ASUS RT-AC66U router connection to fiber

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wjs123

4 posts

Wannabe Geek

#145405 16-May-2014 21:34

Hi everyone,

I have just had a new fiber connection installed and purchased an ASUS RT-AC66U dual band router. The telecom provided modem/router was not coping with running my Sonos music system and I wanted to future proof the household with growing children beginning to run more and more devices. I have no idea how to get the AC66 up and running. I have connected the WAN port directly to the optical network terminal (this is not covered in the setup instructions, nor could I find anything on the ASUS support pages). After that I understand that settings have to be changed or provided (e.g. PPPoE), but have found that to be a nightmare. I see from the fourms there has been discussion around this router before so I'm sorry if this is repetitive but I could not find any clear directions on how to get the AC66 up and running.

Can any one help with an idiots guide to setting this router up on a fiber connection please?

Thanks

Inphinity

2780 posts

Uber Geek
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#1046687 16-May-2014 21:42

On the WAN page, you need the connection type set to PPPoE, I'd suggest you Enable WAN, NAT and UPnP, Get WAN IP Automatically, Get DNS Automatically, you can use user@xtrabb.co.nz as the username and password as the password, idle disconnect 0, MTU and MRU 1492, Service name / ACN / pppd options blank, VPN + DHCP no, host/MAC blank. Then go to LAN -> IPTV and select ISP Profile: Manual, Internet VID 10 PRIO 0, others blank/0. You may need to select Microsoft for the Use DHCP Routes option, though I haven't fiddled with it to se if it matters.