muffintastic Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hello. I would really like to invest in this router but I am on Sky Fibre which requires DHCP OPTION 61 credentials to actually acquire an active IP. At this time I run a Vigor 130 modem and Asus RTAC3200 (Merlin Firmware) which runs fine, I do not want to have about 2 routers one in DMZ and all that jazz. Have the devs had any thought of including this in a non beta firmware from what I've been reading or will it never happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Admin Posted January 5, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi there - I’m actually on Sky Fibre myself. It’s very easy to setup, just had to connect my XR500 to the modem. I also used the DMZ option on the modem - is there a reason you would not want to do this? It’s a very simple solution of preventing double NAT issues given the Sky modem can not be put into modem mode or bridge mode. Also - which router were you thinking of getting? The XR500, XR700 or the R1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffintastic Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Netduma Admin said: Hi there - I’m actually on Sky Fibre myself. It’s very easy to setup, just had to connect my XR500 to the modem. I also used the DMZ option on the modem - is there a reason you would not want to do this? It’s a very simple solution of preventing double NAT issues given the Sky modem can not be put into modem mode or bridge mode. Also - which router were you thinking of getting? The XR500, XR700 or the R1? XR500. I was looking at previous 2018 posts where some Fibre users has beta firmware with that option in. The only reason is I don't like that setup, is because it seems a mess nothing against yourself or other fibre users. I don't see why DHCP 60 or 61 isn't implemented into the current firmware, hence why I want to ditch the Asus router and just have my modem and the XR500 and have that pick up the IP. Is it some sort of legal issues because I've read that Sky allow non Sky routers just having some way of implementing DHCP 60 AND 61 into the DumaOS code, I mean is that even possible to put into code and have it in a future release? I would really like the XR500 but just puts me off the fact I can't use it without having basically two routers hooked up using DMZ. My setup is Vigor 130 (Bridge mode) - Asus RTAC3200 (Running Merlin, with the DHCP OPTION in gui) no Sky equipment. Hence why I wanted just to use the XR500 if I bought one, it is possible to ditch Sky equipment all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr500user Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 hey guy, xr500 has option 61 in settings, internet options --- but not 60 I'm sure they can implement 60 too, web interface only allowing 61 though, can probably do 60 manually sharpz44, Netduma Admin and muffintastic 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffintastic Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 2 hours ago, xr500user said: hey guy, xr500 has option 61 in settings, internet options --- but not 60 I'm sure they can implement 60 too, web interface only allowing 61 though, can probably do 60 manually Ahhhh sweet that's all I wanted to know. Is in the retail firmware or BETA? Netduma Admin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr500user Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 retail. i think it showed up 1 firmware release ago in .32 (i don't use this option) muffintastic and Netduma Admin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Admin Posted January 7, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 7, 2019 Thanks for helping @xr500user @muffintastic - let us know if you have any other Qs! muffintastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffintastic Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 7 hours ago, Netduma Admin said: Thanks for helping @xr500user @muffintastic - let us know if you have any other Qs! No, pretty much answerd my question. You can lock this thread. Netduma Admin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Admin Posted January 7, 2019 Administrators Share Posted January 7, 2019 Great, thanks for confirming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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