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P03@lemmy.world 1 year agoAw dang. Never thought about my provider not allowing to use my own sfp fiber module :-( specially since its a Japanese provider and I don’t think its worth the hassle. Mhh now I don’t even know if I should go the banana Pi route, since there maybe are some better choices without sfp slot.
My ISP (Bezeq, in Israel) has a list of approved SFP modules, and they can supply the modules themselves, but there’s no issue using your own router with their SFP module
Of course this will differ with your provider, you should check with them, though be aware the level 1 customer service reps might not know what you’re talking about
empireOfLove@lemmy.one 1 year ago
You’re welcome to call their tech support and ask about using custom routing hardware, at least. It’s possible they already have an approved list of SFP’s that they would be willing to work with, just don’t hold your breath since they probably want (and need) to have management control over the entire router endpoint, not just the module.