Topic 'PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireless AP' in forum 'Bell Canada' - dslreports.com

Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:16:11 EDT

anon posted : I've noticed this behaviour on someone else's setup as well - IGMP snooping on the switch does resolve the issue. However, have you tried plugging in the AP directly to the Sagemcom? Normally the 2864 should perform IGMP Snooping itself.

Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:35:26 EDT

kovy posted :

said by zed173:

said by SpoonyForky:

I think iptv on a 7330 is also DHCP.

I can confirm this, it's what I have at home.

Hm, good to know!

Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:12:43 EDT

zed173 posted :

said by SpoonyForky:

I think iptv on a 7330 is also DHCP.

I can confirm this, it's what I have at home.

Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:37:40 EDT

dsudot posted : These are my current settings, The third image, i didnt modify anything on, it only illustrates the results of the IGMP snooping.

For that specific switch, I would have multicast traffic on ports 1 (uplink port to bell modem) and ports 3/4 as those are the ports the receivers connect on.

Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:01:13 EDT

silentfury posted : Hey, I'd be interested in some more detailed instructions as I have this same switch, and maybe some screenies if you wouldn't mind!

Thanks!

Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:43:25 EDT

SpoonyForky posted : I think iptv on a 7330 is also DHCP.

Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:33:47 EDT

kovy posted :

said by Guspaz:

This obviously wasn't a problem back when Bell was using separate PPPoE logins for IPTV, but they had to get rid of that because it would have caused the CRTC to force them to allow wholesalers to offer it.

It's only FTTH that's it not PPPOE for TV.

Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:18:42 EDT

dsudot posted : First of all my setup.

Bell modem with a single lan connection to my main switch, my main switch is wired to drops all over my house, one goes to a Bell Fibe Receiver, another to my AP, etc. At one location i have another switch that feeds another receiver and my PC network.

My AP was wired into my main switch, upon pinging my wireless AP from a wireless connected device, i saw significant latency and packet loss, and lots of jitter. When I disconnected the uplink from from the modem to my main switch, my packet loss ceased to my AP. I then reconnected and filtered all multicast traffic on the main uplink port on my primary switch. This solved the wireless lan connectivity issue, but ultimately affected the TV. I then removed the filter and enabled IGMP snooping, which filters multicast traffic off all ports except those that go to a Bell receiver, or a switch uplink port.

I ended up putting in two SMB SG200-08 Cisco Switches, at around 100 bucks a piece. But the functionality/features of them, it was definitely worth it.

Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:18:35 EDT

Guspaz posted : This obviously wasn't a problem back when Bell was using separate PPPoE logins for IPTV, but they had to get rid of that because it would have caused the CRTC to force them to allow wholesalers to offer it.
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Re: [TV] PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireles

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:05:49 EDT

Bestman posted : Thanks for this. May I ask how you determined (what tools did you use) the source of your problem?

PSA: Fibe TV's Multicast data affects personal Wireless AP

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:12:33 EDT

dsudot posted : I just had Fibe TV installed, and due to the location of the modem install, I much preferred to use my own AP (this issue only arises when using a seperate AP) . When doing so i noticed extreme latency packet loss on my wireless

I isolated the issue to multicast traffic saturating my wireless LAN. This multicast traffic is required for the Bell Fibe service to function.

There are a couple of ways to solve it. I opted to purchase a couple of managed switches that perform igmp snooping (limiting multicast traffic only on the ports where bell receivers are connecting)

See here for more information.

»www.dd-wrt.ca/wiki/index.php/Set···_traffic