How to get Bell Fibe in Quebec/Ontario (Internet and IPTV) working with pfSense
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I should also say if only one box is plugged in, it works fine.
And if two are plugged in, and the are on the same channel, they both work fine.
But once you change the channel on one, they both "10 second pixelate" and my network goes down (getting flooded I guess?, at this point I have to unplug one of them)on dslr, I also posted a timeline of what I did this morning along with the routing.log file, if that helps at all..
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@wp519 said in How to get Bell Fibe in Quebec/Ontario (Internet and IPTV) working with pfSense:
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So for me I made a specific vlan dedicated to the 4k PVR units, I have a few in my house. Whenever I used another subnet other than 192.168.2.X, I had issues with the pvrs (mostly not able to play back content), so there's a vlan with their own dhcp. Now I didnt test further because I was sick of it but 192.168.2.x just worked, when I tested on a 10.X network, I had a lot of issues, thats my experience though
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@techanalyst yeah, i dunno how much more time I want to put in this. LOL, It actually worked all day sunday, then yeterday it stopped working again, and nothing changed on my end. I thought maybe it was 2.4.5's igmpproxy so i upgraded to 2.5.1, but that hasnt fixed anything.
Thanks for responding. :-)
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Just for completioniness how do I get the DNS servers? I grep -i "dns" in /var/log/* and nothing is showing 10.x, same with grepping for nameserver
/etc/resolv.conf does show:
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 10.2.127.228
nameserver 10.2.127.196(which match what I have in my dhcp servers)
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@wp519 good and firewall rules for IGMP on the interfaces?
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@techanalyst with the IGMP rule having "Allow IP Options" checked off
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@wp519 you also want that on your internal nic
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@techanalyst so an igmp rule on lan_computers with Allow ip options checked off?
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@wp519 Also test wiring the second one and see if it kicks out, does it only have issues when on wireless :)
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@wp519 make sure its checked yes
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@techanalyst this is what lan firewall page says now.
Didnt fix it, after 10 seconds, both boxes pixelate, etcetcetc
Sec, I will put the wifi box on ethernet on a differernt tv (have also tried this, didnt help before, but hell, lets try it)
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@wp519 If it works with one no problem then the issue comes to the switch somewhere, I'd focus there, when your network stops is the firewall still up?
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To make life easier, I carried the same IPTV VLAN Bell uses (34 in my case) into my Switch and just activated the appropriate ports and setup IGMP on the switch. Used a 192.168.x.x/24 address. I only have the one box but I cannot see a second causing issues with the broadcasts being contained to the ports needed. Are you using a switch and does it support Multicast and the configuration of it?
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@techanalyst connected via ethernet, no difference, both tvs (and my network, lol) pixelate, die.
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I am just using a dumb switch, maybe thats the entire problem.
The AP is running openwrt, so maybe something can be done with that.
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@wp519 I would say that is the issue. Your network is getting flooded. I got a TP-Link JetStream switch and have multiple VLANS one of which if for IPTV. More secure and keeps broadcast traffic down.
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Thanks for all the help, guess just more tinkering and buying to do! LOL.
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If you get a managed switch, avoid TP-Link. Some models don't handle VLANs properly.
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Well, its "working" again, I found out that if i have both boxes unplugged, plug the wifi box in first, let it sync to a channel, then plug in the 4k box, both boxes will work.
Reverse order will not work.
Im just going to leave it like this, and if it frustrates me anymore I'll just go back to the hh3000. lol
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Hello everyone, last night I wanted to check some netflix straight from the fibe receiver and I had a 404 error, so i decided to check crave, same error, if I press on-demand button, it all works, if i go to the crave or netflix channel, it works, but not the "apps" section
I have not changed anything on my pfsense box and I'm starting to wonder if this is still valid
rebind-domain-ok=bell.ca
rebind-domain-ok=bell.com
server=/bell.ca/10.2.127.228
server=/bell.com/10.2.127.228Did bell change their addresses ?
