Anthony wrote:
Hi,
2/ It seems as though the NBN terminator can be accessed by NBN/ isp somehow;you previously described this as : " NBN appears as an (long) Ethernet connection all the way to your ISP " .....can you elaborate on this at all?
The NBN CPE/Terminator equipment is remotely managed by the NBN.
The fact that connections between you and your provider are going over fibre and there's all sorts of multiplexing etc. going on is not something you or your provider worry about - it's fully managed by the NBN.
Interestingly (at least to me ) the external optical-fibre cable which terminates in a road-side box some 400m away, appears to continue from that box to the Brunswick exchange; that is, it is not multiplexed with the other 168 lines but simply 'gathered' into a cable with 168 fibres.
Eg. The NBN box/CPE/NTD provides a fully managed tunnel through which you choose with your provider what goes over it.
Yes
If you were to get an internet connection from an ISP, and you wanted to share this with several computers, you'd still use a router of some sort (the same way you'd set up a cable modem connection these days) and plug this into the NBN box.
Yes, there is currently a Linksys E2000 plugged into Ethernet port 1 on the 'NBN box'
Think of the NBN box as providing 4 ethernet and 2 phone line extension leads between you and your chosen providers (correct me if I'm wrong people.. I vaguely recall 4/2 port config in spec)..
My understanding from NBN via iPrimus tech. support, is that each of those 4 Ethernet ports, can be allocated to separate ISP's
The service provider etc. cannot see anything outside of the services they provide to you on it.. they just plug their end of the virtual extension lead into their equipment as you do into yours.
The question which I am asking ( without much success) is : If the NBN box has no global IP address and no local (to me) IP address; does it have an IP address local to NBN and/ or my ISP ? if not how is it 'addressed' by them for the purpose of ROM upgrades and connecting/ disconnecting it. The latter I know they can do; because iPrimus support eventually realised, that this was why my new "Home Fibre Starter Plus" was not working. thanks Brian , Anthony and Jason ....just this one last thing apologies if I appear somewhat obtuse (probably am ) regards Rohan Mcleod