Nokia G-140W-F bridge mode?

Somebody on another forum has posted the following instructions to bridge the Nokia router. Can somebody try this out?

Code: 
0. Login to the web interface of the Airtel's Nokia ONT device
1. Backup your configuration by navigating to Maintenance-->Backup and Restore-->Export Config File;
    a. This will be useful in case you mess up stuff in your configuration and want to restore things back.
2. Navigate to "Network-->WAN"; delete "?_TR069_INTERNET_R_VID_100" entry.
3. Navigate to "Network-->LAN"; Setup one of the LAN ports to "Bridge Mode"; you can configure all of them to "Bridge Mode" as well - your choice. However, the LAN port you set to "Bridge Mode" should be the port you want to connect your downstream home router (where you run the PPPoE authentication).
4. Configure your downstream home router with the ISP's PPPoE username and password.
5. Airtel's Nokia modem bridges the PPPoE packets from the PON interface to the selected Ethernet LAN port on "VLAN 100" (yes, that's correct; I figured this out the hard way - it doesn't strip off the vlan headers before bridging it to the LAN port; neither does it support any option to strip the VLAN headers before bridging). So you you need to configure your downstream home router's port on VLAN 100. If your home router does not support VLANs then, BUMMER, you cannot use bridge mode! :banghead: (shame on Airtel & Nokia :mad: to have overlooked this important aspect - b'coz a lot of home routers do NOT support VLANs; fortunately mine does, because I use OpenWRT ROM).
6. Configure your downstream home router's WAN port (that connects to the Nokia router) on VLAN 100 (tagged; not untagged)
7. That's it. Your PPPoE authentication should go through and your internet link should be UP and running.
 
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rajil.s said:
Hello,

I had my connection changed from DSL to FTTH and Airtel gave me a Nokia router. The model comes with the following WAN config,

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Under WAN settings I created a new connection with IPOE mode and same VLAN 100,

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Also I changed the port 4 to Bridge mode.

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The router restarts at this point. Port 4 blinks momentarily blinks on bootup but then stops detecting the LAN cable. It seems that the port gets disabled. The Ports 1 and 2 however do remain up when set to bridge mode.

@napsterX The solution in this post doesnt seem to be working for this model.
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hi,

were you able to get this issue resolved?
 
POSSIBLE SOLUTION

I was looking for help here, as I did, many times, in the past. Just registered to be able to post.

I have TP-Link Archer AC1200 of my own. Had been using Tata ADSL (my backup connection and BSNL FTTH (main connection) together till today.
BSNL came with a lousy GPON ONT but it worked because I was using PPPOE on my Archer router.

After disconnecting Tata I thought of making BSNL the backup and got Airtel installed today as my main connection.

Until now, I had no idea that Nokia G-140W-F won't have WAN Bridge setting. But solution (with help from this forum) was easy and was discovered immediately after I asked for technician visit 😀

This is what worked:
goto : 192.168.1.1 and sign in ID - admin Pass- admin
goto: Network --> LAN Port 4 --> Bridge Mode
Save (which should reboot the nokia router, if i remember correctly)

Now, from Lan 4 port of nokia connect ethernet cable to your personal router and boot up that router. Connect your device to your personal router. Visit your personal router's IP. (change IP to 192.168.0.1 , if needed, on your personal router -- do it before connecting to Nokia)

Depending upon options available in : WAN / Internet tab of personal router's ui -- select "Dynamic IP" and save.

Restart everything if needed (I did not have to) -- and internet should start working.

Hope this helps someone.

(Now I am just praying things remain stable like this.. 🙂 as I am just a noob who got lucky 😀
(edit: shutdown everything 10mins back and restarted all now. Everything working just fine.)

Hit like or reply if this method helped you (or not)
 
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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)
 

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.
 
rajil.s said:
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.
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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 ?
 
@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.
 
@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.
 
ajeesh_m said:
@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.
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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.
 
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.
 

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