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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.
The nice thing about the Protectli Vault OPNsense device is that each port is it's own network interface. So instead of having
ONT -> switch -> T3200M on port 1+ Protectli Vault on point 2
I'd just have
ONT -> switch -> Protecli port 1 + Protectli Vault port 2.
Each port then gets it's own public IP. I can then use firewal rules to control which devices get what public IP.
Sure, it's a bit more complicated, but I like the idea of getting rid of unnecessary equipment (especially if that equipment isn't performing very well).
In any case, the tv complicates things and it may just not be worth the hassle. I'll try using the T3200M to get one of the IPs again and see if it works OK.
"I'd then like the Telus T3200M router to get it's public IP address from[through] the Vault instead of directly from the ONT."
Wouldn't the Vault have to acting just as a NAT-less switch (transparent), for the T3200M to be able to pull the second WAN IP address? Or maybe it would NOT have to pull a WAN address and still work for the IPTV service.
You need to find a Router like the Vault that can also do IPTV service. Though there are lots of other routers that can.
