How to Configure the INTERNET WAN of Huawei ONT on MA5800-X17?
22 Oct, 2025. Posted by:XPONSHOP
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Huawei OLT supports the configuration of WAN ports for Huawei ONT through the CLI, including INTERNET WAN, VOIP WAN, IPTV WAN, and TR069 WAN.
Generally, one WAN port is configured with one type of service, and one WAN port may be configured with multiple types of services.
This blog will describe how to configure the service type of Huawei ONT on the OLT as the WAN of the Internet type.
The configuration procedure is as follows:
Please note that only the process is demonstrated here. Related parameters need to be configured based on your actual network.
1. Turn on the OMCI configuration switch
2. Configure the WAN
a. Creating a WAN
Step 1, run the ont ipconfig command to determine the WAN port index and IP address obtaining mode.
Set the WAN port index to 3 and specify a static IP address (using PPPoE or DHCP).
Step 2: Set this parameter to the INTERNET.
After the two steps are complete, the WAN configuration is generated on the ONT.
b. Bind the LAN port to the WAN port
Step 1, create a policy-based routing profile and bind LAN port 1 and SSID 1 to WAN port index 3.
Step 2, the ONT is bound to the policy-based routing profile.
Step 3, set LAN port 1 to Layer 3 mode.
In this way, LAN port 1 can be successfully bound to the WAN port. Otherwise, the binding does not take effect.
Step 4, the LAN-WAN binding on the ONT is queried.
If no policy route profile is bound, The entry that does not exist is returned.
If a WAN port is created on the ONT web page, the WAN port can be queried after being created.
c. Configure the WAN type and NAT switch
Step 1, Create a WAN profile, set the WAN port type to route, and enable NAT.
Step 2, the ONT is bound to the WAN profile.
3. Verify WAN Configuration
Log in to the ONT WebUI, you can view the created WAN configuration on the ONT WebUI, and check whether the configuration is consistent with that on the OLT.

So far, the configuration is complete.
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