BT Infinity no hub

[bremen1874]

Thank you for trying out pfsense with a livecd, very much appreciate that.

Did you type in the username and password on the wan interface on pfsense or do any additional configuration like reboot the modem, are you on (fake) static or dynamic ip with bt?

My ISP for FTTC is actually IDNet, but as far as I can tell it’s exactly the same service as the Business Infinity connections I deal with. I’ve got a single static IP that’s automatically assigned.

I don’t really know pfsense, but here’s what I did…

I booted from the live CD and assigned the LAN and WAN interfaces. I connected the LAN interface directly to my laptop, and the WAN interface was temporarily connected to a spare switch (so the system could see that the interface was up).

I then connected to the webConfigurator and went down to Interfaces->WAN. I selected PPPoE, entered my username and password, saved and then applied updates.

Finally I just unplugged my normal router from the modem and connected the pfsense WAN in its place. It connected without any further intervention and picked up the correct WAN IP.

Nothing was power cycled. No configuration was done beyond that mentioned above.

 

[anything I don't mind]

Yea that is not working for me. Must be a BT limitation or a problem with my modem or line or isp configuration.

 

[kerrgreg]

[QUOTE=Gammawolf;21565022]Thats you're logon details for their site, ebilling management etc, it doesn't have anything to do with the line or networking[/QUOTE]

Sorry but your wrong this is my pppoe session user and password I am 100% sure that I am using that user and pass rather than the homhub@bt...

Strange I seemed to get a text and email through with the user pass almost within minutes of connecting my other router

OP have you received another user password or are you still trying to use the default homehub one

 

[anything I don't mind]

With the business fiber i have been given a login that is similar to this:

[email protected]

 

[KIA]

Yea that is not working for me. Must be a BT limitation or a problem with my modem or line or isp configuration.

Connected it to your machine yet?

 

[anything I don't mind]

It finally worked in the end.

I connected pfsense directly to the modem, rebooted the modem and still nothing. Waited 5 mins, decided to reboot pfsense as last resort. Left it after that for like 20-30 mins while i did something else and when i came back it had an ip address.