Beginner with GL.Inet MT6000 - Wan déconnection - TV Player (French Operator, Free)

Pookye · October 23, 2024, 9:02pm

Hello,

I am registering here because I have some problems with a GL Inet MT600 router.

To present the situation: I waited for fiber for several years. Once it arrived, I took out the LinkSys WRT3200 router purchased second-hand 4 years ago, and I started to create my network / The goal is to use the operator's Box as a modem only, by switching this box to Bridge mode, and manage my network with my own router.

I started to do with the Linksys, but I had problems with the range (distance) in wifi, problems connecting several devices..After reading a lot about this Linksys router and it's Marvell Wifi chip, I concluded that it was not the right choice. I ordered a GL Inet MT6000.

First topic:

I encounter problems of untimely disconnection in the management interface, on the home page, often appears "The interface is connected, but the internet can't be accessed" (Wan port, ethernet 1).
This lasts about 30 seconds, and then it disappears for a few seconds, or a minute, and it comes back for 30 seconds..I have the impression that it depends on the number of connected devices. (the problem is when there are several)

When I open web pages, they take a while to open (20 to 30 seconds) ... Google searches are fast, it's after, as soon as I follow a link...
This is noticeable both in wifi and in ethernet.

I don't know if it comes from my box configuration in bridge/personal router which is bad, or if it comes from my operator box.
In the second case, we will have to provide them with "proof", or certain elements, that it is not the personnal network that is in error.

This phenomenon is present with all peripherals, except one, my work PC under Windows 11. The fact is perhaps that when I work, it is the only one connected (ethernet)

Edit : I can run a test tomorrow with my work computer and connect my personal computer to see..

Edit 2 : Can a recent PC manage IPv6 natively, while a 10 Macbook would have more trouble?
I ask myself the question while rereading one of the links in the following section..(canaletto.fr)

Edit 3 : During the night, when all the pheripherals are off, the GL.Inet led statut is flashing.

Second subject:

What I am trying to do:

I am trying to make the operator's TV player work. To do this, it is imperative to provide IPv6 on the player, and in SLAAC (no stateless or statefull DHCPv6) because it is Android. The Player Pop (free operator), the router will have to deliver an IPv6 address to the Player in SLAAC, without activating DHCPv6, always so that the Free Server and the Free Player can communicate.

I opened a topic here, at first for the LinkSys router under DD-Wrt, but the end of the topic is about OpenWrt and the GL Inet:

https://lafibre.info/remplacer-freebox/routeur-linksys-ac3200-sous-dd-wrt-derriere-freebox-pop/24/

There are screenshots and feedback following the tutorial (link below)

I tried to follow this tutorial, but I don't have quite the same choices/options as him, and I'm afraid of making a mistake.
https://blog.kulakowski.fr/post/openwrt-derriere-une-freebox-ipv6-dmz-et-bridge

The principles can be found here, but the hardware is not the same, and my understanding is limited:
https://utux.fr/article13/free-bridge-ipv6
here, at the bottom of the page: https://lafibre.info/remplacer-freebox/freebox-delta-pop-mode-bridge-onpsense-freeplayer/
https://www.canaletto.fr/post/freebox-unifi-udm-and-ipv6

Thank you for your feedback.

And sorry for my Spanish cow English language

Pookye · October 24, 2024, 6:48am

Hello,

Is there a known reason why Apple devices (Mac, iPhone, iPad) are having connection problems, while the PC on Windows 11 is not experiencing any connection latency/delay?

I also have an old Chromebook..
And it's worse, it works very well on the 4G box, but impossible to connect to the router.

I just did the test with the work computer under w11, and my mac. The PC works without problems, the MAC encounters latency problems (20 to 30 to open a page from Google. Google search or other works well, it's after...

Pookye · October 24, 2024, 7:12am

Continuation: I just called my fiber operator: there is an instability problem on my fiber line.

Not surprising given which company is deploying the network (if you are interested, see the first post of the subject opened on the French forum, link in my first post)

On the other hand, this does not explain why Apple devices have a problem, and Windows connects without problems/latency..

bruce · October 25, 2024, 8:42am

Hi,

May I confirm if is the current problem the response latency slow of Apple devices, Chromebooks, and TV (or say Android system)?

Probably it is the DNS issue.

Check what the Win11 DNS is (probably it is customize configured?)
Check what the MT6000 DNS is, if have not configured, the default is supposed to be using the DNS which the ISP WAN push to.
Manual change the DNS in the router, like Google 8.8.8.8, Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, etc

Pookye · October 25, 2024, 7:12pm

Thanks for your reply.

The DNS on Win11 is the GL.Inet router adress.I have look, it's the same for on Mac.
The DNS 1 & 2 on the Gl Inet admin panel are the 2 adress for Cloudfare. I don't find DNS on the ISP router (Bridge mode)
it's done.

To look at all this (maybe an "old" parameter that was lying around in the provider's box, I went back to router mode, which gives me more access than when it is in bridge, but I have nothing found concerning the DNS used (apart from being able to use a personalized DNS in IPV6, but that is not the subject here)

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clweb · October 25, 2024, 10:24pm

When you got fiber from Free, you should ask for a full stack IP. You may have only 1/4 of the avilable ports. You get it at no cost. I Had also problems when I got the fiber.

Pookye · October 26, 2024, 7:58am

Thanks.

I looked at this solution, but I am "normally" not concerned, because I do not use a server or other services that require having the entire port range...

Or is the router "sending" over the entire port range via the WAN, and that's where it gets stuck?
(From what I understand about network operation, the answer is no, but I could be wrong.)

MilesTEG · October 26, 2024, 8:06am

Hello, I’ve got the same isp Free and have a Freebox Pop.
But I use DMZ setting in the Freebox to set the router (also a Flint2 like you) IP address in the Freebox network (I fixed it using dhcp reservation in the Freebox).
I never been able to use the bridge function and get working a router after the Freebox (when I tried I use a Synology RT2600AC).
I didn’t try with the Flint2 as I’m better with dmz than bridge.

I suggestive you, first, to try another ethernet cable between the Freebox and the Flint2.
And then if it doesn’t help, change bridge to dmz.

I don’t have any problem with my setup. I use the Freebox Pop 2,5GbE port connected to the eth1 (2,5GbE) port on the flint2 in WAN mode , and have the flint2 working with this speed in my lan by using the eth2 (2,5GbE too) port in LAN mode with severals multi-gig switch’s.

Are you sure is it still mandatory?
I don’t have a player, I use an Apple TV with OQEE but as far as I know , the player use also OQEE.
And I heard that ipv6 is no more mandatory.
I disable ipv6 on my lan , and don’t configure the Flint2 to use it also.
And OQEE is still working fine.

And another thing , have you an ipv4 full stack provided by free ? I’m kite sure it the root of your problems but maybe it can help if it is not full stack.

You should try to deactivate ipv6 on your Mac network connections.

Pookye · October 26, 2024, 8:29am

Thanks for all this info, I'll look at it tonight.

I'll try with new cables, to see, but changing a cable will be impossible: My box is in a closet where the fiber arrives. There, there is a patch bay where all my rj 45s leave. The router is in another room, where there are 2 RJ45 sockets, one for the Wan, one for the Lan, and it goes back to the same closet, where there is a switch connected to the other rj45s (office, living room, etc.)

So I can test with other patch cables, reverse my wan sockets/cables, but the cables in the wall, it's dead..

For now I have put aside the connection of the tv box a little, I am looking to solve my internet access problems, the tv box will be the next subject.

For IpV6 and the Pop player, there have been changes, but there is still a need for IPv6, and in SLAAC, because the pop player is an Android player, which does not support IPV6, and only works in IPV4. On my TV box, I encounter the same latency problems as with all other devices. Android services, such as Google voice search, YouTube, etc., are slow, but work.
On the other hand, OQEE does not work, because it uses IPv6. I did not understand if it is for the connection Tv player > box or Box > Free server to identify yourself, but I am certain of this, I have a message in Oqee: no internet connection.

In any case, thank you for the feedback, I will look into it further this evening.

Pour base de reference :
https://utux.fr/article13/free-bridge-ipv6
https://blog.kulakowski.fr/post/openwrt-derriere-une-freebox-ipv6-dmz-et-bridge

clweb · October 26, 2024, 10:29am

@Pookye

As I was connected to fiber, the TV was functionnal, but I had problem to access Internet via a router that worked perfectly with the same box in ADSL. I asked for full stack IP, got a new IP and all worked again. I do not have server or special services.

Pookye · October 27, 2024, 4:17pm

Thanks @clweb and @MilesTEG

Your information has allowed me to move forward on one point, and the most important: allowing devices in the home to properly access the internet.

I asked for a full stack IPV6, and I finally have internet access with my Apple devices!

I was a little doubtful, because my old iPhone (I use a first generation iPhone SE) does not have an IPV6 option in the network settings), and my Mac, which is almost 10 years old, only allows you to configure IPV6 in auto/manual/or local link only, as if we couldn't cut it.

I will look at the rest in more detail this evening, and will go over in more detail the information and the tutorial linked above.

Pookye · October 27, 2024, 8:43pm

@MilesTEG and @clweb

Since my last message, I did a test of the tv player, to see...The TV box works very well: The Android part no longer has latency, and the OQEE service works!!

I didn't do anything, apart from requesting a Full Stack IP!!

@MilesTEG, if you want to switch to Bridge on your box, I think the solution is (perhaps) now simpler.

I started to configure IPv6 by following this tutorial: https://blog.kulakowski.fr/post/openwrt-derriere-une-freebox-ipv6-dmz-et-bridge

So, I'm not too sure of my configuration, because I partially executed this tutorial, I didn't get to the end..

here is what I did whith the tutoriel:

For the Freebox part, it's good.
I have the IPV6 address of my router registered in the freeBox Next Hop

For the configuration of the Wan and Wan6 part, I have a doubt about the execution of this command:

uci delete network.wan6.ip6prefix
uci add_list network.wan6.ip6prefix='2a01:e34:xxxx:xxxx::/64'
uci commit
I haven't had any feedback that anything needs to change.

In the LAN part
I didn't have this choice, so I didn't do anything (from memory):

Serveur DHCP / Paramètres IPv6 :
Service de publicité de routeur : mode serveur

When I tried to apply the changes from the tutorial, I got a confirmation message with a countdown, and a confirmation request..(screenshot of pending changes) - I had not validated.

The objective of this last paragraph is to determine if additional elements, carried out previously in the tutorial + the transition to Full Stack IP allowed the operation, or if it is only the transition to Full Stack IP...

And if elements that I modified would not have to be returned to basic configuration for cleaner and safer operation.

The idea and then to post the result on the Fibre.Info forum: This is a reference French forum that you come across when looking for information, but it probably seems obsolete. They help me here, if I can help elsewhere..