I'm with an AltNet (Hey!Broadband). PPPoE. I suspect there are many more.

In reply to a post by S2KIP:

Thanks everyone, some useful info. It's OR FTTP only, no alt-nets (until City Fibre come in the next few years).

In reply to a post by candlerb:

To paraphrase Scott Adams:

"Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better router".

I use a combination of Untangle, Sophos XG and OPNsense, so I'm good thanks.

Given that OPNsense supports PPPoE via an ethernet why don't you want to use it?

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In reply to a post by S2KIP:

Thanks everyone, some useful info. It's OR FTTP only, no alt-nets (until City Fibre come in the next few years).

In reply to a post by candlerb:

To paraphrase Scott Adams:

"Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better router".

I use a combination of Untangle, Sophos XG and OPNsense, so I'm good thanks.

Given that OPNsense supports PPPoE via an ethernet why don't you want to use it?

It's an unnecessary overhead, I'd rather avoid having to use it if I can however that doesn't look possible (for a decent price anyway).

In reply to a post by S2KIP:

It's an unnecessary overhead,

Out of interest, by how much?

PPPoE on OPNSense/pfsense are limited to a single core. Without PPPoE you can use a lower performing multicore CPU to reach the same performance normally.

My current J4125 box at 2Ghz is should be fine for a 1gbit PPPoE connection though @10w max.

Edited by smouty (Sat 30-Jul-22 12:18:21)

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In reply to a post by S2KIP:

It's an unnecessary overhead,

Out of interest, by how much?

Most *nix based routers are limited to single core for PPPoE, so you need a CPU with higher frequency compared to not using PPPoE as an example. This adds to the price, heat output and power usage. Okay, not a huge amount but it's still something.

Edited by S2KIP (Mon 01-Aug-22 16:39:24)

In reply to a post by S2KIP:

Most *nix based routers are limited to single core for PPPoE, so you need a CPU with higher frequency compared to not using PPPoE as an example. This adds to the price, heat output and power usage. Okay, not a huge amount but it's still something.

I wonder if there is any hardware with a propriatory ASCI (e.g. the broadcom PPP accelerator in the ASUS kit) that can handle the PPPoE and then pass the public IP over DHCP to a downstream device. Would solve all these worries.