Quick Fibre Question

ViperGTI

ViperGTI

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So I've finally gotten fibre :D
Our estate's installation was already completed in November so I've been watching the coverage map closely on an almost weekly basis.
Our area was activated on Friday so I emailed Webafrica to get the process started, they confirmed on Monday that they mailed Openserve and on Tuesday, they started with the installation and completed yesterday. Luckily I had a fibre-compatible router here so I could get connected even though I'm still waiting for Webafrica to finalise things.
Very impressed with OpenServe's service and response time though.

So my question (and I'm quite clueless when it comes to networking). They installed a "bridge" that serves as the connection point between the actual fibre and the router, of which they've only enabled a single lan port that goes to the router.
Is it possible to somehow have 2 routers, connecting to different ISPs (perhaps by placing a switch between the bridge and the routers)?

If it will somehow work, I'd like to connect the TV to the one for streaming Showmax / Dstv Now and the other one to the computers. I have an old Fat Pipe 400Gb account that costs me less than R170 per month (which has accumulated I think 2.4Tb) that I would use for streaming (I heard it is maxed at 40mbps) and then I'll use the Webafrica account for everything else. If the Fat Pipe account isn't speed limited, then one router will be fine, but there was a bit of a screw-up on my order so I'm sitting at 10mbps until they fix it.
 
ViperGTI said:
So I've finally gotten fibre :D
Our estate's installation was already completed in November so I've been watching the coverage map closely on an almost weekly basis.
Our area was activated on Friday so I emailed Webafrica to get the process started, they confirmed on Monday that they mailed Openserve and on Tuesday, they started with the installation and completed yesterday. Luckily I had a fibre-compatible router here so I could get connected even though I'm still waiting for Webafrica to finalise things.
Very impressed with OpenServe's service and response time though.

So my question (and I'm quite clueless when it comes to networking). They installed a "bridge" that serves as the connection point between the actual fibre and the router, of which they've only enabled a single lan port that goes to the router.
Is it possible to somehow have 2 routers, connecting to different ISPs (perhaps by placing a switch between the bridge and the routers)?

If it will somehow work, I'd like to connect the TV to the one for streaming Showmax / Dstv Now and the other one to the computers. I have an old Fat Pipe 400Gb account that costs me less than R170 per month (which has accumulated I think 2.4Tb) that I would use for streaming (I heard it is maxed at 40mbps) and then I'll use the Webafrica account for everything else. If the Fat Pipe account isn't speed limited, then one router will be fine, but there was a bit of a screw-up on my order so I'm sitting at 10mbps until they fix it.
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If I'm not mistaken (and please someone with more knowledge chip in and tell me if i'm wrong/right), it should work the same as on ADSL. And it is possible to do on adsl, altho my only experience on having 2 diff connection/accounts on 1 line is through a linux in the middle.
 
Congrats!

For now I think it is possible to do what you're describing. Openserve fibre works very similarly to ADSL, as mottamort said.

If you're going to use one set of devices on one router, and another set on another router, then you'll be able to get away without a load balancer.

If you want to be able to access all the devices on one network, you'll need a router in the middle. If you have the technical skills, something like a MikroTik might work for you.

Based on the scenario you're describing, it should be possible to just hook the ONT up to two routers via a switch, and dial two separate accounts from each of the routers. Just make sure each router runs its own subnet.

Disclaimer: this might not work, so try and test it first before investing in expensive gear based on the assumption that it will. I have Frogfoot fibre at home, and there I needed two ONTs to be able to use two different ISPs. They use VLANs and stuff, and I'm not sure whether Openserve has started to work on the same principle.
 
Jan said:
Congrats!

For now I think it is possible to do what you're describing. Openserve fibre works very similarly to ADSL, as mottamort said.

If you're going to use one set of devices on one router, and another set on another router, then you'll be able to get away without a load balancer.

If you want to be able to access all the devices on one network, you'll need a router in the middle. If you have the technical skills, something like a MikroTik might work for you.

Based on the scenario you're describing, it should be possible to just hook the ONT up to two routers via a switch, and dial two separate accounts from each of the routers. Just make sure each router runs its own subnet.

Disclaimer: this might not work, so try and test it first before investing in expensive gear based on the assumption that it will. I have Frogfoot fibre at home, and there I needed two ONTs to be able to use two different ISPs. They use VLANs and stuff, and I'm not sure whether Openserve has started to work on the same principle.
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I would be very curious to see if this would work. I do not think so though.
You would also need a mini server room just for what will be a SOHO network now =D
 
Speed fixed. It seems that the Fat Pipe account works at almost full speed so I might not need the two router setup if this keeps working properly.
 
Another quick question. Does anybody know how to configure QoS for a SiP phone on a SBG3300 Router? I've managed to set it up (from what I've googled), but as soon as I enable QoS, my speedtest result drops to 30Mbps.

All I want is to either give the Voip phone the highest traffic priority (which is what I think I've done now) or to have a dedicated 200kbps just for that IP. Either solution will work fine as long as my bandwidth for everything else remains the same.
 
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