Tp-Link Archer Ax11000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6 Gaming Router won't connect to Huawei HN8250T ONT for 10g Hyperfibre

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careata27

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#295679 13-Apr-2022 18:38

Please can anyone help? Our fiber has recently been upgraded to 10G or a new a fibre 4000 plan with myrepublic. I know they the
reputation they have, but we just haven't changed yet... anyways... I have a tplink Archer ax11000 router and some say I can connect using that and some say I can't. I have tried rebooting, restarting, resetting the router countless times and in the setup, I always get the same answer, that I am not connected to the internet.

The line is active and we are able to get internet straight from the ONT to one device, are the other ports are for show?

As you can tell, i have minimal tech experience, but am usually able to setup the modem/router...

Please, am I doing something wrong? does this router work at all for 10g? should I buy another one?

Thank you so much

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#2902086 13-Apr-2022 18:47

Is the ONT in router or bridge mode??

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#2902087 13-Apr-2022 18:50

I'm not 100% sure, but by plugging an ethernet cord into the first port, which is the 10glan port, we can plug this straight into the tv or game console

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#2902088 13-Apr-2022 18:52

Is the device assigned a private IP address, a public address or possibly a CG-NAT address??

careata27

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#2902113 13-Apr-2022 19:40

I'm sorry, I don't know, but how can I find that out please?

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#2902131 13-Apr-2022 20:16

ONT is generally used as the router for hyperfibre (as you've discovered by plugging devices directly in), so you don't require another router behind it. Not familiar with that TPLink but you could probably use it as a wifi access point seeing as you already have it, will need to be in a bridge or AP mode though.

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#2902136 13-Apr-2022 20:29

What are you hoping to achieve with having Hyperfibre? I can tell you now consumer grade routers mostly won't be able to work with this and many even struggle with Gigabit connections.

I honestly think you're wasting your money here. If you're changing because of connection issues or anything like that I would suggest cancel your order and instead investigate what is causing said issues.

Consumer grade routers are really, really misleading with their numbers. Just because they have a 2.5Gbit, 5Gbit or 10Gbit port doesn't actually mean they can route this traffic - in-fact, I bet my bottom dollar it'll even struggle with Gigabit. There are no real consumer grade routers fit for Hyperfibre I'm afraid.

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#2902139 13-Apr-2022 20:34

Have you contacted MyRepublic to ask for help? It is their service, and as hyperfibre is pretty top end id expect a little more than ‘you’re on your own’ support

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#2902160 13-Apr-2022 21:54

if you plug into the LAN port on the ONT and your device can connect to the internet and browse etc then you dont need a router at all as the ONT is doing that job for you. you would just plug all your devices into that and away you go.

if that doesnt work then its all down to how the Asus is configured.

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#2902179 14-Apr-2022 00:08

you need a 10gb switch and plug it into the ONT

All the devices you connect to the switch will [obviously] need to have 10gb NIC's in them to make use of the bandwidth - you'll mostly find that whatever the source you're receiving data from will limit your speed as well

if you need wifi, an appropriate AP will need to be plugged into the switch but you'll likely be limited to 1gb on them unless you buy an mgig switch that has multi gig ports on it to support 2.5/5/10gb links.

tp link and netgear do some pretty affordable unmanaged multi gig switches and managed AP's these days but you'll looking to drop at least $1500 - $2000 just on a switch and AP then some more 10gb network cards for PC's.. but you can get those second hand quite cheap off trademe or new from amazon

as for the archer you've already got, you'll need to enable bridge mode or some routers call it 'access point mode', however the WAN port only support 2.5gb and the rest of the ports on that device are only 1gb so its a complete waste of time for a 4gb or 10gb connection [couldn't quite work out what connection you actually have from your post]

edit: I should add that the $1500 - $2000 estimate is absolute minimum on cheap multi gig kit, you could easily spend 2-5x that on higher end solutions

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#2902188 14-Apr-2022 07:49

careata27:

Please, am I doing something wrong? does this router work at all for 10g? should I buy another one?

afrustratedmum

Assuming ONT is in router mode and you configured router WAN interface to DHCP (to grab address from ONT) the most likely issue is that both ONT and router are on the same network hence no routing. Solution is to change router to different subnet or have MyRepublic change ONT to bridge mode (public address to router WAN).

Otherwise, as above, buy a 10GbE switch.

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#2902216 14-Apr-2022 08:57

dt:

you need a 10gb switch and plug it into the ONT

All the devices you connect to the switch will [obviously] need to have 10gb NIC's in them to make use of the bandwidth - you'll mostly find that whatever the source you're receiving data from will limit your speed as well

if you need wifi, an appropriate AP will need to be plugged into the switch but you'll likely be limited to 1gb on them unless you buy an mgig switch that has multi gig ports on it to support 2.5/5/10gb links.

tp link and netgear do some pretty affordable unmanaged multi gig switches and managed AP's these days but you'll looking to drop at least $1500 - $2000 just on a switch and AP then some more 10gb network cards for PC's.. but you can get those second hand quite cheap off trademe or new from amazon

as for the archer you've already got, you'll need to enable bridge mode or some routers call it 'access point mode', however the WAN port only support 2.5gb and the rest of the ports on that device are only 1gb so its a complete waste of time for a 4gb or 10gb connection [couldn't quite work out what connection you actually have from your post]

edit: I should add that the $1500 - $2000 estimate is absolute minimum on cheap multi gig kit, you could easily spend 2-5x that on higher end solutions

you are looking at it from only one direction. you dont need all that stuff.

you could do it the way you are suggesting or you could have 4 devices with their own dedicated 1gbps link back to the router. that way people dont end up with contention on their links when jonny fires up his torrents or what ever.

the ONT has 1x 10Gbe and 4x Gbe connections on it to use in router mode.

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#2902223 14-Apr-2022 09:19

Thats one way to look at it too, really depends on what the OP is trying to achieve.. contention concerns are valid but given the first post i'm doubtful it will be a problem here

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#2902230 14-Apr-2022 09:44

Off topic, but it would be interesting to know how many folk who ordered HyperFibre then once the contract period was up gave it up and returned to 950/500, as they could see no benifit. I suspect the number would be a high %

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