Need assistance with your network?
Need assistance with your network?
Hello everyone, my home internet uses a telephone cable connection in Australia at 100 Mbps. I have a pfSense router but haven’t found a suitable bridge to connect my regular modem in bridge mode. It doesn’t detect the IP address, could you help me figure out how to set this up?
It is an ASL signal from a RJ11 port linked via fiber to the device
We should understand which devices are available to connect your wall phone port to your computers.
If it can handle up to 100Mbps, I think it's VDSL2. For this kind of configuration I previously used a Draytek Vigor 130 in New Zealand. The modem-router has one Ethernet port and works well with a third-party router like pfSense. It also excels at supporting 17A VDSL2 vectoring and can handle both line cards from Alcatel Lucent ISAM networks used in NZ and Australia (I don't recall the exact brands, but one card supports up to 70-80Mbit and another up to 150Mbit with specific Draytek firmware).
I aim to clarify the purpose behind this discussion. The goal is to understand how to utilize the VigorNIC 132 with an xDSL modem in PFSense, despite its limited support.
You're likely using a FTTC connection with VDSL technology. The NBN Co is planning to upgrade this to G.Fast or XG.Fast, which could affect compatibility. For more details, see their resources:
- https://www.nbnco.com.au/learn/network-t...ained-fttc
- https://www.nbnco.com.au/blog/the-nbn-pr...technology
Your NCD (Network Connection Device) is built to work with multiple routers, and you should be able to connect it as described: wall → NCD → PFSense Box. It seems the issue might stem from a configuration change. Since you haven't used PFSense, I can't offer specific guidance there.
I noticed you had a brief FTTC setup that worked with two Netgear routers without problems.