Hi all,

First off, please be aware that I'm in Nova Scotia. Bell Aliant uses plain DHCP instead of Bell Canada's PPPoE, so that point in other guides should be moot for me. I think, at least.

From what I've been reading, it seems relatively straightforward to ditch the HH3000. Get a media converter (ideally something that can link at 2.5Gbps on its SFP, unlike the one in that guide), clone the MAC address of the HH3000, set the relevant default DNS servers for my area, and make sure my router is tagging WAN traffic as VLAN 35 before it trunks it out into the media converter. Also, keep an eye out for MTU size mismatches, as that'll butcher my throughput.

I have just internet service, no TV or phone to worry about.

I just want to confirm before I pull the trigger on hardware: is the advice in this guide still valid, almost three years later? Is anyone here running this setup today?

Any advice welcomed and appreciated!