Netgate Discussion Forum
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Search
    • Register
    • Login

    How to get Bell Fibe in Quebec/Ontario (Internet and IPTV) working with pfSense

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General pfSense Questions
    253 Posts 47 Posters 149.3k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • Z
      zax123
      last edited by

      @esnesfp:

      Hello

      Yes you're right.

      But after testing my speed i didn't a big diff between bridge mode and direct input from ONT.

      I'm on 50/50 i get 67mgb/s in and 6ms ping.

      I have also tried the gigabit plan i was getting 980 mgb/s wich is insanly fast but the plan only give me 150g of bandwith wich is ridiculous so i revert back to 50/50 unlimited.

      My pfsense is in and old computer that i have and put in some good ram, HD, 3 ethernet cards, access by ssh or webui, but i suspect that some of my ethernet card don't manage very well vlan tagging.

      Good luck

      @esnesfp,

      Do you mind sharing what the specs of the old computer are?  I was looking into a SuperMicro motherboard and case, etc… and the price was coming close to $1000 which is ridiculous.

      Thanks!

      Robert

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • E
        esnesfp
        last edited by

        Hello

        Motherboard = And old Gigabyte
        CPU Type AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3500+
        2 g ram
        80 g HD

        2.2.4-RELEASE (amd64)
        built on Sat Jul 25 19:57:37 CDT 2015
        FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE-p15

        Package installed and online = Squid3, File Manager , OpenVPN Client Export Utility

        thx

        IMG_1299.JPG
        IMG_1299.JPG_thumb

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • E
          esnesfp
          last edited by

          Hello

          Ethernet card have to be Gigabit, i bought 2 tplink at 10$ each.

          Also things to take into consideration for the motherboard, take one that has onboard video because yoou don't want to pay for a video card and for the energy that it consume because you don't need any its headless.

          Motherboard should have at least two empty mini pci express slots for gigabit ethernet cards.

          thx

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • Z
            zax123
            last edited by

            @esnesfp:

            Hello

            Ethernet card have to be Gigabit, i bought 2 tplink at 10$ each.

            Also things to take into consideration for the motherboard, take one that has onboard video because yoou don't want to pay for a video card and for the energy that it consume because you don't need any its headless.

            Motherboard should have at least two empty mini pci express slots for gigabit ethernet cards.

            thx

            Cool thanks.  Nothing too fancy then.  Nice :)

            I'll hunt around for a machine with similar specs.  Appreciate you taking the time to write back!

            Rob

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • S
              singerie
              last edited by

              My specs are pretty simple :

              E8500 with 2 gigs of ram.

              an SSD for the os, the cheapest one.

              when running a speedtest, I have +- 38% cpu usage with bell gigabit. my usual speed is 932 or 933 mbit.

              Also, I was wondering if i can share this how to on dslreports under the bell forum… i'm sure people would love this how to !

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • Z
                zax123
                last edited by

                Absolutely share! :)

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • S
                  sibisties
                  last edited by

                  My two cents…

                  For those having IGMP flooding issue, you should probably look into a switch that supports IGMP snooping. This feature will learn which port joined which multicast group and will forward packets properly. Of course the Home Hub has this feature.

                  Also I had the chance to analyze a Home Hub configuration file (don't ask me how I got this) and found out RIPv1/v2 is enabled on the WAN IPTV interface. Might be worth to look into this, as it would probably remove the need for static routes.

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • Z
                    zax123
                    last edited by

                    Would you be willing to share that configuration file? It could help to improve our setup. Thanks!

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • S
                      sibisties
                      last edited by

                      There you go, here is a config file taken from a Sagemcom 2864. It was running on FTTN, but FTTH stuff is there too.

                      I also included the OpenRG Configuration Guide to help understand how this thing works.

                      cfg_2864.txt
                      openrg_configuration_guide.zip

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • Z
                        zax123
                        last edited by

                        Wow that's pretty complex. :)  I don't know why I expected it to be easier to interpret… maybe there is an interpreter out there.  I'm just wondering if I'm missing something in my pfSense config, but I'm not sure I'll be able to figure this all out.

                        Thanks though! :)

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • B
                          Bastion
                          last edited by

                          Great topic ! Thanks to all posters for sharing.

                          All system working smoothly here since couple of days.
                          One wired pvr (VIP-2622)
                          One wired stb (VIP-2502)
                          One wireless transmitter (VAP-2500)
                          Two wireless stb (VIP-2502)

                          The igmpproxy is broken on 2.2.5 and had to be updated according to this post https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=93293.0
                          The igmpproxy version on 2.3 is up to date and works https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102729.msg572837#msg572837

                          Regards,

                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • Z
                            zax123
                            last edited by

                            Thanks so much for posting this!

                            I'll definitely wait till 2.3 then before upgrading.  I'm at 2.2.4 right now and all is good.

                            I'm about to upgrade my box to a Jetway quad Celeron (just waiting on a Black Friday deal) because my little APU box can't handle my GB fiber. :)  So I'll have to run 2.2.4 on the new box until they release 2.3.  Any idea when that might be?

                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • H
                              Harryrosen
                              last edited by

                              Hi

                              I got everything working great, but for some reason I loose 1 channel after a couple days, I have the reboot my pfsense and it works fine again, any ideas why it's only 1 channel losing signal?

                              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • S
                                singerie
                                last edited by

                                I have the same issue (with TLC).

                                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • Z
                                  zax123
                                  last edited by

                                  Are you guys running pfSense 2.2.4 or 2.2.5?  I heard there are bugs in igmproxy in 2.2.5…

                                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • H
                                    Harryrosen
                                    last edited by

                                    I am running 2.2.5

                                    Can you downgrade to 2.2.4?

                                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • B
                                      Bastion
                                      last edited by

                                      I had same issue before updating the broken igmpproxy on 2.2.5, and had to update it according to :
                                      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=93293.0n

                                      The igmpproxy version on 2.3 is up to date and works flawlessly :
                                      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=102729.msg572837#msg572837

                                      Regards,

                                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • H
                                        Harryrosen
                                        last edited by

                                        Just updated to 0.1 and rebooted looks like it's working

                                        how do I check if it was upgraded, I put the igmpproxy in the command line and it asked for the conf file.

                                        under services it's running but just want to make sure it's now 0.1

                                        thanks I am new to all this

                                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • B
                                          Bastion
                                          last edited by

                                          If you go into diagnostics > command prompt and type "pkg info" into "command" it shows:

                                          igmpproxy-0.1_2,1 Multicast forwarding IGMP proxy

                                          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • H
                                            Harryrosen
                                            last edited by

                                            Awesome

                                            All upgraded

                                            Thanks

                                            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright 2025 Rubicon Communications LLC (Netgate). All rights reserved.