MarkM536:
What perplexes me is that the ONT has no transmitted packets to my router during the time. As if the device is disconnected. Is that normal..?
Yep. Chorus have been completing a significant scope of work which involves updating switching equipment around the country, which is upstream of the OLT connecting to your ONT, so makes sense you wouldn’t be receiving packets from your ONT while works are actively taking place.