Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: đ¨đźď¸ Thursday, 19 December, 2024
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The NBN box has landed back in the state (though considering itâs taken 3 days each way, Iâm guessing they stuck it on a truck not plane). It processed through Melbourne airport yet again last night, and now itâs at essendon fields
If they would be so kind as to put it in their little van and take it to my local facility, thatâs the last thing theyâd have to do and I could have it tomorrow
indisin@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Quick question, do you mean the actual NBN box or a router?
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The âconnection deviceâ
Context: aussie.zone/comment/13618475 aussie.zone/comment/13686928
indisin@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I could be completely wrong here as Iâm going off second hand info and cba verifying, but arenât those boxes coded to a specific outside box? What Iâm getting at, is it a new one that youâre being shipped from what ever provider youâre using and doesnât need setting up or is it your old one youâve shipped to yourself?
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I believe they are coded to specific addresses or whatever the NBNs version of an NMI (like on power meters) is. The old one is staying at the old house, it wouldnât work here anyways, even ignoring any binding that may be active, as the old house has HFC while this new house has FTTC and what Iâm pretty sure is an RJ11 jack (though I could be wrong). You arenât meant to take the connection device (the NBN branded box) with you under any circumstances, and it is kinda like the old foxtel boxes in that they remain property of the NBN who just give them to your house for free
But whoever lived here last either took it with them, or never had one. Requests for a new one are lodged through your ISP who then order one from the NBN on your behalf and free of charge, who express post it from their head office up in Sydney
Theyâre also basically little black magic boxes you can see, but never truly touch. As far as Iâm aware, thereâs no setting it up, nothing to log into, and nothing you yourself can do to it. You plug it into the power, then one end into the wall, and the other end into your router
My router is all good, no troubles there. But without the connection box I canât really do anything
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Right? Iâm confused too đ
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Sorry, I thought Iâd explained it a few times
Itâs what they call the âconnection deviceâ Iâm waiting on. Itâs the little NBN branded box that plugs into the wall and has a single Ethernet port that you then plug your router into which gets everything working
I donât think you need one if you have FTTP, but I only have FTTC
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Huh! There you go lol! I had no idea, never worked in IP services so Iâm lacking in that area haha!
Yeah Iâve only lived in areas that are fttp, so I missed that you require an extra techy doodad for fttc! My bad!
SituationCake@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
For FTTP they install a hardwired box on a wall inside your house.