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WAN VLAN Tagging for Fiber ONT
Hello, I just had Brightspeed fiber installed this past week at my house. The install included them installing a Calix ONT in my house and then connecting their own router to that. The included router...
- Thank you all, I didn't mention the c4000 at first and mentioned the calix ont because I wanted to connect the netgear directly to the ont using vlan tagging and was not going to use the c4000 at all, this shoud of worked but vlan wan tagging is not supported on the netgear. This forum helped me decide to use the netgear in ap mode, thank you!
Thank you all! I actually just switched from a cable isp to a fiber isp so as far as the internet quality goes I'm much happier. I ended up putting the router in AP mode and turning off the wireless radios on the ISP router. Would I need to do anything to prevent double nat or anything like that? Or does putting the router in AP mode ensure this won't happen? Thank you all! Speeds are looking good using thus method.
msvendsen wrote:
Or does putting the router in AP mode ensure this won't happen?
Yes. AP mode is one way of dealing with double NAT.
Thank you all! I actually just switched from a cable isp to a fiber isp so as far as the internet quality goes I'm much happier. I ended up putting the router in AP mode and turning off the wireless radios on the ISP router.
Does this mean that you have changed your modem since you started this conversation?
If so, what is that modem? And does it have a modem only "bridge mode" option?
- The modem hasn't changed since the start of this conversation, the modem is a Centurylink branded C4000XG fiber modem/router. It has an "IP Pass-through mode" but no actual bridge mode option. I believe ip pass-through may be similar though. Thanks again for all the insight, I greatly appreciate it.
msvendsen wrote:
The modem hasn't changed since the start of this conversation, the modem is a Centurylink branded C4000XG fiber modem/router.That's the first time that you have mentioned the make and model number of your modem/router.
You subjects says "Fiber ONT". Your first message mentioned a Calix ONT.
I can't see in this discussion when you switched from that to the C4000XG.
Is this the same thing that was connected to the Calix ONT?
From the details I have found for the C4000XG, it looks more like a cable modem/router.
Axon C4000 Modem User Guide | CenturyLink
In general, the makers of network devices often use the "C" tag, as in CXXXX, to denote a cable modem.
Unfortunately, the "fiber" tag is meaningless. You'd have a job finding any network without optical fibre in it somewhere. It usually stops some way short of the end user. But that doesn't stop ISPs from use the F word for marketing.
If that is your device, then it is a modem/router. That can complicate setting up the network, which is why the "what's the modem?" question is a regular here.
If there is no "bridge mode" you may have to work out how to get the RAXE300 to play nicely. So AP mode is probably the best option.
- Thank you all, I didn't mention the c4000 at first and mentioned the calix ont because I wanted to connect the netgear directly to the ont using vlan tagging and was not going to use the c4000 at all, this shoud of worked but vlan wan tagging is not supported on the netgear. This forum helped me decide to use the netgear in ap mode, thank you!
