Enabling DMZ means you just basically opened all ports regardless of what your application is running on. You're letting everything in.enabling dmz is risky? port forwarding was not working on mine and i enabled dmz.
Enabling DMZ means you just basically opened all ports regardless of what your application is running on. You're letting everything in.enabling dmz is risky? port forwarding was not working on mine and i enabled dmz.
How did you do this in bridge mode if you don't mind me asking?I have the same router - but its working in bridge mode so port forwarding is not really an issue (and also not an ISP constraint)
However, at least i can confirm that Airtel static IP mode has no issues with port forwarding and The solution likely lies within the rather non user friendly interface of the router itself .
Perhaps try a straight-through forward to test first? i.e. 22->22
You do the same config on your router (instead of Airtel-provided one)How did you do this in bridge mode if you don't mind me asking?
In bridge mode it will simply convert the fiber optic signal to/fro electric signal, nothing else, so essetially it becomes a media convertorHow did you do this in bridge mode if you don't mind me asking?
Yes, it is required. There's a very minute chance you might not be behind CGNAT, check the WAN IP mentioned in Airtel Router dashboard and see if it is the same when you google 'whats my ip' from phone/tablet/pc/laptop. If it is same, you might be on dynamic IP, in that case you might get away without paying for static IP. But if you face issues forwarding port and contact Airtel support, they will say you have to buy Static IP.looking forward to port forward as well i do have a airtel fiber connection but no static ip as of now
is a static ip required for this to work ?
What VPS are you planning to use?Yes I'm behind CGNAT, my plan is to use a cloud vps to serve like a front end harnessing it's ddos protection to access services on my home hosted server using a IPSEC+GRE Tunnel but I'm wondering if something like wireguard vpn could do the same without the static ip and would be not too taxing on the hardware any one has some experience?
Some routers don't actually have all the features implemented. They are just meant to just plug & play using default settings. Try with a well known router for a sanity testWhat am I missing, or doing wrong?
You don't put your main Airtel router in bridge mode, you put your mesh devices as an "Access point", which will act like repeaters for the router, which will handle all connected devices.I got Airtel extreme fiber 2 days back. Now I'm looking to connect to a Deco x60 mesh after enabling bridge mode.
The WAN page has everything greyed out.
Can anyone help how did they enable bridge mode on their Sercomm AOT-4221SR?
You can also put the Airtel router in bridge mode so that you can do things like WAN load balancing and other things which the airtel provided router cannot handle.You don't put your main Airtel router in bridge mode, you put your mesh devices as an "Access point", which will act like repeaters for the router, which will handle all connected devices.
Contact net@airtel.com (doesn't work) and raise a ticket with Airtel app as well.Can anyone help how did they enable bridge mode on their Sercomm AOT-4221SR?
Well, I would recommend putting the Airtel provided router in bridge mode for ease of life. After that, there will be no need of contacting support for every little change of settings.You don't put your main Airtel router in bridge mode, you put your mesh devices as an "Access point", which will act like repeaters for the router, which will handle all connected devices.
If you can reconfigure your mesh device as a router, then yes it is possible. I was under the impression mesh devices could not act as a stand-alone router, in which case you would have to buy another router as well and use the Airtel one as a bridge.In this mode our router can then connect via PPoE to Airtel through the airtel router
You mean setting up bridge mode?It would be great if we can get it working.
Make a tutorial for the same on TE.
I'll be the first to follow.
The one I mentioned (Deco X60) is far ahead than the Airtel provided router in terms of serving as main router. On top of more CPU power it's got many network management features which make your life easier like QoS etc. App itself is very intuitive for blocking/unblocking certain clients. You can even force certain clients to connect to certain band only.I was under the impression mesh devices could not act as a stand-alone router, in which case you would have to buy another router as well and use the Airtel one as a bridge.
I've done this exact thing at work recently using Tailscale - main server behind a CGNAT, connected to WireGuard mesh, VPS also connected to mesh, and Caddy as a reverse proxy between the two.Yes I'm behind CGNAT, my plan is to use a cloud vps to serve like a front end harnessing it's ddos protection to access services on my home hosted server using a IPSEC+GRE Tunnel but I'm wondering if something like wireguard vpn could do the same without the static ip and would be not too taxing on the hardware any one has some experience?