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EX5601-T1 Bridge mode


Hello,

 

I just got internet from Odido, and I want to set the modem in Bridge Mode.

How can I do that? The model is: EX5601-T1.

Talking to customer support didn’t help. They didn’t know what Bridge Mode is.

August 5, 2025

The Zyxel t56 is only a router.  It connects to the ONT and doesn't need a modem function. If you have your own router, and it has VLAN support,  just program vlan300 for Odido internet and connect it to the ONT.

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eric
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  • Odido Superuser
  • August 5, 2025

The Zyxel t56 is only a router.  It connects to the ONT and doesn't need a modem function. If you have your own router, and it has VLAN support,  just program vlan300 for Odido internet and connect it to the ONT.


Waqqas
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  • Odido Superuser
  • August 5, 2025

Hello ​@FunnyGhost 

Odido routers don't support bridge mode. Putting your router in the DMZ of the Zyxel is also an option.


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  • August 5, 2025

The Zyxel t56 is only a router.  It connects to the ONT and doesn't need a modem function. If you have your own router, and it has VLAN support,  just program vlan300 for Odido internet and connect it to the ONT.

Thanks for the reply. I’m not sure I understand your advice. Let me give you more context.

I have an Orbi RBR50V2 for my home. The main one is in the living room, and it has the tv and the PS5 connected to it. I need those connections wired (there is a cable running through the wall from the meterkast to the living room).

The satelite is in the office. I need no wired connections there, just stable internet.

The Zyxel is in the meterkast, in the hallway.


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  • August 5, 2025

Hello ​@FunnyGhost 

Odido routers don't support bridge mode. Putting your router in the DMZ of the Zyxel is also an option.

Hi!

Can explain more please? I replied a previous answer with my setup, but in short, I already have an Orbi RBR50 connected to everything, everywhere. I just need a cable to go to it.

Thanks a lot for the reply!


eric
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  • Odido Superuser
  • August 5, 2025

If you can configure the Orbi as “Access point” than you can connect the Orbi to the Zyxel en in the Zyxel you switch OFF the wifi.

If you want to use the Orbi as a router with wifi, then it is the same function as the Zyxel and that is not possibile. You can connect the Orbi at the ONT, instead of the Zyxel, and program VLAN300 as that the vlan which Odido use for internet service. The other alternative is to program a DMZ in the Zyxel and than add the Oribi as router behind the Zyxel.

 


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  • August 5, 2025

If you can configure the Orbi as “Access point” than you can connect the Orbi to the Zyxel en in the Zyxel you switch OFF the wifi.

If you want to use the Orbi as a router with wifi, then it is the same function as the Zyxel and that is not possibile. You can connect the Orbi at the ONT, instead of the Zyxel, and program VLAN300 as that the vlan which Odido use for internet service. The other alternative is to program a DMZ in the Zyxel and than add the Oribi as router behind the Zyxel.

 

I see. What is the ONT, and how can I program VLAN300 on the Orbi?

As for the other option, how can I add the Orbi to DMZ? It’s only a matter of adding it’s IP? What are the advantages/disadvantages of that?

 

Thank you so much for the help!


Waqqas
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  • Odido Superuser
  • August 5, 2025

​@FunnyGhost 

Here is how you can do it :

Connect the cable in the meterkast to the mediaconverter and in your Orbi apply the following setting :

After applying restart the mediaconverter, this way you don't need the Zyxel.


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  • August 5, 2025

​@FunnyGhost 

Here is how you can do it :

Connect the cable in the meterkast to the mediaconverter and in your Orbi apply the following setting :

After applying restart the mediaconverter, this way you don't need the Zyxel.

Almost there! Sorry for all the stupid questions, but what is the media converter?


Waqqas
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  • Odido Superuser
  • August 5, 2025

​@FunnyGhost 

Device between fiber connection point and Zyxel, a cable goes from that device to the blue WAN port of the Zyxel.