FiOS IPTV?
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I'm in a bit of a spot because I'm technically under NDA, but I am in Verizon's IPTV trial. They seemed unsure on whether I needed their router or not, so they sent me the boxes (two set-top boxes and a dvr). So far, no dice. The box acts as if it's doing something, and non-live TV seems fine, but any of the live TV stuff just stalls out with no picture. I'm guessing they're using multicast based on what otehr folks asking about other IPTV services in the forums have posted, but I'm not sure.
TL;DR - anyone else here on the same trial, and if so, can you share what you did to get things working short of sticking your pfsense box behind their router and double-natting everything?
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yes
when I use IPTV services then I face this situation.
so this is the solution.
The solution I ended up using was to configure a layer 3 switch and route between the two networks. I connected the main network (the one provided by the ISP) to the layer 3 switches and then connected my pfsense machine to the layer 3 switch as well. I then configured static routes between the two networks on the layer 3 switch, allowing traffic to flow between the networks. This allowed me to keep my pfsense machine on the main network, and still be able to access the resources on the other network.