said by ctaranto:I cloned the MAC of the Actiontec to the primary router, but it refused to get an IP. I pulled power to the ONT and disconnected the battery, waiting 10 seconds, put power back on, and tried again. No IP.
You need to release the Actiontec's WAN DHCP lease BEFORE swapping it out.
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How do I release my DHCP lease? Why would I need to?said by ctaranto:Actiontec
WAN IP: 98.x.y.z
What is the LAN subnet of the Actiontec? It
must be different from the primary LAN subnet.
said by ctaranto:The FAQ says to port forward these to the LAN address of the secondary router (which would be 98.x.y.1). I also tried this and it didn't work. I though port forwards were always to an address on the same subnet (ie. WAN port). Is that a typo in the FAQ or is it supposed to be the LAN (98.x.y.1) address?
The primary's LAN address and the WAN address of the secondary router are the same. 192.168.2.101 in the FAQ diagram.
The LAN IP address shown as an example in step 8 was incorrect. It has been corrected in the FAQ.
said by ctaranto:Is the MAC Cloning thing essential to getting this to work?
No. It is a workaround in case of difficulty getting a WAN DHCP lease on the new router.
said by ctaranto:I tried putting the Actiontec back in front of everything and it now won't get an IP with either the original Actiontec MAC or cloning the primary router default MAC. I assume I'd have to wait up to 2 hours for the lease of the current assignment to expire (or call up Verizon to kill the lease).
That's depends on whether you are able to release the WAN DHCP lease on the ASUS before putting the Actiontec back.