Chorus ONT to Cisco Meraki MX67

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ctvu

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#285965 28-May-2021 00:50

Hi All,

I hope you guys can help me, I'd like connect Chorus ONT to my own Cisco Meraki MX67, but I cannot seem to get internet connection, however when I connected the provided Vodafone Ultra Hub, then I got internet access.

I checked with Vodafone support, they don't support the third party router unfortunately.

Any help/ advice would be appreciated.

Cheers

OzoneNZ

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#2714236 28-May-2021 01:00

At the very least you'd need to setup VLAN 10 tagging and a DHCP client on the port of the Meraki you're connecting to the ONT

No experience with Meraki gear sorry but that is what the Vodafone-provided router is doing, and if you remove it that's what your Meraki unit will need to do

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#2714274 28-May-2021 08:14

As @OzoneNZ mentions, the Meraki won't have the VLAN10 tag set on it. Options include:

- Contacting your ISP and asking for the VLAN10 requirement on your fibre to be turned off. I've had this done with new connections and its not a problem, but never asked for it to be done with an existing live connection.

- Connect the Meraki behind the ISP router so it connects to the cloud controller, and set the VLAN10 tag on the WAN side (assuming this is possible). Once done and the device has received the new config, connect it directly to the ONT. If possible, perhaps do this on a second port set up as a second WAN connection, so you have one WAN with VLAN10 tagged and one without. You would only use one at a time but this may be helpful if ever you need to do some troubleshooting involving the ISP router. (Note I've never used a Meraki.)

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#2714295 28-May-2021 08:56

ctvu:

Hi All,

I hope you guys can help me, I'd like connect Chorus ONT to my own Cisco Meraki MX67, but I cannot seem to get internet connection, however when I connected the provided Vodafone Ultra Hub, then I got internet access.

I checked with Vodafone support, they don't support the third party router unfortunately.

Any help/ advice would be appreciated.

Cheers

This should work fine.. factory reset it (reset button for 10-15 seconds) and then run through these steps to set VLAN 10 and leave it on DHCP:

Using a client machine such as a laptop, connect to one of the LAN ports of the MX.
Using a browser on the client machine, access the appliance's built-in web service by browsing to http://setup.meraki.com. (You do not have to be connected to the Internet to reach this address)
Click Uplink configuration under the Local status tab. The default credentials use the device serial number as the username, with a blank password field.

Setting VLANs

If your WAN uplink is on a trunk port, choose VLAN tagging > Use VLAN tagging and enter the appropriate value for VLAN ID for your network.

Cheers,

Nigel