CR1000a Issue - Verizon FiOS (2025)

GolfDude join:2004-01-29 East Islip, NY	GolfDude Member 2023-Jan-15 10:40 pm CR1000a Issue So ive had the cr1000a for a while now, but never have gotten the 2.5 gig port to actually work on it.. like it sees the internet signal, and it only partially loads websites, or doesnt load sites at all, and only when using that port.. anyone else run into this problem, and how was it fixed? for the record, i do have a 2.5 gig port on my pc as well
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Smith6612 MVM join:2008-02-01 North Tonawanda, NY	Smith6612 MVM 2023-Jan-15 11:54 pm Intel NIC? Disable IPv6 TCP and UDP Checksum Offloading for the Ethernet NIC if so.
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GolfDude join:2004-01-29 East Islip, NY	GolfDude Member 2023-Jan-16 4:26 am wasnt an intel nic, but those tweaks did the trick and its working like it should now!
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NYsubscriber join:2020-10-17 Syosset, NY	NYsubscriber Member 2023-Jan-16 3:30 pm Could we see the screenshots of your adapter settings title? The light on the port is white not orange right?
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Smith6612 MVM join:2008-02-01 North Tonawanda, NY	Smith6612 to GolfDude MVM 2023-Jan-16 6:44 pm to GolfDude What kind of Ethernet adapter was it? Good to document for the future which kinds are having issues.
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GolfDude join:2004-01-29 East Islip, NY	GolfDude Member 2023-Jan-16 7:50 pm i have a realtek adapter, its part of my mobo (not its own card, its the actual port on the mobo)
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Smith6612 MVM join:2008-02-01 North Tonawanda, NY	Smith6612 MVM 2023-Jan-16 8:04 pm Got it. Thanks! Will have to keep note of that and see if we continue to see problems with Realtek cards as well.
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jmcging join:2005-08-04 Columbia, MD	jmcging Member 2023-Jan-19 12:23 pm Hey, just because it took me a bit to find this solution, figured I'd share. I have a Marvel based QNAP QXG 10Gbe network adapter and it needed changes just with a plain old CR1000. I'd think likely for a CR1000a as well? Disable TCP/UDP Checksum Offload (IPv4) and "Recv Segment Coalescing (IPv4)" (seems this might be a Marvel based high speed chipset centric change) Going to see if disabling the ipV4 TCP/UDP setting has any effect. Point is, sometimes you must get in teh weeds here, so thanks for keeping track of such things.
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aaronwt Premium Member join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA Asus RT-AX89	aaronwt Premium Member 2023-Jan-19 2:42 pm said by jmcging: Hey, just because it took me a bit to find this solution, figured I'd share. I have a Marvel based QNAP QXG 10Gbe network adapter and it needed changes just with a plain old CR1000. I'd think likely for a CR1000a as well? Disable TCP/UDP Checksum Offload (IPv4) and "Recv Segment Coalescing (IPv4)" (seems this might be a Marvel based high speed chipset centric change) Going to see if disabling the ipV4 TCP/UDP setting has any effect. Point is, sometimes you must get in teh weeds here, so thanks for keeping track of such things. I have two of the QNAP 10GbE cards and a QNAP 5GbE card in use. I never had any problem maxing out the CR1000A 10GbE ports with those cards when I was testing. Back when I had my three CR1000A units in use. And my cards have TCP/UDP Checksum Offload (IPv4) and "Recv Segment Coalescing (IPv4) enabled. I know there was a firmware upgrade for the QNAP 10GbE cards that I installed last year. No idea if that is the reason I had no issue though. Although I ended up disconnecting all three CR100A units since they don't have a true AP mode. And switched to using two TP-Link AXE95 routers in AP mode. Which also get better wifi coverage than the CR1000A had. So I only needed two instead of the three CR1000A units I was using. Although they don't have any 2.5GbE or 10GbE ports. Except for the 2.5GbE WAN port. But I had moved away from using the other ports on the AP, when the CR1000A didn't have a true AP mode. And just ordered extra 10G/2.5G switches instead.
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NYsubscriber join:2020-10-17 Syosset, NY	NYsubscriber Member 2023-Jan-23 7:54 pm You can bridge the 10GbE WAN port. I said this at least 10 times to you. I have done it and had no issues with connectivity. I don't have the gear or the money to test its 10G throughput.
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aaronwt Premium Member join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA Asus RT-AX89 4 edits	aaronwt Premium Member 2023-Jan-25 5:26 pm said by NYsubscriber: You can bridge the 10GbE WAN port. I said this at least 10 times to you. I have done it and had no issues with connectivity. I don't have the gear or the money to test its 10G throughput. I tried it multiple times and it never worked. Following the instructions you pointed out. Bridging never worked properly with any of my three CR1000A units. The only way I was able to use my three CR1000a units as Access Points, was to connect the uplink to one of the LAN ports. Either the 10GbE LAN port or one of the two 2.5GbE LAN ports. But, this way, you have no access to the UI. You have to move the uplink to the WAN port, make changes, and then move it back to the LAN port. No router should require a bunch of hoops to go through just to put it in AP mode. It should just be a box to select whether the router is in AP mode or Router mode. Which, unfortunately, the CR1000A does not have. So I moved on to the TP-Link AXE95 routers being used in AP mode. I get more coverage, only needing two AXE95 units instead of three CR1000A units for the same coverage. They use less power. And I can get faster throughput. Plus, I can easily go into the UI to see what's connected, speeds etc. I would have preferred to get Asus WiFi6E routers to use as APs. Especially since my main router is now an ASus RT-AX89X. But the sale at Costco made the TP-Link AXE95 units $100 cheaper than the Asus equivalent units. So it was too good a deal to pass up.
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NYsubscriber join:2020-10-17 Syosset, NY Alcatel-Lucent I-211M-L Arcadyan FiOS-G3100 Arcadyan FiOS-E3200	NYsubscriber Member 2023-Jan-25 7:27 pm said by aaronwt: No router should require a bunch of hoops to go through just to put it in AP mode. That's a different problem than you can't bridge its WAN port or use it as a dual 10GbE switch. I can ask them to make improvements, but, right now, besides the DHCP Distribution pool range would glitch when you click Apply, everything else worked as supposed.
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jmcging join:2005-08-04 Columbia, MD	jmcging to aaronwt Member 2023-Jan-25 8:09 pm to aaronwt Well, I had exactly the same issues as the OP that went away when I made those changes. The firmware is up to date but I'm at if it ain't broke don't fix it. But point is tehat if there are issues, look up the card settings for a possible fix. But if it works, well, all done, right?
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aaronwt Premium Member join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA Asus RT-AX89	aaronwt to NYsubscriber Premium Member 2023-Jan-26 2:47 pm to NYsubscriber said by NYsubscriber: said by aaronwt: No router should require a bunch of hoops to go through just to put it in AP mode. That's a different problem than you can't bridge its WAN port or use it as a dual 10GbE switch. I can ask them to make improvements, but, right now, besides the DHCP Distribution pool range would glitch when you click Apply, everything else worked as supposed. This was my entire problem from the beginning. Using the CR1000a as an AP, where your primary router assigns IP addresses, not the CR1000a, with you also being able to access the GUI. So you are saying this solution was never going to work for me anyway? Either way though I've moved on. I just need to put my three CR1000a units on eBay sometime. To, hopefully, recoup most of what I payed for them.
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Foxbat121 join:2001-04-25 Ashburn, VA	Foxbat121 Member 2023-Jan-26 2:59 pm Were you able to disable DHCP on the router at all? I wouldn't expect VZ to support bridging out of box because none of their routers support that. But if you can disable DHCP on the router, use only LAN ports, you should be fine. As far as management UI, you just need to find the LAN IP of the router that was assigned by your main router. you should be able to connect to it. But if the DHCP cannot be turned off, that will be totally different issue.
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aaronwt Premium Member join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA Asus RT-AX89	aaronwt Premium Member 2023-Jan-26 4:20 pm said by Foxbat121: Were you able to disable DHCP on the router at all? I wouldn't expect VZ to support bridging out of box because none of their routers support that. But if you can disable DHCP on the router, use only LAN ports, you should be fine. As far as management UI, you just need to find the LAN IP of the router that was assigned by your main router. you should be able to connect to it. But if the DHCP cannot be turned off, that will be totally different issue. Yes. I had the CR1000A units hooked up to a LAN port for using them as Access Points. But you have no access to the UI that way. To get info and see what's going on. That was the entire reason I stopped using my CR1000A units.
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Foxbat121 join:2001-04-25 Ashburn, VA	Foxbat121 Member 2023-Jan-26 4:31 pm said by aaronwt: said by Foxbat121: Were you able to disable DHCP on the router at all? I wouldn't expect VZ to support bridging out of box because none of their routers support that. But if you can disable DHCP on the router, use only LAN ports, you should be fine. As far as management UI, you just need to find the LAN IP of the router that was assigned by your main router. you should be able to connect to it. But if the DHCP cannot be turned off, that will be totally different issue. Yes. I had the CR1000A units hooked up to a LAN port for using them as Access Points. But you have no access to the UI that way. To get info and see what's going on. That was the entire reason I stopped using my CR1000A units. If DHCP is disabled on CR1000a, your router will get a LAN ip from the main router. Use that IP, you should be able to reach the router management UI if things went smoothly. I know VZ prefer to use stupid local DNS name to access the router but I assume it won't block access using the LAN IP addess.
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aaronwt Premium Member join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA Asus RT-AX89	aaronwt Premium Member 2023-Jan-26 4:51 pm said by Foxbat121: said by aaronwt: said by Foxbat121: Were you able to disable DHCP on the router at all? I wouldn't expect VZ to support bridging out of box because none of their routers support that. But if you can disable DHCP on the router, use only LAN ports, you should be fine. As far as management UI, you just need to find the LAN IP of the router that was assigned by your main router. you should be able to connect to it. But if the DHCP cannot be turned off, that will be totally different issue. Yes. I had the CR1000A units hooked up to a LAN port for using them as Access Points. But you have no access to the UI that way. To get info and see what's going on. That was the entire reason I stopped using my CR1000A units. If DHCP is disabled on CR1000a, your router will get a LAN ip from the main router. Use that IP, you should be able to reach the router management UI if things went smoothly. I know VZ prefer to use stupid local DNS name to access the router but I assume it won't block access using the LAN IP addess. I was never able to access the UI connected this way. Getting the IP address of the CR1000A was never an issue, every devices IP address is in my router. Either by DHCP reservation(I have over ninety DHCP reservations now with my Asus RT-AX89X router) or by being automatically assigned. But when hooked up the way I had it, to a LAN port, the CR1000A units were not given an IP address. Only when connected to the WAN port did they get an IP address. And the bridging option never worked properly with any of my CR1000a units. I spent too much time messing around with them. With the TP-Link AXE95 units I got for WiFi 6E APs, I only needed to spend a few minutes total with them for setup. And most of that time was just to update the firmware.
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Foxbat121 join:2001-04-25 Ashburn, VA	Foxbat121 Member 2023-Jan-26 5:05 pm said by aaronwt: But when hooked up the way I had it, to a LAN port, the CR1000A units were not given an IP address. That's weird. It should get an IP address if DHCP is disabled. I don't have CR1000a so can't help you there.
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gadgetboyj Premium Member join:2009-08-25 Staten Island, NY	gadgetboyj Premium Member 2023-Jan-27 4:21 pm said by Foxbat121: That's weird. It should get an IP address if DHCP is disabled. I don't have CR1000a so can't help you there. Disabling the DHCP server does not enable a DHCP client on most any router, including the CR1000A, G3100, G1100, or MI424WR. You need to MANUALLY specify a LAN IP address that is within the same subnet as your primary router if you wish to be able to reach the bridged Verizon router from your LAN.
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NYsubscriber join:2020-10-17 Syosset, NY Alcatel-Lucent I-211M-L Arcadyan FiOS-G3100 Arcadyan FiOS-E3200	NYsubscriber to aaronwt Member 2023-Jan-28 7:49 pm to aaronwt I think I made this point demonstrably clear in the bridging guide. You need to assign/re-assign a LAN IP to the bridged LAN interface after doing bridging. Also, this guide is for G1100, so a bit old. I made this in Dec of 2020, I think. Actually, when I say "bridge the WAN interface," this is nonetheless not 100% equivalent to what the guide is asking you to do, although they share many similarities. I will amend the bridging guide or make a new guide/video tutorial for G3100/CR1000A.
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aaronwt Premium Member join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA Asus RT-AX89	aaronwt Premium Member 2023-Jan-29 7:13 pm said by NYsubscriber: I think I made this point demonstrably clear in the bridging guide. You need to assign/re-assign a LAN IP to the bridged LAN interface after doing bridging. Also, this guide is for G1100, so a bit old. I made this in Dec of 2020, I think. Actually, when I say "bridge the WAN interface," this is nonetheless not 100% equivalent to what the guide is asking you to do, although they share many similarities. I will amend the bridging guide or make a new guide/video tutorial for G3100/CR1000A. Maybe that is my issue? It's been awhile, though. I spent a lot of time messing with my three CR1000a units, and I can't remember everything I did with them. I do know I hate using static IP addresses. Because it screws up things when I take devices to other locations. Which is why I always use DHCP reservations. And now that I have a router that can assign 128 DHCP reservations, I can assign an IP address to almost all my network devices. Unfortunately, I have more than 128 devices on my home LAN.
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NYsubscriber join:2020-10-17 Syosset, NY Alcatel-Lucent I-211M-L Arcadyan FiOS-G3100 Arcadyan FiOS-E3200	NYsubscriber Member 2023-Jan-29 9:37 pm said by aaronwt: And now that I have a router that can assign 128 DHCP reservations, I can assign an IP address to almost all my network devices. Unfortunately, I have more than 128 devices on my home LAN. What does this have to do with CR1000A/G3100 in bridge mode? When you bridge a router, we assume you are using your own router which got superior features than a Verizon router. I understand that a bridging video tutorial is much needed at this point, but I need to figure out a way to safely power the CR1000A/G3100 in my basement lab. Sure I have the official power supplies but I can't control the on/off without resorting to some AC smart plugs which I hate and need to spend extra money.
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aaronwt Premium Member join:2004-11-07 Woodbridge, VA Asus RT-AX89	aaronwt Premium Member 2023-Jan-30 11:27 am said by NYsubscriber: said by aaronwt: And now that I have a router that can assign 128 DHCP reservations, I can assign an IP address to almost all my network devices. Unfortunately, I have more than 128 devices on my home LAN. What does this have to do with CR1000A/G3100 in bridge mode? When you bridge a router, we assume you are using your own router which got superior features than a Verizon router. I understand that a bridging video tutorial is much needed at this point, but I need to figure out a way to safely power the CR1000A/G3100 in my basement lab. Sure I have the official power supplies but I can't control the on/off without resorting to some AC smart plugs which I hate and need to spend extra money. I was never going to use the CR1000a as a router. Only as three Access Points. The TP-Link WiFi 6E routers I got have better coverage as Access POints. So I only needed two of them to get the same coverage. Since my devices get much faster speeds at a farther distance, than they could get with the CR1000a units. With both 6Ghz and 5Ghz.
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