Huawei modem firmware breaking VPN ? (RevK blog)

This is an interesting finding, see the RevK's blog:
http://revk.www.me.uk/2013/11/bt-huawei-fttc-modem-b...

I don't appear to be having any issues with VPN since the new firmware was pushed. Maybe it's because I have Sky Fibre because looking at the blog it seems to be affecting PPPoE connections to the modem.

Me neither, and I use a UDP based VPN.
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/us/en/mobile...

In reply to a post by simon194:

I don't appear to be having any issues with VPN since the new firmware was pushed. Maybe it's because I have Sky Fibre because looking at the blog it seems to be affecting PPPoE connections to the modem.

Yep; if Sky Fibre is still using MER then it's immune to this issue.

Reading that blog, will all BT vdsl modem get the firmware update, or just people using BT infinity? I have a BT vdsl modem installed by BT but my ISP is Entanet - will that get a forced updated?

Nick

Fortunately I'll be immune as my work VPN uses GRE, however those who use IPSEC-based VPNs have potential for issues.

In reply to a post by Lethe:

Reading that blog, will all BT vdsl modem get the firmware update, or just people using BT infinity? I have a BT vdsl modem installed by BT but my ISP is Entanet - will that get a forced updated?

Nick

The modems are managed by Openreach, not BT Retail, who supply BT Infinity.

All Huawei VDSL modems will get the update.

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

In reply to a post by Lethe:

Reading that blog, will all BT vdsl modem get the firmware update, or just people using BT infinity? I have a BT vdsl modem installed by BT but my ISP is Entanet - will that get a forced updated?

Nick

The modems are managed by Openreach, not BT Retail, who supply BT Infinity.

All Huawei VDSL modems will get the update.

Yes, sorry, I meant Openreach (but it's all BT to me )

OK, since I had fttc 15 days ago line has been stable except looking at my router logs I got a disconnect/reconnect at 02:05 Monday morning - of course, I dunno if it was the vdsl modem rebooting (it's a black box as you know) but just a PPPoE log, so I wonder if that is what it was.

Thanks for reply.

Nick

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

In reply to a post by Lethe:

Reading that blog, will all BT vdsl modem get the firmware update, or just people using BT infinity? I have a BT vdsl modem installed by BT but my ISP is Entanet - will that get a forced updated?

Nick

The modems are managed by Openreach, not BT Retail, who supply BT Infinity.

All Huawei VDSL modems will get the update.

The ISPs can upgrade but OR have the final ruling.

Ryan, can you explain that a bit more? What does OR have the final ruling on, exactly?