Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system, method and apparatus are provided for scalable protocol snooping in a PON. In an example embodiment, a method is provided. The method may include receiving a control packet on a network. The method may further include snooping the control packet. The method may also include duplicating the control packet to produce a duplicate control packet. Additionally, the method may include transmitting the control packet and a duplicate control packet to an external network. Moreover, the method may include processing the control packet. In another example embodiment, a method is presented. The method may include receiving a control packet. The method may also include receiving a duplicate control packet on a dedicated port. The method may further include snooping the control packet and the duplicate control packet. Also, the method may include passing the control packet on to an external network. Furthermore, the method may include processing the duplicate control packet.