Fiber optic to pfSense Box
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Getting IPTV to work would probably require some other stuff in place, it depends how it's presented to stuff internally.
However I wouldn't worry about that until you get regular internet working.
It pulls an address/gateway via DHCP? Is the gateway pingable? Is it a real public IP?
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I can ping my public IP. I don't know about the gateway, however I do have internet. It's not the full 1 Gbps by contract, it's about 96 Mbps, but it works. I don't know what I did, I maybe It's because I turned pfSense of and unplugged the fibre.
What might be the reason for the low speed ?
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@demonaii said in Fiber optic to pfSense Box:
I can ping my public IP. I don't know about the gateway, however I do have internet. It's not the full 1 Gbps by contract, it's about 96 Mbps, but it works. I don't know what I did, I maybe It's because I turned pfSense and unplugged the fibre.
What might be the reason for the low speed ?
Cool!! - then you really were lucky and have a ISP that does not jump through hoops to make it difficult for customers to use their own equipment. I have experienced several times that pfSense requires a reboot when you assign new VLANs to active interfaces before it starts working. I actually just discussed this with @stephenw10 in another thread last week :-) I’m sure you just experienced the same thing.
About the speed. 96Mbps sound very much like something on your side is only linked at 100Mbps. Check both the physical link speed of WAN and LAN on pfSense and especially your Client PC/switch ports.
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Yup suspiciously close to 100Mbps. How are you testing?
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Strange, kind, lost the connection again. Probably because I halted the device and unplugged it from the outlet. I still have the public IP, tho. :/
I am directly or should I say was connected to the router . The standalone switch was planning to install it tomorrow but it looks like it has to wait . :(
I plugged my laptop directly to LAN1. The cable, probably, can't be the problem . WAN,LAN and OPT all says 1000base . The LAN port is on default. The laptop can achieve the speeds of the ISP router.
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So you are testing against speedtest.net or some similar public site?
It's possible the ISP limits you depending on the login.
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@stephenw10 Well, I use whatever is out there speedtest, fast.com .
What do you mean exactly ? Using mine or their router ?
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I mean some ISPs will provide some limited connection speed, often for testing, until you authenticate correctly. It's possible you're seeing that if everything internally is linked at 1G or higher.
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I called the ISP and the technicians came today. They weren't happy what I was planning, they told is it is not possible, and I was cut from the network.
The younger technician told me that I wasn't getting internet and the problem lied at the box for the flat. He plugged it in to the ISP and called it a day but gave me a wink or so I thought of what I wanted to do. I checked the ISP router settings and there is a new WAN connection known as CGNAT for internet. The VLANIDs looked changed, so probably I would have to change them.
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Can only try it and see.
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In a different forum with the same ISP a customer suggested to OP that one bridge would be called WAN with Internet VLAN ID , one bridge would be for IPTV with IPTV VLAN ID . He put DCHP client on bridge WAN where in the NAT rule for source will mask the with him the OUT interface . He created a bridge for the LAN and the rest of the Ethernet ports.
I did that . The VLAN DCHP and the bridge receive different IPs.
I am not sure if he uses optic or Ethernet cable .When it comes to the LOID and password . I tried to unmask the censored password, but the text becomes invisible. Either I have to guess it or I dont have any idea .
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Do you mean 'bridge' there or interface? I wouldn't expect to need a bridge here. Unless it's for the IPTV somehow.
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@stephenw10 Yes, he said bridge . How would you explain the different IPs on the VLAN interface with DCHP and on the bridge with DCHP client ? Isnt a bridge a interface ?
This is the original quote with full translation
"The two vlans thus assigned to Ethernet 1 must be assigned to their own bridge. One will be called the WAN bridge and you enter vlan555 in it. In the second bridge named IPTV, you insert vlan777 and ethernet port(s) into it, in which you will connect the TV receiver. You put the DHCP client on the WAN bridge, and in the source network rule it will mask the out interface with it. You make a third LAN bridge and insert the rest of the Ethernet ports! "
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Is that in relation to pfSense of something else? OpenWRT perhaps?
Bridges are used differently in OpenWRT.
But the fact that anyone is referring to being able to connect directly seems like it can work.
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Well, the person in question says he uses a Mikrotik which uses RouterOS .
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Ah, OK. I'm not familiar with RouterOS but it could well be similar in use of bridges for grouping NICs.
Either way if it's possible in RouterOS it should be possible in pfSense. Unless they have used some custom scripting etc.
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It seems that it doesn't work. Probably I would have to cancel my contract.
