Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: đ¨đźď¸ Thursday, 19 December, 2024
indisin@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠agoI 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
indisin@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Sounds like you know what youâre doing, I apologise, I was only replying in case you wanted free tech support â¤ď¸
Baku@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
No, not at all! I appreciate the help! Sorry if I was coming across rude or anything, not my intention at all. Half checking my understanding if anything
Unfortunately donât think thereâs much to do except wait. Or maybe I could ring up my ISP again and be like ânah I never got it and itâs almost been 2 weeks! Not sure whats happening there. Would you be able to send another please?â Haha