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Getting 2 public IP addresses on Purefibre. Can this be done with a single cable into the ONT?
Telus fibre advertises 2 public IP addresses, although getting information about how to configure and obtain them is really hard. The tech support people assured me that it wasn't possible. I told ...
As far as I know, any device would need to be connected through an unmanaged switch, as you have discovered, and appear to the ONT as independent routers.
Telus staff will not provide the detail you are asking on residential accounts, as their service plan is a simple single connection through their supplied equipment. Please share what you learn in your exploration.
It is interesting that the domestic Telus PureFiber service plans allow for two public IP addresses, but that the Telus technical support team does not offer support to the customer for it.
Sorry late to the party, but just as interested to find this out, only now. I had no idea that we were allowed two public WAN IP address.
Did you ever get this sorted out?
Sorry for the late reply... Yes, Telus PureFiber does indeed offer 2 public IP addresses. Most of the people you would talk to at tech support don't know this. I had one tech insist that they have been working at Telus for years and that Telus most certainly did not offer 2 public IP addresses!
In any case, they do indeed offer this (it used to be advertised right on their website, but I can't seem to find it now). I'm currently using the two public IP addresses. All you have to do is put an unmanaged switch on the ONT (optical network terminal---the white box that the fibre goes into) and connect your two routers to that. So the setup goes like
ONT port 1 -> unmanaged switch -> device 1 in one of the switch ports (for example, the Telus router) + device 2 in another port of the swich (for example, your own router).
Each device gets its own public IP. No configuration needed.
The problem that I have is that I want to get rid of the Telus router and use my own devices. I can't figure out how to get the TVs and PVR to work without the Telus router.
