[HECnet] Re: ONT?

------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 7/20/23 1:53 PM, Thomas DeBellis wrote: That's interesting.  Can you send me the make and model number of what you're talking about? I did almost the same thing with Verizon.  What I insisted on was that the ONT have an Ethernet connection and not the coax connection that it typically comes with.   Once I did that, I plugged my router in and then plugged their router into my router.  Phone worked fine.  The TV may have worked fine, but I don't really remember as neither my wife nor I ever watched it. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On 7/19/23 9:49 PM, Supratim Sanyal wrote: > > I told Verizon I manage my own LAN and to connect my wall-mounted > RJ45 to their WAN and they put in this ONT. it is available on eBay > for around $20. I use a home-built miniPC with a PCI quad-NIC running > Sophos UTM9 in a Virtualbox on Linux as the main router that does > DHCP for WAN and three different subnets on the LAN side (smart > home/iot, hobby lab and general purpose family subnets). I think you > can just buy a ONT off eBay and be done. I believe it’s a Alcatel thing. > > image0.jpegimage1.jpeg > >> On Jul 19, 2023, at 4:22 PM, Steve Davidson <steve(a)davidson.net> wrote: >> >>  Would a vpn work to the other end?  That way the other end would >> supply you an address. >> >> -Steve Davidson >> >> SF:iP1 >> >>> On Jul 19, 2023, at 14:07, dave.g4ugm(a)gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>  >>> >>> Thomas, >>> >>> I don’t think you can buy an ONT as I think it does some network >>> filtering and the ISP needs to know its MAC address or similar… >>> >>> … this seems to confirm…. >>> >>> https://www.cabletv.com/optimum/compatible-modem-routers >>> >>> … the optimum combo is being slagged off everywhere. It appears to >>> have no support for port mapping, I wonder if they are using CGNAT… >>> >>> https://www.reddit.com/r/OPTIMUM/comments/k703ni/anyone_with_fiber_experime… >>> >>> … elsewhere >>> >>> https://www.reddit.com/r/FiberOptics/comments/w81umo/just_hopped_onto_fiber… >>> >>> it says… >>> >>> You can usually request a fibre to Ethernet bridge from your ISP >>> (Optimum does do this) and you can use your own router with an >>> Ethernet WAN port. >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> *From:*Thomas DeBellis <tommytimesharing(a)gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 19, 2023 5:47 PM >>> *To:* The Hobbyist DECnet mailing list <hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se> >>> *Subject:* [HECnet] ONT? >>> >>> I'm moving in a few days and am trying to understand what to do >>> about connectivity without drowning (in advertising or whining). >>> >>> I currently have FIOS and had ordered it so that I had a separate >>> Optical Network Terminal (ONT) and router.  I plugged my own router >>> into the ONT and the FIOS router into my router and all has been well. >>> >>> The Internet provider at the new location is Optimum Online which >>> previously had been a lot easier to deal with than FIOS as you >>> could just plug into the cable modem or get your own. Naturally, I >>> was provided with a combo ONT/Wireless/Router solution that just >>> isn't going to cut it.  I'm trying to search for an ONT, but am >>> getting deluged with the usual stream of noise, junk and >>> advertising.  For example, I'm getting Optical-Ethernet converters, >>> which I don't think are what I want. >>> >>> Can anybody point me at a few ONT-only solutions that don't come >>> with all the extra garbage, don't do NAT, Etc.?  Or some kind of >>> good introductory information without all the blinking ads? >>> >>> TOMMYT:: [2.520] and VENTI2:: [2.522] will be offline for a few >>> days towards the end of the week. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HECnet mailing list -- hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se >>> To unsubscribe send an email to hecnet-leave(a)lists.dfupdate.se >> _______________________________________________ >> HECnet mailing list -- hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se >> To unsubscribe send an email to hecnet-leave(a)lists.dfupdate.se > > _______________________________________________ > HECnet mailing list --hecnet(a)lists.dfupdate.se > To unsubscribe send an email tohecnet-leave(a)lists.dfupdate.se