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    How to forward ISP provided vlans to an interface?

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      It can work with bridging. Try it.

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        oggie @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 said in How to forward ISP provided vlans to an interface?:

        It can work with bridging. Try it.

        I did try to bridge it, but for some reason the HH3000 router still won't work.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Define 'won't work'?

          Who are your ISP? Someone else has probably already done this.

          Steve

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            oggie @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 said in How to forward ISP provided vlans to an interface?:

            Define 'won't work'?

            Who are your ISP? Someone else has probably already done this.

            Steve

            My ISP is Bell Aliant. Won't work in the fact that the HH3000 shows error code 1000 and it isn't able to do voip or iptv even though the vlans I bridged are the ones it needs.

            Error 1000 means it isn't getting internet, even though that's vlan 35 which I've bridged.

            AFAIK, no one has done this for Bell Aliant. They have done it for Bell, which is a little different (PPPOE vs DHCP for example).

            There's posts on dslreports , but no success posts for Bell Aliant.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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              Hmm, it you just bridge VLAN 35 though will it not try to pull a seocond IP from the ISP? Which I could see failing.

              The HH3000 could absolutely require an upstream connection. Something akin to the AT&T box which requires some special workaround.

              Steve

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                oggie @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 said in How to forward ISP provided vlans to an interface?:

                Hmm, it you just bridge VLAN 35 though will it not try to pull a seocond IP from the ISP? Which I could see failing.

                The HH3000 could absolutely require an upstream connection. Something akin to the AT&T box which requires some special workaround.

                Steve

                Yes, I was thinking the same thing. That's what I was eluding to.... Someone on Bell (Ontario and Quebec in Canada - PPPOE) was able to get it to work this way. I'm on Bell Aliant (Atlantic Canada - DHCP), and I don't know if they allow a 2nd IP or not....

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                • bingo600B
                  bingo600 @oggie
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                  @oggie said in How to forward ISP provided vlans to an interface?:

                  Nokia GPON

                  http://www.goamt.com/mfrcatalog/nokia-ip-networking-ultra-broadband-access-cloud-technology

                  SFP like this ??
                  http://www.goamt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/7342_ISAM_ONT_O-010S-P_SFP_ONT_AMT.pdf

                  Strange beast ... Async Fiber

                  Maybe
                  https://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/3079559-post49.html
                  https://www.amazon.ca/TP-Link-MC220L-Converter-supporting-mountable/dp/B003CFATL0/
                  Or
                  https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06XPY2Z2R

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                    oggie @bingo600
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                    @bingo600 said in How to forward ISP provided vlans to an interface?:

                    @oggie said in How to forward ISP provided vlans to an interface?:

                    Nokia GPON

                    http://www.goamt.com/mfrcatalog/nokia-ip-networking-ultra-broadband-access-cloud-technology

                    SFP like this ??
                    http://www.goamt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/7342_ISAM_ONT_O-010S-P_SFP_ONT_AMT.pdf

                    Strange beast ... Async Fiber

                    Maybe
                    https://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/3079559-post49.html
                    https://www.amazon.ca/TP-Link-MC220L-Converter-supporting-mountable/dp/B003CFATL0/
                    Or
                    https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B06XPY2Z2R

                    Those media converters won't work because they can't sync at 2.5G, and there defaults to a much slower speed.
                    I can't replace the Nokia SFP because they are provisioned to only allow it to connect to the network. I have to use their supplied SFP module.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Mmm, I imagine there might be significant effort required to get the HH3000 to work for IPTV and VOIP when it is not also the main gateway. At the very least you might have to pass it a dhcp lease on the main VLAN so it thinks it's connected.

                      At least it doesn't appear you actually need the HH3000 in place to get internet access at all like AT&T do.

                      What happens if you make an additional VLAN 35 interface connected to the HH3000 and give it an dhcp lease from pfSense? Does it show as on-line? Will it accept a private IP on it's WAN there?

                      Steve

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                        oggie @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 said in How to forward ISP provided vlans to an interface?:

                        Mmm, I imagine there might be significant effort required to get the HH3000 to work for IPTV and VOIP when it is not also the main gateway. At the very least you might have to pass it a dhcp lease on the main VLAN so it thinks it's connected.

                        At least it doesn't appear you actually need the HH3000 in place to get internet access at all like AT&T do.

                        What happens if you make an additional VLAN 35 interface connected to the HH3000 and give it an dhcp lease from pfSense? Does it show as on-line? Will it accept a private IP on it's WAN there?

                        Steve

                        Since I'm new to pfsense, what's the easiest way to give it a dhcp lease?
                        ISP / WAN is on bxe0, and HH3000 is on en2 on a separate nic.

                        I know others have gotten IPTV to work using a switch and the HH3000, but they were lucky enough to not have the nokia module. But if they can do it with a switch, I should be able to do the same thing in pfsense.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          I assume you mean em(4)? But it shouldn't matter what NIC/driver you use.

                          Add a VLAN 35 on em2 and assign that as an interface.

                          If can pull two dhcp leases, and if others have this working with a switch is might, then bridge that VLAN interface with the WAN as I assume you have done with the other VLANs required.

                          If not then you can enable that interface and set some unused static IP on it. Enable the dhcp server on it and the HH3000 should pull a lease. Add firewall rules if it actually need to get out to check connectivity.

                          What do you have setup currently.

                          Steve

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                            oggie @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10 said in How to forward ISP provided vlans to an interface?:

                            I assume you mean em(4)? But it shouldn't matter what NIC/driver you use.

                            Add a VLAN 35 on em2 and assign that as an interface.

                            If can pull two dhcp leases, and if others have this working with a switch is might, then bridge that VLAN interface with the WAN as I assume you have done with the other VLANs required.

                            If not then you can enable that interface and set some unused static IP on it. Enable the dhcp server on it and the HH3000 should pull a lease. Add firewall rules if it actually need to get out to check connectivity.

                            What do you have setup currently.

                            Steve

                            I'm not sure I can pull two dhcp leases or not, but if I did bridge it correctly, i guess not?
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