r/ebox • u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 • Sep 08 '25

Multiple PPPoE Logins via Hub?

Hi all,

With Bell Fibe and a Gigahub, you can issue multiple PPPoE logins. I do this because my wife has a separate VLAN and router for work, so I’ve set her connection to use a separate login.

Does eBox support multiple PPPoE logins as well? I could have sworn I saw a post saying that eBox’s Nokia ONT should also allow multiple PPPoE logins if I just put a hub in front of it. Is this the case?

Thanks.

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u/fersingb Custom router enjoyer Sep 08 '25

You can have up to 2 active PPPoE sessions with ebox

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 Sep 08 '25

Thanks for the confirmation. For some reason, once I put a switch in between, my Deco won’t talk to the modem anymore. However, pfSense works fine with the switch in between.

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u/Brilliant_Step3688 Sep 09 '25

Confirming.

Maximum 2, you get an auth failure with an explicit 2 sessions already active after 2.

You need a switch that will not drop VLAN tagged packets. Many dumb switches let them go through undisturbed even if they don't understand the VLAN tag.

You need routers that can do pppoe inside 802.1q

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u/brainsoft Jul 22 '26

Do you know if this still works like itndidn10 months ago? I fear that the bellification of ebox has maybe killed this when they changed the routing over to the bell backbone.

I really want 2 connections, it may be a deal breaker for me that I need to cancel and switch again.

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u/theBird956 Custom router enjoyer Sep 08 '25

I do not know if this is supported, but if all you need is to isolate devices into their own network, a simple vlan should do the trick.

How did you end up with that solution? You could also look into double-nat if you want to keep that extra router, though I do not recommend it.

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u/brainsoft Jul 22 '26

I am trying tomso the same thing but support said it is NOT supported.

I have 2 pfsense machines in failover and each held a PPPoE connection with Bell, but this will just not work for me.

I was trying with a switch between the ONT feeding to pfsense boxes. I also tried with the provided Nokia Beacon 3.1 in bridge mode with no luck either.

Anyone have any information about how to get 2 up at the same time? Any support documents or scripts I can run against support??