Well I did exactly that and read the forums, where it said TTB would give a 31 subnet - so when I got the 30 subnet I was a little confused to say the least.

https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/fibre/4736968-gett...

With regards to router setting up, etc... is that not the idea of these forums? I asked the questions and got the informative responses whereby I have purchased the MikroTik CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS to handle the fibre connections for me based on the advise given.

I live in a rural area where getting the technical knowledge locally is very difficult.

Finally regarding the "huge cost of a router for a £300 a month leased line" - Well yes - given the other members have pointed me to the above router for £500 as apposed to the Cisco one TTB were offering - saving at least £1,500.00.

Thank you, this is very helpful. They have indeed given me the WAN and LAN - which corresponds with your message below.

Fingers crossed we should be online next Tuesday.

What we have done is:

- Taken the OR Fibre and patched it through to the Stables (Up the drive) with an LC to SC adaptor
- Linked the NTE with our MikroTik CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS via CAT6 (Waiting for OR to enable the SFP port so we can link it through with Fibre).
- Fanned out to all buildings and bits from our above CCR2004 to the main house, stables, outbuildings, etc (All in Fibre - some in MMF).
- Used one pair of the SMF coming into the NTE to then feed back to the gatehouse where we have the MikroTik CRS112 which takes the fibre into CAT6 which goes into the staff accomodation.

So many inconsistences in your posts in this thread, if it was a boat you would have sunk by now.

Lots of people here are full of knowledge and if they are that desperate to depart that knowledge to someone who is clearly making up a story then I am not sure who the fool is.

Sorry but what part of this "story" have I made up?

In reply to a post by jurassic86:

Sorry but what part of this "story" have I made up?

Probably 99% of it, facts are not even consistent throughout your "story". As I said, I am not sure who the fools are, you or the people wasting their time feeding your "story".

I am a little confused as to what your replies have to do with my query?

If you have nothing constructive to add to this topic then maybe you could refrain from posting slanderous comments towards me and the others (basically calling them fools for giving me help).

Facts are very simple. I have a new TTB leased lind, feeding my large estate and home.

The rest of my "story" is ever changing as I near completion having taken the advice from other forum members and purchased the relevant equipment.

The fundamental problem was trying to understand how best to serve my house and ancillary accomodation.

Until I joined this forum I was unaware such equipment existed whereby I can mix MMF and SMF connections into one switch.

If it wasn't for the fact I need a static IP address I would have been fairly happy with my current setup using a 4G router. It's just because the CCTV monitoring company needs a static IP address to be able to provide me with a monitoring service that I have had to go down the TTB leased line option.

On a positive note the company who supplied me with some of the Mikrotik equipment are going to also help me config the router and we all going well should be live before the middle of next week.

I can add something constructive to this thread....

In reply to a post by jurassic86:

What we have done is:

- Taken the OR Fibre and patched it through to the Stables (Up the drive) with an LC to SC adaptor

When you come up with this "story" 15 months ago on another forum you was given strong advice and many good reasons why you should NOT move the Openreach NTE but it seems you are claiming you have moved it anyway to another building which you claim could be 100's of metres from where Openreach installed it.

I guess this is why you didn't go back to that forum.

Edited by PCJM40 (Fri 24-May-24 22:41:41)

Sorry but which forum? I only register here a few months ago?

Your still yet to provide any factual or constructive advice on your posts.

Maybe you should ask your carer to ensure your only allowed to read posts and not reply lol.

I've moved the NTE to ensure all switches and routers are on a UPS which ensures no loss of connectivity when we have downtime. It's also nearer to my home and easier to reboot in event of it crashing.

In reply to a post by jurassic86:

Maybe you should ask your carer to ensure your only allowed to read posts and not reply lol.

Your "story" is unravelling so I would expect you to start saying things like this as a distraction, so I won't take it personally

In reply to a post by jurassic86:

Sorry but which forum? I only register here a few months ago?

I'm not going to provide you with a link but anyone who has already contributed in this thread can directly message me and I will provide a link to the thread in the other forum as proof.

In reply to a post by jurassic86:

I've moved the NTE to ensure all switches and routers are on a UPS which ensures no loss of connectivity when we have downtime.

Surely you know even in your "story" that can't be the truth right??? you claim to have installed the MikroTik CRS112 where the NTE once lived so how can that have UPS but the NTE had to be moved because of no UPS.

The problem with being a billy is keeping the story believable and factually correct.

Edited by PCJM40 (Sat 25-May-24 09:22:58)

The problem is the house is in the middle of some woods where trees falling in the winter are a common occurrence. We recently put all our overhead electric cables underground but through the neighbouring fields they still remain overhead.

Due to the above, when the power does go down our village is given a much lower priority because of the few number of dwelling houses so power outages can last 1 or 2 days. They do sometimes put a Genny on in the village but weirdly it doesn't power our house as it's on a different line.

To overcome this we have installed a generator at the house which works really well, but the UPS would only cover the networking equipment for a few hours not days. The generator only powers house and stables and not kiosk or lodge houses, so NTE in there with UPS power will not last long. I know you can get bigger and more expensive ones but space is a premium in the kiosk and in hindsight I regret not getting the next size up.

I could install a cheaper UPS at the bottom but for me it's just more convenient having all the main equipment within reach of the house. On a cold wet winters day I don't fancy walking half a kilometer and going into a kiosk to reboot a router or check NTE.