Edit: Resolved! The ISP added a BS suffix “.net” to my username, deleting it fixed the Auth issue.
Hi guys!
I’m having trouble migrating from TP-Link A7 v5 stock firmware to OpenWRT.
Specifically I’m having trouble connecting to my ISP via PPPoE.
Before the migration - the router connected w/o fancy PPPoE settings (MTU,VID…) to my ISP.
Here’s my network setup:
- FTTH
- Nokia G-010G-Q GPON
- TP-LINK Archer A7
Before migration - I took notice the mac address under “Internet” section in
“Status” tab under “Advanced” page on my router’s admin web portal
Because I vaguely remember that my ISP technician paired the GPON to a MAC address
I have copied my PPPoE credentials from my ISP web portal,
and also cross reference them against the saved credentials in the TP-Link portal.
Post migration - I configured my WAN interface to use PPPoE , entered my credentials,
made sure that the WAN MAC address is the same as before,
and all I’m getting is AUTH_TOPEER_FAILED
I’ve exported my /etc/config/network here
I’ve also exported the output of logread -f | grep ppp here
After several trial and errors - I have given up and tried to use TFTP method to revert the
firmware back to to the TP-LINK stock firmware, also w/o much success
I used a Windows machine running tftpd64 , downloaded the latest firmware from here
renamed the file to “ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin”
placed the file in tftpd64 server directory (“C:\Program Files\Tftpd64”)
changed my LAN settings to 192.168.0.66 / 255.255.255.0 / 192.168.0.1
and performed the recovery boot steps.
I watched the logs of tftpd64 being filled with the download attempt,
watched it succeeds , watched the router quickly flashing the power LED,
but no matter how many times I attempted this - the router goes back to load OpenWRT.
Can someone help me either revert back to the stock firmware or help me fix my PPPoE settings?
It wasn’t a ISP configured router. It was entirely mine. I do suspect different things being sent in stock/openwrt. If I was able to revert to tplink firmware I would chase this lead, but for now - I bought another TP link router, waiting for it to arrive, then arranging a technician to pair the new router with the GPON (thus abandoning OpenWRT efforts entirely)
As someone who works for a fiber ISP…
They’re doing PPPOE over GPON?
… But why though?
I’d call and ask if they could change your connection type to standard DHCP
In the imaginary scenario that they left the web portal of the GPON open, and left the default credentials untouched, what can I learn from it? What exactly am I looking for?