Hooper
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join:2001-10-22
Villanova, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| [New Install] How big of a hole to drill?
I am moving to an older house that needs a ton of electric work done and figured I would prep it for my Fios install as well. How big of a hole should I drill in the side of the house for the fiber drop (going to put the ONT inside). I am assuming it will already be terminated and have a cap. I thought I read on here that the hole needs to be 1". Is that correct? |
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Telcoguru
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Fresh Meadows, NY | If you are bringing the fiber drop inside the house you will need to drill a 1" hole to accommodate the head of the drop wire. |
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Hooper
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Villanova, PA | Thanks! |
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Hooper
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Villanova, PA | Do most of the techs carry mounting boards with them these days? On my last install, the tech brought one.
I am thinking about mounting one beforehand, what size should I use? |
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Telcoguru
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Fresh Meadows, NY | No, most techs do not have mounting boards. The size depends on everything you want to mount on it. It should be at least 16" wide to catch both studs and at least 24" high if you are going to mount a just inside ONT. |
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Hooper
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join:2001-10-22
Villanova, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| Thanks.
If possible, I am hoping to mount the ONT, Actiontec and gigabit 4 port switch on the board. Ethernet, Coax, and telephone for all rooms will be pulled to the board as well.
Do most techs carry the small form factor indoor ONT/BBU combo with them? It would be a real drag if they only brought one of the weatherproof models like I have now for inside. |
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proletarian
join:2007-01-08
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| you're not missing out if the tech doesn't have an all-in-one.
even if they don't have the combo unit, all three components mounted together will take up the same amount of real estate.
it'd be to the techs advantage to have one to save himself 5 mins of work to mount the individual units. |
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Hooper
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join:2001-10-22
Villanova, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| said by proletarian  :you're not missing out if the tech doesn't have an all-in-one. even if they don't have the combo unit, all three components mounted together will take up the same amount of real estate. it'd be to the techs advantage to have one to save himself 5 mins of work to mount the individual units. Regarding real estate, the indoor unit seems smaller to me. My neighbor has one, and it seems to have a much smaller footprint. Maybe my eyes are deceiving me. |
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pvc00
join:2001-03-10
Hampton, VA
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Drill a 1" hole , and have a place to mount the "Inside ONT", make sure there is a 120volt outlet nearby or a dedicated one would be awesome. Have all of your TV's pulled away from the walls so the tech can hook up the new cable boxes. have your computer ready and in good working order, and have a coax outlet near the computer for the actiontec router. If you do these things the tech should be done in less than 4hrs. Good Luck! and enjoy your new service.. |
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proletarian
join:2007-01-08
00000 | reply to Hooper
i suppose there is an upside to the just inside ont. that setup is able to use your home's ground from the electrical outlet.
the a la carte unit has to be seperately bonded. |
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Hooper
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join:2001-10-22
Villanova, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| said by proletarian :i suppose there is an upside to the just inside ont. that setup is able to use your home's ground from the electrical outlet. the a la carte unit has to be seperately bonded. Not a big deal for me as the breaker box will be right there anyway. But good to know. |
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Telcoguru
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Fresh Meadows, NY | reply to Hooper
I carry 2 of each on my truck. Crazy not to. Saves time and looks better also. Better mount a larger board if mounting the other equipment you mentioned. |
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Roche1972
join:2008-02-22
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Back in February, the technicians had drilled a hole just above my basement's window for the drop wire. Then they attached the ONT and the BBU to a mounting board they had brought which was installed in the basement of my home. The router was placed on a shelf that was next to the mounting board. The power supply units for the ONT/BBU and the router were plugged into the 2 outlets just below the mounting board. All of the set top boxes were connected and activated. Taking less than 4 hours to complete, everything went smoothly with my connection to FiOS TV. |
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Hooper
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Villanova, PA | reply to Hooper
I am assuming a cat5 hookup versus coax wouldn't be an issue here as well since all phone, data, and coax runs are direct to this location. Would this be correct? |
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Light Guy
join:2006-05-12
Somerville, NJ
| said by Hooper :I am assuming a cat5 hookup versus coax wouldn't be an issue here as well since all phone, data, and coax runs are direct to this location. Would this be correct? If what you are saying: is that you plan on placing the router at the ONT location and hard wiring Lan connections from there, then yes. Pre-made jumpers for cat5 and coax could be used and the ONT can be easily provisioned for Ethernet.
If for some reason the length of the drop to the Terminal is over 750', then most likely a splice will be required. In which case the 1" (7/8" will work fine) whole would have been a waste. |
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Hooper
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Villanova, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Hooper
One last question....
I am hoping to use a Checpoint VPN Edge router as the primary WAN interface. Will the following work?
Checkpoint Router, Gigabit switch, Coax splitter, and ONT all mounted right next to each other.
Cat5 from ONT to checkpoint router WAN
Checkpoint LAN to 8 port Gigabit switch that will feed house
Coax from ONT to 8 way splitter.
Can I then place the Actiontec or NIM-100 (which I already have) anywhere there is a coax jack for the STB's? |
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More Fiber
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join:2005-09-26
West Chester, PA
 ·Bay Area Internet ..
| said by Hooper : Will the following work? Checkpoint Router, gigabit switch, Coax splitter, and ONT all mounted right next to each other. Cat5 from ONT to checkpoint router WAN Checkpoint LAN to 8 port gigabit switch that will feed house Coax from ONT to 8 way splitter. Can I then place the Actiontec or NIM-100 (which I already have) anywhere there is a coax jack for the STB's? No. That will not work. You would have no connection from the coax to your ethernet LAN or to the WAN. The STBs need to get to the WAN through a router.
Assuming the VZ tech installs a cat5 connection to the Actiontec (dashed blue line in diagram):
•The Actiontec will be in the same location as the Checkpoint and the 8 way splitter.
•The tech will provide a coax connection from the Actiontec to the 8-way splitter.
What you will need to do is:
•Release the DHCP WAN address on the Actiontec.
•Disable the DHCP server in the Actiontec.
•Move the cat5 WAN connection from the Actiontec to the Checkpoint.
•Connect an ethernet cable from the GB switch to an Actiontec LAN (or NIM-100) port. This will provide a path from the STBs over the coax LAN through the primary router to the WAN. The Actiontec already has a ethernet LAN to coax LAN bridge. |
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Hooper
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Villanova, PA
·Verizon FIOS
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May 19th, @12:16PM
| Thanks. Forgot about the LAN input to the Actiontec/NIM.
Where I am thinking of putting the Actiontect is in my office. The office has coax and ethernet and another 4 port Gig-E switch. It looks like I can just plug a patch cable from the switch into the Actiontec along with a coax conection. |
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