Questions about log messages
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@johnpoz said in Questions about log messages:
@bimmerdriver so your isp is going to provide multiple IPs? an ont isn't a nat router. Its not a gateway device that isp give you where it a modem/router combo. What is the model number of what your calling your ont?
The ONT is a Nokia G-240G-A. It's a media converter, not a router, and it also provides POTS. The ISP provides multiple IP addresses / prefixes. There is probably a limit, but it's more than I need / use. The ISP router, which currently has port 1 bridged, uses one. The other 2X pfSense and OPNsense use three more. Normally, the ISP doesn't "support" a switch being placed between the ONT and their router, but the technician I spoke with confirmed there is no reason why a switch couldn't be put between them.
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@stephenw10 said in Questions about log messages:
Ah, that's not the scenario I was imagining. But, sure, if you ca remove the local ISP router entirely that's a better setup IMO.
The reason I haven't bypassed the ISP router using a switch is because according to the ISP it's "unsupported". If there is an issue with the IPTV service, they not only might refuse to touch it, but they might claim it's cause for a service call being billable.
The other reason I haven't bypassed the ISP router is because I have no reason to believe it's causing any problems.
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In case it's useful to know: the 5 and 6 after the fe80: in the link-local addresses is BSD notation for the interface index (the thing that's after the % on other OSes, for example %eth0).
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/developers-handbook/ipv6/#ipv6-scope-index
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@Morphal said in Questions about log messages:
In case it's useful to know: the 5 and 6 after the fe80: in the link-local addresses is BSD notation for the interface index (the thing that's after the % on other OSes, for example %eth0).
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/developers-handbook/ipv6/#ipv6-scope-index
Very interesting. Thank you for the reply.
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@stephenw10 said in Questions about log messages:
Ah, that's not the scenario I was imagining. But, sure, if you ca remove the local ISP router entirely that's a better setup IMO.
Last weekend, I reconfigured my network and pfSense is now connected to the ONT through a LAN switch. There is no longer a bridged router between pfSense and the ONT. It made no difference. I'm still getting the same messages.
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They are still coming into the WAN just without the :5 octet?
