AT&T will also sometimes push out changes that will take the gateway out of passthrough mode. Took me ages to figure out what was wrong. Their network support guys are hilarious. They don’t know anything about networking strangely enough.
If it's not in the script, forget it your not going get anywhere- especially with the level 1 techs. The level 2 techs may or may not know a thing or two just depends on the tech. Level 3 guys are normally in the know!
Great vid walkthrough, you're a prince among men. My last house(which was a rental) had AT&T with the GPON + ONT, and I ended up doing a bypass through WPA Supplicant and extracting my cert files from the old gateway(shoutout to DSLReports folks for their work on that method). Been stuck with Comcast at my new(owned) house, but finally AT&T is coming out to us(after 4 years of living here). I was a little concerned about not being able to do a bypass with the new combined ONT/Gateway. I'm elated someone found an SFP+ bypass. Now I know what to get to prepare for the fiber rollout. Best wishes from a Texan.
AT&T Fiber guy is here right now installing. I have an extensive Eero network here, with hardwires to each WAP. No way I’m giving that up! Well, at least not after he leaves! Haha. BTW, he checked each room for signal from his WiFi router, only reaches 1/2 my house. Thanks for the tips here!
AT&T ran fiber in my area in spring 2020. I got the service in Sep, 2020 and have used the same BGW320 modem the whole time. My 1Gb up and down, ideally gives me about 950Mb down and up, not 1250Mb. I have had very infrequent issues and my speed test while watching this video was 940Mb down, 949Mb up with a 5ms Ping. I think that ONT on a stick looks cool as hell, but I have no reason to actually use it at this time. The power savings wouldn't equal the price of equip for a long, long time. I don't have a PF sense router, just an old Buffalo 1900AC router for backup and to give a couple of extra ethernet ports.
Hey @digiblurDIY , thanks for calling out our 8311 community! We have some stuff planned for the group buys (that might make them quicker), and we are always looking to improve. Thanks again!!
You guys/gals are doing an awesome job with this stuff. Looking forward to seeing things improve. I did get in on one of the last group buys but I figured for such a critical part of my home why not have a backup.
As an employee for a fiber company (not ATT), you can actually contact your company and ask which PON type you’re actually running whether it’s B/G/X. I wouldn’t see this being worth it if you’re on Bpon but you can get the adjacent adapter based on your PON type
That's if you can get through the stupid robot that tries to fix your internet before you get to a human, AND the tech you get even knows what the hell you're even talking about.
I've been doing it the last year, but I had to use a tool to get the GPON Password from the router and emulate mac address, since the ISP won't give those. I must say tho, the hardest part is always to get the voice and iptv vlan working, since their tv boxes rely on it. But if it's a CATV box, there is a thing you can buy to give you the TV Signal to a coax.
Du der. Hvilken transceiver har du brugt før og nu. Jeg skifter til ny forbindelse snart, og ville også bare tappe direkte fra fiber boksen.? Får vist bare en gpon overgangs boks eller hvad det nu er.
the only way you used to be able to do passthrough was to acquire a certificate from a donor modem and create a wpa_supplicant file then feed it to podman which can run on a unifi dream machine pro. certs were issued for 5 years so you'd have to repeat the process when the cert expires since that's how they identify their devices (at least did at one point) so you essentially would just spoof a modem.
The method in this video doesn't require anything donor. It uses your existing RG and works like a champ. No rooting, or donors needed. Just a a programmable SFP PON and some tech muscle to get the job done.
This is incredible. I've been wanting to do the bypass ever since we moved in, but couldn't get a donor modem that was compatible. So happy to see that's no longer required.
If you had a 320, pulling its cert was a pain. Getting one from a 210 (or 5268) was easier. These days, they've relaxed the 802.1x requirement for XGS-PON deployments with the 320. (why make the RG authenticate to itself?)
Very true...that gateway gets a bit hungry and this is one less power supply to deal with. Massive difference too if you can jump from the GPON with separate ONT to just this simple SFP stick instead of those two other pieces of hardware. Definitely made it a pain if the ONT was in a garage then the gateway was in the house when trying to do battery backups for internet during power outages.
Sounds perfect. They need to do their job better as it took them 3 or 4 tries and still failed. So many people still have fiber just hanging from fences and just sticking out the ground.
@@digiblurDIY OMG YES! I'm in north Houston area and we had to get the stupid burial crew out here three times before it was done "right-ish". When we called to complain about the initial bury, they sent the same exact two jack@SSes out here as the first time. After the third time we still ended up digging it back up in one area near all the water lines to bury it at a proper depth of 6" or more. And out here none of them speak English so you can't even call them out for doing it wrong, they just smile with that stupid grin they always use when they don't understand you. Oh and to make it even better, they're a UNION job so your install tech can't even dig and bury the line if they WANT to. (eye roll)
@idontneedthis66 ours speak English but they complain the whole time. One dude buried it half way and left it on the fence and just left. I waved him down as he was leaving and he just waved and drove off. Like bro! Finish the job. The techs.. Now they are cool as hell.
Former AT&T Prem Tech here. I had a customer purchase there own BGW320 box which i thought was weird didn’t know customers could do that easiest ticket ever just had to come in install and SFP and activate. This bypass option in this video is awesome im geeked out by it. DIY is correct if you have to call AT&T for anything put the original box back in before calling in. Also if this bypass is installed I’m going to guess that the AT&T APP is not going to work properly either.
Wow that's expensive fiber rates. We pay $25 for the 10G here in Spain. Our building is serviced by three different networks, thank god for competition.
I'm almost certain I know what neighborhood you live in because I live there too! They installed fiber here about a year ago and I asked them if I could use my own equipment. I'm glad there is a way to do that now and there is an additional benefit to it.
Fun video. I say that because AT&T maxes out at 768kilobit DSL in my area. POTS is not offered at all so the DSL is probably not actually possible. But make no mistake! This is AT&T and nothing is discounted. They still want 50 bucks a month for that speedy 768kilobit.
There are a few addresses around me that have 768k...crazyiness. Then the neighborhood adjacent to me has landline only offered from AT&T. Not sure you can still order that today though.
Frontier FiOS allows you to plug in the Ethernet from the Ont into your router. Att requires this because they don’t allow you to use your own router with the att Ont.
Have had the hardware and guides to do this for the past 4-5 months, just havent had the motivation to go through the steps until this video dropped.. thanks
There is no need to upgrade the other firmware bootbank. The whole point is so that you have a way to switch from the latest one you just installed back to the prior one in case the latest is buggy. Why would you want to install a buggy version in both spots? The next time you upgrade, it'll go to the other slot, alternating back and forth.
Apparently the OLT can pick from what I read and I've seen people plug in the stick and the other boots. Now if I was upgrading revisions I would do just one at a time for testing.
The block A and B thing is a case of easy rollback so if you was to brick it can be recovered so you do not need to flash it again it means when updating you can revert.
@@digiblurDIY but the whole idea is if the firmware fails because of a bad image can be recovered to a point that you try a different image or get it working. But by doing strait off before you have it up and running you are in danger of totally bricking your device. The other memory block will not be in use so you will be running that software not. I work in networks as a network security engineer and deal with all the time.
Here in brazil the tech peoble on big ISP are buying on aliexpress SFP+ GPON to change and bypass the ONT, have a webpage with models that work. Or SFP Gpon or 2.5Gb ONU. The good part, is that regional ISP are strongh here, and most uses ONU + Router, just need to request bridge mode
If you search here on YT "trocando modem vivo" "Se livrando modem da operadora" will Find some. Need a bit of work, but work, and I found people reciving with this 1.7Gb on 1Gb plan
That would be great if they gave us that option. Some ISPs do but AT&T is hell bent on forcing their gateway down everyone's throat so you don't get any option at all.
Didnt know I needed this, yet here I am. Thanks for the lead... Now if theyd do another group buy, and I could just find a couple grand laying around to upgrade my switches to multigig...
Thank you!!!! You give me hope in a world of ONT lockdowns. Although I realize what I'm trying to do won't have a "paint by numbers" solution, I'm going to try and get one of these working with Telmex Fiber in Mexico. If anyone here happens to be from Mexico and has already done some work on this, please contact me.
this is huge!!! as a LOOOOONG time at&t subscriber i've had this exact thought many many times and i'm so glad it's something as relatively easy as this LOL thanks!!!!!!!
Yeah I used to have a cablecard system in my media PC. Could tune 4 channels at once for DVR functions. Used Windows Media Center, it was so much better and faster interface than the buggy cable company box. Those cable cards were very sensitive. If there was a storm they can easily get fried. I went through about 4 or 5 of them. I'm having flashbacks 🤣 good times back then
I'm pretty sure you can enable masquerading on a fortinet or unifi Enterprise router. Clone, the mac address of the modem and then plug the fiber up to that wan interface on your new firewall and again, you have to have some other settings enabled similar to whats showed in this video with GPON and your WAN has to he a SPF+ connection. So yes there are other ways to also do this Direct to a firewall. We would do something similar to this. When providers used to match bond the interface MAC address to their provisioning server. We would just clue the MAC address. Paste that in the interface of the wan port on the new firewall, and then we'd be on our way.
I'm thinking ATT is getting ready to deploy fiber near me and I'm saving this video to prepare me for getting rid of any proprietary crap ATT wants to foist on me..
Out of curiosity and a familiarity with more normal fiber setups, I looked up what's special about XGS PON modules. Sharing. They're sharing a single fiber uplink with passive optical splitters. You and up to 256 of your neighbors are sharing a single 10 gigabit fiber being sold 1-5gb each. It needs to be 10x the cost of normal 10G-LR 10km modules because it has to handle the optical degradation of all those splitters, plus the timesharing logic. No wonder it has a massive heatsink.
The standard is up to 128:1. AT&T is doing 64:1 for XGS-PON. (32:1 for GPON) In most cases, there's only one splitter. (it's possible to cascade them, but T isn't known to do that.) An ONT is "expensive" (vs. a simple optic) because there's a full computer and other logic in there doing complicated things. That it can be shrunk into the form factor of an SFP is pretty impressive. (even the logic of an OLT can fit in one, too.) The BGW-320 is such a massive PoS because it's far, FAR more than just an ONT. There's an Nbase-T chip in there, as well as a 1G (4port) switch, 3 wifi radios, and a significantly powerful processor. But, yeah, 40W for all that is quite wasteful. (for example, my entire laptop - HP Elitebook 8560w - is using 28W right now.)
Massive beast of a box for sure. Now I will say it is nice for average soccer mom just wanting a few devices on his/her internet in the house and call it done.
@@jfbeam GPON was 128:1, XG and XGS-PON extended that to 256:1. I agree that's why the ONT is expensive vs a simple optic, and we agree on why they're so much more expensive. Apparently they're still cheaper than loading up racks with QSFP+ 4x10gbe ports running cheap 10g-LR. Being able to do the longhaul on a single fiber then use a passive splitter in neighborhoods must factor into the cost calculations as well, the less active equipment in the field the less maintenance they need. Pushing some of that cost to each unit may make sense at scale.
AT&T will hijack your DNS requests regardless of if you implement this masquerade or not. You need to disable 'DNS Error Assist' in your AT&T profile online. Google it.
ATT connecting cables are just crap.. change your opto box J45 cable to a high shield CAT 8 cable if your running 1 GHZ you will get a 2000 to 5000 mbs increase. Good video.
One thing i thought about (since i cant use this because no 2gbs so cant switch frequencies) is the $200 adapter may pay for itself in 3-5 years in power savings if the BGW320 is drawing a constant 30-40 watts 24/7.
How do you get 30-40 watts? Did you use a kill-a-watt meter to actually measure? I external ont set up with a 320. The bgw consumed ~10-15 watts. Ont ~3-4 (nokia G-010G-A). I can't imagine the box drawing that much.
@@geepeezee5030 Idle with 1 port used i can get it down to 13.5 watts. Beating on it with 4 things plugged in and two on wifi and doing 500mbs, i can easily get it to 25 watts. And its rated max sustained power usage is 40 watts.
I did that over a year ago here. I put all on a server, running proxmox, pfsense, debian, etc, etc. I got directly to the server, no "dongle", "adapter", or anything.
Yea this video was confusing, why do it on SPF stick instead of on opnsense itself? All you need is some SPF+ stick which are like $20-40 on ebay. I wondered that the whole time. He's still having to run an entire OS on the spf stick and bypass through that, so it is still an extra layer. even if it is better than the AT&T box lol
@@sparkie5571 "routers" is too loose of a term, nothing is routing in these scenarios except the 1 single router running opnsense. the video shows how to bypass the at&t box that is just having SPF input and bypass to ethernet.. installing openwrt onto a different device and doing the exact same thing (spf input and bypass to ethernet) not even sure what you're asking though, be more precise & clear
I wondered the same thing lol. My friend ran a single SFP module directly to the wall and used a Ubiquity switch and plugged the SFP module right in an Boom picked up ATT DCHP IP.
What are the chances of a cheaper alternative to the was-110 coming along? I'd love to do this, but I'm not actually having any issues with passthrough mode so the cost/benefit isn't adding up for me. Thanks for putting this on my radar though!
We had the WAG-D20 but didn't work out right with upload speeds. I haven't seen anything cheaper being talked about as it needs the ability to change the serial and such.
partially wishing AT&T would route the fiber to our house so I can ditch Comcast/Xfinity (been in too many arguments with their contractors and level I&II techs - have met some really cool ones but the majority just go through the motions w/out base knowledge/troubleshooting skills). Hopefully with all the new homes and construction going on it will be routed to the homes near the lake. Was rooting for Google, but they dropped/slowed the project outside of Metro area.
Sometimes they seem to throw darts at a map for areas they do. I've seen them skip some easier above ground neighborhoods yet they retro fit the underground one across the highway. I would have thought they would have snagged the neighborhood north of me where they only offer landline, no DSL. I bet there are many neighbors chomping at the bit to switch off the monopoly cable ISP there.
Yep. I did this when the burial guys kept cutting my line trying to shove it in the ground an inch. It already popped out in one place and I need to call again but dreading dealing with the burial dept. Those guys definitely screw over the techs in my area. I would put the gatewaybafk and wait an hour or so after they left before swapping back.
What happens after the tech leaves is the business of the subscriber. lol. If you're savvy enough to perform this work then I'm sure the subscriber can do you a solid.
I'm astounded that you are getting 1.2 Gbs, I have the 1G plan and the HA Speedtest integration tells me that I am getting 675-900 Mbs Up and 47-675Mbs Down.
Yeah that's some of the issues I had with the previous bypass method and the AT&T gateway at times. I can get 1.2/1.2 all day long now on the 1G plan. And the key there is, the speeds work to even sites off the beaten path, not just to nearby AT&T sites.
I don't need this, I have my full speeds with my router managing bufferbloat well. My latency before and after was always in the single digits but I see 2 potential benefits; increased privacy as they don't have a controllable device in your home, and with my router being a low powered device, I can live off my solar or a generator easy when there are power outages that do not deplete the other end.
2.3Gbit up and down and bro has "connection issues" I remember paying for T1s back in the 90s, $1300 a month per 1.5Mbit. We had 3 at our dialup provider and a squid server pulling data down over satellite for caching.
Yes they can detect but people have been bypassing for years. Legality, are you stealing service? Nope. They control the speeds and if your "port" is turned up.
shrug, I just put my pfsense in the passthru mode and assigned the MAC. I'm getting 950+ down 950+ up so i consider it "good enough" for me needs. Not a fan of the extra box but it does double duty for "DMZ" and "Guest" wifi that doesn't need to be on internal network.
Lucky. I had issues with the gateway resetting during firmware upgrades, I had this happen to a family member as well, seems to be a common issue. I also had the issue with uploads on the gateway for some reason. It wasn't there until more people started getting it in the neighborhood oddly enough. I thought it was just being oversold a bit too much but then I see that isn't the case.
You get more than you pay for with the BGW320 too, that’s just the nature of AT&T fiber. The people saying the techs don’t know anything about networking don’t realize that these techs are probably just telling you that because they are sick of trying to untangle the mess that customers make of their modem’s settings. Too many people that THINK they know what they’re doing but really they just know enough to be dangerous. You’re not going to get any better performance from this SFP. It might make you FEEL better because you think you’ve achieved something you’re not supposed to, but truthfully the BGW320 works great for 99.9% of people because most people don’t go jacking with the settings.
Yup set it to ip passthough, turn off 5ghz wifi, move on with life. Yes there is a connection limit, but oh boy is it high, might hit it if you are hosting a 1gb torrent.
I was having the upload issues after 5 or 6 months with the gateway combined with it deciding to factory default after a firmware upgrade overnight. Seems to be a common "feature" talking with others. Some of the major reasons I bypassed.
@@digiblurDIY Yes mine does factory resets after a firmware update. However i have only had 2 firmware updates in 3 years. So its not so bad. I know when it happens because my 5ghz is broadcasting again.
I've had AT&T techs tell me with shocking detail about how Cat5E is slower than Cat6 on a per foot basis, complete with BS math to back up his claims. Quite frankly why this is appealing to "real" network engineers is that we can use hardware - like a Cisco/Juniper as an edge device that we're familiar with using without having to jump through stupid GUI hoops to open ports/port forward things around. Combined with AT&T's demonstrated track history with introducing buggy firmware updates that crash randomly, randomly reset the configuration to defaults removing all the stuff that we spent an hour clicking around in the terrible interface setting up, etc. It's a no brainer. Sure there are idiots out there, there's a lot of idiot AT&T techs too.
You don't have to, but spoofing the gateway's MAC means you can use the existing DHCP lease, so you don't have to wait for it to expire to get a new one (hence the possible 20 minute wait)
That's not really how it works. When you remove their hardware from the connection, but continue to use data, they already know what you're doing. And they have access to Google just like you do, so if they happen to care, they could figure out it.
@@thejusticetvshow9965 Ok... So, you have aspiration to be an evil corporation who would do exactly what you're worried AT&T will do because this video exists. That's... cool... I guess.
would that be stealing internet ??? yes i knew fiber has weakness in security ...it has no way to disconnect service when connection is always on but how can you convert into IP and dns connection from fiber ??
since this method never work for cable modems users when office racks use a switching software that has to register every modem on their network vs fiber...nobody knows what connects the other end ??
What kinds of speed issues were you having? I’ve seen 2.5Gb and 5Gb work through the BGW320 reliably plenty of times. I always enable pass thru, disable packet filters and turn off all the advanced firewall features. After that it seems to work fine.
I’m a tech here just curious, how come you can’t use the SFP that comes with the 320 RG ? Also for anyone wondering if they have xgspon if you look on the SFP that’s in your RG there should be a red mark on the handle, and one word of caution, be very careful to not touch the end of the fiber, when it gets dirty it could cause intermittent issues or slower speeds
yeah. Could you ask engineering why they stopped one address over from the church we go to? Annoying. Next door can get fiber but they stopped at the church and the 10 or so houses nearby.
@@digiblurDIY there’s multiple factors in being able get fiber in your house. terminals and the space that’s on there also at the main box or pfp how many ports we have to feed the light down, all of our terminals come in sets of 4, so 4,8,12,and 16 , but this could be a oversight in what address is “green lit” for fiber I recommend who ever it is to call and get a sight planer involved to get them turned on for fiber
No idea on how to contact one. I saw the dig permits they stopped at the church and left the houses beyond it not done. There's like 6 or so houses then the main highway. Definitely a weird decision. I doubt they will come back anytime soon to snag these 8 or so properties.
I think they state the 5gig plan really isn't 5 gig though. Like 4.8 or something? No wait, that's the upload. They say 5.2/4.8 are the actual 5gig speeds.
I am really going to miss my Spectrum 1Gig service - they just give a nice modem and that's it and I get 1GB upload/download with no data caps. Gotta move back in range of Comcast though =(
I think the only thing I heard was some weirdness on the static IP blocks due to some limitations with the UDM line of routers. But there is a Ubiquiti channel on the 8311 discord with several peeps in there that have done it.
Hey man, just wondering, have you tested using the Juplink directly as a transceiver instead of as a rig to program the SFP module? My ISP uses a quite massive ONT+T1 Terminal+AP combo just like AT&T's (and there are other tutorials involving xPON SFP modules to get it working around), but my main router is an UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra which doesn't have SFP. If the Juplink can be used to completely bypass my ISP's ONT, it will be amazing. At least their ONT doesn't cripple my network speeds on bridge mode. Oh well.
I have a Netgear XR 700 router that has a SFP+ port. I also have an extra ATT SFP module that they left me for some reason. Do you think theres a way to make the XR700 work like this?
@@digiblurDIY My OpnSense box has 2.5G RJ45 ports but no SFP+. I do have an inexpensive switch with 2.5G RJ45 ports and SFP+ ports. Are you saying I could put the WAS-110 in the switch and use my OpnSense box? How does that work? Do/Can I set the WAS-110 in "IP passthru mode" like the BGW-320?
Too much talking and waffle - Has anyone got a bullet point guide to doing this?
Yes. The guide I went through. Videos aren't for everyone.
Would you like your food pre-chewed too?? Open notepad and srart your own outline.....
The guy has a point. A LOT of blabbing in the video.
I am editing it down and posting on Vine soon.
@@digiblurDIY I need shorter. Can you do a 2-3 second GIF please thanks
AT&T will also sometimes push out changes that will take the gateway out of passthrough mode. Took me ages to figure out what was wrong. Their network support guys are hilarious. They don’t know anything about networking strangely enough.
YES! I've seen this crap too. Annoying as hell.
Typical monkey brain. Can do anything but know nothing.
Not so much "changes" they just push a new FW that has it revert to default backup values
@@RIRWINJR83 Which is different from the existing setting. Hence, it is a “change” in the state of that setting.
If it's not in the script, forget it your not going get anywhere- especially with the level 1 techs. The level 2 techs may or may not know a thing or two just depends on the tech. Level 3 guys are normally in the know!
FINALLY! Not all heroes wear capes. Can't wait to get this going.
The 8311 firmware dudes get all the credit there. Amazing stuff.
Great vid walkthrough, you're a prince among men.
My last house(which was a rental) had AT&T with the GPON + ONT, and I ended up doing a bypass through WPA Supplicant and extracting my cert files from the old gateway(shoutout to DSLReports folks for their work on that method).
Been stuck with Comcast at my new(owned) house, but finally AT&T is coming out to us(after 4 years of living here). I was a little concerned about not being able to do a bypass with the new combined ONT/Gateway. I'm elated someone found an SFP+ bypass. Now I know what to get to prepare for the fiber rollout.
Best wishes from a Texan.
Yeah I had to deal with crappy Cox cable over the years. Such a mess, I feel for ya!
WOW.. I have been keeping an eye for this for ATT... other providers have been bypassed... I'm so on this with my PFsense
Cox fiber does the same thing with their modem box
AT&T Fiber guy is here right now installing. I have an extensive Eero network here, with hardwires to each WAP. No way I’m giving that up! Well, at least not after he leaves! Haha. BTW, he checked each room for signal from his WiFi router, only reaches 1/2 my house. Thanks for the tips here!
Getting XGS-PON?
I have been doing this bypass for a while. Rock solid.
Where did you get the SFP? The link in this video says pre-order.
Did this a few months ago. First time in my life I’m finally free of telco junk
You're my hero. Ive spent over 40 hours on the phone with ATT and 5 damn 320-500s in a year. Cant wait to do this.
DO IT!
If your going through 5 gateways in a year, it's not the gateway.
AT&T ran fiber in my area in spring 2020. I got the service in Sep, 2020 and have used the same BGW320 modem the whole time. My 1Gb up and down, ideally gives me about 950Mb down and up, not 1250Mb.
I have had very infrequent issues and my speed test while watching this video was 940Mb down, 949Mb up with a 5ms Ping.
I think that ONT on a stick looks cool as hell, but I have no reason to actually use it at this time. The power savings wouldn't equal the price of equip for a long, long time. I don't have a PF sense router, just an old Buffalo 1900AC router for backup and to give a couple of extra ethernet ports.
@@TheJimmybeam82 Maybe, but there are lots of ways things can break.
@frommatorav1 you are on gpon. Gpon won't do more than 950mb
Hey @digiblurDIY , thanks for calling out our 8311 community! We have some stuff planned for the group buys (that might make them quicker), and we are always looking to improve.
Thanks again!!
You guys/gals are doing an awesome job with this stuff. Looking forward to seeing things improve. I did get in on one of the last group buys but I figured for such a critical part of my home why not have a backup.
Thank you for this video man, I definitely would not have been able to do this without you!
Glad I could help!
This going into the learning archive. Great video and don't aologize for" rambling", your just being you. Be you do you mano!!!✌🏿
I don't apologize. :) Embrace the trolls. They can fast forward and jump around as necessary.
@@digiblurDIY Ha Nice!
As an employee for a fiber company (not ATT), you can actually contact your company and ask which PON type you’re actually running whether it’s B/G/X. I wouldn’t see this being worth it if you’re on Bpon but you can get the adjacent adapter based on your PON type
Can you give a cliffs on why bpon isn't worth it?
@@beanMosheen it’s kind of like using 802.11b wifi… would you still buy something now just to keep it running? Or request an upgrade?
That's if you can get through the stupid robot that tries to fix your internet before you get to a human, AND the tech you get even knows what the hell you're even talking about.
Been doing that for the last 5+ years here in Denmark 👍
Nice jealous of my friend in a neighboring town. They ran fiber like 20 years ago. Definitely ahead of their time
@@digiblurDIY i never did any firmware stuff on my sitck, i just put in into Opnsense and its works.
I've been doing it the last year, but I had to use a tool to get the GPON Password from the router and emulate mac address, since the ISP won't give those.
I must say tho, the hardest part is always to get the voice and iptv vlan working, since their tv boxes rely on it.
But if it's a CATV box, there is a thing you can buy to give you the TV Signal to a coax.
Du der. Hvilken transceiver har du brugt før og nu. Jeg skifter til ny forbindelse snart, og ville også bare tappe direkte fra fiber boksen.? Får vist bare en gpon overgangs boks eller hvad det nu er.
Nicely done. Really important to have some tinkering with those Routers and SFP modules. Kudos!
Couldn't agree more!
the only way you used to be able to do passthrough was to acquire a certificate from a donor modem and create a wpa_supplicant file then feed it to podman which can run on a unifi dream machine pro. certs were issued for 5 years so you'd have to repeat the process when the cert expires since that's how they identify their devices (at least did at one point) so you essentially would just spoof a modem.
So it seems this method does not require a donor certificate?
The method in this video doesn't require anything donor. It uses your existing RG and works like a champ. No rooting, or donors needed. Just a a programmable SFP PON and some tech muscle to get the job done.
This is incredible. I've been wanting to do the bypass ever since we moved in, but couldn't get a donor modem that was compatible. So happy to see that's no longer required.
If you had a 320, pulling its cert was a pain. Getting one from a 210 (or 5268) was easier. These days, they've relaxed the 802.1x requirement for XGS-PON deployments with the 320. (why make the RG authenticate to itself?)
Power savings is another reason to bypass
Very true...that gateway gets a bit hungry and this is one less power supply to deal with. Massive difference too if you can jump from the GPON with separate ONT to just this simple SFP stick instead of those two other pieces of hardware. Definitely made it a pain if the ONT was in a garage then the gateway was in the house when trying to do battery backups for internet during power outages.
i work for att in north austin and im so happy this came up on my recommended gonna make it more worth it to upgrade to a proper router
Nice to hear from yall! Most of the techs here and fiber splice guys have been super cool. The burial dept... Not so much.
@@digiblurDIY And now they are all on strike
Sounds perfect. They need to do their job better as it took them 3 or 4 tries and still failed. So many people still have fiber just hanging from fences and just sticking out the ground.
@@digiblurDIY OMG YES! I'm in north Houston area and we had to get the stupid burial crew out here three times before it was done "right-ish". When we called to complain about the initial bury, they sent the same exact two jack@SSes out here as the first time. After the third time we still ended up digging it back up in one area near all the water lines to bury it at a proper depth of 6" or more. And out here none of them speak English so you can't even call them out for doing it wrong, they just smile with that stupid grin they always use when they don't understand you.
Oh and to make it even better, they're a UNION job so your install tech can't even dig and bury the line if they WANT to. (eye roll)
@idontneedthis66 ours speak English but they complain the whole time. One dude buried it half way and left it on the fence and just left. I waved him down as he was leaving and he just waved and drove off. Like bro! Finish the job.
The techs.. Now they are cool as hell.
Former AT&T Prem Tech here. I had a customer purchase there own BGW320 box which i thought was weird didn’t know customers could do that easiest ticket ever just had to come in install and SFP and activate. This bypass option in this video is awesome im geeked out by it. DIY is correct if you have to call AT&T for anything put the original box back in before calling in. Also if this bypass is installed I’m going to guess that the AT&T APP is not going to work properly either.
Yup. The app kinda freaks out and says something is wrong, no big deal though.
What. Great video. Love the style. Feels like a true og RUclips video. No scripts. Love it.
Thanks! Old school and real without the script nonsense.
THIS MAN IS A HERO. A LEGEND. A FREAKING GOAT! Thank you!!!
Wow that's expensive fiber rates. We pay $25 for the 10G here in Spain.
Our building is serviced by three different networks, thank god for competition.
Digi?
That's very cheap. I pay $100 a month for 1GB cable.
Damn cheap. Coax cable vendors are even higher here. $200ish for 2000/35 for unlimited tier.
Because it’s government subsidized, and the U.S. also is a much larger land mass to maintain a fiber network on than Spain - 19x bigger at that.
@@jfordnetregardless, lack of competition = higher prices
I'm almost certain I know what neighborhood you live in because I live there too! They installed fiber here about a year ago and I asked them if I could use my own equipment. I'm glad there is a way to do that now and there is an additional benefit to it.
Nice! Welcome neighbor!
I don't have AT&T fiber, but watched the whole video. 😅
We done!
Same I even subscribed
You are a saint. Thank you for this, I've been looking for a way around this forever.
Glad I could help
Fun video. I say that because AT&T maxes out at 768kilobit DSL in my area. POTS is not offered at all so the DSL is probably not actually possible. But make no mistake! This is AT&T and nothing is discounted. They still want 50 bucks a month for that speedy 768kilobit.
Which area is that? I had a friend who said that 64kbps was about 200 Euros a month in Brazzaville.
There are a few addresses around me that have 768k...crazyiness. Then the neighborhood adjacent to me has landline only offered from AT&T. Not sure you can still order that today though.
Excellent review. I did similar to remove an Alcatel i-240G-R. They put the MAC on the back label - so it was trivial to copy it.
Thanks!
Love this!! I’ve been waiting for a YT vid on how to do this and now I know how to do it with my Frontier FiOS!!
Fairly close procedure and been working great here for several weeks.
Frontier FiOS allows you to plug in the Ethernet from the Ont into your router. Att requires this because they don’t allow you to use your own router with the att Ont.
@@Sdoc0798Yeah you are right but it’s a massive box that I don’t really need to have so I would prefer to just go direct sfp+ to my router
Have had the hardware and guides to do this for the past 4-5 months, just havent had the motivation to go through the steps until this video dropped.. thanks
You can do it!
There is no need to upgrade the other firmware bootbank. The whole point is so that you have a way to switch from the latest one you just installed back to the prior one in case the latest is buggy. Why would you want to install a buggy version in both spots? The next time you upgrade, it'll go to the other slot, alternating back and forth.
Apparently the OLT can pick from what I read and I've seen people plug in the stick and the other boots. Now if I was upgrading revisions I would do just one at a time for testing.
I love your disclaimer.
The block A and B thing is a case of easy rollback so if you was to brick it can be recovered so you do not need to flash it again it means when updating you can revert.
That's for stock. I don't want any stock on there at all. Now if I upgraded to a later community firmware then this is totally fine.
@@digiblurDIY but the whole idea is if the firmware fails because of a bad image can be recovered to a point that you try a different image or get it working. But by doing strait off before you have it up and running you are in danger of totally bricking your device. The other memory block will not be in use so you will be running that software not. I work in networks as a network security engineer and deal with all the time.
Here in brazil the tech peoble on big ISP are buying on aliexpress SFP+ GPON to change and bypass the ONT, have a webpage with models that work. Or SFP Gpon or 2.5Gb ONU.
The good part, is that regional ISP are strongh here, and most uses ONU + Router, just need to request bridge mode
If you search here on YT "trocando modem vivo" "Se livrando modem da operadora" will Find some. Need a bit of work, but work, and I found people reciving with this 1.7Gb on 1Gb plan
That would be great if they gave us that option. Some ISPs do but AT&T is hell bent on forcing their gateway down everyone's throat so you don't get any option at all.
Didnt know I needed this, yet here I am. Thanks for the lead... Now if theyd do another group buy, and I could just find a couple grand laying around to upgrade my switches to multigig...
Thank you!!!! You give me hope in a world of ONT lockdowns. Although I realize what I'm trying to do won't have a "paint by numbers" solution, I'm going to try and get one of these working with Telmex Fiber in Mexico. If anyone here happens to be from Mexico and has already done some work on this, please contact me.
this is huge!!! as a LOOOOONG time at&t subscriber i've had this exact thought many many times and i'm so glad it's something as relatively easy as this LOL thanks!!!!!!!
Yes it is awesome!
If the sfp on the back of the 320 has a green sleeve it is gpon if it has a red sleeve it is xpon.
And I think yellow if it uses the Alt Optics one.
This is the equivalent of using a cablecard back in the day.
Yeah I used to have a cablecard system in my media PC. Could tune 4 channels at once for DVR functions. Used Windows Media Center, it was so much better and faster interface than the buggy cable company box. Those cable cards were very sensitive. If there was a storm they can easily get fried. I went through about 4 or 5 of them. I'm having flashbacks 🤣 good times back then
I'm pretty sure you can enable masquerading on a fortinet or unifi Enterprise router. Clone, the mac address of the modem and then plug the fiber up to that wan interface on your new firewall and again, you have to have some other settings enabled similar to whats showed in this video with GPON and your WAN has to he a SPF+ connection. So yes there are other ways to also do this Direct to a firewall. We would do something similar to this. When providers used to match bond the interface MAC address to their provisioning server. We would just clue the MAC address. Paste that in the interface of the wan port on the new firewall, and then we'd be on our way.
You can use any SFP+ capable router, media converter or whatever you want. You just need the ONT XGS-PON SFP module cloned to your billable settings.
I'm thinking ATT is getting ready to deploy fiber near me and I'm saving this video to prepare me for getting rid of any proprietary crap ATT wants to foist on me..
Out of curiosity and a familiarity with more normal fiber setups, I looked up what's special about XGS PON modules. Sharing. They're sharing a single fiber uplink with passive optical splitters. You and up to 256 of your neighbors are sharing a single 10 gigabit fiber being sold 1-5gb each. It needs to be 10x the cost of normal 10G-LR 10km modules because it has to handle the optical degradation of all those splitters, plus the timesharing logic. No wonder it has a massive heatsink.
The standard is up to 128:1. AT&T is doing 64:1 for XGS-PON. (32:1 for GPON) In most cases, there's only one splitter. (it's possible to cascade them, but T isn't known to do that.) An ONT is "expensive" (vs. a simple optic) because there's a full computer and other logic in there doing complicated things. That it can be shrunk into the form factor of an SFP is pretty impressive. (even the logic of an OLT can fit in one, too.)
The BGW-320 is such a massive PoS because it's far, FAR more than just an ONT. There's an Nbase-T chip in there, as well as a 1G (4port) switch, 3 wifi radios, and a significantly powerful processor. But, yeah, 40W for all that is quite wasteful. (for example, my entire laptop - HP Elitebook 8560w - is using 28W right now.)
Massive beast of a box for sure. Now I will say it is nice for average soccer mom just wanting a few devices on his/her internet in the house and call it done.
@@digiblurDIY I'd call it overkill for the common "soccer mom".
@@jfbeam GPON was 128:1, XG and XGS-PON extended that to 256:1. I agree that's why the ONT is expensive vs a simple optic, and we agree on why they're so much more expensive. Apparently they're still cheaper than loading up racks with QSFP+ 4x10gbe ports running cheap 10g-LR. Being able to do the longhaul on a single fiber then use a passive splitter in neighborhoods must factor into the cost calculations as well, the less active equipment in the field the less maintenance they need. Pushing some of that cost to each unit may make sense at scale.
Don't think I've ever heard the word "awesome" followed up by AT&T before 😂
Let me introduce you to Cox Cable and you will see the issue.
Interesting stuff Travis. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this video!! I havent been able to get DNS to work on my OPNsense router because of the stupid ATT router.
Ahh yes... Thats always been an issue with that box with DNS
AT&T will hijack your DNS requests regardless of if you implement this masquerade or not. You need to disable 'DNS Error Assist' in your AT&T profile online. Google it.
ONTs on-a-stick are pretty great.
The best part of ATT fiber is that fiber outage is not a reportable option. Had area-wide outage twice in two months, but can’t report it to someone.
Thanks for the information appreciate all your effort
My pleasure!
ATT connecting cables are just crap.. change your opto box J45 cable to a high shield CAT 8 cable if your running 1 GHZ you will get a 2000 to 5000 mbs increase. Good video.
No copper cable here at all. Plus I did swap out their long fiber cable that was a mile long.
One thing i thought about (since i cant use this because no 2gbs so cant switch frequencies) is the $200 adapter may pay for itself in 3-5 years in power savings if the BGW320 is drawing a constant 30-40 watts 24/7.
Saves you all the headache as well I see in the ATTFiber subreddit of latency/packet loss issues and middle of the night factory resets.
How do you get 30-40 watts? Did you use a kill-a-watt meter to actually measure? I external ont set up with a 320. The bgw consumed ~10-15 watts. Ont ~3-4 (nokia G-010G-A). I can't imagine the box drawing that much.
@@geepeezee5030 Idle with 1 port used i can get it down to 13.5 watts. Beating on it with 4 things plugged in and two on wifi and doing 500mbs, i can easily get it to 25 watts. And its rated max sustained power usage is 40 watts.
Good point that’s interesting
Good work. I am over here crying paying $155 a month for 950/35
Totally get that. Was paying Cox cable $170 for 1000/35. Still shocked they did my neighborhood.
Ooooh yeeehhh!
Bypass it!
Reading that in Macho Man voice...
I did that over a year ago here. I put all on a server, running proxmox, pfsense, debian, etc, etc. I got directly to the server, no "dongle", "adapter", or anything.
Yea this video was confusing, why do it on SPF stick instead of on opnsense itself? All you need is some SPF+ stick which are like $20-40 on ebay.
I wondered that the whole time.
He's still having to run an entire OS on the spf stick and bypass through that, so it is still an extra layer. even if it is better than the AT&T box lol
@@gg-gn3rewas a little confused that you’d now have two routers, instead of just the config on your main device. maybe i missed something
@@sparkie5571 "routers" is too loose of a term, nothing is routing in these scenarios except the 1 single router running opnsense. the video shows how to bypass the at&t box that is just having SPF input and bypass to ethernet.. installing openwrt onto a different device and doing the exact same thing (spf input and bypass to ethernet)
not even sure what you're asking though, be more precise & clear
@@gg-gn3re well ya that makes “sense” for you but I’m on the rapture WiFi 7 router threw ASUS for the qos features this is beneficial to me
I wondered the same thing lol. My friend ran a single SFP module directly to the wall and used a Ubiquity switch and plugged the SFP module right in an Boom picked up ATT DCHP IP.
They upgraded my ONT without having to do any upgrades. They are trying to get rid of the old stuff.
Like without touching a thing? I wonder if they wanted to pull the old GPON
Comment.....I'm just going to have to hire this guy to come to my house and do all of this because I swear he is speaking Chines.....
Yes. Google translate in my pocket, send the ticket!
What are the chances of a cheaper alternative to the was-110 coming along? I'd love to do this, but I'm not actually having any issues with passthrough mode so the cost/benefit isn't adding up for me.
Thanks for putting this on my radar though!
We had the WAG-D20 but didn't work out right with upload speeds. I haven't seen anything cheaper being talked about as it needs the ability to change the serial and such.
Thanks, been looking for this
Holy shit I love you
Wow !
partially wishing AT&T would route the fiber to our house so I can ditch Comcast/Xfinity (been in too many arguments with their contractors and level I&II techs - have met some really cool ones but the majority just go through the motions w/out base knowledge/troubleshooting skills). Hopefully with all the new homes and construction going on it will be routed to the homes near the lake. Was rooting for Google, but they dropped/slowed the project outside of Metro area.
Sometimes they seem to throw darts at a map for areas they do. I've seen them skip some easier above ground neighborhoods yet they retro fit the underground one across the highway. I would have thought they would have snagged the neighborhood north of me where they only offer landline, no DSL. I bet there are many neighbors chomping at the bit to switch off the monopoly cable ISP there.
I got the buy link fixed with the vendor for y'all. They're in stock!
Oh noice! I didn't know they messed things up for a bit. Many thanks!
Oh Slidell, I used to live there!
My question is, why can’t we use the Nokia SFP+ XGSPon module that comes with the unit/ AT&T?
I asked the same question way back... it is missing the ONT piece and is only a media converter.
Thank you for this!
fyi, the white gateway, actually has the ONT built in.
Yup. All in one box now.
Can we get a tutorial on Fios? Would love to tinker with this thing. Thank you!
What ONT do they use?
I’m a tech I would be interested lol I would ask you to put it back tho so I can close the job out
Yep. I did this when the burial guys kept cutting my line trying to shove it in the ground an inch. It already popped out in one place and I need to call again but dreading dealing with the burial dept. Those guys definitely screw over the techs in my area.
I would put the gatewaybafk and wait an hour or so after they left before swapping back.
What happens after the tech leaves is the business of the subscriber. lol. If you're savvy enough to perform this work then I'm sure the subscriber can do you a solid.
I'm astounded that you are getting 1.2 Gbs, I have the 1G plan and the HA Speedtest integration tells me that I am getting 675-900 Mbs Up and 47-675Mbs Down.
Yeah that's some of the issues I had with the previous bypass method and the AT&T gateway at times. I can get 1.2/1.2 all day long now on the 1G plan. And the key there is, the speeds work to even sites off the beaten path, not just to nearby AT&T sites.
I don't need this, I have my full speeds with my router managing bufferbloat well. My latency before and after was always in the single digits but I see 2 potential benefits; increased privacy as they don't have a controllable device in your home, and with my router being a low powered device, I can live off my solar or a generator easy when there are power outages that do not deplete the other end.
2.3Gbit up and down and bro has "connection issues" I remember paying for T1s back in the 90s, $1300 a month per 1.5Mbit. We had 3 at our dialup provider and a squid server pulling data down over satellite for caching.
Yep. Connection issues when you pay for 2 gig but only get 200 up that can be an issue.
Perhaps I missed it, but did you mention static ip addresses? Maybe it doesn't matter with or without the HG
I didn't have any static IP blocks to test this with but I know others use the bypass and statics without any issue.
How “legal” is this? Can ATT detect this and shut off your connection for not using their gateway box?
Yes they can detect but people have been bypassing for years.
Legality, are you stealing service? Nope. They control the speeds and if your "port" is turned up.
shrug, I just put my pfsense in the passthru mode and assigned the MAC. I'm getting 950+ down 950+ up so i consider it "good enough" for me needs. Not a fan of the extra box but it does double duty for "DMZ" and "Guest" wifi that doesn't need to be on internal network.
its an IOT host :) thats where i keep by googlevoice voip box, and any laptop "im repairing"
Lucky. I had issues with the gateway resetting during firmware upgrades, I had this happen to a family member as well, seems to be a common issue. I also had the issue with uploads on the gateway for some reason. It wasn't there until more people started getting it in the neighborhood oddly enough. I thought it was just being oversold a bit too much but then I see that isn't the case.
You get more than you pay for with the BGW320 too, that’s just the nature of AT&T fiber. The people saying the techs don’t know anything about networking don’t realize that these techs are probably just telling you that because they are sick of trying to untangle the mess that customers make of their modem’s settings. Too many people that THINK they know what they’re doing but really they just know enough to be dangerous. You’re not going to get any better performance from this SFP. It might make you FEEL better because you think you’ve achieved something you’re not supposed to, but truthfully the BGW320 works great for 99.9% of people because most people don’t go jacking with the settings.
Yup set it to ip passthough, turn off 5ghz wifi, move on with life. Yes there is a connection limit, but oh boy is it high, might hit it if you are hosting a 1gb torrent.
I was having the upload issues after 5 or 6 months with the gateway combined with it deciding to factory default after a firmware upgrade overnight. Seems to be a common "feature" talking with others. Some of the major reasons I bypassed.
@@digiblurDIY Yes mine does factory resets after a firmware update. However i have only had 2 firmware updates in 3 years. So its not so bad. I know when it happens because my 5ghz is broadcasting again.
I've had AT&T techs tell me with shocking detail about how Cat5E is slower than Cat6 on a per foot basis, complete with BS math to back up his claims. Quite frankly why this is appealing to "real" network engineers is that we can use hardware - like a Cisco/Juniper as an edge device that we're familiar with using without having to jump through stupid GUI hoops to open ports/port forward things around. Combined with AT&T's demonstrated track history with introducing buggy firmware updates that crash randomly, randomly reset the configuration to defaults removing all the stuff that we spent an hour clicking around in the terrible interface setting up, etc. It's a no brainer. Sure there are idiots out there, there's a lot of idiot AT&T techs too.
So it looks like we’re spoofing the MAC address of the AT&T modem. Cool!
You don't have to, but spoofing the gateway's MAC means you can use the existing DHCP lease, so you don't have to wait for it to expire to get a new one (hence the possible 20 minute wait)
Kinda like is when Docsys 3.0 first came out
Why would you put this video out so AT&t's engineers could see what you're doing and stop it??
Bypassing has been going on for years.
That's not really how it works. When you remove their hardware from the connection, but continue to use data, they already know what you're doing. And they have access to Google just like you do, so if they happen to care, they could figure out it.
@@TheEvox81 If I was an ISP I would add an internal VLAN to that gear so no gear no route just spoofing the Mac won't work
That would make you a bad ISP@@thejusticetvshow9965
@@thejusticetvshow9965 Ok... So, you have aspiration to be an evil corporation who would do exactly what you're worried AT&T will do because this video exists.
That's... cool... I guess.
Endpoint Hardware? You mean your key to the walled garden!?
Probably the key being you paid your bill and didn't shut your "port" off.
would that be stealing internet ??? yes i knew fiber has weakness in security ...it has no way to disconnect service when connection is always on but how can you convert into IP and dns connection from fiber ??
No. They control if your port is active and what speed it is set to. They can cut it off in a moments notice.
since this method never work for cable modems users when office racks use a switching software that has to register every modem on their network vs fiber...nobody knows what connects the other end ??
Cable modems are on the same coax as others and register based on the billing.
Excellent!
What kinds of speed issues were you having? I’ve seen 2.5Gb and 5Gb work through the BGW320 reliably plenty of times. I always enable pass thru, disable packet filters and turn off all the advanced firewall features. After that it seems to work fine.
Issues such as settings reverting on the gateway, latency issues with lots of connections, and slow uploads.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
I’m a tech here just curious, how come you can’t use the SFP that comes with the 320 RG ? Also for anyone wondering if they have xgspon if you look on the SFP that’s in your RG there should be a red mark on the handle, and one word of caution, be very careful to not touch the end of the fiber, when it gets dirty it could cause intermittent issues or slower speeds
Also if anyone have any questions about how our network works let me know or have any issues and need troubleshooting
that SFP module is missing the ONT side of things, more of a media converter.
yeah. Could you ask engineering why they stopped one address over from the church we go to? Annoying. Next door can get fiber but they stopped at the church and the 10 or so houses nearby.
@@digiblurDIY there’s multiple factors in being able get fiber in your house. terminals and the space that’s on there also at the main box or pfp how many ports we have to feed the light down, all of our terminals come in sets of 4, so 4,8,12,and 16 , but this could be a oversight in what address is “green lit” for fiber I recommend who ever it is to call and get a sight planer involved to get them turned on for fiber
No idea on how to contact one. I saw the dig permits they stopped at the church and left the houses beyond it not done. There's like 6 or so houses then the main highway. Definitely a weird decision. I doubt they will come back anytime soon to snag these 8 or so properties.
So since this is 10G will it get more than 4800mbps you get on the 5gig plan using the 5G port on their router? 5200mbps would be awesome.
I think they state the 5gig plan really isn't 5 gig though. Like 4.8 or something? No wait, that's the upload. They say 5.2/4.8 are the actual 5gig speeds.
Does this work for ATT subscribers who have a block of IP addresses?
Yes. 8311 discord has helped out a few people with this setup and their router setups
Pass-through doesn't work, I still get double nat issues
Hearing someone pronounce O-N-T as “awnt” like it’s a word is stressful 😂
I am really going to miss my Spectrum 1Gig service - they just give a nice modem and that's it and I get 1GB upload/download with no data caps. Gotta move back in range of Comcast though =(
Yeah that'll get a like sub and save
Thanks
Many thanks!
So I should be able to plug the WAS-110 SFP+ directly into the X520-da2 that's in my PFSense box, right?
I used the SFP+ ports on mine.
thank you
let hacking begin...more discovery and more worries for att
Just found you, and you look like your a UniFi guy, does the 8311 discord have write-up on doing this with a DreamMachine Pro Max?
I have Unifi switches and APs but never been a fan of their routers. The write up is the same. Just plug in the SFP+ module and done.
@@digiblurDIY That's what I suspected, buts always good to see/hear from someone who has done it first before you drop the money yourself.
I think the only thing I heard was some weirdness on the static IP blocks due to some limitations with the UDM line of routers. But there is a Ubiquiti channel on the 8311 discord with several peeps in there that have done it.
Yes, it works great with the UDMP. Add a route to be able to access the WAS from the LAN. I’ve had no issues coming up on a year.
I kept watching to improve my rambling skills.
Glad to help out!
The fastest offered in my area is the 5 megabit, it has the number 5 is that close enough?
yes
AWESOME!!! ty
What is the reason for bypassing?
Not being forced to use their firewall/gateway
@@digiblurDIY is this for privacy or performance?
Being able to use your own router/firewall like pfsense or opsense
I just wish the SFP+ stick wasn't $200. That's some commitment to losing the AT&T box.
$160 on the group buy so not as bad.
@@digiblurDIY ok thanks for the info. Guess I'll have to check out that discord.
Hey man, just wondering, have you tested using the Juplink directly as a transceiver instead of as a rig to program the SFP module? My ISP uses a quite massive ONT+T1 Terminal+AP combo just like AT&T's (and there are other tutorials involving xPON SFP modules to get it working around), but my main router is an UniFi Cloud Gateway Ultra which doesn't have SFP. If the Juplink can be used to completely bypass my ISP's ONT, it will be amazing.
At least their ONT doesn't cripple my network speeds on bridge mode. Oh well.
I have a Netgear XR 700 router that has a SFP+ port. I also have an extra ATT SFP module that they left me for some reason. Do you think theres a way to make the XR700 work like this?
You can use really any router even ones without SFP+, just needs a switch/media converter. You still need the WAS-110 XGS-PON ONT module though.
@@digiblurDIY My OpnSense box has 2.5G RJ45 ports but no SFP+. I do have an inexpensive switch with 2.5G RJ45 ports and SFP+ ports. Are you saying I could put the WAS-110 in the switch and use my OpnSense box? How does that work? Do/Can I set the WAS-110 in "IP passthru mode" like the BGW-320?
@checyr yup. You can use a switch as a media converter.