn’t want to go looking for a firmware upgrade solution and risk bricking it. Now, after about 2 months of getting this router, I realize I was stupid not to look beyond the landing page. It did have all the options, just not on its index page!
The feeling of being ultra stupid swept over me as I went to main.html via the history URLs (the old router’s landing page was main.html), and there it revealed all the options of the router, including some more from my former one! All I had to do was to go to http://192.168.1.1/main.html instead of simply http://192.168.1.1/, which I usually type. Gah, their simple cleverness worked against me!
