HOWTO: Bell Fibe with Private Cloud; port forwarding; email, web & Plex servers running!

[Philip Bondi]

HOWTO: port forwarding; email, web & Plex servers running!!; Bell Business Fibe 940/940Mpbs
- my Bell Home Hub 2000 did not support port forwarding and did not support DMZ
- https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ showed ports open on the internet and they were not being forwarded

Notes for Asus RT-AX88U Pro:
- Private cloud on QNAP:
- incoming email on your domain name (port 25)
- email boxes on your private cloud (imaps 993)
- web server for Subversion (https 443)
- ssh (port 22)
- webmin for Linux administration (https 10000)
- Plex for TV/Movie/home video/home pictures (Plex requires several ports)

Implementation:
- See photograph. Cable that was inserted into Home Hub 2000 goes into WAN port of the Asus RT-68U
- Asus RT-AX88U Pro with Merlin firmware: https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/download
- WAN | Internet Connection
- WAN Connection Type: PPPoE
- Username (including @bellnet.ca)
- Password
- MTU 1492
- MRU 1492
- LAN | IPTV | LAN Port
- Select ISP Profile: Manual Setting
- Internet: VID: 35

Outcome:
- All my services are running
- I am getting nearly 100% of specification on up/down

Research:
- Special thanks for Marius. His youtube video was the "breakthrough" for me after 6 weeks of pain
- How to remove/bypass Bell Hub 3000 and use your own router
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- clues in, but not easy to follow
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https://www.reddit.com/r/bell/comments/l96qne/bell_fibe_internet_tv_and_phone_with_pfsense

- https://forum.bell.ca/t5/Internet/Home-Hub-4000-with-an-existing-home-LAN-double-NAT/td-p/534

Attachments:
2023-02-20-bell-home-hub-2000.jpg
2025-02-05-Bell Fibe-ASUS Wireless Router RT-AX88U Pro - Internet Connection.pdf
2025-02-05-Bell Fibe-ASUS Wireless Router RT-AX88U Pro - Internet Speed - Items 01 - 10.pdf
2025-02-05-Bell Fibe-ASUS Wireless Router RT-AX88U Pro - Internet Speed - Items 11 - 20.pdf
2025-02-05-Bell Fibe-ASUS Wireless Router RT-AX88U Pro - IPTV.pdf
2025-02-05-Bell Fibe-ASUS Wireless Router RT-AX88U Pro - Virtual Server _ Port Forwarding.pdf

Recommendation:
- Bell Fibe is blazing fast. Wonderful experience. Recommend that you switch