People keep asking me about fiber to the premises, so I decided to do a short video detailing the installation and brush on a few things I learnt along the way.
Your video showed up in my YT recommendations.Watching from Radcliff, Kentucky, U.S on July 8th, 2024 in preparation for the switch from old POTS telephone landline service to Fiber telephone service. Your voice sounds a lot like Paul Hogan a..k.a "Crocodile Dundee". Love that movie!
Actually you CAN plug a computer direct into the NTD, as long as you have DHCP on. I have done this at 2 FTTP locations for troubleshooting. But it is preferred to use a router like you said.
To add a little more context here - the NTD is just a termination (think of it like a giant ethernet cable) - some services provide a DHCP service on the other end of that termination, mine does not. the IP assignment is not done at the NTD.
Great video, one correction though, you can plug your PC directly into the UNI-D port on the NTD and get internet, it functions as the modem for the connection. Having previously worked at an ISP and nbn for a few years this was something we would suggest during troubleshooting for FTTP connections. edit: This would apply for ISPs using an IPoE connection, if your ISP uses PPPoE you would have to set up a dialer on the PC / would need additional configuration for VLAN tagging however the ISPs I would recommend do not use VLAN tagging or a PPPoE setup
Yeah not in this case, you need a separate router. have already tried that. I have also spent time working for an ISP as well as more than one comms company.
NTD is just that, end termination and in some cases, media conversion. Some RSP's (Reselling Service Provider as ISP is for Internet Service Provider whom assumes they own and control some or all of their delivery which NBN simply does not allow) will provide simple DHCP style internet (plug in, get public IP) but others only provide via PPPoE or VLAN'ed service.
Wow sharing network with neighbors, first time hearing this concept. Usually you do not want to share your network with anybody since that would decrease your speed
when I have 250 megabits, I don't notice it, and in my case there are larger benefits to doing so. I get along very well with both neighbors and we help each other frequently
