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At the time of writing this wiki page, the pfSense version used was 2.1.2 and it is recommended that you use that version (or a later one) as 2.1.0 and 2.1.1 are affected by the heartbleed and some PPoE config bugs.
Now, although pfSense 2.1 introduces a lot a very interesting new capabilities, it is admittedly still a big buggy when it comes to PPoE (which can be a concern in the UK as it is quite common). In that regards, the old 2.0-[[IPv6]] beta range was a lot more stable, however it was its [[IPv6]] support that was in turn rather flaky. This is why the old wiki page (See [[Router_-_PFSense_(beta_2.
Finally, please note that this was tested on an A&A ADSL line connected via TalkTalk Wholesale. I would expect it to work the same when behind BT Wholesale, but your mileage could vary.
= Hardware =
As described in the previous version of this document (See [[Router_-_PFSense_(beta_2.
It should also work similarly well with other ADSL/VDSL modem as long as you can push PPoE to it (and that it, in turns, pushes it over its own PPoA connection).
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