Two routers??

Hello,
When I bought this router two years ago, I didn't know it doesn't contain a modem part in it. So, I contact my ISP who furnished me one... The problem is that this piece is not only a modem, but it also contains a router. I also have, on my network, a Synology NAS I used, to this day, for backup and so. Recently, I decide to (try to!) mount a Mail server on this NAS, and that's when I detect the problem: ports forwarding between the NAS and the AX11000 is refused, because the NAS detect the presence of two routers: the AX 11000 and the router contained in the modem-router box furnished by my ISP. I've already tried all what it is possible to do to desactivate the router in the ISP box, all failed. So, I think to disconnect this box definitively, to replace it with a pure modem only. My obvious question is: does tp-lin furnish pure DSL modems, without router, which can be linked with my AX 11000, and, if yes, which one? If no, how works everybody having only a pure tp-link router, without modem, in a DSL environment?
I thank you by advance for your answers.
Have a fine day,
Didier Eggerickx
Belgium
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It's great to hear that it is working now.
Have you changed the MAC address in the MyProximus account to B0-A7-B9-3D-17-79 or is it still B0-A7-B9-3D-17-7A ?
Did you configure this option "Use Custom MAC Address = B0-A7-B9-3D-17-79" just now or was it already set like this before?
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@woozle I begin with modifying the address in the My Proximus account; I, then, connect the cable to the LAN 1 Bridged port, and it starts between half a minute.
This address was already in the AX-11000 interface, I've modified nothing.
I now just connect to my Synology NAS to test the ports transmission, and the test were OK, but this famous message saying I've two routers is always there; before the tests fail systematically. I suppose it's an iinformation message meaning that the NAS will always detect two routers, with or without a bridged port, whatever we do?
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GiantHogweed wrote
This address was already in the AX-11000 interface, I've modified nothing.
Ok, thanks.
That explains why it initially didn't work after you activated the "Bridged LAN Host" in MyProximus.
The setting "Use Custom MAC Address = B0-A7-B9-3D-17-79" overrides the router's WAN MAC Address that is displayed on the main screen of your AX11000.
Basically, even though the AX11000 shows "WAN MAC Address: B0-A7-B9-3D-17-7A" on its "Internet Status" screen, its actual WAN MAC Address is now "B0-A7-B9-3D-17-79".
I guess that "Use Custom MAC Address = B0-A7-B9-3D-17-79" must have been a leftover from a few months ago, when you tried to make it work with that b-box 3V+, because the default setting on a brand-new TP-Link router is "Use Default MAC Address".
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