Race Communications IPTV - VLAN IDs?
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Does anyone know what VLAN ID Race uses (if any) for IPTV multicast? Has anyone succeeded in getting Race Communications IPTV working through pfSense?
UPDATE (ANSWER): RaceTV uses VLAN 702
Race TV consists of:
- Calix GigaSpire 4420E (BLAST u6) router
- Amino Amigo 7X set top box
I've removed the Calix router and successfully gotten the set top box to connect, download a user profile and open the TV guide. Selecting a TV channel results in "this channel is currently down".
I have configured:
- TCP/IPv4 Firewall/NAT for the LAN interface the set top box is on (and packets are flowing)
- IGMP Proxy (not sure if I have the correct multicast CIDR address blocks)
I believe the problem is the streaming multicast is on the WAN over some unknown VLAN tag.
How can I discover what VLAN (and IP ranges) the Calix router communicates on for IPTV?
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Run a pcap on the WAN and look at it.
If necessary using a switch mirror port and the ISP router to get the pcap so you know the traffic is there.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Yeah, that's my thought also. Pain. Will need to connect and configure one of my rack mount switches and string a cable to my desktop to run pcap. I'm not highly talented at reading captures either. Fun! Practice makes perfect.
Can't someone just give me all the answers??? Lol!
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You can do what I did and configure a cheap managed switch as a data tap. I keep it in my computer bag, so it's always handy. It may be possible to use Packet Capture, but that can be more difficult for this sort of thing. I normally use Wireshark to monitor the traffic.
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You might just see it on the WAN just by pcapping there and it's easy so I'd try that first.
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@jknott Thanks for linking your article. All I've got is a 24-port HP 2530, but it'll do. More power and cables and hassle than anything else. I suppose I could configure three unused ports on my 2930F main switch. Might be easier than dragging out the HP. I'll just need to modify your instructions a bit so as not to disrupt everything.
First order of business is getting Race out to get their router working. It worked for a day, then quit! Then I'll have something to monitor. Hope I can find the skills to accomplish my goal. Race charges $10/mo for the "mandatory" router for IPTV service. I don't know how they will feel if I try to say I don't need it.
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@stephenw10 Are you saying just plug the WAN port into an unused pfSense LAN interface and monitor that? I like it. Should see any DHCP requests on any alternate VLAN, right?
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No, you have to monitor between pfsense and the modem. As I mentioned, Packet Capture might be suitable for that, but if you use a managed switch and mirroring, it would go between pfsense and the modem.
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Yeah, you have everything going through pfSense already as I understand it so assuming the modem is just forwarding everything a pcap on WAN would show any tagged traffic that is arriving.
That's assuming your WAN is not using a VLAN now? If it is you would need to assign the parent interface and pcap on that.Steve
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If you create a new column in Wireshark and add the field vlan.id you'll be able to see the vlan ID otherwise look in the data.
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