Sorry you had to go through that with them. I’m glad I could help

Which number you called to reach ATT tech support?

@@staspetryshyn it's been almost a year, so I don't recall, but I think it was the number I got from the AT&T store.

Thanks for the tip!

Just for you!

Glad it was helpful!

Hell yeah brother!

I can’t get the fixed DHCP to work with a UDMP though, only dynamic works. Still great info.

No problem

Glad it helped!

Thank you very much!

Glad it was helpful!

Don’t forget if you buy fiber module that supports 1, 2.5, 5, & 10GbE you can get more internet than you pay for

Will definitely be trying that out!

@@SPXLabs Could you possibly go 8nto more detail? I have a similar setup and am wondering if replacing the fiber cable that the installer used between the in house termination block and my BGW320-500 would speed things up? I'm running into the 2.5GB port on my UDM-PRO SE.

More detail where? I wouldn’t replace any of the fiber. It should be more than good enough.

How did the switch go? Im currecntly running into an issue where the UDM SE isnt getting internet connection. Some folks on a forum said the Model Lan and UDM land cant both be on 192. I was wondering if this "gets around" from having to change all IP address on the ATT modem to 10. Any info would be useful.

I did this for R2 router & I can’t forward any Ports. Does turning UPnP on open ports for u?

No you

@@SPXLabs me now !

So your XR1000 replaced the art gateway right?

I've been seeing many comments like yours asking about mesh but unfortunately I don't own a mesh system so it probably isn't going to happen. But the best way to have a good mesh system is by having all of your access points directly connected to the BGW320 so they can provide the best wifi experience.

@@SPXLabs hello, what do you mean by this?

Plug the mesh points into the gateway with an Ethernet cable

@@SPXLabsdo you mean plug the mesh units into each other? I know in bridge mode, the public IP is handed from the modem to your own firewall, is that not the same in IP Passthrough? I would think the internal switch on the ATT firewall would essentially be disabled if in Passthrough. I would recommend plugging a switch into the ATT firewall and connect all mesh units to that (or if the mesh units have several Ethernet ports, use those).

Awww 🥰

Yes you can!

I can’t really give you a good answer because I’ve never used any mesh systems. However, my neighbor that is a savvy IT guy is super happy with his TP-Link Deco M9. His house is about 2500sq ft.

@@SPXLabs thanks again! Appreciate the insight.

Yeah that sounds legit

Great tip!

You can if you want. It won't hurt anything if you do.

That's kind of a loaded question because it depends on your expectations for your network configuration, like firewall, vlans, DNS, etc etc. If you don't care about any of that stuff, then sure, ditch your tp-link router and use your switch. What I did for a little bit when I had 5G, was just connect my 1 server that needed internet access (container using a specific port) to the 5G ethernet port and the rest of the network was 1G, behind my TP Link hardware. Even with IP Passthrough, you can still use all of the ports on the back of the BGW 320, the systems will just be on a different subnet, and you can still reach them from your TP link subnet, assuming you aren't blocking routes between the two subnets. Anyway, not really an answer because unfortunately, it just depends on what you want to do and what your focus is.

@@SPXLabs thanks a ton! I should have mentioned I am running everything through the OMADA system, so I have all my switches and router connected to the controller. That is why I wanted to stick with the TP link switch and the SFP connector you did on another vid. Thanks for the reply my man!

No problem! Best of luck

You pass-through att's box and straight into mesh router

Effecting WiFi performance, doubt it. WiFi is effected more by external factors; distance, objects, competing WiFi signals, radar, and other wavelength interference. However, you could have issues with double NAT, where software needs certain ports to be open. I know the ATT gateway won't show the MAC address in the drop down menu, I see it do that to this day. You can type it in manually and doing so does seem to work permanently. Can't speak for any of the other issues you mentioned.

I do not.

I have no idea how to even begin checking for the table size. I’m not aware of ever hitting the NAT table while in Passthrough. As far as I can tell I have no issues with NAT

@@SPXLabs The NAT Table size can be found on the ATT device page under Diagnostics > NAT Table. Mine says: Total sessions available 8192

That sounds awesome. hopefully that upload speed starts matching your download speed!

@@SPXLabs yea its to bad these ont fiber modems dont support 802.3ad otherwise i would bond the 2 connecions toghter in Link Aggregation mode to double the speeds but tbo that is kinda overkill, i work as a internet IT specialist for a internet cable company mosty from home these days so haveing a fall over backup connection in case one goes down isnt a bad idea, when ever im in the office they have pretty much te same setup two differant ISP's for redundancy

That’s awesome man. And yeah that is too bad.

The UDMP only has one mac address which can be found in UniFi, on the box, or on the back of the device. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLNgmqmrqbudlqM.html&pp=ygUTc3B4IGxhYnMgdWRtIHBybyA1Zw%3D%3D

Wifi is too difficult to troubleshoot via youtube comments. my recommendation would be to watch videos describing how certain situations perform.

Use the same URL while directly connected to the BGW 320

That’s the exact issue I am having. The devices do not move to the next extender. Mesh might be a better option for me

It's highly unlikely you will ever see 1Gpbs Up and Down. You can also use your own equipment regardless if you do IP Passthrough or not. If you use your own Wireless AP just remember to turn the wifi off on the BGW320

I'm not sure my BGW 320 has ever been updated. I haven't had any issues while configured in this mode. I don't believe you can turn off updates. The best you might be able to do is change the remote login password and that might help out but I don't it.

@@SPXLabs Thanks for that information. We're going to have a closer look at it this weekend. I don't think we know how to log in to the router remotely to put it back into pass-through mode. If you have information on that I'd appreciate it. I saw your video about the air exchange in the IT closet and we just had our HVAC guys put a dedicated cold air return line in the closet to pull the hot air out. Very helpful.

@@jeffcasterella8461 I am having these issues as well. Something definitely changed on the ATT BG320 side. I have been in Passthrough and Cascade router which this video is missing, since I had it installed a year or two ago. Something changed mid-January and since I have not been able to get Passthrough working. I have spent countless hours testing. Bottomline IMHO, Passthrough does very little without enabling Cascade. Once you enable Cascade, within 45 minutes you will start having reset connection issues.....I just bought a TP-Link Fiber converter and transceiver to see if I can just get rid of the BG320....doesnt deliver till tomorrow.

A firmware was pushed recently. Were you able to look into this and resolve the issues? I'm trying to figure out my options and purchase a router so I can set up NAT loopback for my ARK server.

@@devans83 my son and I think we have this resolved, and if a firmware update was pushed to ours it apparently handled it ok. The added wrinkle to our situation, which may have been the problem from the start, was that we had a smart power plug in place that the 320 was plugged into. The ATT tech who came to the house said most likely when the firmware update came through that the 320 tried to do power cycle and our "smart" plug did not like that and tried to restart the 320 in the middle of the firmware update - obviously not good. We have since removed the smart plug. It was a case where we thought the smart plug would be helpful but it actually caused a bunch of trouble. We are hoping all works well now. My son who is an engineer also set up a Proxmox so that we can login from a distance as if we are on site (he understands the far more than his Dad does....) so we are trying to create safety layers since we live 2000 miles from this network.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMiSaLdqu72qimw.html Maybe this will help, I hope.

Unplug and plug it back in. But no I do not.

That's the default setting.

Yes.

@@SPXLabs thanks

Nope

Yes. On your router create an ACL or firewall rule that blocks the att subnet from the rest of your network. However, create a rule that also allows your equipment to talk to the att router. A unidirectional connection if you will

I don’t understand. Can you rephrase?

Cheers!

Reboot the ATT gateway

I’m not sure what you mean but whatever it is doesn’t sound like a problem

Use whatever works!

Hi Stefano, I’m over here in Meridianville AL, I presently have the 2Gbps/2Gbps service. I am set to Passthrough mode and DHCP Dynamic. The reason for not using DHCP Fixed is I wanted my router to be given my real WAN IP address. The ATT box now passes the WAN IP address to my UniFi UXG instead of a 192.168.x.x address. Very helpful! I want to upgrade to the 5Gbps service but the UniFi UXG (and UDM Pro/SE) will rate limit to approximately 3.5 Gbps when IPS is enabled. I really want the 5Gbps service but trying to justify throwing away 1.5 Gbps due to the IPS overhead. Just an FYI. Thanks for your videos. 🍻

Weird that the SE would be slower than the older UDMP. I was seeing 4.5Gbp+ with IPS enabled on my old UDMP. Honestly though, what I do, is pay for 1Gbps and get 1.2~1.3Gbps because ATT over provisions their network. You just need the right SFP+ module. Relevant video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLNgmqmrqbudlqM.html

Thanks for the reply! My understanding is your UDM SE and my UXG-Pro-US have the same capabilities for IPS throughput. Great to hear that you can see 4.5Gbps when the IPS is enabled. Well not so great because it looks like I may need to upgrade. Lol. By the way, my ATT provided HUMAX BGW320-500 is synced up with my UNIFI UXG-Pro-US at 10 Gbps via Cat 6 RJ45. I’ll let you know if I take the plunge and upgrade to 5 Gbps service. 🍻

Yes I’m having the same problem with my Orbi connection on my Xbox it’s saying strict nat type 🤦🏻‍♂️ should I change it to dynamic?

Finally someone noticed! THANK YOU!

More than likely not. It just depends on what ports we are talking about here

@@SPXLabs Generally things such as ports for a Plex server.

Naw. It’s the more common ports where you may run into issues

@@SPXLabs Awesome thank you for your help

If you have a second router and Passthrough your wan ip to it, the subnet will still be the same as it was before ip Passthrough. The ATT gateway also keeps the say subnet. All Passthrough does is hands off the wan ip to another device.

Network address translation (NAT) is a function that your router or gateway performs to create your network. NAT changes the wide area network (WAN) IP address that your Internet service provider (ISP) assigns you from public to private, which allows multiple devices in your network to share it. NAT also secures your network by blocking direct access to your local IP addresses. For more information, see What is NAT (Network Address Translation)? Double NAT occurs when you connect your router to an ISP gateway or another router. Because NAT is performed by each router or gateway, your network is split into two different private networks. The devices connected to one private network might have communication problems with the devices connected to the other private network, and you might experience problems with: 1. Online games 2. VPN connections 3. Port forwarding and triggering 4. Secure websites that use SSL

You don’t have to do this if you add a dedicated access point. If you use a second router you will probably want to do this if you have issues with NAT.

I can’t say that I’ve seen that before. What happens if you just have a computer plugged in instead of the asus router? Does the computer lose connection also?

did you figure out what the issue was?

Pics or it didn’t happen

I left mine on. It hasn't been an issue. The only issue that could arise is if IP Passthrough isn't actually working which is likely due to how buggy the software can be during setup.

Yes and they will get an IP of 192.168.0.# assuming default settings.

Yeah you can still plug other devices into the bgw320 and they obtain an IP address on the same subnet as the bgw 320.

@@SPXLabs So that's because it's IP Passthru and not bridge mode? Interesting. I might leave the AT&T's 2.4ghz online and use that for all my Wyzecams, the Nest etc that don't need to be on my actual LAN. That'll leave my primary 2.4ghz signal with less traffic.

@@JPDuffy I'm not entirely sure but probably. not a bad idea, it's worth a shot.

There is no way to completely bypass the BGW320. This is by design so AT&T can charge customers a rental fee. AT&T has not implemented true IP Passthrough.

Not a clue. Maybe try a different SFP module?

enable hardware offloading configure set system offload hwnat enable commit ; save

Clearly stated in the video. But just a hint, why would you pass through the MAC of the gateway to itself? That doesn't really make sense.

My WAN IP did not change after passing it through to my router. It hasn’t changed since this video has been posted.

@@SPXLabs Awesome, Thanks for the info!

Hope yours stays the same. I suspect it will but you never know.

@@SPXLabs I finally changed to IP Passthrough this morning, My IP did stay the same :), I initially had set it to "default server" and was running fine everything forwarded, and had decided to leave it, but I found out hairpinning NAT did not work with it like that. I was getting frustrated trying to go to sites that resolve to my inside network while home and they would not go. I finally relized why yesterday was because the Dream Machine did not know my External IP. So switching it to IP Passthrough fixed that issue, and at the same time saw that my IP did not change.

I’m having issues with this. Were you able to get this to work?

@@warfionproductions6580 Apparently ATT has a list of ports that cannot be unblocked even upon request (due to security risk). You can find a list of these ports on their web page.

I’m also having issues with this and am at my wits end. I have a UCG ultra. It shows it sees the WANIP and I can get to the internet just fine from inside my network. When I try to access it externally at all I get nothing. Set up DDNS and even try to access directly via external WAN IP. just an empty browser page. So many solutions I have found online and none of them see to work for me. I assume I am doing something wrong but I can’t find out what. I noticed even the UCG says I can’t set up Remote Access despite a WANIP actually being assigned. Super stumped.

@@MatCSim it might be the case that att blocks some ports that your device want to use. To my knowledge, port 443 is reserved by Att for some internal usage. You might find this helpful as well: Bypass won’t work on XGS-PON. Only on older GPON installs. If 2Gb and 5Gb are available to order, you are on XGS-PON and there is no bypass available. If you can only order 1Gb service then you are most likely on GPON and can bypass with the correct switch or router and some certs.

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savage!

You can if you’d like. I didn’t notice a difference with them off. I currently have all of that turned off.

Your WAN IP is switches back and forth between 209 and 190?

@@SPXLabs correct. When I setup pass through the IP will start with 209. When I have issues, still showing pass through, the IP has changed to start with 192

@TubButter something isn’t done right. Doesn’t sound right. I’d reboot and try everything all over again

@@SPXLabs okay. One ATT tech says it’s a firmware issue. Thanks

I don’t know for sure. My assumption is fixed is for when ATT gives you an IP that you pay for, like in a business situation to on. Dynamic may be for homes where periodically a new IP is handed out.

I have the same question can you get rid of the old AT&T modem?

@@luiscaudillo3500 I never figured out so I just got a long Ethernet cord

They probably updated it and it reset. 5G port

Yes

Yup

did u connect the satellite to the main orbi or to the att box?

You don’t have to. It’s really to a avoid double NAT problems. That’s about it

Usually rebooting after making the changes fixes it

@@SPXLabs wanted to follow up on this. Took a break for a couple weeks before re-attempting the configuration. Turns out, the eth0 on the ERX is static, so upon switching the connection from the BGW320 to eth1 (DHCP) on the ERX, voila, everything works.

@@slugger1024 Nice I didn't even think of that being the issue. I knew DHCP could be a problem and thats why I mentioned it's importance in the beginning of the video. But in your circumstance I never would have arrived there. Nice work my dude!!!! You did good!

@@SPXLabs looks like I may have spoken too soon. Everything seemed to be working last night. When I got online this morning only a few sites would load, youtube for example loaded, but reddit would not. Back to the drawing board.

That’s really weird. I have no idea what would cause that. Sorry about all the trouble you are having

It is not possible. The gateway runs a certificate authentication service, no CA service, no internet. Best you can do is ip passthrough

@@SPXLabs hey! Thanks for the snappy response! I really appreciate that. Well, so far I don't seem to be suffering to much loss. It's a little higher latency than if I was connected with fiber all the way, but only a couple Milliseconds. Nothing I could actually notice during real world work loads.

@@willcarter7079 Interesting. I didn't notice any latency differences. The runs vary greatly run to run though. I'd say within margin of error kinds of differences.

@@SPXLabs oh yeah I'm sure it's margin of error. And Im not comparing speed test of at&t with at&t. I'm comparing speed tests from another ISP to at&t. So their infrastructure is going to be different. So it's really not a surprise that at&t is 1 or 2 ms slower.

@willcarter7079 ooooh okay that makes more sense

No, ip passthrough only works through one port to your router. But you can still do everything you’ve said with your own router.

So how does that work? What port is passed through or don’t I understand how this works? If I’m trying to connect to my router externally I get a black browser screen. Nothing seems to get through even to be rejected. I have a UCG Ultra.

Try and find out it. It won’t break anything and you can just undo everything if it isn’t working.

​@@SPXLabswell it works! Weird that the orbi stays flashing purple but otherwise it's solid. I even connected a satellite to it wirelessly and Ethernet on the satellite works across the house. Thanks!!!

​@SamuraiHageshi did you daisy chain the satellite to the other Orbi router or did you plug it directly into the at&t box? I am thinking of getting the same exact system

@@phizlip orbi satellite was in my bedroom not plugged into anything. It works wirelessly. The only thing plugged into the att box was the modem / router. Ended up selling because the fact it had a modem inside meant it lacked some router features. Going to buy a straight orbi router this time

I don’t think so

@@SPXLabs Thank you. That's a bummer.

Are you sure you have the right IP address?

Nope I got nothing. Works fine for me including all the way up to 5Gbps

@@SPXLabs Unfortunately, I am note enjoying that success. I am just a disabled 60ish yr old man that is not a network expert. I set to BGW320-505 to IP passthrough as instructed with the hardwired Linksys MX10 router set to DHCP mode. The download speed dropped about 50% and the upload drops 80%. I was forced to reset the BGW back to standard mode and the Linksys Velop to Bridge mode. Speeds pretty much came back. Any thoughts?

It just doesn’t make sense why the speed would drop. Other people in comments have turned the firewall off and dhcp on their BGW320 and it worked. Maybe try that and see what happens

@@SPXLabs Can the 'ONT' Port be connected to act as just an actual ONT device? I have yet tried to do so since it is plugged on my device

Yes if you have the technical skills, Google how to bypass bgw320. If not then no

From my experience you will not notice any “speed” differences. WiFi on the other hand is a entire different issue. WiFi can be greatly affected by competing devices, construction material, distance, radar, placement, distance, and any kind of interference. You will not get 2Gbps over WiFi with this device. WiFi improvement will require a great deal of research

Well as stated in the video, this is IP Passthrough which is not at all the same as Bridge Mode. But thats an aside. The reason the WiFi still works on your ATT gateway is because you have not disabled it yet. If you don’t to use their WiFi you need to disable it.