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melmat
Aspirant
May 16, 2016
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Modem or ONT

Hi Team,

 

I am wanting to purchase this but before i do i was just wondering do i have to plug the R8500 into my current Modem/Router and apply bridge mode. Or can i plug the R8500 straight into the ONT on the UFB network and configure it from there. I was told this is possible but im not to sure as the R8500 is a WI-FI Router not a modem. Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks

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  • melmat's avatar
    melmat
    May 16, 2016

    Thanks, i forgot to mention that i live in New Zealand and after some research i found out that some ISP's in New Zealand will let a router connect to the ONT  only if it supports VLAN 10 tagging on the WAN port. So thats my next mission now is to find out if the R8500 has this feature.

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  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Guru
    May 16, 2016

    It depends on your ISP.  Some ISPs require you to use their gateway for authentication.  AT&T U-Verse is one of them.  If that's what you have, there are instructions for putting it into bridge mode.  Let me know if you need them.

    • melmat's avatar
      melmat
      Aspirant
      May 16, 2016

      Thanks, i forgot to mention that i live in New Zealand and after some research i found out that some ISP's in New Zealand will let a router connect to the ONT  only if it supports VLAN 10 tagging on the WAN port. So thats my next mission now is to find out if the R8500 has this feature.