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Telus Pure Fibre in Ontario - PPPoE
This isn't really a question, it's just FYI for Ontario (and, I assume, Quebec) customers that have Telus Pure Fibre, delivered on Bell's fibre. In Ontario, Telus has to use PPPoE. Make sure you...
Using your modem in bridge mode requires more than just your PPPOE credentials in your own router. You'll be getting into some weeds where some of you have not gone before. In a nutshell, you need to tag your PPPOE packets with VLAN 35 before the modem will authenticate you.
I'm using pfsense and the basic steps were as follows:
- add VLAN 35 and bind it to your physical WAN interface (ix0 in my case). Tag 35, priority 0
- add a new interface and bind it to the new VLAN 35
- On your WAN interface, choose PPPOE and add your credentials below.
This will get you online if your modem is in bridge mode (part or full). If you did partial bridge mode, make sure you picked the right port for your cable.
Telus has complicated things a bit further. PPPOE authentication typically uses PAP authentication (older and less secure) but Telus is using CHAP authentication. Problem is pfsense will keep trying PAP for over a minute or so after reboot before switching to CHAP. This is not an issue per se but pfsense will look offline for well over a minute or so before coming to life with a WAN IP. The logs for PPP will tell you the story.
Every router will need to be configured in this way in order to get bridging to work. You can write scripts to force CHAP over PAP but other than the startup delay, there is no real issue.
