RAX50 & Option61

[cuke2u]

Good afternoon,

Can I ask if Option61 for the use with Sky FTTC exists for this router? If so where will I find it within the settings?

Cheers...

Edit: Apologies as this should be in the Nighthawk thread..

[plemans]

https://kb.netgear.com/000062426/Which-NETGEAR-routers-support-DHCP-option-60-and-61

[cuke2u]

Thanks for your reply. I've already investigated that link and noted it was just over a year old but did include both the RAX40 and the RAX80, hence my question.

I understand the RAX50 isn't a DSL version but other manufacturers routers do support option 61 so a DSL modem can be connected to them with the router authenticating the FTTC connection.

[CrimpOn]

The user manual for the RAX50 does not mention DHCP Option 60 or Option 61, just as the user manual for my Orbi RBR50 does not mention them.  However, on the Internet setup page, this appears:

And, the RBR50 is not mentioned on that Knowledge base article.  Appears to a county boy that the article is incomplete.

Ordinarily I would recommend calling the "Pre-Sales" technical support number, but I have a suspicion that whoever answers those calls will simply look in the user manual and find...... nothing.

[cuke2u]

Hi CrimpOn and thanks again, yes no mention in the manual and I can't find it in the firmware either under Internet Setup either.

Looks like I'll be sending it back...

[CrimpOn]

The same options appear at the bottom of the Internet Setup page on my Advanced Tab.

(Oh dear, I don't know if RAX50 has "tabs".)

[cuke2u]

Thanks again, I'll take another look tomorrow..

[cuke2u]

Good morning, I've looked and all I get is this:

[CrimpOn]

Learn something every day.  In this case, a fundamental part of every consumer router is not the same from one model to another.

That article says the RAX40 and RAX80 support Option 61 after a certain firmware update, and the Release Notes for those models specifically mention Option 61 as one of the changes.  I cannot find any Release Notes for the RAX50 that mention Option 61.

If this RAX50 is on the latest firmware release and Option 61 is not showing, then it simply doesn't.

[cuke2u]

Quite, which is why I am returning it as being incompatible.

I would place a bet though that the internals of all three routers are more or less the same...