My ISP (Internode) provide a ‘modem’ for my NBN hybrid coax / fibre connection. I just put my OPNSense router in front of it and it’s all secure. They provided

My ISP (Internode) provide a ‘modem’ for my NBN hybrid coax / fibre connection. I just put my OPNSense router in front of it and it’s all secure. They provided me with all the config settings, which are a bit more obscure than usual (PPPoE but on a specific vlan tag). Works like a charm and I don’t have to worry about weird government wiretapping or backdoors. My ISP provide an IPv6 range too, which is pretty cool.