XG-7100 SFP to Adtran 5660 CenturyLink CPE
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We have certainly seen unsupported modules but usually the driver rejects them outright when that happens.
I've never seen one detect the module and show it capabilities and even auto-negotiate a link at the correct and still not pass traffic as we're seeing here.
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@chpalmer Good question. CTL sent out replacement for the new Adtran and it has the same problem. I thought maybe the Adtran SFP port wasn't turned up but when I use the exact same SFP module and plug it into my Unifi switch it comes up on both sides just fine. The port on the Adtran is a combo port and the copper side works just fine with a copper port on the XG-7100.
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@gordon_cents I agree as that is what I thought initially but when I move the SFP module from the XG-7100 to to my Unifi switch using SFP it works fine. The Adtran and the Unifi switch connect fine. I'm very confused. CTL has tried to help but I think the vendor, Adtran, needs to get involved to dig deeper.
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@stephenw10 It's really perplexing. I may have not mentioned that using the exact same SFP modules I moved the connection from the Adtran to my Unifi switch. Set pfSense to DHCP on the ix0 interface and had connectivity to the switch and was passing data.
Question: I'm thinking of trying out 2.5 (which, you know is based on FreeBSD 12) just to see if it fixes this. Do you think that's a good idea?
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@jake said in XG-7100 SFP to Adtran 5660 CenturyLink CPE:
Adtran 5660
Maybe some sort of spanning tree issue? Can you provide a Network Diagram? I know when I make multiple connections to a ISP using different equipment, but using virtual interfaces on my side I have to increment the MAC address otherwise I won't pull a IP address. Do you have access to the Adtran's CLI (Just a shot in the dark) it is very similar to Cisco. Could give us a clue as to what is going on.
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@jake said in XG-7100 SFP to Adtran 5660 CenturyLink CPE:
I'm thinking of trying out 2.5 (which, you know is based on FreeBSD 12) just to see if it fixes this. Do you think that's a good idea?
If you're able to test it then, yes, it does have newer drivers. Bare in mind though that you cannot downgrade easily. You would have to re-install 2.4.5 and you would need a 2.4.5 config to restore into it so be sure to back that up before you upgrade to 2.5.
Steve
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@mikeisfly Not sure if it's a STP issue. The network is really basic from the ISP side we only have a single provider. Basically:
Centurylink Fiber -> CPE Cienna -> CPE Adtran -> XG-7100
(CPE meaning Customer Premise Equipment owned and managed by the Telco)We are just upgrading speeds from 100 mb to 1000 mb. As part of that they sent a new Adtran router (exact same model, don't ask me why) We will disconnect the old Adtran when the new service is turned up.
The ISP IPs are static. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the Adtran as it's CenturyLink's
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Hmm, so presumably if you connected it via the switch it would work?
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@jake said in XG-7100 SFP to Adtran 5660 CenturyLink CPE:
@mikeisfly Not sure if it's a STP issue. The network is really basic from the ISP side we only have a single provider. Basically:
Centurylink Fiber -> CPE Cienna -> CPE Adtran -> XG-7100
(CPE meaning Customer Premise Equipment owned and managed by the Telco)We are just upgrading speeds from 100 mb to 1000 mb. As part of that they sent a new Adtran router (exact same model, don't ask me why) We will disconnect the old Adtran when the new service is turned up.
The ISP IPs are static. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the Adtran as it's CenturyLink's
I'm familiar with both pieces of equipment as I use to work for Comcast. Do you have a EDI (Ethernet Dedicated Internet) connections as well as a PRI circuit? Why are you using the Adtran? I know they tell you what you need just trying to get an idea of the services they are providing you. If you are getting Ethernet services the Ciena Switch (probably a 3916) is more than capable. Typically what we would do at Comcast if you were getting a 500 Mbps symmetrical connection (Internet Services) with a PRI circuit, the customer hand off port for the Internet connection would be port 1 of the Ciena while Port 2 of the Ciena would feed your Adtran and the customer would connect their PBX to the T1 port.
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@stephenw10 I had that thought also. I'm not sure the right way to configure the Unifi switch. Would a LAGG setup with those two ports work or would port mirroring better? I don't think there is a layer 2 bridge option or is that just port mirroring?
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@mikeisfly We do have an "EDI" ( in Comcast terms) :) I've done lots of Comcast fiber EDI's, EPL's and ENS's lately for clients. They work great on the CPE Junipers with handoffs to an Adtran doing PRI or SIP signaling. I haven't done a fiber handoff with SFPs on a XG-7100 yet with Comcast's Junipers. Have you done so?
Sorry, back on topic. Since directly to the Ciena works fine I thought that too. CTL tells me they are blind without the Adtran device. They use it to do remote management and diagnostics. Also, we have CTL SIP trunks that are handed off from the Adtran and it also acts as a SBC and provides QOS. Data is one port and another port is SIP on the Adtran.
I guess, could bring it up as a work around as you stated. I like that idea. Go with a direct handoff from the Ciena for data and the other port on the Ciena for SIP trunks via the Adtran.
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You shouldn't need to lagg, mirror or bridge. The ports just need to be switched, in the same layer 2 segment internally.
So add them both as access ports on a separate VLAN for example.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Following your suggestion I was able to "bridge," by making a new VLAN assigned to both ports, the fiber connection through my Unifi switch.
I also updated the firewall to the latest development build but it didn't change anything. Thanks for everyone's help.
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@jake said in XG-7100 SFP to Adtran 5660 CenturyLink CPE:
@mikeisfly We do have an "EDI" ( in Comcast terms) :) I've done lots of Comcast fiber EDI's, EPL's and ENS's lately for clients. They work great on the CPE Junipers with handoffs to an Adtran doing PRI or SIP signaling. I haven't done a fiber handoff with SFPs on a XG-7100 yet with Comcast's Junipers. Have you done so?
Sorry, back on topic. Since directly to the Ciena works fine I thought that too. CTL tells me they are blind without the Adtran device. They use it to do remote management and diagnostics. Also, we have CTL SIP trunks that are handed off from the Adtran and it also acts as a SBC and provides QOS. Data is one port and another port is SIP on the Adtran.
I guess, could bring it up as a work around as you stated. I like that idea. Go with a direct handoff from the Ciena for data and the other port on the Ciena for SIP trunks via the Adtran.
I personally haven't done it as I use to train the guys that would go out and do the installs but with the setup I had in my lab PfSense was always rock solid. I only had a 1Gbps symmetrical connection. I had several Adtrans as well but I only used them for PRI circuits so the guys could practice connecting the a PBX system. Ciena has a oob telnet server in it as well as a remote management VLAN for remote monitoring and such so I'm not sure why Century Link is not using that, but I don't want to get off topic for your specific problem.
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Ah, glad you were able to get something up and running. Still unclear why that was required though.
Steve
