Nokia G-140W-F bridge mode?

[ajkothari13]

pppoe is in Nokia

Only changes made were:
1. LAN Port 4 of Nokia --> Bridge Mode
2. WAN / Internet Tab in Personal Router --> Internet Connection Type --> selected "Dynamic IP" (earlier it was PPPoE for BSNL FTTH)

 

[rajil.s]

Ok, most likely you are double natted. What we are trying to accomplish here is to get the public ip address on your TP-Link rather than Nokia.

Sorry, what you shared is not a bridge configuration.

 

[ajkothari13]

You might be right. I just wanted a solution to be able to switch from 1 ISP to 2nd in case of internet failure. Wanted all my internal devices to be available on personal router. And, internet (from 1st or 2nd ISP) coming to my personal router.

I have turned off Nokia's WiFi and only my personal router connects to Nokia.

If and when I would need my backup (bsnl ffth) active, will just switch ethernet cable to BSNL ONT device and in my personal router - will select BSNL pppoe as Internet Connection Type.

 

[ajeesh_m]

Yes, the DMZ method works. I tried it with the Nokia router.

The pppoe username is visible in the Nokia router settings, while the password is simply your account number. You can get that from Airtel.

I ended up buying a Huawei HG8145V5 router from OLX which had bridge support and got rid of the Nokia router. Problem with running a closed router like Nokia is that you are dependent on Airtel for firmware updates. Using Openwrt or pfSense is way better since, these are updated regularly.

How did you configure the DMZ method ?
Just like enable the DMZ on the Nokia router and provide the IP of the 2nd router ?
How will this behave after the setup ? The 2nd router gets the IP from the ISP and PPPOE is disabled on the NOKIA and enabled on the 2nd Router ?

 

[rajil.s]

@ajeesh_m You have already answered your question. Yes, you simply enable DMZ on the Nokia router and specify the ip of your downstream router. Again, this is not bridging. The Nokia router will still setup the PPPoE session but port-forward all the requests to the downstream router.

 

[ajeesh_m]

@rajil.s
Thanks for your quick response. Here is the setup I have.

Asus RT-AC59U which supports Dual Wan - I got minimal plans from Airtel and ACT and configured them on Load Balance Mode.

The issue is that the ASUS router does not detect a WAN failure, As long as the Nokia Modem is online. (I need to login to asus config page and manually disable Airtel Wan, When it goes down)
It detects failures on ACT circuit as they give RJ45 cable which directly connects to the ASUS router.
Looks like only a GPON router with Bridge mode can resolve this.

 

[Rehan Kumar]

The Nokia ONT does support proper bridge mode, I for one have used bridge mode with the mentioned Nokia ONT

 

[GKannan]

@rajil.s
Thanks for your quick response. Here is the setup I have.

Asus RT-AC59U which supports Dual Wan - I got minimal plans from Airtel and ACT and configured them on Load Balance Mode.

The issue is that the ASUS router does not detect a WAN failure, As long as the Nokia Modem is online. (I need to login to asus config page and manually disable Airtel Wan, When it goes down)
It detects failures on ACT circuit as they give RJ45 cable which directly connects to the ASUS router.
Looks like only a GPON router with Bridge mode can resolve this.

The reason Asus router doesn't detect a WAN failure is it pings the gateway to check the link status. In this case the Nokia router would be the gateway for Asus, so gateway would be still online during WAN failure.

 

[ajeesh_m]

Exactly. It should check connectivity to Google or something to mark the WAN as up/down. I have a case open with Asus and have been following up with them for weeks and no proper resolution yet.

 

[rajil.s]

@ajeesh_m Manufacturers firmware are garbage most of the time. Check if you can flash openwrt on this device. You can setup mwan3 to load-balance with custom ip addresses to ping.