eircom eFibre VDSL DHCP: quickly get new IP address

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

I'll pay €100 to anyone who can fix this problem for me.

I need to quickly get a new IP every now and then for my business, to avoid being identified by Google as I'm permanently banned from uploading Android apps (inb4 people moralising, Google will ban you for anything on Android, read some posts online)

Originally I used some public VPN and proxy services but these send too many signals and Google are too good at this stuff. I have to get a safe consumer IP from eircom's or UPC's IP pool. Originally I released and renewed IP on my parents' eircom ADSL connection and that worked great and I got a new IP straight away. But my parents have since cancelled that connection.

Then I tried using dialup again but it's just too slow and unreliable to upload 5megabyte apps.

So I'm stuck with my own eFibre VDSL connection. It seems to have sticky IPs so I only get a new IP if I turn off the VDSL modem for an hour and connect again. This is just too long to wait for me. I assume the stickiness works by identifying the mac address of the VDSL modem. Does anyone know if I can buy a VDSL router that lets me send a custom MAC address to eircom so I can somehow get the eircom DHCP server to give me a new address? I contacted eircom support a few times and they've no answers. Again, I'll paypal €100 to anyone who can fix this for me or tell me the right router to buy to fix it.

mass_debater

It's the vectoring that slows it, the cabs and eVDSL without vectoring sync as quick as ADSL. Don't think there's anything you can do, it'll always take 2-3 mins to sync

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

thanks for the reply. i don't think i have vectoring. my eircom speed is 70Megabit down and I'm in the centre of town. anyway the 2-3 minute sync is no problem, i can easily wait that long. problem is i always have the same sticky IP if i re-connect unless i wait exactly an hour before reconnecting. so it's obviously some setting on the DHCP server.

i've to wait an hour to get new IP, do my upload then disconnect and wait another hour to get another clean IP. it's just not sustainable though I am doing it in the short-term

mass_debater

Have you tried swapping modem, do you get the same ip then? May be worth getting your hands on a second

ED E

mass_debater wrote: »

It's the vectoring that slows it, the cabs and eVDSL without vectoring sync as quick as ADSL. Don't think there's anything you can do, it'll always take 2-3 mins to sync

Nothing to do with vectoring, you're way off the ball here mass. Think 1 layer up.


If you setup PPPoE Georgie instead of IPoE you should lease off the pool directly, not a local proxy, and a PPPoE - UserReq call will cause you to refresh within 30 seconds or so. As long as you dont have eircom TV.

Not that I necessarily agree with what you're doing.

mass_debater

ED E wrote: »

Nothing to do with vectoring, you're way off the ball here mass. Think 1 layer up.

It takes many times longer to sync everywhere vectoring is turned on.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

ED E wrote: »

Nothing to do with vectoring, you're way off the ball here mass. Think 1 layer up.


If you setup PPPoE Georgie instead of IPoE you should lease off the pool directly, not a local proxy, and a PPPoE - UserReq call will cause you to refresh within 30 seconds or so. As long as you dont have eircom TV.

Not that I necessarily agree with what you're doing.

any pointers on broadband settings on the f1000 modem that'll connect me with PPPoE? i tried a few settings, basically guessing stuff and didn't connect unsurprisingly

mass_debater

georgiecasey wrote: »

any pointers on broadband settings on the f1000 modem that'll connect me with PPPoE? i tried a few settings, basically guessing stuff and didn't connect unsurprisingly

You need to bridge it and add your own router and set it on that

ED E

Nope again.


Change your VDSL wan from IPoE to PPP and enter the default eircom details.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

i can't believe it, it worked! the amount of crap i tried since November 2014 and it was this easy to get a new IP.
here's everything I did for posterity:

Go to Network Setting -> Broadband and 'Add New WAN Interface'

General
Name: VDSLPPPoE (or give it some other descriptive name)
Type: ADSL/VDSL over PTM
Mode: Routing
Encapsulation: PPPoE
IPv6/IPv4 Mode: IPv4 Only

PPP Information
PPP User Name: eircom@eircom.net
PPP Password: broadband1
PPP Trigger Type: Auto Connect
IDLE Timeout [minutes]: 5
PPPoE Passthrough : Unchecked
IP Address Obtain an IP Address Automatically

Routing Feature
NAT Enable : Checked
Fullcone NAT Enable : Unchecked
IGMP Proxy Enable : Unchecked
Apply as Default Gateway : Unchecked

DNS server
DNS : Static
DNS Server 1 : 159.134.0.1
DNS Server 2 : 159.134.0.2

Tunnel
Enable 6RD : Disable

VLAN
Active : Checked
802.1p : 0
802.1q : 10

QoS
WAN Outgoing Default Tag : Disable

MTU
MTU Size : 1492

this gives you a new PPPoE connection so set it to active and deactivate the default VDSL interface. wait while the f1000 does its stuff and go back to connection status, it should be a new IP address. if you need a new IP again, disconnecting and connecting on PPPoE sometimes gives a new address but sometimes not. what always works is going back to IPoE and then back to PPPeE.

I do all this in a VMWare machine with my main host machine blocked with the F1000 Security -> MAC Filter feature. works great.

Bog Standard User

georgiecasey wrote: »

I'll pay €100 to anyone who can fix this problem for me.

I need to quickly get a new IP every now and then for my business, to avoid being identified by Google as I'm permanently banned from uploading Android apps (inb4 people moralising, Google will ban you for anything on Android, read some posts online)

Originally I used some public VPN and proxy services but these send too many signals and Google are too good at this stuff. I have to get a safe consumer IP from eircom's or UPC's IP pool. Originally I released and renewed IP on my parents' eircom ADSL connection and that worked great and I got a new IP straight away. But my parents have since cancelled that connection.

Then I tried using dialup again but it's just too slow and unreliable to upload 5megabyte apps.

So I'm stuck with my own eFibre VDSL connection. It seems to have sticky IPs so I only get a new IP if I turn off the VDSL modem for an hour and connect again. This is just too long to wait for me. I assume the stickiness works by identifying the mac address of the VDSL modem. Does anyone know if I can buy a VDSL router that lets me send a custom MAC address to eircom so I can somehow get the eircom DHCP server to give me a new address? I contacted eircom support a few times and they've no answers. Again, I'll paypal €100 to anyone who can fix this for me or tell me the right router to buy to fix it.

if you dont have evision log onto your modem and set your wan encapsulation to PPPoE and use eircom@eircom.net as username and broadband1 as password. set mtu size to 1492 and save.

everytime you reboot the modem you will get a new ip address

jca

ED E wrote: »

Nope again.


Change your VDSL wan from IPoE to PPP and enter the default eircom details.

Is there any advantage in using one connection type over the other? I'm using PPPoE atm and pages seem to load more quickly but maybe it's just my imagination.

thierry14

Where's the 100 euro for ED E?

ED E

jca wrote: »

Is there any advantage in using one connection type over the other? I'm using PPPoE atm and pages seem to load more quickly but maybe it's just my imagination.

Only difference might be if you set static DNS. Other than that it should be a TINY bit slower, but not noticeably.

thierry14 wrote: »

Where's the 100 euro for ED E?

Don't worry, I'm grand

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

thierry14 wrote: »

Where's the 100 euro for ED E?

I offered through private channels.