Hello everyone. I recently acquired 1000/1000 fiber service in my new apartment but I was less than thrilled with the fact that they were forcing their equipment on me. I found instructions to perform the dumb switch bypass and bought the required hardware. I got a small UPS and a DGS-1005G switch and followed the instructions, and while my router does acquire a public IP via DHCP, I am left with no internet access. I am using a TP-Link Archer C7. This router was working fine on my previous connection, which was a barebones docsis 3.0 modem on Spectrum.
I have the MAC of my gateway cloned to my router.
From a completely powered off state, I power on the ONT and allow it to establish a connection (Solid green lights).
I plug the ONT and Pace gateway into my DGS-1005G, power on the Pace, and wait for it to establish a broadband connection (Solid green lights).
From a powered on state, I unplug the Pace gateway and plug in the router to the DGS-1005G.
I web into the router and confirm it has the same public IP the gateway had acquired.
Test internet connectivity, no access.
Am I missing a step or is the TP-Link Archer C7 perhaps not compatible with the bypass trick? I am fairly competent when it comes to computers and networking but this one has me stumped. Any tips or advice would be appreciated...thanks!
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