Efibre Virginia Co. Cavan

Eir: Pamela

SeanDeng wrote: »

Hi

After a long wait I had two Eir reps at my house last night to tell me that Fibre to the Home (FTTH) is now available.

So I have signed up to 1000Mb TV bundle service :)....which will be installed in ~ 1 month.

But now I have another set of tech issues to deal with which hopefully some the Eir reps can help with.

I currently use a bridging modem connected to a very expensive router (Asus RT-3200 Tri-band Gigabit) which I want to continue using for two reasons:
1) It gives me the coverage I need 
2) I have a VPN installed on the Router so all my downstream devices think they are in the UK - Smarts TV's etc

What is the Modem Router model used for FTTH by Eir.

Can it be set up in Bridging mode as a modem and pass-thry the broadband to the Asus?  Can I continue to use my Asus Router and VPN ?

Regards
Sean

Hi  SeanDeng,


That's great news. :D

The modem used for the FTTH service is the eir F2000 modem. You can view the F2000 manual here.

I'm afraid as we do not support bridging of modems I would be unable to advise on this. That's not to say you can't explore this at your own discretion. 

Thanks,
Pamela 

SeanDeng

Eir: Pamela wrote: »

SeanDeng wrote: »

Hi

After a long wait I had two Eir reps at my house last night to tell me that Fibre to the Home (FTTH) is now available.

So I have signed up to 1000Mb TV bundle service :)....which will be installed in ~ 1 month.

But now I have another set of tech issues to deal with which hopefully some the Eir reps can help with.

I currently use a bridging modem connected to a very expensive router (Asus RT-3200 Tri-band Gigabit) which I want to continue using for two reasons:
1) It gives me the coverage I need 
2) I have a VPN installed on the Router so all my downstream devices think they are in the UK - Smarts TV's etc

What is the Modem Router model used for FTTH by Eir.

Can it be set up in Bridging mode as a modem and pass-thry the broadband to the Asus?  Can I continue to use my Asus Router and VPN ?

Regards
Sean

Hi  SeanDeng,


That's great news. :D

The modem used for the FTTH service is the eir F2000 modem. You can view the F2000 manual here.

I'm afraid as we do not support bridging of modems I would be unable to advise on this. That's not to say you can't explore this at your own discretion. 

Thanks,
Pamela 

Thanks for the update.

This would be a show stopper for me.

So one key component in getting my own solution is the network set up name and password.......would Eir share this  as is the case with ADSL ?

Regards
Sean

jd

One point, you can't use PPPoE if you want the TV service, you need to use IPoE.

SeanDeng

Thx.....does this mean I cant use the VPN ?
Sean