Asus RT-AX86U with Centurylink Fiber

[mogulman]

Got Quantum Fiber (aka Centurylink) fiber installed today. Came with a C4000XG Geenwave Wireless Router. Seemed ok, but I have 2 RT-AZ86Us.

Disconnected the Centurylink router and initially Couldn't get my Asus router working with the service.

I read about getting a PPOE password and also setting up Vlan 201 under IPTV settings on the Asus router.. I went into the admin of the Centurylink provided router and saw that it's internet service said IPOE and Tagged. So I'm assuming there was some kind of tagging/vlan tagging that needed to happen.

When I went into the vlan settings, there was a setting for Centurylink rather than Manual/VLAN 201. I tried it and it seemed to work. Is that Centurylink setting the same thing as VLAN 201? I can't find any documentation on this.

I didn't need to put in any other PPOE settings.

 

[Yota]

I tried it and it seemed to work.

You don't have to work out why it works, because when it does, the profile is clearly compliant with your ISP's standards.

 

[mogulman]

You don't have to work out why it works, because when it does, the profile is clearly compliant with your ISP's standards.

Well...ok then I don't have to, but it would be interesting to know if it's the same thing.

 

[bbunge]

You should have told the installer you wanted to use your own router. For some odd reason they call their router a modem but if there is Ethernet cable connected to the WAN port it is just a router and the Optical Network Terminator (ONT) is located outside your residence. I told them I wanted to use my own router and I was not offered one of their crappy devices. I also did not have to worry about PPPOE as my router gets an IP address when I plug it in. CenturyLink/Quantum does have different requirements in different areas.

 

[mogulman]

Yeah. I did. He gave me a router and his worked. So I let him go. Figured I just had to tweak something in my router.

I tried mine while he was here and it didn't work until I made that vlan setting change after he left..

I'm not using their router now. Just plugged directly into the ONT.