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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!
msvendsen wrote:
They state that a 3rd party router can be used but it must support VLAN tagging on the WAN which I haven't been able to do.
Does Brightspeed have a user group like this one? Then you could throw that issue at them. That name has not come uyp here before.
I suppose it is too much to ask the ISP for help in setting up routers to work on its network. They are generally technically ignorant and reluctant to help with third party hardware.
One way to get the RAXE300 to work on your network would be to put it into access point mode behind the ISP's router. That disables a lot of features, but at least the WiFi would work. You can also use the router's USB storage in AP mode.
Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Thank you for the reply! Brightspeed acquired Centurylink fiber in my area so I may look at any centurylink user forums as the equipment is the same. The isp does not provide any support at all when using third party equipment unfortunately, other than telling me I have to set VLAN tagging to 201 on the WAN.
I hadn't thought of putting the router in AP mode, I may end up doing this if there is no way to setup WAN vlan tagging for this router.
I hadn't thought of putting the router in AP mode, I may end up doing this if there is no way to setup WAN vlan tagging for this router.
msvendsen wrote:
The isp does not provide any support at all when using third party equipment unfortunately, other than telling me I have to set VLAN tagging to 201 on the WAN.One good reason for signing up with someone else. The pity is that in many markets competition barely exists.
There's quite a lot of stuff here:
set VLAN tagging to 201 - Google Search
- 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.
- Wanted to add the only down side I am seeing is about a 3 or 5ms increase in wireless ping to the first hop compared to using the provided router. Not seeing any increase in ping on the wired side. Thanks again!