TP Link ER7206 & Huawei 5G CPE Pro

TP Link ER7206 & Huawei 5G CPE Pro

TP Link ER7206 & Huawei 5G CPE Pro
TP Link ER7206 & Huawei 5G CPE Pro
a week ago - last edited Monday
Model: ER7206 (TL-ER7206)  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 2.20

Hi Team,

I currently have very recently upgraded my whole network from Ubiquiti UniFi to TP-Link Omada.

 

As part of this process, one of the devices I swapped out was the existing Ubiquiti Edgerouter X SFP for a TP Link ER7206.

 

At my front end I have a Huawei 5G CPE Pro in Bridge Mode and have not changed its configuration, this is connected to the WAN2 port on the TP Link TP Link ER7206 and from here I am using the SFP port out to the LAN.

 

The Issue that I am having is that pretty much everyday (in the middle of the night) the internet drops out, and to get back on-line to the internet the next day, I need to go into the Omada interface, "Manage" the TP-Link ER7206 router, then disable and re-enable it's port WAN2, then all is functioning correctly again.

 

(At no point during the above process do I touch the Huawei 5G CPE Pro at all)

 

It suggests that the TP-Link ER7206 router is not refreshing its DHCP address from the ISP automatically perhaps?

 

I never had this once with the Ubiquiti Edgerouter X SFP which I had for a number of years.

 

Any suggestions please?

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Re:TP Link ER7206 & Huawei 5G CPE Pro-Solution
Sunday - last edited Monday

  @Turbotim2025 

 

Hi All,

sorted now, I took the Huawei 5G CPE Pro out of Bridged mode and enabled its internal DHCP server (with just a pool of 2 addresses) to dish-out a private 192.168.xxx.xxx address to the TP Link ER7206 rather than the external IP address being passed through when it was in bridged mode, then setup  the Huawei 5G CPE Pro to reserve the specific 192.168.xxx.xxx address tied to the TP Link ER7206 MAC address. So far, no more drop offs.

 

Strange that I had to do this considering the Ubiquiti Edgerouter was happy utilising the Huawei 5G CPE Pro in Bridged mode for years without dropping off.

 

Any ways, thanks all.

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Re:TP Link ER7206 & Huawei 5G CPE Pro
a week ago

  @Turbotim2025 

How many WAN ports do you currently have?You might try cloning the WAN MAC address from your previous router.Also, please check the logs for anything relevant.To investigate further, you could mirror the WAN port and capture packets when the issue occurs.When the problem appears, does the WAN port still retain its IP address?

How to capture packets using Wireshark on SMB router or switch

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Re:TP Link ER7206 & Huawei 5G CPE Pro
a week ago

  @Ethan-TP 

Hi There,

I do have other WAN ports, but only configured the one.

 

Cloning the WAN MAC from my previous Ubiquiti router has no effect (internet still drops out usually early AM).

 

The WAN port does retain its external IP address, until I disable then re-enable the port, at which point it picks up a new external IP address.

 

I will try taking the router out of bridged mode today and see how that goes.

 

In the meantime, I have contacted TP Link sales to find out when their own Omada 5G Router will be release (apparently February). 

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Re:TP Link ER7206 & Huawei 5G CPE Pro-Solution
Sunday - last edited Monday

  @Turbotim2025 

 

Hi All,

sorted now, I took the Huawei 5G CPE Pro out of Bridged mode and enabled its internal DHCP server (with just a pool of 2 addresses) to dish-out a private 192.168.xxx.xxx address to the TP Link ER7206 rather than the external IP address being passed through when it was in bridged mode, then setup  the Huawei 5G CPE Pro to reserve the specific 192.168.xxx.xxx address tied to the TP Link ER7206 MAC address. So far, no more drop offs.

 

Strange that I had to do this considering the Ubiquiti Edgerouter was happy utilising the Huawei 5G CPE Pro in Bridged mode for years without dropping off.

 

Any ways, thanks all.

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