How to configure Nokia G140W-C in bridge mode?

napsterX said:

So, I finally found the solution to this.

Apparently, only Lan port 4 of the router Nokia G-140W-C can do bridging mode. All the other ports can't.

I have done the change and it's working for me now. Finally, I can use my Asus router for everything, and Nokia router just for termination.

Please try, I am sure it should work for everyone.

The changes you need to do on the Nokia router are just 2:

1. Change the Lan port 4 to bridge mode (it will need a restart)
2. Enable IPoe mode in WAN settings. (Just restart after this to be on the safe side, though it doesn't need a restart)

Happy bridging and please don't forget to upvote if it works for you 🙂

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Hi just wanted to check if you receive ipv6 in pre and post bridge mode

I have the same problem, my Airtel VDSL connection is changed to FTTH and I want to use my own Asus DSL-68u Router.(for routing)
I have bride the LAN port 4 and enabled the IPOE on Nokia G-140W-c

Can someone share the screenshots how the connections are done in the ASUS router !!
It will be really great help..
Thanks

@Abhineet Do you have the Pppoe login details from Airtel? If you do you can directly connect your computer to Nokia router and setup a ppp connection to check if internet is working.

@rajil.s its getting failed with error 651..

That means your settings are not correct. Do you have the correct Pppoe username and password?

Abhineet said:

I have the same problem, my Airtel VDSL connection is changed to FTTH and I want to use my own Asus DSL-68u Router.(for routing)
I have bride the LAN port 4 and enabled the IPOE on Nokia G-140W-c

Can someone share the screenshots how the connections are done in the ASUS router !!
It will be really great help..
Thanks

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I had the same issues with my archer c80. Couldn't get it to work despite following everything said here. Their teams were of no help at the begining. Apparently even the nokia router supports bridging. It's not about the router actually. They keep the feature disabled from the backend. And the usual management guys you talk to won't have any idea what it is or how it works.
Yesterday i tagged airtel on Twitter and made a public rant about it and how i was fed up enough to leave their service. The issue was escalated immediately and this morning i got a call and my request was forwarded to the backend team. They resolved it within an hour. They enabled the bridge mode from their end(and yeah only on port 4) at which point my internet stopped working. I was told to connect my router and feed the ppoe details. Everything has been working great since then. Disabled wireless on their router and bridge is working fine with the nokia g140w-f router here. Contact your local backend teams guys or like me take to Twitter if nothing works..😉

@tellanand Look at @shavendum post above. Maybe they are untagging the port from backend.

@tellanand Look at @shavendum post above. Maybe they are untagging the port from backend.

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@rajil.s - you are right. I figured that out recently as well. They have a config file that they push from the headend upon every ONT boot that determines how the ONT is configured to come up - bridge support, VLAN tags on bridge, SIP password etc.

They can infact control to a level where, they can make data bridged in tagged mode and voice in untagged mode or any such combination!

rajil.s said:

@tellanand Look at @shavendum post above. Maybe they are untagging the port from backend.

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They control every aspect of the router and i feel no changes will work unless provisioned from their end. You change a small thing and the internet stops working. Reset it from the router or the web GUI and they restore everything even the ssid password. Heck you can even change the ssid password and guest mode etc using their xstream broadband app. This suggests they push the configs from their end. Nothing is in user control unless they want to. It's good from the perspective of a normal user who may play around and mess up stuff. But for power users that's not good.

They control every aspect of the router and i feel no changes will work unless provisioned from their end. You change a small thing and the internet stops working. Reset it from the router or the web GUI and they restore everything even the ssid password. Heck you can even change the ssid password and guest mode etc using their xstream broadband app. This suggests they push the configs from their end. Nothing is in user control unless they want to. It's good from the perspective of a normal user who may play around and mess up stuff. But for power users that's not good.

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Welcome to the world of Carriers!😕

Guess the problem is that the users are being forced to use ISP provided ONTs. The TR069 cannot be disabled in these routers.

An alternative would be to get the internet commissioned using the ISP router, and then replace it with an aftermarket GPON. The serial number will need to be cloned.

Funnily, the Nokia router provided by Airtel doesn't even allow the serial number to be changed.

the Nokia router provided by Airtel doesn't even allow the serial number to be changed.

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Serial # must be part of their config file

rajil.s said:

Guess the problem is that the users are being forced to use ISP provided ONTs. The TR069 cannot be disabled in these routers.

An alternative would be to get the internet commissioned using the ISP router, and then replace it with an aftermarket GPON. The serial number will need to be cloned.

Funnily, the Nokia router provided by Airtel doesn't even allow the serial number to be changed.

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I think now that it's clear that they are the ones blocking bridge mode, all the people running around trying to find solutions here should start a petition or start nagging them for help on twitter. If enough people do this they might keep it enabled by default. Using their ONT or any other is fine as long as we can use our own routers with ddwrt, open wrt or pfsense. People should unite and do it publicly rather than wasting money on something airtel should have provided at the get go.

tellanand said:

Serial # must be part of their config file

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Serial is normally held on the customers ONU. When commissioning the connection, the executive registers it on Airtels OLT.

Each time the GPON is restarted, the upstream OLT checks if the serial in their record matches the ONU's serial. If it does the 'geen' PON light comes on.

Guys, I got bridge mode enabled on my airtel Nokia router. Thanks to the instructions in this thread.

What worked was that I tweeted about this and within 24 hours they enabled bridge mode on port 1. Until they enabled it, the LED for port 1 on nokia router wasn't blinking, the moment they did, it started blinking. Post this, I went to my TP-Link mr600 and setup Pppoe without vlan Id and it started working perfectly.