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NE200 IP Passthrough
NE200 IP Passthrough
Wednesday - last edited 12 hours ago
Tags: #5G #Network Connectivity
Model: NE200-Outdoor  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: NE200-Outdoor(EU)_V1_250624

It seems NE200 Firmware doesn't really support clean bridge mode (via IP Passthrough).

I wish EN200 to work in bridge mode to provide internet directly to my Omada ER605 gateway WAN1 port.

I enabled IP Passthrough, specified the correct WAN port Mac Address, disabled NAT, DHCP server and made sure I receive a proper IPv4 from my ISP (not to be blocked by CGNAT). Still, ER605 can't receive the IP from EN200 (timeout). It seems to me that the NE200 firmware is a limitation, and the advertised IP Passthrough doesn't work properly. 

The only way I made it to work is to keep NAT and DHCP "On" on EN200. However, that is not ideal as I have double NAT now. 

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Re:NE200 IP Passthrough -Solution
12 hours ago - last edited 12 hours ago
Good day, With the outstanding assistance of the TP-Link support team, I was able to make it work. Do not disable DHCP or Mobile WAN NAT on NE200. With the above still ON, enable IP Passthrough, provide the client (port), WAN (for example, ER605 WAN1) MAC address. Make sure it is not the ER605 self MAC address, but the correct port MAC. Reboot NE200 and it should start to work. At least for me, it is working well. You will still retain the direct access to NE200 (via DHCP and NAT enabled), but your ER605 will obtain a clean public IP. So it is working. However, very confusing and had no proper documentation. Thankfully, support is fast!
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Re:NE200 IP Passthrough
Thursday

  @RatDiesel 

Hi, thank you very much for the feedback.

May I know your SIM carrier?

Can you also share a screenshot of the IP Passthrough configuration on the NE200-outdoor?

 

Wait for your reply.

Best regards.

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Re:NE200 IP Passthrough
Thursday

  @David-TP 

 

Hello, David.

Thanks for the quick spot on and reply. 

Currently, NE200 is in the test environment (inside), do not care about signal strength. 

Screenshot with IP Passthrough configuration is not the current setting (as it is not working when configured with IP Passthrough). However, you can see from the configuration in the screenshot that I tried to use IP Passthrough. The MAC Address was for the WAN1 port (I also attached the Omada configuration screenshot).

The carrier is Elisa Finland (www.elisa.fi).

 

I also attached the screenshot showing the assigned public IPv4 (I used a custom APN profile). 

With regards,
Andrew

 

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Re:NE200 IP Passthrough
Thursday

  @RatDiesel 

Hi, thank you very much for the details. They would be very useful.

The case has been forwarded to the senior engineer for further assistance.

Please check the email later for more suggestions.

Best regards.

 

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Re:NE200 IP Passthrough
Thursday

  @David-TP 

 

Thanks, David! 

 

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Re:NE200 IP Passthrough
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  @RatDiesel 

 

Hello, I have the same problem with this device and an Omada environment. Please let me know if there's a solution.

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Re:NE200 IP Passthrough -Solution
12 hours ago - last edited 12 hours ago
Good day, With the outstanding assistance of the TP-Link support team, I was able to make it work. Do not disable DHCP or Mobile WAN NAT on NE200. With the above still ON, enable IP Passthrough, provide the client (port), WAN (for example, ER605 WAN1) MAC address. Make sure it is not the ER605 self MAC address, but the correct port MAC. Reboot NE200 and it should start to work. At least for me, it is working well. You will still retain the direct access to NE200 (via DHCP and NAT enabled), but your ER605 will obtain a clean public IP. So it is working. However, very confusing and had no proper documentation. Thankfully, support is fast!
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