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#252854 14-Jul-2019 10:22

Hi guys, dumb question my fibre just went down on Vodafone, how do I tell what lights to check on a nokia ONT?. I checked the chrous outage site wasn't anything on there. I restarted ONT and it's just come back up. Is it usual for fibre to cut out like that or is it weather related?. It's pelting down in Upper Hutt

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#2276253 14-Jul-2019 11:09

Optical should not be red. If it is, there's a fault. If everything is normal, most lights will be green.

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#2276274 14-Jul-2019 12:16

Here is a link to the Chorus Type 3 ONT guide... doesn't say it is Nokia.... There is a guide to the lights...

https://www.chorus.co.nz/q/model-type-300

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#2276287 14-Jul-2019 12:50

Thanks for the info appreciate it wrapup and keep dry great day for movie streaming seems to be ok now

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#2276288 14-Jul-2019 12:53

Gordy7:
Here is a link to the Chorus Type 3 ONT guide... doesn't say it is Nokia.... There is a guide to the lights...

https://www.chorus.co.nz/q/model-type-300

That's perfect thanks, it's the right ont only saw nokia on the box when chrous installed it cheers

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#2276291 14-Jul-2019 12:57

quickymart:

Optical should not be red. If it is, there's a fault. If everything is normal, most lights will be green.

Dodgy design as usual, discriminating against Caucasian males.
Between 12% and 20% of white (Caucasian) males have some degree - varying from a little to complete - colour blindness. One thing we all have is at least some degree of red/green colour discrimination difficulty.

"What colour is the 'Optical' light on your ONT?"
"It's on and it looks fairly pretty much about the same as the others" is actually as helpful as the user can be.

Since there is obviously a signal, the ONT manufacturer cheaps out by having a single multi-colour red/green LED instead of two, one labelled "Op" and the other labelled "Fault". They could even make them red & green, but it's the non-colour cue that matters.
Still we're only white blokes and only a small proportion of them, so ...

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#2276320 14-Jul-2019 13:48

PolicyGuy:
quickymart:

Optical should not be red. If it is, there's a fault. If everything is normal, most lights will be green.

Dodgy design as usual, discriminating against Caucasian males.
Between 12% and 20% of white (Caucasian) males have some degree - varying from a little to complete - colour blindness. One thing we all have is at least some degree of red/green colour discrimination difficulty.

"What colour is the 'Optical' light on your ONT?"
"It's on and it looks fairly pretty much about the same as the others" is actually as helpful as the user can be.

Since there is obviously a signal, the ONT manufacturer cheaps out by having a single multi-colour red/green LED instead of two, one labelled "Op" and the other labelled "Fault". They could even make them red & green, but it's the non-colour cue that matters.
Still we're only white blokes and only a small proportion of them, so ...

Oh God!!!! How on earth will us white males ever get ahead in society with such terrible discrimination!?!!

Seriously OP... the optical light is BRIGHT RED if there is a fault. Otherwise it is a clear green.

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#2276335 14-Jul-2019 14:36

chevrolux:
PolicyGuy:
quickymart:

Optical should not be red. If it is, there's a fault. If everything is normal, most lights will be green.

Dodgy design as usual, discriminating against Caucasian males.
Between 12% and 20% of white (Caucasian) males have some degree - varying from a little to complete - colour blindness. One thing we all have is at least some degree of red/green colour discrimination difficulty.

"What colour is the 'Optical' light on your ONT?"
"It's on and it looks fairly pretty much about the same as the others" is actually as helpful as the user can be.

Since there is obviously a signal, the ONT manufacturer cheaps out by having a single multi-colour red/green LED instead of two, one labelled "Op" and the other labelled "Fault". They could even make them red & green, but it's the non-colour cue that matters.
Still we're only white blokes and only a small proportion of them, so ...

Oh God!!!! How on earth will us white males ever get ahead in society with such terrible discrimination!?!!

Seriously OP... the opticial light is BRIGHT RED if there is a fault. Otherwise it is a clear green.

Thanks just moved to Fibre vdsl modem errors in the past were either no lights showing or no solid lights. How am I supposed to know ONT faults with no modem or experience with an ONT before. I now know thanks

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#2276337 14-Jul-2019 14:45

The ONT is now effectively your modem. What was your VDSL modem now becomes just a router between your ONT and your computer.

I am surprised that the fibre installers did not supply you with a quick guide to the ONT... anyway the link to the Chorus guide I posted earlier should have helped fill in the gaps.

Gordy

My first ever AM radio network connection was with a 1MHz AM crystal(OA91) radio receiver.

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#2276369 14-Jul-2019 16:08

Gordy7:
The ONT is now effectively your modem. What was your VDSL modem now becomes just a router between your ONT and your computer.

I am surprised that the fibre installers did not supply you with a quick guide to the ONT... anyway the link to the Chorus guide I posted earlier should have helped fill in the gaps.

No he was in such a rush to get out of the house he was mad I asked him to run the wire through a precut hole I made instead of drilling through my carpet:). The guide you provided is excellent thank you very much