new house not familar with the set up of 3rd generation chorus ONT and RJ45 cables

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#289690 23-Sep-2021 12:38

Hi all

I am about to move in a brand new build house and was doing the inspection. Find the ont is actually already installed by chorus. Any chance would anyone explain to me what are those RJ45 cables for? Is it relate to cat6 cabling to room outlet? If so, in terms of connecting to a internet supplier modem, which cable do I suppose connect to the modem for main internet supplier modem and what are the rest of cable for?

Thank you very much

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#2782639 23-Sep-2021 12:40

WHAT A MESS!

The blue cable from the ONT goes into WAN on your ISP router.
the others i assume plug into a switch or into the LAN ports on the router...
Assume they "terminate" elsewhere in the house...

You may want to look into a patch panel if this is your house vs rental

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#2782640 23-Sep-2021 12:41

I doubt it was Chorus that did anything but the ONT connection. The others wouldve been a sparky running cable as part of the house build.

You'll have one from the ONT to your router. The others will probably feed into various rooms, saving you running them or using wifi.

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#2782641 23-Sep-2021 12:42

Looking closer, it appears the blue cable for the WAN link goes into the wall and then somewhere else...
You may need to play bingo on the different panels around the house to find which is the WAN connection (i assume they based it in an office or more central location than the garage?

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#2782647 23-Sep-2021 12:57

mentalinc:

Looking closer, it appears the blue cable for the WAN link goes into the wall and then somewhere else...
You may need to play bingo on the different panels around the house to find which is the WAN connection (i assume they based it in an office or more central location than the garage?

that is right, that blue cable for WAN link going to the hole and don't now what happen after..... and there are in total 5 RJ45 cable head in this picture, this ONT is installed in one of the bedroom, and every single bedroom and living room downstairs and upstairs seems have a rj45 sockets..... i could only guess one of the blue cable head is for WAN and rest i need put them into my modem after i connect WAN? then those socket in other bedroom would have the internet? just my guess

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#2782649 23-Sep-2021 13:04

VeQita:

mentalinc:

Looking closer, it appears the blue cable for the WAN link goes into the wall and then somewhere else...
You may need to play bingo on the different panels around the house to find which is the WAN connection (i assume they based it in an office or more central location than the garage?

that is right, that blue cable for WAN link going to the hole and don't now what happen after..... and there are in total 5 RJ45 cable head in this picture, this ONT is installed in one of the bedroom, and every single bedroom and living room downstairs and upstairs seems have a rj45 sockets..... i could only guess one of the blue cable head is for WAN and rest i need put them into my modem after i connect WAN? then those socket in other bedroom would have the internet? just my guess

Nah, just plug a patch lead (should be one supplied with your router) from ONT to WAN port on your router, then connect the leads from the wall to LAN ports in the router.

You'll have to chose which 4 you want live as your router will have 4 LAN ports.

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#2782650 23-Sep-2021 13:05

It might pay to gently pull on the cable attached to the ONT where it goes into the wall in case it's the same cable that comes back out of the same hole.

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#2782654 23-Sep-2021 13:09

a bit of velcro or cable ties around the cables from the wall and you should be able to get things looking tidy - it's not too bad really.

Plugs on end of the cables are obviously cheaper for the sparky than the wall plate modules.

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VeQita

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#2782655 23-Sep-2021 13:12

but then the blue cable connect to ont currently does not make sense?

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#2782658 23-Sep-2021 13:15

Yeah I think sparky or chorus have plugged that in for no particular reason
How many RJ45 outlets have you counted in the house? 5?

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#2782662 23-Sep-2021 13:19

nbroad: Yeah I think sparky or chorus have plugged that in for no particular reason
How many RJ45 outlets have you counted in the house? 5?

i try to think about that as well but can not recall 100%. one each in downstairs and upstairs living room for sure. and i think (not sure) each bedroom would have one also makes it 6?? that is why the math doesn't make sense. guess i will have to wait move in to figure out but was just thinking it would be better to figure out before move in.

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#2782664 23-Sep-2021 13:30

nbroad:

Nah, just plug a patch lead (should be one supplied with your router) from ONT to WAN port on your router, then connect the leads from the wall to LAN ports in the router.

You'll have to chose which 4 you want live as your router will have 4 LAN ports.

If you need all the ports live, then you could run a few (or all) via 8 way gigabit switch that runs from the router...

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#2782666 23-Sep-2021 13:39

VeQita:

nbroad: Yeah I think sparky or chorus have plugged that in for no particular reason
How many RJ45 outlets have you counted in the house? 5?

i try to think about that as well but can not recall 100%. one each in downstairs and upstairs living room for sure. and i think (not sure) each bedroom would have one also makes it 6?? that is why the math doesn't make sense. guess i will have to wait move in to figure out but was just thinking it would be better to figure out before move in.

there may be a double in your lounge.. a while back 2 were recommended by the TV

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#2782828 23-Sep-2021 14:50

nbroad:

there may be a double in your lounge.. a while back 2 were recommended by the TV

If the sparky has been smart, the ONT is wired to one of two connections in the lounge, so you can put the Router/AP there and then wire back to a switch in the cabinet

VeQita

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#2782835 23-Sep-2021 14:57

shk292:

nbroad:

there may be a double in your lounge.. a while back 2 were recommended by the TV

If the sparky has been smart, the ONT is wired to one of two connections in the lounge, so you can put the Router/AP there and then wire back to a switch in the cabinet

sorry but what you said do not make sense? how can i wire back if it is that case, all the blue cable head are remian in this cabinet

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#2782839 23-Sep-2021 15:07

VeQita:

sorry but what you said do not make sense? how can i wire back if it is that case, all the blue cable head are remian in this cabinet

if there is a double outlet by your TV location you put the router there.

WAN port into wall socket, comes out in bedroom cabinet, connect to ONT.

LAN port into wall socket, comes out in bedroom cabinet, connect to a small switch.

Connect other cables to the small switch to make other ports around the house live.

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