ASUS DSL-AX82U router with hub5x problem
I have the ASUS DSL-AX82U router configured as a mesh system with multiple AX92U nodes (irrelevant to this question). All been working fine with NowTV broadband router for the last two years.
Just got VM fibre and it came with a hub5x. I was surprised to find no modem mode option in the menu but discovered it still exists if you manually enter 192.168.0.1/?page=modemmode.
Switched to modem mode and the light went green.
I have connected the ASUS router WAN port to port4 on the hub5x. No other cables connected.
The ASUS router is in WAN DHCP mode.
I have tried both options of power-on sequence: hub5 first and ASUS first. But in each case, the hub5x does not appear to provide the ASUS with an IP address.
Does the hidden modem mode on the hub5x actually work?
Not quite pulling my hair out yet. But close.
The modem mode option is hidden because it does not work, many have tried & end up resetting the Hub 5x,
and there is no timeline for when or if that will change.