topic Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet in My Router

Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Skuzzer — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:04:22 GMT

Hello, I've a Redmi AX6000 router and trying to get online is proving difficult.
I've read as many articles I can find to no avail.
It was working fine with fftc but not with fftp.
Problem may be the change of leads. Now connected to socket 1 (WAN) and not to socket 3 (LAN). Only socket 1 gives all LED's lit like it was before. Leaving in socket 3 the LED's for internet remain unlit. The display for WAN interface say unable to connect.
Has anyone got a Redmi AX6000 working on PlusNet, if so a few pointers may be helpful.
At a complete loss
Graham

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

jab1 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:18:50 GMT

@Skuzzer Never heard of that router, but what are the VLAN settings? The WAN port is the correct one, BTW.

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Skuzzer — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:29:34 GMT

Just noted

1 Working fine on Plusnet router not working on Xiaomi Redmi AX6000 running OpenWrt.

VLAN could be the problem as I can't find where to enter it. Only place I found was in Bridge VLAN filtering. If I enter anything in there it just crashes.

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

jab1 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:37:02 GMT

VLAN for FTTP is controlled by the ONT - it should be set to '0', blank or off on the router.

If there is anything else in there, it won't work.

I'm not a networking expert, and as I said, know nothing about that router, so if that doesn’t work, maybe one of the more experienced contributors may have an idea.

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Skuzzer — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:48:07 GMT

I think it is turned off. It says "Enable VLAN filtering" box is un checked & "This section contains no value yet"

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

jab1 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:51:45 GMT

I am not convinced you are looking in the correct place. For that router to have worked on FTTC, somewhere there should be a value of 101 - it is that which needs changing/amending.

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Skuzzer — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:00:55 GMT

Couldn't find the value of 101, I tried adding it to Network options but it came up as a greyed out option with the terminal showing as a broken line. Maybe tomorrow I'll take another look at it....

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Mustrum — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:08:57 GMT

@Skuzzer it sounds like you were using it in DHCP mode when on FTTC - ie it did not need any config, it should work the same way when you plug your PN router into the ONT.

However if you want to use it directly with the ONT, then you need to set the WAN port to PPOE and enter your PN username and password and that is about it.

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Dan_the_Van — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:13:00 GMT

There's some confusion here.
Is this a router only device? Which modem did you use with FTTC, make and model?
If you were using a Openreach modem or a Hub Two in bridge mode that would have provided the VLAN being mentioned.

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Skuzzer — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:13:01 GMT

That's what I thought but it still doesn't work

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Skuzzer — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:17:53 GMT

This is exactly the same router that was plugged into FFTC now plugged into FFTP. Only difference is the cable now plugged into WAN not LAN.

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Mustrum — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:26:03 GMT

@Skuzzer why have you changed whrer you plug it into? If it worked on FTTC, it should work in the same place with the PN router now on FTTP.

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Skuzzer — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:26:10 GMT

Yes it was using an Openreach modem

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

markhawkin — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:29:26 GMT

There seems to be OpenWRT firmware as well as (I guess) "stock".

~~How was it used with FTTC?~~

For FTTP it needs to be set to use PPPoE and don't set any WAN VLANS (the Openreach modem covers that requirement).

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Skuzzer — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:33:49 GMT

Yes that's what I did similar to:-

config interface 'wan'
    option ifname 'dsl0'
    # option ifname 'nas0' # for LEDE 17.01
    option proto 'pppoe'
    option username 'your username'
    option password 'your password'
    # option username 'bthomehub@btinternet.com' # BT ADSL
    # option password ' ' # Apparently requires any non-empty password such as a space character or 'BT'

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

markhawkin — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:40:06 GMT

The username will be as the VDSL (FTTC) connection as will the password (BT doesn't need credentials but Plusnet does).

Assuming the WAN interface is the port you think it is (I assume "dsl0" - probably the first port) then it should work.

However if the setup is the same as the FTTC plus Openreach (copper) modem and that was "dsl0" it should be the same physical port again.

I would also power everything down then power up starting with the Openreach ONT and then the router once the ONT is happy.

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Mustrum — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:41:51 GMT

@Skuzzer this thread is getting very confusing as we have no idea which post you are replying to, It would be worth you starting again with a bit more detail on how it was working and what you have done, and why you have chabged things,.

You username on PN is not the generic BT one so not surprising that your config is not working. You need to use the same ure= username as in the PN router. ending in Plusdsl.net or similar

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

MisterW — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 07:42:08 GMT

Problem may be the change of leads. Now connected to socket 1 (WAN) and not to socket 3 (LAN). Only socket 1 gives all LED's lit like it was before. Leaving in socket 3 the LED's for internet remain unlit. The display for WAN interface say unable to connect.

@Skuzzer according to the Openwrt wiki here https://openwrt.org/toh/xiaomi/redmi_ax6000

Ports 1-3 are LAN ports , port 4 is the WAN port

Numbers 2-4 are Ports 1-3 as labeled on the unit, number 4 is the Internet (WAN) on the unit, 0 is the internal connection to the router itself.

Port	Switch port
LAN 2	1
LAN 3	2
LAN 4	3
Internet (WAN)	4

If that doesnt help , then export your network config and post it ( redacting any passwords etc ).

I've run Openwrt on my PLusnet FTTP connection for a few years now, so am pretty familiar with configuring it

Re: Redmi AX6000 won't connect to internet

Baldrick1 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:15:06 GMT

Moderator's note:
Thread moved from Full Fibre to My Router

Router won't connect

Skuzzer — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:25:28 GMT

MisterW suggested the following:- Here's my network settings

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 'fd12:redacted::/48'
option packet_steering '1'
option dhcp_default_duid '000468b4redacted'

config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'lan2'
list ports 'lan3'
list ports 'lan4'

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 device
option name 'wan'
option macaddr 'cc:d8:redacted'

config interface 'wan'
option device 'wan'
option proto 'pppoe'
option username 'user@plusdsl.net'
option password 'password'
option ipv6 'auto'

config interface 'wan6'
option device 'wan'
option proto 'dhcpv6'
option reqaddress 'try'
option reqprefix 'auto'
option norelease '1'

I'm running Redmi AX6000 router with OpenWRT software. This was working on FTTC not on FFTP. Connected to WAN (1)

Network settings says Error: Connection attempt failed followed by Error: Unknown error (AUTH_TOPEER_FAILED). Any ideas?