Connecting to Rogers 8 Gb fibre
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I was just reading about the Rogers 8 Gb fibre service. It appears it will be fairly easy to connect to as they provide a switch with 10 Gb ports, which you can connect multiple devices too. If I'm reading this correctly, it means that it's a simple Ethernet WAN connection to pfSense and possibly more than one pfSense firewall/router.
Here's a quote:
"The Ethernet switch provided offers advanced speeds and flexibility with multiple copper Ethernet ports, each port capable supporting speeds of up to 10 Gigabits per second for a single device (subject to internet subscription and end device capabilities).
Ensure that quality Cat6a Ethernet cables are used to enable the full speed capability and keep in mind that each port offers a distinct public IP address resulting in an independent connection for each device.
The Ethernet switch can be used to directly connect devices such as gaming consoles, workstations, or entertainment systems, as well as the Ignite WiFi Gateway modem which offers additional Gigabit Ethernet ports and the world’s most powerful WiFi technology – WiFi 6E - to connect wired and wireless devices.
Devices connected to the Gateway can also communicate with one another on a single network and enjoy the added 24/7 protection of Advanced Security2 and other features of the Ignite WiFi Hub app."
This compares with other providers I've read about where customers have to find the appropriate SFP or configure the ISP's interface, etc..
The only problem is it's $399/month, though lower speed packages are available.
I wonder how many and what size IPv6 prefixes are available. I assume 1 /56 per port. As mentioned above, each device connected to the switch gets a public (IPv4) address. Also, how could a home users use 8 Gb. That's a lot, even for a business. Just a few years ago, I had a job to provide 10 Gb fibre to a major bank's data centre. It doesn't say how many ports the switch has.
I'm currently using a cable modem on Rogers and get about 940 Mb down and 32 up with it.
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Don't worry. There are many ways Rogers can screw this up. I'm sure they will find all of them, and then some. We are Canadians. We can't have nice things!
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Well, if my cable modem service is any indication, it will be fine. It's rock solid, other than that minor issue last July. My IPv4 address is virtually static and it's host name is static, so long as I don't change hardware. I've had the same IPv6 prefix for a few years and it's even survived replacing, at different times, my modem and firewall computer.
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@753951 said in Connecting to Rogers 8 Gb fibre:
Don't worry. There are many ways Rogers can screw this up
Haha.
What counts here is what's upstream of the switch. And whether or not that device is actually just a switch. They might be using it simply as a media converter. Seems an expensive way to do it if they expect most users to use their gateway behind it and then connect devices to that.
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I did some more reading and it appears they provide an unmanaged switch that connects to the ONT, but customers are free to use their own switch. Of course 10 Gb switches are expensive.
I'm going to ask about lower bandwidth connections.
