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Re: [LUG] OT: VDSL (Fibre) Modem

 

Bt will supply a white box fixed to the wall with a battery backup. Its a simple fiber to ethernet bridge

The output from that box is tcp/ip ethernet - connect to it and set up you pppoe connection. 


If using static ranges: 
I strongly suggest using the stock BT Black Modem as the ip forwarding is a total pain and the stock routers have all the difficult stuff per configured. 
All you need to do is connect to the 1gb port on the router and assign the static to your pfsence, and all an allow all all rule to the bt firewall. 

if only using the dynamic ip, or a single static:
Connect the pfsence directly and configure pppoe on the pfSense. 



On 5 Feb 2016, at 08:13, Tremayne, Steve <steven.tremayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

OK, so, my exchange is now joining the fibre-enabled world and Iâd like to skip the router/modem and make better use of my pfSense firewall by connecting it to the fibre directly â via a VDSL Modem.
 
OK, I know itâs a BSD device, but itâs almost Linux :)
 
Iâm a big fan of Draytek for their router/modems â but as Iâve seen some good *DSL advise on this forum, I thought Iâd see what opinions there were about VDSL modemsâ any recommendations? Anything to avoid?
 
If the finances can afford it, Iâd like to go for the 80Mb line â basically so that I get a better upload rate whilst Iâm working away from home (all too often at the moment) â so Iâm guessing that the throughput can be an issue with these things?
 
Any other advice?
 
Thanks,
 
Steve
 
 
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