Trooli FTTP - replace Technicolor DGA4134 with modem/bridge/micro switch

[mikefrommanchester]

Not sure if anyone can help, but I'm looking for recommendations for a device to pass PPPOE details without acting as a router or firewall on our new FTTP Trooli connection.

I have obtained all PPPOE details (directly from Trooli) and have permission to run own equipment - but I'm unsure what device exactly I should be purchasing.

Is there a simple bridge device / micro switch recommended that can pass PPPOE details over FTTP much like a simple DSL modem? I don't want it to do anything other than pass data straight to our Smoothwall device.


Our current network looks like this:


Trooli FTTP
Adrant 621 ONT
Trooli Router - replace this with bridge device
Smoothwall
LAN

 

[ColinTaylor]

Any device can "pass" PPPoE information from a client, or do you mean you want a device that is a PPPoE client? In which case why not use the PPPoE client on your Smoothwall device?

https://kb.smoothwall.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015816339

 

[mikefrommanchester]

Any device can "pass" PPPoE information from a client, or do you mean you want a device that is a PPPoE client? In which case why not use the PPPoE client on your Smoothwall device?

https://kb.smoothwall.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015816339

We have an S5 device and understood (maybe wrongly) that it wasn't supported for acting as PPPOE client.

I will double check.

Smoothwall Help Centre

 

[mikefrommanchester]

I was thinking of one of these devices... but seems like overkill to just pass PPPOE client details.

Connect a DrayTek Vigor router to Ultrafast Full-Fibre FTTP Broadband

Fibre, Ethernet, Broadband, PPPoE, Ultrafast, ONT, Optical, Network, Terminal, Gigabit, FTTP, FTTP, Fiber, Broadband, CityFibre

www.draytek.co.uk

 

[ColinTaylor]

I was thinking of one of these devices... but seems like overkill to just pass PPPOE client details.

Connect a DrayTek Vigor router to Ultrafast Full-Fibre FTTP Broadband

Fibre, Ethernet, Broadband, PPPoE, Ultrafast, ONT, Optical, Network, Terminal, Gigabit, FTTP, FTTP, Fiber, Broadband, CityFibre

www.draytek.co.uk

I'd imagine just about any home router could do the same unless your ISP has got specific requirements.

 

[mikefrommanchester]

I'd imagine just about any home router could do the same unless your ISP has got specific requirements.

Yes I understand that, but isn't there any microswitches or simple bridges that can act as a PPPOE client without all the fluff - I don't need any functions other than Client PPPOE passthrough? Maybe I misunderstood the Network engineer when he told me about replacing the Trooli router, as I'm sure he mentioned a microswitch but I might have misheard.