Fantastic video, would be the icing on the cake if you followed the power cable to the ONT to give an indication of how far the three in socket is and also indicating where your router is is relation to the ONT as I’m aware I need two power sockets and I’m likely to have a distance between ONT and router.
Hi @jimmyc38 - Thanks for your comment and your kind appreciation. Yeah I guess I should have also followed back the power cable too. The power cable is actually plugged in to a 4 way power strip under my TV cabinet which is about 4 feet (1.2 metres) away from the ONT. You can actually buy power extension leads on the usual website that sells anything, which would then extend the ONT power adapter cable should the power socket be quite far away from the ONT. My UDM/Network cabinet is plugged in to it's own separate socket which is about 8-10 feet (2.4 - 3 metres) distance between it and the ONT box. I have a CAT6 cable which runs from the ONT around the wall in trunking to the network cabinet which then plugs in to the WAN port on my UniFi UDM Pro. I hope this helps clarify.
Hi (Tim?) Interesting. Our suburb has had fibre run (all underground as is our power grid) to pits in the nature strips of our houses. For about 4 years we have had fibre to the node (about 1Km away) and then copper to the houses. This system gives us only about 50 Mbps and we are scheduled to get fibre to the premises within a month or so. Hopefully! Currently I am using a Telstra modem/router (Same one I have used for about 4 years) and feed into my Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro SE. Can't wait to get the fibre directly to our house!
Yeah I was only getting about 50Mbps when I had part fibre and then copper in to the home when I was at a previous home. You'll notice a big difference when you're able to get full fibre and I would recommend it. Ping times are also much lower resulting in quicker response times to internet requests. What prices are you expected to pay for full fibre in Australia ?
@@MrTimTech2022 I have not heard from my current provider (Telstra) yet but when I typed an enquiry into the Bing AI I received a detailed reply immediately. (I just started using the Microsoft AI two days ago and found it incredibly helpful with my specific questions about setting up my Dream Machine Pro SE and associated equipment. Very impressed.) My system is now running as expected, but I still have a few incomplete issues with firewall rules! A work in progress. Back to your question, it seems that my address is now eligible for an upgrade to fibre to the premises for zero dollars installation fee. My current fttn connection costs $95 per month and gives me unlimited data and a landline connection (that I don't use at the moment) They also offer to upgrade my modem (also free) if my current (4 year old) modem is not up to scratch. I suspect there will be some sort of extra cost though like upgrading my connection speed. We shall see.
Thanks again, another informative post. I hadn't heard about Bing AI until you just mentioned it, will certainly give it a try. It's suprising I guess what you can actually find answers for in AI. I have done some Firewall rules videos if that helps, of course not always specific to every scenario but they do work well for VLANS. City Fibre here also gave me free installation, I guess they earn commission from the Internet Service Providers :-). $95 AUSD would equate to about £49 GBP which is then about the same as UK ISP's as I'm paying £40 GBP/$77 AUSD for unlimited data 900Mbps symmetrical but no land line. Mind you I'm using VoIP phones for my home phone service anyway. Yes you'll probably pay a bit extra for the speed increase but if you can get somewhere around 900Mbps symmetrical, it's worth it in my opinion.
When I first tested the fibre connection I did use the ISP provided router in 'Bridge Mode' and then after testing I removed that, so yes I now have the ONT connected directly to my UDM-Pro using CAT6 cable. 👍
Do you have to use the router? I can't get fibre in my area yet😢 but I really don't like that router. I do run pfsence and a BT modem and talk talk. I thought the internal box did the modem bit. Have you tried connecting directly to your router?
In theory no, but it depends on how the ISP does its authentication. If it's a plain IPOE handoff (DHCP) then it can go straight into Tim's UDM Pro and no need for the ISP's router, setting it to bridge mode etc.
Thanks both of you @try-that & @mightstrikegaming8652. As I'm new to full fibre I had read that the Mercku is not required (2nd router), so yes I won't need the Mercku router eventually but as it's a brand new installation I wanted to test it for a week or two before I 'do away' with the Mercku and directly connect it to my UDM-Pro. I will keep you updated with another video when I directly connect it and test it/speed etc. with just the UDM-Pro. Thanks ever so much for your input guys and thanks so much for continuing to support my channel and build up our community. Appreciated!
Fantastic video, would be the icing on the cake if you followed the power cable to the ONT to give an indication of how far the three in socket is and also indicating where your router is is relation to the ONT as I’m aware I need two power sockets and I’m likely to have a distance between ONT and router.
Hi @jimmyc38 - Thanks for your comment and your kind appreciation. Yeah I guess I should have also followed back the power cable too. The power cable is actually plugged in to a 4 way power strip under my TV cabinet which is about 4 feet (1.2 metres) away from the ONT. You can actually buy power extension leads on the usual website that sells anything, which would then extend the ONT power adapter cable should the power socket be quite far away from the ONT.
My UDM/Network cabinet is plugged in to it's own separate socket which is about 8-10 feet (2.4 - 3 metres) distance between it and the ONT box. I have a CAT6 cable which runs from the ONT around the wall in trunking to the network cabinet which then plugs in to the WAN port on my UniFi UDM Pro.
I hope this helps clarify.
Hi (Tim?) Interesting. Our suburb has had fibre run (all underground as is our power grid) to pits in the nature strips of our houses. For about 4 years we have had fibre to the node (about 1Km away) and then copper to the houses. This system gives us only about 50 Mbps and we are scheduled to get fibre to the premises within a month or so. Hopefully! Currently I am using a Telstra modem/router (Same one I have used for about 4 years) and feed into my Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro SE. Can't wait to get the fibre directly to our house!
Yeah I was only getting about 50Mbps when I had part fibre and then copper in to the home when I was at a previous home.
You'll notice a big difference when you're able to get full fibre and I would recommend it. Ping times are also much lower resulting in quicker response times to internet requests.
What prices are you expected to pay for full fibre in Australia ?
@@MrTimTech2022 I have not heard from my current provider (Telstra) yet but when I typed an enquiry into the Bing AI I received a detailed reply immediately. (I just started using the Microsoft AI two days ago and found it incredibly helpful with my specific questions about setting up my Dream Machine Pro SE and associated equipment. Very impressed.) My system is now running as expected, but I still have a few incomplete issues with firewall rules! A work in progress. Back to your question, it seems that my address is now eligible for an upgrade to fibre to the premises for zero dollars installation fee. My current fttn connection costs $95 per month and gives me unlimited data and a landline connection (that I don't use at the moment) They also offer to upgrade my modem (also free) if my current (4 year old) modem is not up to scratch. I suspect there will be some sort of extra cost though like upgrading my connection speed. We shall see.
Thanks again, another informative post. I hadn't heard about Bing AI until you just mentioned it, will certainly give it a try. It's suprising I guess what you can actually find answers for in AI. I have done some Firewall rules videos if that helps, of course not always specific to every scenario but they do work well for VLANS.
City Fibre here also gave me free installation, I guess they earn commission from the Internet Service Providers :-). $95 AUSD would equate to about £49 GBP which is then about the same as UK ISP's as I'm paying £40 GBP/$77 AUSD for unlimited data 900Mbps symmetrical but no land line. Mind you I'm using VoIP phones for my home phone service anyway. Yes you'll probably pay a bit extra for the speed increase but if you can get somewhere around 900Mbps symmetrical, it's worth it in my opinion.
Assume you connect straight from ONT to UDM Pro?
When I first tested the fibre connection I did use the ISP provided router in 'Bridge Mode' and then after testing I removed that, so yes I now have the ONT connected directly to my UDM-Pro using CAT6 cable. 👍
Do you have to use the router? I can't get fibre in my area yet😢 but I really don't like that router. I do run pfsence and a BT modem and talk talk. I thought the internal box did the modem bit.
Have you tried connecting directly to your router?
In theory no, but it depends on how the ISP does its authentication. If it's a plain IPOE handoff (DHCP) then it can go straight into Tim's UDM Pro and no need for the ISP's router, setting it to bridge mode etc.
Thanks both of you @try-that & @mightstrikegaming8652. As I'm new to full fibre I had read that the Mercku is not required (2nd router), so yes I won't need the Mercku router eventually but as it's a brand new installation I wanted to test it for a week or two before I 'do away' with the Mercku and directly connect it to my UDM-Pro. I will keep you updated with another video when I directly connect it and test it/speed etc. with just the UDM-Pro.
Thanks ever so much for your input guys and thanks so much for continuing to support my channel and build up our community. Appreciated!