Hello,

 

I am a UK based Vodafone subscriber to VDSL.

 

The vodafone supplied router drops out 3/4 times a week and I would like to use my TD-W9970 to see if connectivity becomes stable.

 

Here is what i have attempted today - 

 

Dug out Vodafone paperwork and obtained username & password

Checked old text to me from Vodafone showing username and password

Chat with Vodafone staff today confirming the above username & password

So I will assume that after all that have the correct username & password !

 

Plugged in the TPLINK - logged on and triggered auto setup

 

After 5 minutes, connection established, please see as below for connection info - 

 

Device Information

Firmware Version:0.9.1 0.2 v0076.0 Build 170919 Rel.61201n

Hardware Version:TD-W9970 v2 00000000

System Up Time:0 day(s) 00:07:14 

DSL

Line Status:Connected

DSL Modulation Type:VDSL2

Annex Type:Annex A/L

	Upstream	Downstream
Current Rate (Kbps)	3631	17913
Max Rate (Kbps)	3631	18485
SNR Margin (dB)	6.2	3.4
Line Attenuation (dB)	60.5	24
Errors (Pkts)	0	0

WAN

Name	Connection Type	VPI/VCI or VID	IP/Mask	Gateway	DNS	Status
br_8_35_1	Bridge	8/35	N/A	N/A	N/A	Connected
pppoe_ptm_101_0_d	PPPoE	101	0.0.0.0 /0	0.0.0.0	0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0	Connecting

IPv6 WAN

Name

Connection Type

VPI/VCI or VID

IPv6 Address/Prefix Length

Gateway

DNSv6

Status

LAN

MAC Address: (HAD TO REMOVE THIS ACCORDING TO VODAFONE)

IP Address:192.168.1.1

Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0

DHCP:Enabled

IPv6 LAN

IPv6 Address:N/A

Prefix Length:64

Autoconfiguration Type:RADVD

Wireless

Status:Enabled

Schedule:Disabled

SSID:TP-LINK_BBAC

 

The issue is that this part as below never seems to connect even after 20 mins - it flips between 'connecting' & 'disconnected'

 

pppoe_ptm_101_0_d

PPPoE

101

0.0.0.0 /0

0.0.0.0

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0

Connecting

 

If the PPPOE connection is not establishd then no internet...

 

AFAIK correct username & password input.

If I plug the vodafone router back in, after 10 mins all is well.

Using manual setup I have input the VLAN value of 101 which is supplied during auto setup. I cannot see where to input a QOS value, if indeed one is even needed ?

Perhaps my TD-W9970  router is not compatible with Vodafone & BT infrastructure ?

Any clues about what do to next ?

 

Thanks all....