[GLLUG] own hardware for fibre internet via Comunity Fibre

[Chris Bell]

> > On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 at 20:34, MJ via GLLUG <gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk> 
wrote:
> >> Having now opportunity to connect to 1gb synchronous fibre I'd like to
> >> use my own router again since IPCop ended. I have decided not to use
> >> Nokia-ONT G-010G-Q Optical Fibre GPON Terminal, as in this way I can
> >> locate all the hardware in a dedicated space and I remove another media
> >> bridge becoming potential point of failure. I just need to neatly run 10
> >> metre long fibre cable without any sharp bends from the fibre wall entry
> >> location to
> >> G-010S-A MA5671A Cat Stick 2.5G Optical Cat G-P-O-N Protocol
> >> inserted to
> >> Banana Pi BPI-R4 high-performance development board, supporting 2 SFPs
> > 
It may not be very easy to do this without a lot of help and advice from 
CommunityFibre.co.uk. The problems include Dynamic, not static, addressing, 
and the routing used.
My sister has CommunityFibre "Fibre To The House" in an ex-council estate, 
connected from a BT pole. A very high speed pair of fibres link to the local 
area and are connected via optical splitters to individual premises, and each 
destination has an optical modem Time Division Multiplexed in to that group. 
When first connected the IPv6 address could have been a /48, with the fourth 
block :0:, but it has since been divided with the fourth block :400: and now :
500: while the previous blocks have been changed seven times in about 30 
months. It could now be a /52 or /56. Each destination modem uses encryption.
They provide a short ethernet link from the fibre modem to a Linksys Velop box 
which provides IPv6, IPv4 over IPv6, NAT, Wireless, and one or two ethernet 
outputs. My sister has a VOIP to telephone adapter, so I provided an unmanaged 
ethernet switch connected to the Velop output. There is no battery backup.
If you wish to provide your own local networks you may need to connect an 
ethernet switch/router between the modem and the Velop.
My house is one of about 5 that has not been converted to an HMO with no 
services provided, in an isolated line of about 80, so I have very little 
chance of getting FTTP any time soon, but would be interested to know how you 
get on.
-- 
Chris Bell
www.chrisbell.org.uk