Box with built in VDSL Modem?
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Anyone know if such a thing exists? Or is there a commercial router/product out there that can be flashed with pfSense and use the onboard VDSL modem? Ideally one that is distributed in the UK as well!
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Just use a modem in bridge mode.
There is nothing worse than having to change out your entire firewall because your WAN technology changes.
Ethernet handoff to your firewall is where it's at.
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Well there is this one…
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That Draytek card is the only thing I've seen that will do VDSL, which I assume you have.
Like most of those it's just a router and NIC on one PCB, it appears as a Realtek NIC to pfSense.
Like Derelict said though I would go with a separate modem. In fact I do have separate modems for DSL connections here in the UK.
About the only reason to use a card like that would be to have it all in one box but there are advantages to being able to position the modem in a different place to the firewall anyway.
Steve
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This product is now EOL (discontinued)
Well.. it was nice while it lasted.
http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/business/vigornic-132 -
Exactly… Ethernet.
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It was an interesting product but I guess the demand was not there for it. No great loss IMO, though my use case is probably not typical. ;)
Steve
