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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on Mar 20, 2024, 11:55:50 »

Actually, I've just realised why that method wouldn't work.  I'll need the router upstairs for when I move to VoIP as the phone will need to connect to it.  As you were...   

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on Mar 20, 2024, 11:03:34 »

There is a power point in the cupboard.  The wired connection would be from the router to the Mesh 'base' station, which would be in the same cupboard.  This would then, technically, feed the other Mesh devices upstairs via the power lines.  This is what I have at the moment:

https://amzn.eu/d/9LSFUDI

I'd have to get an add-on 'station', as I've only got two at the moment and one of them would need to be downstairs with the router, but that shouldn't be an issue. 

The only thing is, if it didn't work well, what would it cost to have them come back and reinstall it by drilling holes?   

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IDNet Help / Re: IDNet VOIP setup Issues

« Last post by Swerv on Mar 20, 2024, 10:23:57 »

Swerv

For future reference, what details did IDNet provide to you in the end apart from SIP username & password and SIP server name?

Hi Arctophile.  Details as follows:

The various domains were sbc.insmartcloud.com (that's SIP, Proxy, registrar)
Proxy server port 5060
Registration refresh - 120s
Outbound proxy - No

Sip Password - as provided
Sip ID - as provided
Username - as provided (this was the crucial last bit of info for me I think as the guide they provide suggests it's just the phone number and it wasn't)

They suggest that SIP ALG should be disabled.  In my Asus it refers to "SIP passthrough" and a Google search suggests that should be disabled, but in the end ours is working with that enabled.
On top of that I also bound a static IP address for the N300.  Again not sure if this was necessary as I did this before that crucial last bit of info from IDNet above, but as it's working I haven't changed this back.

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by peasblossom on Mar 20, 2024, 08:51:31 »

Yes, I'd imagine having the option to plug a device in would/could be really useful.

Have to say, it's real shame someone hasn't set up an explainer website where all this is gone into in nerdy (but helpful) detail.

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by zappaDPJ on Mar 20, 2024, 00:30:11 »

The internal box needs to be power and I assume it would be the same for the mesh? I don't know enough about mesh systems to comment but personally I would always want at least one device on a cable.

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on Mar 19, 2024, 23:53:27 »

Somebody tell me if this is mad, please, but I've just got all these thoughts running through my head (probably overthinking it).

So, I live in what posh people call a coach house flat, which normal people call a flat over garages.  It's single story and semi-detached.  As I've previously mentioned, I've got this lockable cupboard below, which houses the existing phone connection, TV aerial (on a communal system), electric and gas meters, and provides a bit of storage space.  If I had the external box fitted in there, what if I also had the internal box fitted in there as well, and then used my existing powerline Mesh system to get WiFi up into the flat?  Would that work?  Would I lose significant speed on the broadband by doing this?  It would certainly save a lot of cabling, and they wouldn't need to drill through a wall. 

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on Mar 19, 2024, 23:08:00 »

My feeling is that I would rather have a long fibre cable routed round the outside of the property than a long ethernet cable routed inside. Certainly, that is why I had Openreach go over the garage roof and round. They said it is ok to route up to 50m of fibre outside. Anyway, fibre is not lossy and not subject to interference as far as I am aware. The only drawback with the outside routing is vandalism if some idiot decides it would be fun to cut it. Fortunately, I live in a very safe area.

Yeah, I live in a pretty safe area too, but there's idiots everywhere. It's just the weather, really,  but I guess these boxes are built to withstand the elements. 

I've been thinking it's perhaps not essential to have the internal box in the exact location where my current router is, as I already have a Mesh WiFi system set up, so really the router could go anywhere within reason. 

My only issue is that my main desktop PC is not WiFi, but I believe I can connect one of the Mesh units to the PC via ethernet,.so that would solve that problem. 

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by armadillo on Mar 19, 2024, 22:34:29 »

I would also like them to install the external box where the current FTTC / Phone cable comes in to the property, as it would then be in an external cupboard, offering some protection from the weather, etc, but the last guys that came were talking about installing it on the front of the property underneath the window where the drilling will go, so as to avoid long running cables.

My feeling is that I would rather have a long fibre cable routed round the outside of the property than a long ethernet cable routed inside. Certainly, that is why I had Openreach go over the garage roof and round. They said it is ok to route up to 50m of fibre outside. Anyway, fibre is not lossy and not subject to interference as far as I am aware. The only drawback with the outside routing is vandalism if some idiot decides it would be fun to cut it. Fortunately, I live in a very safe area.

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by zappaDPJ on Mar 19, 2024, 18:10:20 »

From what I've seen it's Sky 'engineers' who cause the most damage. They always seem to drill inside out.

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IDNet Help / Re: FTTP New Installation Process

« Last post by Simon on Mar 19, 2024, 18:03:50 »

Hopefully they'll know what they're doing.