ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?

ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?

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Re:ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?
2 weeks ago
New update Enabled "IPv6" under the Internet Settings of the Deco. Rebooted the Deco router.... and success, An external IP! wonder how long this will last or how well this will perform
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Re:ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?
2 weeks ago - last edited 2 weeks ago

Update: Lost my public IP address on the deco after a power outage last night. was working great for 2 days straight and now I'm stuck being double NAT'd again.... I don't understand what's going on.

 

I rebooted the ATT router. No change

Rebooted the Deco router, no change. 

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Re:ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?
2 weeks ago - last edited 2 weeks ago

Apologies for all the updates/posts but I like good troubleshooting notes.

 

I unplugged the Deco router for 5 minutes, plugged it back in and got an external IP address.

 

- Thoughts, I have the ATT router has the DHCP lease on the "Passthrough DHCP Lease" set to 3 minutes. The Deco router reboots quicker than 3 minutes....

- Other thought - now that I have an external IP address... what would happen if I set the lease to 99 days (The max). Would theoretically keep the external IP for 99 days? I'm going to try it.

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Re:ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?
2 weeks ago

  @JDThreeee 

The IP address are pulled by the DHCP client (the Deco), they are not pushed by the DHCP server (the BGW).  If the "Passthrough DHCP Lease" is set to 3 minutes, that means the Deco , after receiving an IP address, has to renew that lease before the lease expires, 3 minutes after reception.

 

Such a short lease is necessary in case the public IP address obtained from ATT is changed.  When that address is changed, you want the Deco to promptly obtain a new public IP address.  If you set the lease to 99 days, it might take 99 days before the Deco ask to renew the lease, and obtain a new public IP address.

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Re:ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?
2 weeks ago

  @yves_b Thank you again for the reply.

 

Guess for now I will be just turning off the router for 5 minutes every time this happens... Hopefully not too frequently.

 

But if the Deco is asking for an IP super often but not getting the eternal IP.... where do you think the issue resides the most? to me, it seems like if turning off the Deco for 5 minutes resolves my issue then the problem is likely with the Deco software, not the ATT router.

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Re:ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?
2 weeks ago

  @JDThreeee 

Hence the Deco receives sometimes an "internal" IP address from the BGW.  I assume that comes from the BGW, as it allows the Deco to communicate with Internet via the BGW.

The Deco would be responsible for that if it was not using the MAC address the BGW expects.

Is there a way to see in the BGW the set of IP addresses (and associated MAC addresses) leased by the BGW?  Something like the list of clients of the BGW?  I would expect the Deco to be the single "client" of the BGW.

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Re:ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?
a week ago

  @yves_b 

 

Just 1 client listed in the BGW.

 

I factory reset the BGW at the begining of this process to ensure everything was cleared out and all my presonalization were removed.

 

MAC Address ##:##:##:##:##:51
IPv4 Address / Name ###:##:###:145 / Google Inc.
Last Activity Tue Dec 10 09:40:07 2024
Status on
Allocation dhcp
Connection Type
Ethernet LAN-1
Connection Speed 2500Mbps fullduplex
Mesh Client No
IPv6 Address ####:####:####:####:1f51
Type slaac
Valid Lifetime forever
Preferred Lifetime forever
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Re:ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?
a week ago

  @JDThreeee What does the BGW show about its clients when the Deco is running with a private IP address?

How does it compare to what is showed when the Deco runs with the public IP address?

 

The BGW should also have a "bridge" mode, perhaps you want to try that.  In bridge mode, I understood the BGW is not manageable by ATT, but it might be worth trying that mode.

I do not know if you need to adapt the "internet connection" settings of the Deco when the BGW is in bridge mode.

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Re:ATT Fiber BGW320 - Has anyone truly been able to get IP Passthrough to work?
a week ago
BGW320 does not have a bridge mode as far as I know. Set the DHCP lease time to 1 Day @JDThreeee . I reboot the RG by disconnecting the power, plugging it back in. About 15-20 seconds later I do the same to my BE95. Usually pretty good at getting Passthrough to work.
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