Is anyone using Rogers Ignite TV through fpSense?
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Hi All
I am hoping that someone is using Rogers Ignite on their network behind the pfSense firewall and can tell me what sort of connectivity I need and if I am going to have problems running the modem in bridge mode with the WiFi turned off.
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@guardian It works fine for me. I've always put the modem in bridge mode, currently with pfSense, but previously with a Linux firewall. There was even a time when I had a D-Link router, all with the modem in bridge mode. I connect the IPTV boxes via Ethernet, but you can use WiFi.
Rogers will provide you with a /56 prefix for IPv6, which you can split into 256 /64s.
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@JKnott said in Is anyone using Rogers Ignite TV through fpSense?:
@guardian It works fine for me. I've always put the modem in bridge mode, currently with pfSense, but previously with a Linux firewall. There was even a time when I had a D-Link router, all with the modem in bridge mode. I connect the IPTV boxes via Ethernet, but you can use WiFi.
Rogers will provide you with a /56 prefix for IPv6, which you can split into 256 /64s.
@JKnott - Thanks for the reply.
I am currently using the legacy RF TV gear which is going away, so I haven't had to deal with networking. I have been avoiding IPv6 because of increased issues around security/firewalling that huge IP space.
I currently have a computer beside my TV and my WiFi Access point which uses a Tomato Router fed through power line ethernet extender caring a trunk with 3 IPv4 VLANs, and the TV Computer is on one of those VLANS.
IIUC since the power line ethernet operates at level 2, it shouldn't care if the data is IPv4, or IPv6.
Is it possible to add an IPv6 vlan to a trunk that has 3 orther VLANs?
Or could I send an IPv6 connection up one of the IPv4 VLANs?
Any thoughts?
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@guardian said in Is anyone using Rogers Ignite TV through fpSense?:
I have been avoiding IPv6 because of increased issues around security/firewalling that huge IP space.
Actually, that huge address space improves security, as it's d*mn hard for an attacker to find anything to attack. I use maybe a few dozen addresses out of 2^72. That leaves a lot of nothing to attack. Also, most of those addresses are privacy addresses, which change every day. Beyond that, protecting your network with a firewall is pretty much the same as you'd do on IPv4.
Is it possible to add an IPv6 vlan to a trunk that has 3 orther VLANs?
There are 4094 possible VLANs. However, your equipment will likely limit that. Certainly 4 VLANs should be doable. Like Ethernet in general, VLANs don't care whether you run IPv4, IPv6 or both.
I have a VLAN here for my guest WiFi. My access point supports multiple SSIDs and VLANs. Guest WiFi users get both IPv4 & IPv6 addresses.
