Hi Mike, Have used the iiNet TG-1 in bridged mode with Telstra FTTN, found it ran perfectly well even though I couldn't clear the VLAN number from the configuration (from memory I think it forces you to set a VLAN tag, defaults at 10), I left it at VLAN10 and still worked fine with Telstra. Interestingly when dealing with Telstra level 2 support at one stage they could tell from their side I was using a iiNet TG-1 :-) Have since changed to a Telstra branded TG800vac running in bridge mode. Slight gotcha I found with the TG800 at least was that to change the LAN subnet from the default of 10.0.0.0/24 to something else like 10.1.1.0/24 you need to adjust that while in regular routed mode, then reconnect to the admin page on the new IP address and change it over to bridged mode. I add a management IP onto the outside ether1 interface of the Mikrotik so I can get to the bridge modem management on 10.1.1.1, and on the routerOS side I also allow it to answer NTP time queries and set the bridged modems NTP time server to the Mikrotik router management IP so that the bridge modem gets time sync, not essential though. Then I place another Telstra router (TG799vac) with the FTTN VoIP service configured on it downstream of the mikrotik, connecting into the WAN port on it, I set permanent remote assistance on the TG799 and lease it a reserved IP address from the Mikrotik so I can remotely get into the management page on the TG799vac also if need be.. the TG799 is then purely acting as a SIP gateway and I don't have to deal with it's flakiness at the core of my home network anymore (it was notorious for randomly no longer handing out DHCP leases on the LAN). The only other gotcha is that unfortunately with the TG800 there is no way to manually update the firmware like with the TG-1 while in bridge mode, unfortunately it has to seek it's update over the air from Telstra which it'll only do back in routed mode. Cheers, Chris On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Mike Everest <mike@duxtel.com> wrote:
Hi all!
I'm interested to hear any experiences using FTTN services bridged to LAN to present the service address directly to routerOS, for any ISP really, but in relation to modems supplied by iinet are most relevant for this case :-}
Any favourite modem hardware to use? Any known gotchas (e.g. dhcp lease at the head end) or limitations?
Any and all comments will be well received and very much appreciated! :-)
Thanks in advance, Regards Mike.
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