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New - RAX35/38/40/42/43/45/50 Firmware Version 1.0.12.120 Released
New Features: 11/09/2022
Support Japan MAP-E and DS-Lite IPv6 feature
Support manually configure DNS sever option when SPC enabled.
Bug Fixes:
Fixes the issue where IPv6 DHPC r...
I use the dumb switch method. You put a dumb 5 port Gigabit switch between the router and fiber oan.
Turn on the OAN, turn on the AT&T provided router and let everything get up and running. You then turn on your netgear router, let it fully start up and configure the MAC address to be the same as the AT&T router.
Unplug the AT&T from the network switch and plug in the netgear modem to the switch. The netgear modem will take over and your should be connected to the Internet.
The AT&T modem is powered down and is only needed again if the OAN loses power or loses its connection to AT&T. The AT&T router has the authentication certificate that AT&T uses to authenticate the device (through the MAC address). But it only does it one time. If AT&T reauthenticated on a regular basis, the dumb switch method wouldn’t work. I have been using this method for 5 years now.
TLDR, the issues started immediately after 1.0.12 was pushed to my netgear router. Factory resetting and flashing an older firmware and factory resetting have not fixed the issue.
Turn on the OAN, turn on the AT&T provided router and let everything get up and running. You then turn on your netgear router, let it fully start up and configure the MAC address to be the same as the AT&T router.
Unplug the AT&T from the network switch and plug in the netgear modem to the switch. The netgear modem will take over and your should be connected to the Internet.
The AT&T modem is powered down and is only needed again if the OAN loses power or loses its connection to AT&T. The AT&T router has the authentication certificate that AT&T uses to authenticate the device (through the MAC address). But it only does it one time. If AT&T reauthenticated on a regular basis, the dumb switch method wouldn’t work. I have been using this method for 5 years now.
TLDR, the issues started immediately after 1.0.12 was pushed to my netgear router. Factory resetting and flashing an older firmware and factory resetting have not fixed the issue.
Interesting method. I put my ATT router on a different subnet, turn on IP pass-through mode, turn off the wifi radio, and hook ethernet between port 1 of ATT to the internet port of the RAX. ATT router does the handshake with ATT and passes the WAN addressing to the RAX. Great solution to atrocious ATT wifi while avoiding double natting.