WiNG AP adoption over PON network

[leoslav]

hi,

Does anybody had experience any MiNT communication issue behind a PON network?
Our customer is implementing a Passive LAN solution (Enterprise) and wants to have WiNG APs connected at their ONTs. 

We found that those ONTs are unable to handle MiNT Level-1 traffic between RFD APs - Level 2 communication between RFDM & Controller is ok (Layer 3)

Any clue? Any workaround?

PON vendor is working to solve broadcast & level-1 behavion inside PON environment. 

We are seeking for workaround solution to have the APs adopted.

Cheers,

Leonardo

[leoslav]

Hi Chris, 

At OLT side (PON) MTU is set to 1500.

We're investigating with PON vendor about ether-type filtering at OLT box (we suspect that this device may be filtering Level-1 frames).

All Level-2 frames (UDP) are being properly forwarded between RFDM & Controller. 
The issue is persistent only at Level-1 environment.

Now I'm looking for any other workaround solution (perhaps L2TP?) to "bypass" Ethernet switching over PON environment, to speed up AP adoption.

Important that we need MINT level-1 communication between the APs from same RF-D.

Cheers, Leonardo

[ckelly]

leoslav,

Ensure that ether-type 0x8783 is allowed on the PON.

What is the MTU value on the PON?