If upgraded to 1Gb and set the new onr to bridge, and plug in onr to my own router lan port 1, do I need to change the WAN Pppoe setting of Asus router or any setting in Asus router?

This post has been edited by Cavino: Aug 13 2024, 07:51 PM

I have a Asus GT-AX11000 on 800mbps plan and will be upgraded to 1GB plan soon by TM.

So it is better to use the new ONR as a router or convert the new ONR to bridge?

Question asked was becoz I heard if use bridging, the ONR might limit the download speed to 940MB, what about upload, any limit?

Not sure if this is still the case with the ONR bridging.

Haha...me too. Tech no yet call but the sales office or something call to confirm my auto upgrade last week.

Also got exact same question as you as I am using Asus GT-AX11000 that is way stronger than TM ONR and can cover my entire house. I doubt TM ONR can cover them (my old Asus RT-AC56U cannot cover all).

Also my households rated heavy users (at least over 100% more than avg ppl with 800MB subscription based on Unifi APP with more at least 5-10 IoT devices connected.
Even if it limit to 940MB, still ok, still an upgrade with doubling of upload speed, especially useful when work from home with OneDrive uploading.

Now issues is with stability, the same with your question if using ONR as bridge for 1GB, or else I will use back the old modem (if they don't bind the ONR).

Got a call last week out of nowhere and this Saturday supposed to come upgrade to 1GB.
The call ask if I want a new ONR or can use back existing ONU, I requested for new ONR.

Will ask them to set it as bridge and asked to keep the existing ONU if ONR bridging is not performing well.

I guess you just need to wait if you did not pro-actively request it, it will come to you eventually.

I just got the upgrade last Saturday. Got the black DLink ONR with 2.5gbe port.

Asked the technician to setup in router mode. After making sure the router is can connect to internet and working independently, I save the DLink router config setting into my PC.

Then I asked them to switch to bridge mode and connect to my much stronger existing Asus router. Then save the Dlink bridge config setting as well.
So now I use the DLink ONR as bridge but if necessary aka Asus router kaput, I can temporary switch the ONR to router mode and reload the working configuration back, so no need reconfigure the DLink ONR for direct all in one internet connection for this emergency purpose. Then once Asus router is up, switch back to bridge mode and if necessary, reload the saved working ONR bridge config setting back.

Of course if DLink ONR kaput, I can still hook back the old Huawei modem to my Asus.
Contingency plan in case either the ONR or Asus router kaput.

This post has been edited by Cavino: Aug 26 2024, 10:43 AM

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Unfortunately when tested the ONR as router, it is 1052mbps but when do bridging, it maxed out at 923mps using Ookla Speedtest between 1pm to 3pm Saturday.
So the 940 might be true but the upload can achieve 500Mbps++.

So sacrificing abt 100Mbps to allow usage of my own Asus router with its more powerful features and reach is worth it tho. Upload speed to double up.

Anyway sunday 10pm did another test...can hit 300+download and 100+ upload only. Will try test again at midnight to see if non-peak hour can achieve back 900+.
Hopefully it is not issue that some face, dropping to 300+ at all times regardless of peak hour.

Anyway, you can do just like what I did, ask the TM Tech to setup ONR as router, then save the ONR setting up in case you ever what to use it as router mode during emergency case. Then switch it to bridge permanently as use as primary modem. Keep the old Huawei as backup modem in case ONR bridging is not stable.

As for 2.5GBe, i think I might as make mistake here, I saw 2.5Gbe written somewhere..but now comes to think about it, it might or might not be the Dlink ONR.. coz my black Asus router also got 2.5GBe port...I have to go back to take a look, maybe my memory got mixed up.

This post has been edited by Cavino: Aug 26 2024, 11:43 AM

Most of the cases when red light caused by modem fault, ISP connection fault or optic cabling fault, no charges wan. I have never ever need to pay for any restoration unless its your own router issue but you already mention, it's the modem red light.

They should or will never ask to re-sign contract to restore service. So don't worry about it and request for on-site troubleshooting.

Like that cialiat, if consistent 300Mbp (i will check repeated for few days), coz rebooting every day is too troublesome for long term instead of the fire and forget using Huawei ONU.
I might have to switch back to Huawei ONU.

Can get 3rd party ONU? How about the config to make ONU work?

This post has been edited by Cavino: Aug 26 2024, 01:19 PM

Wait...I tot I could plug in Old Huawei and connect to Asus Router, it should work straight away, isn't it. Since the only thing that change is the PPOE password (they reset the PPOE password that is already in my Asus router. Do I need to re-configure the old Huawei ONU?

Darn, I forgot to re-test the old Huawei ONU connection after they setup bridging for the Dlink ONU.

This post has been edited by Cavino: Aug 26 2024, 02:33 PM

Like that, the old ONU can work straight away...Ok. Thanks.
Will try test if it remains at 300Mbps or can goes up to 900+ at non-peak hour. If consistently 300Mbps, will abandon the ONR and use back Huawei ONU.

Me same time upgrade. After 1 or 2 days (don't know when exactly), the bandwidth drop permanently to 300+Mbps under ookla speedtest using bridging. Have to reboot after get reminded by other posters on yesterday, to recover the speed back to 900+Mbps.

Do you do bridging? if yes, after a couple of days, did the bandwidth drop?

But I'm using Huawei ONU previously. Still dropped. Only 4th day since installation. Since I reboot yesterday night only, will monitor if it dropped again tonight or these few days. If it does, I will switch back Huawei modem. Tested yesterday with Huawei modem, luckily can plug and play without issue and maintain the 940Mbps and below speed.

Still always have to worry if the old modem aged or fail eventually and the DLink ONR is not working well as bridge, what to do.

Keep it. Don't let them take it away (my installer mentioned they don't take it anyway).

Yesterday tested the new black DLink ONR bridging, dropped again to 200-300Mbps permanently.
I hooked back the old Huawei modem to get back consistent 800-930Mbps speed. Will check again tonite see if it drop to 300Mbps even when using old Huawei modem.
If it drop, then its the ISP problem, if stable 800-900++, then have to abandon DLink ONR and hope for the best.

If my old Huawei ONU fail, will try to request for Huawei modem replacement. If they still insist on using the black ONR without correcting the situation for bridging, I may as well downgrade my package to 500Mbps, have even better speed than 1GB with 300Mbps bridging.

This post has been edited by Cavino: Aug 28 2024, 08:20 AM

I also got that when doing wifi from ONR.

But I got many devices connected via WIFI, then my 2 floor house is larger than the range of the ONR, so using ONR as main router is not an option for me. I can't do wired mesh, so using wireless mesh degrade the connection quality of my connected devices further.

My old trusty Asus GT-AX11000 can reach all parts of my house and the 3 bands split the bandwidth of the many connected devices. Based on Unifi, my household is consider heavy usage, haha 102% more than avg ppl with 800MB last time. I have setup guest network, parental controls, gaming connection (ROG) etc.

So using ONR as main router seems like pushing my connection back to stone-age.

Now I see UNIFI offering WIFI6 ONR for practically all the packages, so likely no more ONU...haiz.. just pray pray my old ONU can last many years more.

This post has been edited by Cavino: Aug 28 2024, 01:13 PM

You can just ask technician to setup the ONR to work as ONR or bridge as ONU. Then keep it as plug and play backup ONU or ONR.

They are indeed broadband installer contractors. Well versed in initializing and installing TM routers and bridging but only with preset procedures.
Once they encounter problems outside of their set procedures, the only advantage they have vs us, is they can call TM tech directly for TM side quick reset, initialization, passwords, etc.

My installers are nice guys but they don't even know routers can save router configuration into a file for immediate config reload in case of any reset.

I have to teach them where to go for in DLink router (I myself first time using DLink) for config save.
I asked them to configure the ONR in router mode for successful connection, then save the working router config into my PC. Then we do bridging, save another config for bridging mode.

2 config files for both router and bridge mode, so that if my own router fail, I can always temporarily change the router from bridge back to router mode and restore the saved router config for direct ISP connection.

Is the black DLink ONR in router mode or bridge mode?

I'm bridging to Asus AX-11000, gave up on DLink Black ONR cause constantly drop to 200-300 Mbps. Used back the old reliable Huawei ONU. Many ppl with DLink ONR has the same problem. No solution on the ONR yet for this bridging drop issue.

This post has been edited by Cavino: Aug 29 2024, 03:31 PM

So lucky.

No idea on when drop, after reboot at evening, it worked for the night at least for next few hours, then tomorrow morning back to 200-300Mbps. Happened for 3 days in a row and switched out the ONR.

Normal lar, same here as we are using the bridge.