RB4011 + GPON

RouterOS General
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Hi

Please excuse my ignorance / lack of knowledge here - I am hoping someone will be sympathetic and explain why this is or isn’t possible.

I have a GPON modem from my broadband provider connected to my RB4011 which runs a PPPoE client to connect to my broadband. The GPON modem is just in pass-through or bridge mode or something, so that I can use my Mikrotik as my home router.

I would obviously prefer that the ISP provided device wasn’t there, as there is a fiber port on my Mikrotik.

The fiber cable in my apartment is a simplex cable (not sure if this is a “must” for GPON networks or not).

Is it possible to get a fiber transceiver or so for my Mikrotik that I can just plug the fiber cable straight into and have the PPPoE connect as “normal”, or is this just not possible with GPON networks?

Again - sorry for what is likely a dumb-ass question, and thank you for your patience :slight_smile:

Colin

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It depends (as always…).

Does your ISP support this?
Does your ISP use AON or XGS-PON? Both are supported but the latter is more expensive.

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You can get GPON ONU sfp modules.

However you would need to get the ISP, or their wholesaler to agree to you using the 3rd party module.

You would need to provide them with some information about it, perhaps its mac address and/or serial number, not sure.

They can then add the ONU information onto their system, and then exchange encrypted data with it.

https://community.fs.com/article/a-brief-introduction-to-gpon-sfp-modules.html

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-pon-series/216230-understand-gpon-technology.html