Help connecting to vodafone fttp

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi,

I have an Linksys EA8300 which I'm trying to connect to a vodafone fttp connection, the device connects with the linksys firmware and I suspect I'm likely missing an obvious setting.

I've tried setting the vlan to the required 911 but think it may be missing tagging.

Error: Unknown error (USER_REQUEST)
Is what the WAN interface currently displays

The device has a wan port and 4 ethernet ports but when I check the switch page it looks a bit different from other devices as the wan isn't listed.

/etc/config/network

config interface 'loopback'
        option device 'lo'
        option proto 'static'
        option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
        option netmask '255.0.0.0'

config globals 'globals'
        option ula_prefix 'fdce:bbbd:aee8::/48'

config device
        option name 'br-lan'
        option type 'bridge'
        list ports 'eth0'

config interface 'lan'
        option device 'br-lan'
        option proto 'static'
        option ipaddr '192.168.1.1'
        option netmask '255.255.255.0'
        option ip6assign '60'

config interface 'wan'
        option proto 'pppoe'
        option device 'eth1.911'
        option username '*******@broadband.vodafone.co.uk'
        option password '*******'
        option ipv6 'auto'

config switch
        option name 'switch0'
        option reset '1'
        option enable_vlan '1'

config switch_vlan
        option device 'switch0'
        option vlan '1'
        option ports '1 2 3 4 0'

Fri Apr 29 20:45:55 2022 daemon.notice pppd[19188]: pppd 2.4.8 started by root, uid 0
Fri Apr 29 20:46:10 2022 daemon.warn pppd[19188]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
Fri Apr 29 20:46:10 2022 daemon.err pppd[19188]: Unable to complete PPPoE Discovery
Fri Apr 29 20:46:10 2022 daemon.info pppd[19188]: Exit.
Fri Apr 29 20:46:10 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is now down
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is disabled
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 8925.230294] ess_edma c080000.edma eth1: Link is Down
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is enabled
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is setting up now
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: VLAN 'eth1.911' link is down
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' has link connectivity loss
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'eth1' link is down
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is now down
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is disabled
Fri Apr 29 20:46:11 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is enabled
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 8928.812343] ess_edma c080000.edma eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 8928.812945] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'eth1' link is up
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 kern.info kernel: [ 8928.825253] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1.911: link becomes ready
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.notice netifd: VLAN 'eth1.911' link is up
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' has link connectivity
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is setting up now
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.err insmod: module is already loaded - slhc
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.err insmod: module is already loaded - ppp_generic
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.err insmod: module is already loaded - pppox
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.err insmod: module is already loaded - pppoe
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.info pppd[19329]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.info pppd[19329]: RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.8p compiled against pppd 2.4.8
Fri Apr 29 20:46:14 2022 daemon.notice pppd[19329]: pppd 2.4.8 started by root, uid 0

[  787.131051] ess_edma c080000.edma eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
[  787.131124] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[  787.138610] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1.911: link becomes ready
[  802.860817] ess_edma c080000.edma eth1: Link is Down
[  806.332318] ess_edma c080000.edma eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
[  806.332791] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[  806.345301] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1.911: link becomes ready
[  822.040741] ess_edma c080000.edma eth1: Link is Down
[  825.531111] ess_edma c080000.edma eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
[  825.531197] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[  825.539162] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1.911: link becomes ready

Any help greatly appreciated.

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(Presuming this is in the UK)

Are you in a CityFibre area (symmetrical download and upload speeds) or Openreach (frutratingly slow upload speeds!). Vodafone offer FTTP via both, for Openreach regions you do not need VLAN 911.

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Cityfibre, it works using 911 when I use the linksys firmware although that has a setting to set tagging which I think may be what I'm missing on openwrt.

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ipq40xx is 'special', when it comes to VLANs, see

a proper solution is under development, but not merged, yet:

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Thanks for letting me know slh, I'll keep an eye on that GH issue for when support is added. :smiley:

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fwiw, try the NoTengoBattery custom builds. VLANs are fully supported.
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/optimized-build-for-ipq40xx-devices/44125