Subj : FiberOptic semi-follow-up
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Barry Martin
Date : Thu Jun 18 2020 15:27:00



Hi Nancy!

This may be a repeat of a message I just uploaded a minute ago -- I
can't tell if the upload took or not.  If the next paragraph looks
familiar it did, if not it didn't!


Sort of a follow-up to something I think I mentioned to you.  And 
sometimes typing things out gets my brina working.  I had fiber-optic
Internet service installed last Monday morning - the install went fine 
but a problem with the main transmission lines on the telephone poles:
I'm getting only a reading of '40' and should be 90 or above.  Fix 
requires a different kind of tech.

There was something about the LEDs on the interface box which didn't
make sense to me: the LED for "Data" was off.  According to a manual I
found on-line:

   DATA:  Under normal conditions, this light will be blinking
   green/yellow! The blinking symbolizes data flowing through the ONT.

(Not sure why they put an exclamation point in there.)  OK, so one way 
to read is if no data then no blinkie.  OTOH usually when an Ethernet 
cable is plugged in usually the port LEDs turn on, so solid.

Brought the laptop downstairs; WiFi signal works (as expected).  
Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the fiber-optic box, plug into the 
laptop.  ...Still on wireless, no port LEDs.  (I'll give myself an 
exclamation point here! <g>)  Check the other end of the Ethernet cable 
at the Hub -- unplugged; all 8 ports used so I had unplugged on never 
plugged this spare line in.  Right now have an 'off' line (device on the
other end shut off or disconnected) so using that line -- need to get a 
bigger hub.

Next step is to check if my fix gave me high-speed Internet!

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