No internet Airtel PPPoE on Archer C6

[sloj]

Try removing VLAN from router as it must have already been defined on ONT as @rohitks mentioned. Otherwise it's acting just as an extension to your ONT which is handling every task.

 

[gaurishhs]

i had removed vlan but then pppoe was stuck on connecting.

 

[sloj]

Then it must be MAC address related issue. On openwrt the problem shouldn't happen if you plan to flash that and try. I use openwrt on pi and have copied MAC address for PPPoE and it worked without issue but on TP-Link xc220 it had the issue like yours because of MAC address binding. You may not need to copy MAC address for Airtel but try that to confirm.

 

[tkrsh]

You need 1gig plan and the better airtel router for bridge mode if not contact airtel

 

[gaurishhs]

@sloj @Smh I did that Mac cloning. I set a custom MAC address to use when dialing PPPoE on TP-Link Router but After that PPPoE was stuck on connecting. I put the Airtel MAC Address mentioned on the back slip and verified it with the ones on my client. I have verified this PPPoE stuck on connecting is due to MAC address since after setting MAC Cloning to "Do NOT Clone MAC Address" PPPoE connection was successful.

 

[gaurishhs]

@tkrsh Are you sure about this because i have seen a lot of people use bridge mode without having 1gig plan.

 

[gaurishhs]

I had set the C6 to AP mode and it worked very good then had to reset the router to do the PPPoE stuff.

 

[Soumil]

@gaurishhs have you tried a traceroute (to let's say google.com) from a connected device?

 

[sloj]

@gaurishhs No, I meant for you to try after flashing openwrt if you plan to do that. On default firmware, there must be some issue related to MAC address or something else, otherwise it should have worked after connection was established.

 

[Soumil]

@sloj I am running OpenWRT on a Raspi4B, and still face the same problem with the Cloned MAC causing complete disconnection at Layer 2. I suspect the ONT(G140W-F) blocks MAC Addresses on the Bridge that resemble its own.