> On 10 Jun 2026, at 13:52, Franta Hanzlík <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:51:26 +0100 > Barry Scott <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> >> -- > > Hi Barry and Roger, thanks for reply! > My modem is Zyxel VMG4005, relative new model ( > https://www.zyxel.com/uk/en-gb/products/dsl-cpe/vdsl2-17a-bonding-and-35b-single-line-bridge-vmg4005-b50a > ), > but it may be any modem, which is able to work in bridge mode - there > are many of them. The modem only acts as a media converter - so I have > PPPoE on the Ethernet side and all the overhead is handled by my Linux > box - so I need ppp and NetworkManager-{ppp,adsl} packages on it, and > Linux has ppp0 virtual WAN interface.
> > This arrangement has the great advantage IMO that the public IPv4 > address is directly on the interface of my Linux machine (unlike a modem > in router mode, where the public IP ends on the modem). > And for IPv6 addresses, my ISP provides one /64 "bind" segment on WAN > interface, and the other /64 segment is usable for the internal network > on the LAN side of my Linux router. > Pretty cool... I never wanted a modem in router mode... Indeed, I run my own router based on Fedora Server with PPPoE. In my case the fiber is terminated in an ONT that has an ethernet port. What I did when getting things working was swap between my router and using the ISP router until I had it all debugged. In your case you could switch the zyxel back into a router to load up the software you need. Then put it into bridge/passthru mode once you have everything. Barry > -- > Franta Hanzlik
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