[Bloat] ONTs and ITU - T G.988

[Jan Ceuleers]

On 13/01/2022 00:42, Dave Taht wrote:
> My 1st question is - are there any ONTs that actually do do pause
> frames? Or providers that configure for them?

In my (limited) experience most network operators want ONTs to be
transparent to pause frames.

> My second is - what is a cheap way to setup a lab to emulate a good,
> common, version of gpon e2e?

I'm not aware of a cheap way. You need an OLT and a few ONTs.

> Third - what OS do these things run? Who makes a "good" one?

Linux. But forwarding is offloaded so not dealt with by the Linux
networking stack.