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#185356 19-Nov-2015 11:18
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Edit: TItle edited after some enlightenment from the thread


Original question:


Hi apologies for my ignorance / understanding of a fibre internet connection.

Chorus came and suggested all kinds of places to put both the fibre box (that's the ONT correct?) and the Spark supplied router (HG659B). 
- needs power.
- they must be close to each other as possible
- not connected via Cat6 cable but some special fibre cable
- all those places were at the corners of the house, in the house, right where everyone will see.

So I suggested a hidden place somewhere in a more central location, and we agreed on that. PHEW.

Question

Can I put the router in a different location and drill a hole through a wall/floor and run that special fibre cable to connect with the ONT. Say estimating 3m distance of cabling. So that the router is more accessible (wifi, LAN).

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  #1431040 19-Nov-2015 11:28
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The connection from ONT to Router is gigabit Ethernet, so it can be up to 100m on cat5e or cat6 cable.  



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  #1431042 19-Nov-2015 11:31
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Chorus ONT has Gigabit Ethernet ports. 

To connect your router, residential gateway etc. use standard Ethernet cables (Cat5/Cat6).

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