Ethernet Port Settings: Difference between revisions

This information is in relation to our Etherway/Etherflow and EAD services.

For 1Gbit/s bearers, the connection from the Openreach NTE to the customer equipment is presented using multimode mode fibre on LC connectors. A suitable SFP for the customer equipment would be a 550m MMF 850nm SX SFP and a length of multimode cable with LC connectors at each end. your router/switch would also need a SFP port. We can supply a suitable SFP and cable if you require.

This link should be used with an auto-negotiation port which is the default for gigabit links

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The Openreach NTE does have a copper RJ45 port as well as an SFP port for connection to the customer router - however, '''the copper port is disabled by Openreach and the fibre port should be used.''' If customer router only has RJ45 copper ports, then a little media convert would be required. These are available for under £20 - eg a TP-Link ‎MC220L.

In most cases, it is possible to replace the Openreach supplied SFP with something different, eg a DAC cable, this may light an error LED on the Openreach box though, and so cause confusion in the event of a fault. We'd also require that the Openreach supplied SFP is used in the event of a fault report. We'd suggest just using multimopde fibre!

The ONT requires power, and has two IEC sockets for resilience. We suggest you can use a UPS on the 2nd power socket to power the unit in the event of mains power loss.