IMO experience, the Buffalo series routers have some issues when running with PPPoE over VLANs while running on dd-wrt. You may experience connection drops or websites not loading.. there's a script to fix that though.

It should work fine for internet connectivity but as for IPTV.. it requires the Port based VLAN page to be fully accessible. I think Linksys dd-wrt flashed routers may fully support this but I was never able to get it to work properly on a DIR-615 dd-wrt flashed router since this function did not work properly. Try it out when you get Unifi, it may work

Might be possible.. I've tested this before but I don't really remember. If I'm not mistaken the GPON unit 'locks' each ethernet port the moment you plug a cable into it. So even if you're only using VLAN500 on the GPON units LAN port 1, you can't plug a second device into LAN port 2 of the unit that only uses VLAN600.

What I'm sure you can do however is plug a normal, cheap non-VLAN aware switch into the GPON units LAN port and wire your DIR-615 and DDWRT router into the other ports on that switch. A lot of devices tho :3 Might as well use a single VLAN aware switch?

Told you guys the RB250GS would work

@klgoh99

Hows the performance btw?

Yes, it was Rizvanrp's recommendation, that's why I ordered 1 already planning test with Rizvanrp, I'll be in SG tmr COD in Solitan office.

Could you explain on how to setup it up?

ONE of big reason is the failure rate of the DIR-615 at this moment is questionable as well as the so called Wireless N function on it. Although I didn't experience much problem from it, but with the amount of issues we're been hearing it here on the forums already make me wonder how long would the device life span would last with just IPTV usage + 24/7 operation.

Another reason is there are some issues on the WAN PPPoE profile setup guide from me for Huawei GPON(BTU) users are not the final workaround to replace the DIR-615 router as well. There will be some port forwarding issues that you will encountered after long hour of usage. Meaning that if you torrent much like me or using any application that would required port forwarding, it would require some system reboot on the BTU.

In which rizvanrp already mention to me on this as the NAT will not be function normal on this setup, BUT if you are only concentrating on using it for http download it should be a better / temporary solution at this moment or should something bad happen to your DIR-615 router while waiting for replacement my guide could come in handy as well.

Every guide which has been give out on this thread at the moment are all come with pros and cons as well as wide range of personal or general views.

Anyway, good news guys

klseet dropped by my house today and passed me two Mikrotik RB250GS's for testing.. and I have to say, I'm impressed with it



I managed to get things up and running in about 15 minutes using that configuration however I'm still testing everything to ensure it gives the best performance. Based on what I'm seeing in my Wireshark dumps from my linux box, the VLAN tagging/stripping is working as it should so I'm pretty sure this can permanently replace the DIR-615 for about 55SGD

Some configuration settings work however it causes duplicate packets and doesn't correctly filter the ARP packet flood which is spewing out of the Unifi IPTV network so I'm testing every possible configuration through Wireshark before I write up a proper guide for this (give me <24 hours ).

I'm posting here through my Windows PPPoE dialer. My PC is directly hooked up to the RB250GS at the moment. Excellent performance and stability so far Gonna go dig up my IPTV STB from the hole I buried it in to see if it works.

I'm not too sure what they can achieve with your SIP login details as I don't use the technology much.. but causing a DoS on all 3 of your Unifi services is very easy just by accessing the BTU. They should not be able to use the BTU to break into your internal network as long as your router is secured properly.

I've just changed my Fiberhome admin login/pass and disabled its telnet daemon.. still figuring out how to write the changes to the startup config. I'd release a guide but many people will not be able to do it as it requires a Console cable. Do tell me if its possible to permanently secure the Huawei/Alcatel BTUs through the web UI though

Edit : The BTUs can only be accessed through the VOIP network AFAIK so if someone has changed your configuration (and it's not some glitch by TM), it's definitely being done by other Unifi users.

Fiberhome ONT's need a Console cable and RS232-USB adapter (if you don't have a serial port on your computer).. only then can you log into it and secure the router by changing the admin account pass, router 'enable' pass and disabling the telnet daemon.

With the huawei you should be able to do all of this through the webUI alone. This is what happens when you use the default user/pass combination for every single piece of hardware you setup. Maybe you guys can spam their hotline so they get the message

EDIT: Also, the telnet daemon is enabled by default on the Huawei. If it's disabled, someone has changed it.

I call ingram and they say its around 300.