SC/APC SFP to bypass provider ONT

ezekielmudd, 15 days ago

That ONT is going to be a managed network endpoint. Their head-end system talks to it and sets up the configuration for the optical pathway. It is essential that it is not removed. If you replace it with something else then you will not get service.

I believe that you should be able to replace anything else downstream from the ONT. So that router can be replaced with whatever can handle the traffic flow. If it were my setup then I would replace it with my pfsense firewall box.

By the way, is this the kind of fiber cable you were thinking of? a.co/d/iJ0guG1

peregus, 15 days ago

I’ve read on some forum that it could be possible to clone the serial number or that ONT into another and everything should work. That’s the fiver that I’ve got, but the thing that I can’t find is the ONT/SFP adapter to replace the one the provider gave me.

ezekielmudd, 14 days ago

I don’t know. Some online forums are kind of sus, if you know what I mean. ;-) Usually, the ONT and the OLT are made by the same manufacturer ie: Alcatel Lucent. That means they are a matched pair because they speak their own digital dialect. Therefore, if you change the ONT then you are not guaranteed that they will understand each other.

In other words, I don’t recommend it.