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Jiriteach: BTW - My UDM Pro is connected directly to my ONT. You don’t need another device in the middle. I’m with Orcon as well.

 

 

 

How? Did you see my picture? There is no ethernet port on the device on the left in my picture.

 

that 'device' is just a termination point.

It's the ITP, Internal Termination Point.

inside it, the fibre is spliced onto a pigtail, which is then terminated in a APC-APC connector - This is a godsend if the pigtail to the ont is ever bent to the point it needs replacing.

a tech can just replace the lead, rather than having to redo all the fibre splicing. 

Here is how it's normally deployed: