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crazycarrot

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#320023 26-Jun-2025 22:06
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hi, 

 

 

 

 

 

my flatmates and I just moved into a new flat last friday. a couple days before that we contacted skinny to get our broadband address switched over and they said it’s be done by that friday.

 

 

 

 

 

but once we arrived we had some issues with the fibre box which a couple days later got sorted by a chorus technician however, we are having problems with our modem connecting to the internet. the light on our skinny smart modem is always red, despite it being connected by ethernet cable from the modems fibre port to the lan 1 port on the fibre box and being plugged into power. skinny told us to do a bunch of things like check the connections are in and reset the modem etc and we have done that so many times but the light is still red and we can’t even use the wifi (haven’t been able to for almost a week now)

 

 

 

does anyone know what we can do about this 

 

thanks 

 

 

 

 

 


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  #3387338 26-Jun-2025 22:12
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The ONT LAN light isn't lit up for the port. Try Port 2 on the Chorus ONT.

 

If both do not light up then either the ONT isn't provisioned or you've got a fault.





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  #3387339 26-Jun-2025 22:17
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Try another cable too, the kinks in that one make it look like a $2 shop grade one.





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  #3387343 26-Jun-2025 22:39
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Easy on the insults, the yellow cable looks like the one that comes with the modem.




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  #3387346 26-Jun-2025 23:18
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richms:

 

Try another cable too, the kinks in that one make it look like a $2 shop grade one.

 

 

 

 

blue and yellow cable came with the modem, we also had a white cable that worked at our old flat but all 3 have no difference


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  #3387347 26-Jun-2025 23:20
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michaelmurfy:

 

The ONT LAN light isn't lit up for the port. Try Port 2 on the Chorus ONT.

 

If both do not light up then either the ONT isn't provisioned or you've got a fault.

 

 

 

 

 

 

the guys at skinny told us to use port 1 on the ont but we’ve also tried the others and none of them work either :/ they keep telling us the same troubleshooting steps again and again and we aren’t sure what to do/what to tell them


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  #3387350 27-Jun-2025 00:01
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Get them to verify the ONT serial number. It’s likely they’ve got the wrong one or it isn’t provisioned correctly if the LAN lights are not lighting up. 





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  #3387595 27-Jun-2025 10:59
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michaelmurfy:

 

Get them to verify the ONT serial number. It’s likely they’ve got the wrong one or it isn’t provisioned correctly if the LAN lights are not lighting up. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

do I do this with skinny or chorus? if I turn off the ont at the wall outlet then plug it back in, the lan 1 light flashes green/stays green a bit then it goes off so maybe it is set correctly?


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  #3387601 27-Jun-2025 11:15
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Skinny would take care of this - Chorus won't be able to assist you as you're not their customer.


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  #3387796 28-Jun-2025 14:42
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Hi @crazycarrot

 

If you're still having issues, flick me a PM with your address, the serial number of the ONT (starts with ALCLxxxxxx) and the surname the connection is under.

 

I'll find the order and compare details against the ONT serial number supplied and can let you know if it's provisioned correctly.

 

Many thanks,

 

Simon

 

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  #3387811 28-Jun-2025 17:52
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thanks everyone for the help, it turned out our ONT connection was still connected to our old ONT (despite us asking them to confirm this multiple times lol), so Skinny have changed this now and all is working :) thanks again appreciate the help all 


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