Configuring Sky Superfast FTTC > TP Link TD-W9970 (modem only mode) > ASUS TUF AX3000 V2

[stevenayers]

I’m unable to get FTTP until next year, but I wanted to upgrade my wifi a bit and have a decent router for when I do. I’ve tried following various settings etc but I can’t seem to get my setup to work despite reading that it should. Here is what I’ve done.

Physical Setup:

DSL > DSL port on TP Link TD W-9970

LAN1 Port TP-Link TD W-9970 > WAN port on ASUS TUF AX3000 V2

TP-Link Configuration (Bridge Modem Only Mode):

I followed this guide: https://url.net.au/support/configure-tp-link-w9960-for-bridge-mode-nbn

The only bit I did differently was having the region and time zone to UK and GMT.

ASUS TUF AX3000 Configuration (Mainland UK MER):

I skipped the quick setup and made changes to two pages, by following these left by a Sky customer on Amazon:

Advanced Settings > IPv6: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61o9VUN244L.jpg

Advanced Settings > WAN: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ozAjX5YEL.jpg

I still get the red internet light on the ASUS router. Am I meant to configure the WAN settings on the TP-Link instead of the ASUS router? I assumed that when I put the TP-Link into bridge mode, it would act just like a dumb translator, and then I’d configure the ISP settings on the ASUS.

Thanks in advance!

[cookiemonsteruk · Accepted solution]

@stevenayers 

Try enabling vlan id and set it to 101 on the tp link

Then on the asus enable upnp and change aggressive to normal for query frequency

[stevenayers]

That's working perfectly, thank you!

[Nicolas009]

Amazing. Thanks to both of you. I spent ages looking at various posts to troubleshoot for my new TP Link/Asus combo and these two comments had everything I needed. 

[NaveedZ]

May i ask the need for UPNP on this setup? what does it do or how does it help? thanks

[cookiemonsteruk]

@NaveedZ 

UPnP will automatically set up lan devices using the routers lan UPnP servers so you don't have to manually reserve addresses.