Hello!
I dug out the dusty closet and really needed the ZXHN H118N from Dom.ru.
The problem lies in its limited firmware, which is tied to the provider Dom.ru (Ertelecom), where you can only enter the username and password for PPPOE to connect to the internet.
This functionality is sufficient for a housewife, but not for me.
So, we will reflash this router!
The first difficulty is that you can’t reflash it either. Dom.ru took care of this thoroughly. You can only use Dom.ru firmware. But in the old firmware of Dom.ru, to which you can roll back (downgrade), there is an option to upload the original ZTE firmware.
1. Enter in the address bar Then click any character — it will show the factory web interface.
2. Go to the 'Management' page
3. Tab 'Firmware Upgrade'
4. First, we flash the firmware from DOMRU — (Old Dom.ru firmware with upgrade capability).
5. After flashing, the router gets IP — 192.168.0.1. But it won’t let you in through the WEB interface. You can only access it via TELNET — User: root Pass: root (for those interested).
6. By pressing the reset button, we restore it to factory settings.
6.1. The router may change the address to 192.168.1.1, and also in the settings of your device connected to the router, you need to manually specify the details
IP 192.168.1.2
Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
Without this, accessing 192.168.1.1 redirected me to a 404 page.
7. Access to WEB appears with user: admin pass: admin
8. Then from point 4. We only flash with the original firmware taken from the archive —
9. Access to WEB with user: admin pass: admin
P.S. There are many forums on the internet filled with similar topics, and an abundance of methods and information. This is the specific method that helped me, I hope it helps you too.
Source: habr.com
