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Optical network terminal router.
An ont is an optical network terminal this device connects the fibre that has been wired to the outside of your house to your modem.
It s that bulky box the verizon technician installs for fios internet tv and phone.
The verizon fios network must be able to communicate with your ont at all times.
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At one point in time only 1 port of your ont is active and supplying your myrepublic connection.
A router provides a switching station for computer networks.
Ont stands for optical network terminal ont.
The ont also called the modem connects to the t ermination p oint tp with an optical fibre cable.
The ont is a small white plastic box 180mm x50mm x 120mm that will be placed on your internal wall.
It connects to your router via a lan ethernet cable and translates light signals from the fibre optic line from your tp into electronic signals that your router can read.
Basically it transforms the optical signal you receive and it provides an ethernet port you can plug into your fiber optic router.
The ont is installed with fios service on either the outside or inside of your home garage basement closet etc.
A modem modulator demodulator converts digital signals to analogue and vice versa.
Isp like singtel uses an onr an a seperate access point for wifi.
An ont optical network terminal is like a onr optical network router without a router functionality.
When purchasing a fiber optic internet plan your isp will install its own fiber optic modem that is often referred to as an optical network terminal ont.
Since starhub bundle a dlink router it most likely they provide a ont.