On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 02:10:10PM +0200, Seth Mos wrote: > On 21-9-2011 13:49, Eugen Leitl wrote: >> >> I'm looking to add an ADSL2+ as second WAN to my home pfSense. >> >> Unfortunately, the ISP (MNet) only offers FritzBox routers, >> which have multiple issues (e.g. SSH session timeouts with >> the official recommendation to use keepalive as a workaround, >> which for me is an red flag indicating potential further >> brain damage). I'd rather just use an ADSL2+ modem -- however, >> I'd like to be able to use IPv6 with these (MNet already >> offers experimental IPv6 support). >> >> Anyone aware of a decent ADSL2+ modem which can handle some >> 1 MBit/s upstream and some 18 MBit/s downstream, as well as IPv6? >> > > If I remember correctly the Draytek Vigor 120 modem does this, you can > then connect via ethernet to your pfSense installs. I believe it > supports a multitude of options for termination. > http://draytek.com/user/PdInfoDetail.php?Id=71#PdInfo
Yes, it looks good, so I've got one. > If you can get the modem to just relay PPPoE you should be able to > terminate PPPoE onto your pfSense WAN. This should also prevent your Does anyone here have such a setup, maybe even with a PPPoE/PPPoA bridge with a Draytek Vigor? I'm having trouble making it work. The FritzBox works without a hitch, even with IPv6, so I know my connection data is good. > disconnecting sessions as there will not be any state kept in the > device. (closest thing to bridge mode) > > The gear is a bit more expensive but I have very good experience with > the gear over the years. They ship with above average RAM in the devices > so the state tables don't time out as fast. Drayteks are indeed uncommonly good, I had only one issue with a built-in 60 sec timeout for any HTTP session which they verified and acknowledged as a bug, but never fixed. > The current IPv6 2.1 builds can do DHCP6 which is probably what your ISP > uses. > > Regards, -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
