Can you use your own router + gpon ONU than the provided nokia/huawei one?

Xecuter · Aug 17, 2020

I am currently on a local isp which let me use my own router and a GPON device they provided. If I switch to airtel, will they let me use my own router (mi router 3g) and gpon onu(which I will buy considering the compatibility)? Does it use a simple PPPOE on client side to let them use internet or do they use Nokia/Huawei device ID?

ps111193 · Aug 17, 2020

u can use ur own router but ont will be applied by them

Xecuter · Aug 17, 2020

so you are saying they give ont+Nokia router and its not combined like jio one? I won't have to form bridge connection with their router?

ps111193 · Aug 17, 2020

Nokia makes ont and any router with wan port works with it

Xecuter · Aug 17, 2020

you are talking about this right? so I will have to keep its wifi disabled and use it as only ONT.

ps111193 · Aug 17, 2020

right it's ont u can use it in any isp if they give u discount in charges some isp doesn't allow customer onu but own router is allowed in every isp

ps111193 · Aug 17, 2020

Aniket Rodge said:
so you are saying they give ont+Nokia router and its not combined like jio one? I won't have to form bridge connection with their router?

ont will be from nokia or Huawei but router can be applied by u or by isp

Xecuter · Aug 17, 2020

okay thanks for help mate. I hope I won't have to use bridge connection if its only ONT.

Gaurav15 · Aug 18, 2020

On long term plans, they give router/ont for free anyway, no security deposit.

ps111193 · Aug 18, 2020

but if they offer u another benifit then u can reject thier device and use ur own device

MadAxe · Aug 18, 2020

Aniket Rodge said:
okay thanks for help mate. I hope I won't have to use bridge connection if its only ONT.

It is an ONT+Router. You can use your own router via Bridge Mode.

Xecuter · Aug 19, 2020

is there any downside to bridge mode on Nokia router+ont?

tellanand · Aug 19, 2020

The Nokia device is a ONT + Router combined into one. It also has WiFi in it. But (like you would have guessed), its a crappy device (as a WiFi router). So in your own interest, you may want to invest in a good WiFi Access Point Router!

And you can configure the ONT in bridge mode as well (though some folks needed help from Airtel backend to get bridge mode working)

Xecuter · Aug 19, 2020

I already own Mi router 3G v1 with openwrt which is probably the best among all considering value for money, I just hope there's no downside to use it with Nokia ont :/

tellanand · Aug 20, 2020

AFAIK, there is no downside to using your own router (if you have the self real estate to accommodate it). You just have to know what you are doing!

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