Guide Are Tata Play and Jio Fiber Routers as locked as Airtel Fiber's?

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dash2009

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So I have been using Airtel fiber for the past 3 years and everything was fine and dandy until recently when Airtel decided to push some updates to my router and completely lock it down. I can't even touch as basic setting as changing the default DNS.

I tried contacting Airtel Customer Support, but they pretty much said it's just the way it is from now on. I don't really agree with such policies, and I am planning to switch. But unfortunately, only Airtel, Tata and Jio are available in my society.

So I am wondering if Tata and Jio are also putting similar restrictions on their routers or is it just Airtel?
 
At least on mine, Jio allows you to configure most things (I think) through the Jio Centrum panel. Only problem is the interface is so slow it can take multiple minutes to make a simple change.

I can take some screenshots once I get home if you'd like.
 
dash2009 said:
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If you just want to change DNS settings then you can in Jio. But there are a lot of configuration settings disabled on Jio Centrum site.

Right now you can use search bar to reach but you never know in future if they remove that loophole.

You can’t enable bridge mode in jio fiber routers.

A lot of sites don’t load on Jio, works fine through my Airtel mobile data.
 
In Tata you can config your own dns.
If you could recall your last good firmware you could flashback but afaik firmware gets auto updated in jio and airtel while in tata its all manual aka firmware is never updated and you have to get your Ont changed with the latest firmware batch.
 
Typhon said:
If you just want to change DNS settings then you can in Jio. But there are a lot of configuration settings disabled on Jio Centrum site.

Right now you can use search bar to reach but you never know in future if they remove that loophole.

You can’t enable bridge mode in jio fiber routers.

A lot of sites don’t load on Jio, works fine through my Airtel mobile data.
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I don't want just the option to change DNS, I am looking for the ability change lan address, enable/disable wifi, change wifi name or credentials and if its not too much to ask configure the router in bridge mode whenever I want at my will, Basically I am looking for a unlocked router, The way it should be. This new policy of Airtel is just stupid.

nRiTeCh said:
In Tata you can config your own dns.
If you could recall your last good firmware you could flashback but afaik firmware gets auto updated in jio and airtel while in tata its all manual aka firmware is never updated and you have to get your Ont changed with the latest firmware batch.
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I have Sercomm AOT-4221SR and after the latest update option to flash firmware is also gone. Also no tool or firmware is available for this router yet.
 
dash2009 said:
I don't want just the option to change DNS, I am looking for the ability change lan address, enable/disable wifi, change wifi name or credentials and if its not too much to ask configure the router in bridge mode whenever I want at my will, Basically I am looking for a unlocked router, The way it should be. This new policy of Airtel is just stupid.
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Yeah then Jio is a bad choice. If any of your friends have Jio and is willing to help you check the Jio Centrum site, would recommend do that before switching over.
 
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