Nokia G-140W-F bridge mode?

The issue I had with the Alcatel bridge device was that nobody knew the username and password for its webui. Even Airtel backend also were not able to help since their system no longer supports this device.

I eventually returned it since I dont like a device running on my network which i dont have access to.

I guess it's already known but bridge mode on the Nokia ONT won't work no matter what you do until enabled through the backend by airtel.

For those interested in using multiple IPs on a single connection, the only way I know is to use bridge mode.

Styler said:

Okay Happy Final Update. Nokia G2425G-A and Asus connected to it on Port 4 are both doing PPPOE Connections with different Public IP addresses. Speed in both networks is now 200 MBPS. Earlier the cable from Port 4 on Nokia to WAN port on ASUS was not properly connected and was connecting at 100 MBPS. Now after it is connected properly at 1GBPS, speed is 200 MBPS.
So the best option
1. In Nokia LAN Settings Change Port 4 to Bridge mode.
2. Ask Airtel to enable bridge mode.
3. PPPOE Login will happen from both the Nokia and your personal Router with different Public IP Addresses.
4. Internet will work through the ports 1-3 and Wireless SSID of the Nokia.
5. Your Router will be able to do a PPPOE Login and Internet will work through it too.
6. Speed through both is plan speed (200 MBPS in my case)

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I recently got airtel xstream installed. The steps I followed were almost the same as above. I have the Nokia G2425G-A ONT and TP-Link Archer C80.

1. In Nokia LAN settings, changed Port 4 to Bridge mode.
2. Connected the ONT (LAN port 4) and my router (WAN port).
2. Added the PPPOE username and password in the TPlink router. I also had enable VLAN/IPTV in my personal router and set the Internet VLAN ID as 100.

I did not have to call with Airtel customer care to enable the bridge mode. I was able to set it up without any issue (I had to figure out the VLAN stuff which I got a clue from this thread itself).

PPPOE Login will happen from both the Nokia and your personal Router with different Public IP Addresses.
Speed through both is the plan speed (200 MBPS in my case). I've disabled wifi on the Nokia.

Thanks all for contributing to this thread. I'm a silent reader usually but thought I should contribute here since this thread was very helpful.

@social3467 Won't the double PPPOE login introduce double NAT in the connection?

@ravenous24 AFAIK my TP-Link router is assigned a public IP and tracert does not show anything off. Unless Airtel is using CGNAT and the assigned IP is private as well then it may be a double NAT. But it's not being routed through the Nokia router at least. That has a separate IP last time I checked.

Edit 1: I checked the IP address for both the routers. The Nokia one has a 122... ip while the TP link has a 171... ip which may be a private IP. Both connect to the same gateway with 122.. ip

Edit 2: So I deleted 'TR069_INTERNET_R_VID_100' WAN profile from the Nokia router (one can use the Inspect Html tool in firefox and change disabled under fieldset to make the WAN page editable. Make delete button clickable and then click it to delete the profile. Do have a config backup incase things go south). The Nokia router now has no internet network access and only has landline profile active. And my TPlink router has a public IP which starts with 122.. So finally only my router has internet network access and the nokia router fully acts as a bridge.

This is strange, I have configured the Nokia ONT(G140WF) to bridge on LAN Port 4, which connects to my OpenWRT Archer C-20 running YATE for Airtel's VoIP calls. I have had no issues whatsoever when connecting to the SIP system, but configuring PPPoE on the Archer fails with the PPPoE Active Discovery Packets getting lost. Anybody has a hint of what's wrong?

I am trying to configure my Asus router after changing the LAN 4 port of Nokia G-2425G-A to bridge mode. When I connect the LAN 4 of Nokia to WAN port of my Asus router, it says network cable is unplugged(something like LAN 4 port got disabled and WAN port of Asus router is not getting any power). If I connect LAN 1/2/3 which are still in route mode, WAN port of Asus router is getting the power. I am yet to call Airtel to enable the Bridge mode from the backend. Did anyone have this issue?

@gopichandpai That is how it used to happen on Nokia-G-140W-F, but recent posts shows things have changed for this router.

@gopichandpai What do you mean by unplugged? Have you enabled VLAN tagging and set the internet ID to 100. The bridge mode only worked for me after I did the VLAN tagging.

@gopichandpai I have the same Nokia model and enabled bridge mode for Lan 4 and it works with my Asus router without issues. I didn't request airtel to enabled it from backend. It worked out of the box.

Thanks Guys. @social3467 I haven't done the VLAN tagging. I have this screen under vlan binding and I am not sure what to do here.




When I choose LAN4 and user-side VLAN as 100 and connection name choose on WAN from the drop down then I get the error message please bind a WAN.

Under WAN there is no option to create a new profile either.


@Gokul Kannan you had to just configure pppoe or you configured anything under iptv section?

I tagged VLAN 100 in my Asus router under IPTV section and then configured PPPoE.

After that you can delete the PPPoE WAN profile in the Nokia ONT.

Just got a call from Airtel that fibre is now available in my area. Have asked them some time while I figure out I will be able to bridge it as cannot afford to network all my stuff again. I have 2 EAP access points and was planning to buy Edgerouter X (current router runs Openwrt router).

But before that, "man me soojhi shaitani". If we can get two connections dialed up, can we do wan aggregation and get double the speed? 😛

@Gokul Kannan if time permits could you please add the screen shot of your iptv section?

@social3467 could you please help me with vlan tagging?

I will share the screenshot later today.

Under IPTV section select Manual from the list of options and
Add 100 as the VLAN Id and leave priority as 0 to Internet
Then apply the settings.