Bridging an Eircom eFibre router?

Doodah7

Hi

I am due to get Eircom eFibre installed next week. I have gone through a heap of threads on this forum which has highlighted many user's difficulties in getting the supplied router into bridge mode for use with another router.

Has anyone got an up-to-date, step-by-step guide to doing this?

I want to bridge to my existing dual band Netgear router which will hopefully avoid me having to change the SSID and password on upwards of a dozen devices and allow such devices that are capable of availing of the 5GHz band to do so.

Sincere thanks in advance.

swoofer

apparently later versions are a bit better when it comes to bridging, but make sure your existing router is compatible with vdsl2.

I found this on another thread, used search at the top, its back in 2013 but may still be relevant.

"I used the following guide, once I got to step 8 the F1000 just kept rebooting

1. Log into the efibre modem, disable NAT and in the broadband section, select the VDSL line item and set mode to Bridging
2. In the same page, select the ETHER line item and set mode to Bridging
3. Disable Wireless and log out, power off the modem
4. Log into your netgear and change the IP to 10.0.0.1 and re-start
5. Re-access the netgear login page on the new IP and log in
6. Connect a network cable from Port 1 on the efibre modem to the WAN port on the Netgear
7, In the WAN settings on the netgear modem, set it to PPPoE and use the username eircom@eircom.net and password broadband1 - Save the settings and power off the netgear
8. Power on the efibre modem, wait for the DSL to stabilize and the Internet light to go green (Ethernet light should be off)
9. Once efibre modem is up and running as above, power on the netgear, and note the Ethernet light on the efibre modem should be green (If its not green, replace the network cable between the 2 modems
10. The netgear (depending on model) should show a tick or an (i) light on the front, this should light up green to indicate connection. Once green, connect your pc or wifi device to the netgear and test for internet connection."

degsie

swoofer wrote: »

but make sure your existing router is compatible with vdsl2.

Not getting this. Why is this needed if op is bridging to existing router?

Doodah7

Thanks. I had seen this guide previously but was a bit disconcerted when it actually said it didn't work at step 8!! It is also pretty old. I was hoping that someone might have done this more recently with the latest firmware.

I also don't understand your point about my existing router having to be VDSL compatible?? Surely this is irrelevant when bridged??

swoofer

no, it would have been too easy if all existing routers ie adsl were compatible with vdsl, think of the money that would be lost, so if your existing router was for adsl it wont with with vdsl.

but quote your model of router and its easy to check

TBi

swoofer wrote: »

no, it would have been too easy if all existing routers ie adsl were compatible with vdsl, think of the money that would be lost, so if your existing router was for adsl it wont with with vdsl.

but quote your model of router and its easy to check

I bridge my eFibre modem through the Ethernet to an old ADSL router. It works fine. The eFibre does all the VDSL stuff so the old router doesn't have to.

I don't get why you say both routers need to be VDSL?

Mayo Yid

swoofer wrote: »

no, it would have been too easy if all existing routers ie adsl were compatible with vdsl, think of the money that would be lost, so if your existing router was for adsl it wont with with vdsl.

but quote your model of router and its easy to check

If you bridge you only need to use the modem of the eFibre bridged to Ethernet wan so therefore your adsl modem/router is of no use, it's a router with an Ethernet wan port you require

degsie

TBi wrote: »

I bridge my eFibre modem through the Ethernet to an old ADSL router. It works fine. The eFibre does all the VDSL stuff so the old router doesn't have to.

I think you mean you are using your old ADSL router in ap mode? In that case your VDSL router is not bridged.

TBi

degsie wrote: »

I think you mean you are using your old ADSL router in ap mode? In that case your VDSL router is not bridged.

So you are telling me that clicking 'bridging' mode on the eFibre modem doesn't put it in bridging mode? Wow learn something new everyday!

I wonder what it's doing, especially as it's connected to the WAN port of my old router which is connected VIA PPPOE to the eFibre router which, according to you, isn't in bridge mode. Must be magic!

Doodah7

TBi wrote: »

So you are telling me that clicking 'bridging' mode on the eFibre modem doesn't put it in bridging mode? Wow learn something new everyday!

I wonder what it's doing, especially as it's connected to the WAN port of my old router which is connected VIA PPPOE to the eFibre router which, according to you, isn't in bridge mode. Must be magic!

TBi

As you have clearly bridged your modem AND seem to know what you are talking about, would you be able to go through the steps?

TBi

Need the model number and revision of your Netgear and i'll see. Can't remember how i switched the eFibre router to bridging mode (I'll have to check when i get home) but there is a few guides on here and eircoms forum which tell you how to do it.

The easiest option is just to turn off DHCP on one of the routers, netgear would be the easiest, and just connect the efibre router (without other modification) into one of the lan ports on your netgear. That will work fine. You'll just need to make sure both networks have similar IP addresses and both routers aren't the same address.

Similar address could mean, for example
eFiber= 192.168.1.1
Netgear = 192.168.1.2

DHCP on eFibre set to assign from 192.168.1.100 through 192.168.1.200.

degsie

TBi wrote: »

So you are telling me that clicking 'bridging' mode on the eFibre modem doesn't put it in bridging mode? Wow learn something new everyday!

I wonder what it's doing, especially as it's connected to the WAN port of my old router which is connected VIA PPPOE to the eFibre router which, according to you, isn't in bridge mode. Must be magic!

BUT you say you are bridged to a adsl router whose wan port will be an rj11 connector. So please explain how you are achieving this.

TBi

degsie wrote: »

BUT you say you are bridged to a adsl router whose wan port will be an rj11 connector. So please explain how you are achieving this.

There are ADSL routers with other kinds of WAN ports.

rogercross

Will this work: TPLink: 300Mbps Wireless N Router
TL-WR841N

TBi

rogercross wrote: »

Will this work: TPLink: 300Mbps Wireless N Router
TL-WR841N

It will work with the Easy option I mentioned earlier. Not sure about bridging. It has to support PPPOE through one of the Lan ports and I'm not going through the user guide to find out if it does.

degsie

TBi wrote: »

There are ADSL routers with other kinds of WAN ports.

That information would have been helpful in earlier posts. Anyhow I stand corrected ;l

rogercross

I presently use one as my main router connected to a bridged UPC router, just wanted to know if the same hardware would work with the eircom equipment?

TBi wrote: »

It will work with the Easy option I mentioned earlier. Not sure about bridging. It has to support PPPOE through one of the Lan ports and I'm not going through the user guide to find out if it does.