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

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    • idscommI
      idscomm
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      Sounds good to me lol! I hear ya, we have a hot tub too!!! A must!

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      • idscommI
        idscomm
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        Would my gateway be there:
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          rcmpayne @idscomm
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          @idscomm I would open two pages for pfsense, one on pcap and one on Status -> Interfaces. Find your IPTV WAN and release the IP. Start the pcap and renew the WAN IPTV interface again

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          Stop the pcap and download the capture to open in wireshark. Filter by dhcp and look for "relay agent ip". This if your IPTV WAN gateway.

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          • idscommI
            idscomm
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            got it!

            For testing purposes, I will use a second switch and put that IPTV LAN on another separate network like 192.168.2.x like the default one they use... I have 4 interfaces in that box... 1.png

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              rcmpayne
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              The Next thing you need to do is create a VLAN LAN adapter. right now you likely have three

              WAN host with mac from hh3k (not used)
              WAN vlan 35 for internet
              WAN vlan 34 for IPTV
              LAN likely no vlan for your internal devices

              Create a new LAN with a vlan of something. I used vlan 7 for mine.

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              Setup a DHCP for this. Since its vlan 7, i used 192.168.7.x

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              Its this LAN interface that you need to used for your IGMP

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              Here is my IPTV LAN firewall rules

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              on your unifi AP, create IPTV SSID and give it your internal vlan. Connect your device to this and see if you get the 192.168.7.x ip not your standard IP for your reg LAN. This will ensure your new IPTV ssid is routing to pfsense with the correct vlan and getting a correct dhcp address.

              If you have a TP-link switch and also want to get a local port set for this vlan as well you can do something like this. port 8 is pvid 7 thus will get forced a vlan 7 id

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                rcmpayne
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                I have three of these switches. one for Living room, Rec room and one in the garage with the pfsense router. They work great for vlans

                https://www.amazon.ca/TP-Link-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Replacement-TL-SG108E/dp/B00K4DS5KU/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=tp-link+easy+switch&qid=1575157953&sr=8-4

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                • idscommI
                  idscomm
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                  ok, I have a Cisco 3750G, port 1 is my Trunk carrying a few VLAN for my internal network. I will add VLAN7 and also add VLAN 7 as Trunk for my Access Point ports. So you are using your own access point for the IPTV and not the VAP? The wireless receivers will ask for an IP but what make them go on VLAN7, pfsense will route them to VLAN 7?

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                    rcmpayne
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                    also, install Avahi in pfsense so you can cut your other networks from accessing your main LAN but allows your main lan to access these other networks. Mainly for IOT ssid but can be used for the LAN network for IPTV boxes as well.

                    Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW9mUrF1ZgU

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                      rcmpayne @idscomm
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                      @idscomm said in How to get Bell Fibe in Quebec/Ontario (Internet and IPTV) working with pfSense:

                      also add VLAN 7 as Trunk for my Access Point ports. So you are using your own access point for the IPTV and not the VAP? The wireless receivers will ask for an IP but what make them go on VLAN7, pfsense will route them to

                      Yea, I am using my unifi for the WIFI. i grabbed a cheap tplink access point with a bush button WPS. on that device I created a SSID that matched my unifi ssid. (unifi will start sending you alerts that you have a rouge AP). i booted my PVR and when it did not see the hh3k anymore, it asked me to press ok to connect to WPS. start wps on the tplink box and wait till it connects. after it connected, i disconnected the wps ap and it started connecting to unifi AP right away. not sure what a VAP is but if thats from Bell, i am not using it.

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                      • idscommI
                        idscomm
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                        on your VLAN7, you use Bell DNS, your gateway is it your DHCP gatewan from your VLAN7 or the IPTV gateway?

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                          rcmpayne @idscomm
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                          @idscomm sorry about that. I use the bell dns on my vlan7 lan dhcp server.

                          47.55.55.55
                          142.166.166.166

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                          • idscommI
                            idscomm @rcmpayne
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                            @rcmpayne ok, so I tested everything and I'd say I am almost there. The TV works but I lost connection after 10 sec ish. I remember seeing this issue earlier... any idea?

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                              rcmpayne
                              last edited by rcmpayne

                              Are you sure your box is getting a IP from the correct lan dhcp? I recall getting that as well but the box was not on my vlan7 ip

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                                idscomm
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                                for testing purposes tonight I used a separate NIC and setup a different Network for the IPTV11.png

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                                  rcmpayne @idscomm
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                                  @idscomm looks like it might be your IGMP Proxy or multicast being filtered

                                  https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31118482-Yes-you-CAN-bypass-the-HomeHub-3000~start=330

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                                    idscomm
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                                    Seems like I lost my internet now ......

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                                      rcmpayne
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                                      hummm, that's odd! Here are a few more screenshots

                                      WAN IPTV
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                                      LAN IPTV
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                                      LAN IPTV Rules: Ensure the IGMP rule has "Allow packets with IP options to pass. Otherwise they are blocked by default. This is usually only seen with multicast traffic." enabled
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                                      • idscommI
                                        idscomm
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                                        Everything looked fine. I'll do some research and review my settings in the next day or 2 and get back to you... I feel like it's close since I got the TV and Guide at least...

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                                          rcmpayne
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                                          ok let me know how you make out

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                                            idscomm @rcmpayne
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                                            @rcmpayne
                                            Quick question in regards to the downstream. The original post on top of this page shows 10.50 network and you put 239. Network. What should the downstream be?

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