Hi all,
first off apologies to make it super long post, as well, there have been instances of such similar post but unfortunately i could not find any thread which involves having both JIO and Airtel getting replaced. There have been some specific users like @anmolbhard004 who had been very kind enough to post the updates in regards to the title, but still i was looking out for something which updates if things are working in recent months.
lets start with my list of questionnaire
Requirements / Problem Statement
1. We have two network connections which are as follows.
2. Both the network connections are having their own ONT's and are currently configured simply with two different SSID and mostly all the users on network are only connected to the Jio due to its 300Mbs Speed.
3. We have to get rid of the ONT devices provided by both the individual Brands.
4. Each Brand's fiber optic has to be plugged into a GPON SFP Stick and the sticks will be the replacement for the respective ONT's.
5. Once the GPON SFP Sticks are configured, they should get plugged in to a SFF (Small Form Factor) PC or any other , with a dedicated 2 port 2.5Gb OR 10Gb SFP Pcie Card.
6. While having the SFP Pcie card, there should also be a 4 port 2.5Gbit Lan card.
7. The SFF PC will be running PFSense, which will be responsible to do the following things.
8. These lan ports will be used for the following.
9. Also the network should have a very good quality Firewall, which the default ONT's Does not provide.
10. What is stopping from doing all these?
Option One: Suggested by Local Network Engineers (Same ONT + Load Balancer)
1. Get hold of a TP-Link (ER605 / R480T+) Load Balancer.
2. Connect Lan from Jio and Airtel to the TP-Link Load Balancer
3. Configure the load balancer to make jio as priority and airtel as backup and setup VLAN's for the internal Network.
4. Since the TP-Link load balancer comes with around 5 ports, from which 2 would be used as the WAN from both ONT, remaining 3 can be used for Nas and WiFi router etc.
The above one is pretty straight forward, but i do not seem to have the trust on the reliability of the connections and stability.
Option Two: My Thought after reading forums and watching youtube videos. (GPON Stick + Media Converter + Load Balancer)
1. Get the valid GPON SFP Module
2. Get the SFP to Gigabit Media Converter
4. Then we would have the managed load balanced with basic TP-Link firewall network setup.
The above option would certainly ditch the whole use of PFSense altogether.
Option Three: My Thoughts yet again. (GPON Modules + Load Balancer)
1. While going around the internet and checking for the SFP Stick there was even another option which was using a VSOL ONU ( VSOL V280RH / PTF 8132 2.5GB ONUs) we can configure it just like the GPON Stick and get the job done. so yet again from forum and youtube video ive got two options.
2. ONU Options
3. Rest all the steps would be from the option two itself from step 3, getting the TP-Link Load Balancer.
Option Four: Reached to the different combinations by now.(GPON ONU / Stick + Pfsense)
1. Finally the last option, where we could either get GPON SFP Stick + media converter and connect it to the lan of the pfsense... and mainly ditch the Loadbalancer altogeher.
2. Or, we use the GPON ONU box/module whatever, and yet again connect it to the lan of the pfsense and ditch the load balancer.
My references and links
1. Jio Ont Bypass Guide By Anmolbhrad004
2. This Very Forum Thread
3. HSGQ GPON Stick Setup Geeky Twins
4. HSGQ GPON Stick With Media Converter Geey Twins
5. TP-Link XZ000-G7 XPON setup with Airtel Xstream Geeky Twins
6. Airtel Router bypass: GPON SFP Napping Geek (Only Video with PFSense)
7. Hardware Selection List
so far its still confusing which setup to choose, what speeds i would get and how stable all the things would work, while keeping the price decent low enough. and if there are people who have worked on any of the options or combinations which they can share the experience with before me spending any money on the hardware.
All this hassle is being done to only and only have a SECURE, RELIABLE, and STABLE internet connection.
I have yet not been able to decide which SFP Pcie card would be suitable. so that research is still pending..
Thanks a ton if you made it till here, im in desperate help to solve this as well as ill be then making a full tutorial on how to set this up so someone else next time can follow it and wont need to get stuck like me.
first off apologies to make it super long post, as well, there have been instances of such similar post but unfortunately i could not find any thread which involves having both JIO and Airtel getting replaced. There have been some specific users like @anmolbhard004 who had been very kind enough to post the updates in regards to the title, but still i was looking out for something which updates if things are working in recent months.
lets start with my list of questionnaire
Requirements / Problem Statement
1. We have two network connections which are as follows.
1. Airtel Broadband running at 100Mbs and would be used as backup connection
2. Jio Broadband running at 300 Mbs and would be used as the main connection
2. Both the network connections are having their own ONT's and are currently configured simply with two different SSID and mostly all the users on network are only connected to the Jio due to its 300Mbs Speed.
3. We have to get rid of the ONT devices provided by both the individual Brands.
4. Each Brand's fiber optic has to be plugged into a GPON SFP Stick and the sticks will be the replacement for the respective ONT's.
5. Once the GPON SFP Sticks are configured, they should get plugged in to a SFF (Small Form Factor) PC or any other , with a dedicated 2 port 2.5Gb OR 10Gb SFP Pcie Card.
6. While having the SFP Pcie card, there should also be a 4 port 2.5Gbit Lan card.
7. The SFF PC will be running PFSense, which will be responsible to do the following things.
1. Act as a firewall
2. work to combine both the Jio and Airtel WAN Connections in MultiWAN mode and do the load balancing.
3. would manage the 4 port lan card to create internal network VIrtual Lans.
8. These lan ports will be used for the following.
2. CCTV Camera
3. NAS Storage
4. Internal Server which will be running automation scripts/node-red/inventory management apps etc.
9. Also the network should have a very good quality Firewall, which the default ONT's Does not provide.
10. What is stopping from doing all these?
1. Which GPON SFP Stick would support Jio and Airtel ?
2. Which SFP Pcie Card shall support the appropriate GPON Stick and will it even support the Pfsense?
3. On internet there have been talks about the GPON Stick overheating, how reliable is it?
4. According to the recent developments and updates at the JIO and Airtel side with their ONT's will the whole logic shared online would still work?
Option One: Suggested by Local Network Engineers (Same ONT + Load Balancer)
1. Get hold of a TP-Link (ER605 / R480T+) Load Balancer.
2. Connect Lan from Jio and Airtel to the TP-Link Load Balancer
3. Configure the load balancer to make jio as priority and airtel as backup and setup VLAN's for the internal Network.
4. Since the TP-Link load balancer comes with around 5 ports, from which 2 would be used as the WAN from both ONT, remaining 3 can be used for Nas and WiFi router etc.
The above one is pretty straight forward, but i do not seem to have the trust on the reliability of the connections and stability.
Option Two: My Thought after reading forums and watching youtube videos. (GPON Stick + Media Converter + Load Balancer)
1. Get the valid GPON SFP Module
2. Get the SFP to Gigabit Media Converter
1. Here there are again two options ive thought of, but i wonder if it is worth to spend too much money on the 2.5Gb media converter?
2. TP-Link MC220L 1000 Mbps Converter (Rs.1,699/-)
3. ISZO 2.5G SFP Media Converter (Rs.12,399/-)
3. Get the same Above mentioned Load Balancer 4. Then we would have the managed load balanced with basic TP-Link firewall network setup.
The above option would certainly ditch the whole use of PFSense altogether.
Option Three: My Thoughts yet again. (GPON Modules + Load Balancer)
1. While going around the internet and checking for the SFP Stick there was even another option which was using a VSOL ONU ( VSOL V280RH / PTF 8132 2.5GB ONUs) we can configure it just like the GPON Stick and get the job done. so yet again from forum and youtube video ive got two options.
2. ONU Options
1. VSOL V280RH / PTF 8132 2.5GB ONUs
2. XZ000-G7
3. Rest all the steps would be from the option two itself from step 3, getting the TP-Link Load Balancer.
Option Four: Reached to the different combinations by now.(GPON ONU / Stick + Pfsense)
1. Finally the last option, where we could either get GPON SFP Stick + media converter and connect it to the lan of the pfsense... and mainly ditch the Loadbalancer altogeher.
2. Or, we use the GPON ONU box/module whatever, and yet again connect it to the lan of the pfsense and ditch the load balancer.
My references and links
1. Jio Ont Bypass Guide By Anmolbhrad004
2. This Very Forum Thread
3. HSGQ GPON Stick Setup Geeky Twins
4. HSGQ GPON Stick With Media Converter Geey Twins
5. TP-Link XZ000-G7 XPON setup with Airtel Xstream Geeky Twins
6. Airtel Router bypass: GPON SFP Napping Geek (Only Video with PFSense)
7. Hardware Selection List
1. GPON SFP Stick -- > ODI/HSGQ SFP STICK 2.5 Gb
2. GPON ONU Box --> VSOL V280RH / PTF 8132 2.5GB ONUs
3. GPON ONU Box 2 --> TP-Link XZ000-G7
4. Media Converter 1 --> TP-Link MC220L
5. Media Converter 2 --> iszo 2.5G
6. Load Balancer --> TP-Link TL-605
Conclusionsso far its still confusing which setup to choose, what speeds i would get and how stable all the things would work, while keeping the price decent low enough. and if there are people who have worked on any of the options or combinations which they can share the experience with before me spending any money on the hardware.
All this hassle is being done to only and only have a SECURE, RELIABLE, and STABLE internet connection.
I have yet not been able to decide which SFP Pcie card would be suitable. so that research is still pending..
Thanks a ton if you made it till here, im in desperate help to solve this as well as ill be then making a full tutorial on how to set this up so someone else next time can follow it and wont need to get stuck like me.
