Spark Ultra Fibre Third Party Router Connection - connect ASUS RT-AC68u directly to the ONT

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#157101 19-Nov-2014 15:33

Seeking info and help!

Has anyone connected ASUS RT-AC68u directly to Spark Ultra Fibre ONT or any other .AC Router and successfully got it going?

Thanks a lot in advance guys.

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#1179663 19-Nov-2014 15:53

There are a number of other AC routers out there that work fine. Does the Asus support VLAN tagging? If it does it should work fine.

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#1179674 19-Nov-2014 16:12

The router not only needs to support 802.1Q, but the 2011 variant, not just the 2005 version.

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#1179690 19-Nov-2014 16:29

Would you mind telling me which .AC routers support

Spark Ultra Fibre Settings

Operating Mode : MDI/MDIX
PPP Protocol : PPPoE
PPP Username: user@xtrabb.co.nz
PPP Password: telecom1
PPP Auth Type : blank (if you cannot leave blank, select PAP)
Encapsulation : 802.1Q
PCP Marking : 0
VID (or VLAN) : 10
MTU : 1,500 or AUTO

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#1179723 19-Nov-2014 16:54

Writing a list is difficult because there are now lots of devices out there. A quick search of these forums will certainly provide some answers to your questions from people lately who have been looking at some other hardware.

In terms of AC devices off the top of my head there is the Fritz!box 7490 and Netcomm NF8AC that are being deployed by ISPs. Both are great AC devices.

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#1179727 19-Nov-2014 16:57

The Huawei HG659B which is the business router Spark supply. I believe you can purchase it outright from Spark also.

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#1179742 19-Nov-2014 17:37

I'm getting that 3rd party page updated to advise that the PPP Auth type must be PAP.
If it's not set that way now, it may work, but will break in around February.

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