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IPTV over router issue
I have an issue with the IPTV box connected in my system. Ideally, the ISP provided setup should look like this:
How I have it connected:
Right now my gateway and the access points are the Netgear Orbi RBK853 (1 main router + 2 satelites). It takes quite a while (in physical cables terms) for the ethernet connection to reach the IPTV box, since starting from the Orbi gateway there is a satelite (access point) and a switch (not drawn here). So the easiest solution, to connect the IPTV directly to the ISP provided modem is not possible for me.
How to configure the gateway (if even possible), to somehow forward the packets from the ISP provided modem directly to the IPTV box without the NAT network created by the gateway, so the IPTV box gets assigned with an IP from the 192.168.1.x range (by the ISP provided modem), instead of 192.168.7.x (Orbi gateway). The ISP provided modem has an IP of 192.168.1.1 and provides DHCP range from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.100. The Orbi router has its IP set to 192.168.7.1 and works in DHCP range of 192.168.7.2 - 192.168.7.200. I think for the IPTV its not really about the exact range, but rather being connected directly to the modem.
PS: I have replaced the Wifi Mesh setup I had before with Orbi just now. Physically it was connected the same way and this worked- when I logged to the gateway interface I haven't seen the IPTV box- I have seen it via the ISP provided modem interface, so it was somehow forwarded.
I tried exercising VLAN approach, but if understood correctly, I would need to sacrifice one of the physical LAN ports of my gateway for that. Since at the given lan port more devices than just the IPTX box are connected, I could not go this way. I need more of a specific mac address oriented approach.
Please contact Negear support for installation and configuration support. This is outside of my comfort zone.
My concerns are the probably workable IGMP proxy (IGMP level unknown), the dual-NAT situation with two NAT routers in the data path - not convinced about the IGMP snooping and multicast support. However, things might have changed since introducing the v7 bringing a major change to the RBR850/RBS850. Looks like I have to find some second-hand device in the market here, since I'm not Netgear 8-)
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Not aware any Orbi system does support IGMP Multicast and IGMP Snooping, neither on the router alone, nor over the wireless (or wired) backhaul to an Orbi satellite. While the Orbi Pro does support VLANs, there is no IGMP support to my knowledge either.
Said this: It's extremely difficult to substitute an ISP supplied router which does seamless integrate the ISP Internet connection and the IPTV VLANs. The only option is to design and implement a multi-VLAN switch infrastructure handling the Internet (and it's LAN) and extend the IPTV VLAN accordingly.
What ISP and IPTV provider you have in mind here?
Hi and thank you for the answer,
My ISP provider is Orange (Poland).
The thing is, I previously had a router + access points setup (Wifi 5 mesh) and it worked out of the box (3rd party devices, Icotera). I did not need to confgure anything there, while the physical connectons were the same (1:1 replacement with Orbi devices now, same number of satelites). When logged in to the Orange ISP modem interface, I could see the IPTV device there, instead of the Gateway DHCP pool.
Icotera is a typical vendor offering more or less custom CPE (router, mesh, ...) for a specific ISP - not to compare with the generic consumer products in the free market - very likely you can use this Mesh system with the Orange Poland offering only.