Chris, I Cannot comment on Community Fibre. However I have the service from Hyperoptic. I believe they use BT fibre to the apartment block I live in. In the basement there is a wall mounted cabinet with what I assume is a router (I have never got a look inside it). There is a CAT5 copper cable run to each apartment which terminates at a standard RJ45 type socket. Hyperoptic supply a wireless box for each flat. This has one external RJ45 port and 4 internal RJ45, plus a SIP Telephone socket. I pay a small amount extra to get a fixed IP address.
On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 at 16:05, Chris Bell via GLLUG <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > CommunityFibre.co.uk are using BT ducts to feed multicore distribution > fibres > near both my house and my sister's house, and I understand that they will > eventually offer FTTH/FTTP, but they have not replied to my requests for > connection information, while they provide little information on their > website. > > I understand (from seeing what an elderly friend has been given) that they > will probably supply a small wall mounted box which converts from fibre to > ethernet cable and must be powered, plus a small Linksys WiFi unit which > must > also be powered. There will be a dynamic 192.168.x.x IPv4 address and a > static > /48 IPv6 prefix. The Linksys WiFi will have a single ethernet input and a > single ethernet output. If a SIP telephone adapter is also supplied it is > expected to be connected to the Linksys output. > > Where are the IPv4 dynamic and IPv6 /48 addresses extracted, and where can > I > insert a local firewall-router or unmanaged switch? Must it be after the > Linksys, or can I insert my own firewall-router or a local (unmanaged) > switch > immediately after the fibre termination to allow cables to be routed > separate > from the Linksys, or not even connect the Linksys? I do not use WiFi at > home, > although WiFi is currently in use at my sister's house, where the best > WiFi > location is not the best distribution point for wired access. > > Thanks for any information. > -- > Chris Bell > Website chrisbell.org.uk > > > > -- > GLLUG mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug >
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