In reply to a post by candlerb:

In reply to a post by kitcat:

It sounds like someone has obtained a ONT from ebay and is trying to use that to extend the WAN to the Garage.

Which couldn't possibly work, because an ONT can only talk to an OLT.

I think kitcat is over thinking it with the suggestion of a second ONT as we know its been there for at least 2 years probably well before the garage conversion.

My friend is 50 miles away so unfortunately I can't verify everything he says. And although I'm reasonably techy literate I'm not up to speed on the newer fibre technology acronyms.

He's had BT fibre professionally installed in his house for 2 years and this included the EchoLife GPON terminal which I assume is the ONT. There's a yellow ethernet cable coming from that to the BT Home Hub which I understand (all internet in the hosue is fine). He says "there never used to be a green cable in the optical port" but this now sounds incorrect as it's the incoming fibre cable - if that wasn't there then there would be no internet in the house right?

The basic question is how does he get wifi extended into his garage. From what I'm hearing the easiest way would be to take an ethernet cable from his main router in the house into a powerline adapter and then in the garage go from the other powerline adapter into a second router and configure that second router accordingly.

Any chance of some photos of the existing router, front and rear with connections?

I suspect your friend actually has an FTTC / VDSL2 copper broadband connection directly into the router. Sometimes confusing referred to as fibre broadband - well it is sort of, but not the part that comes into your home. The unconnected Huawei ONT feels like it’s a bit of a red herring…

The other link to the garage is a bit of a mystery. It’s definitely not an optical connection, as an RJ11 is a copper port (typically for a copper/voice extension). As is an RJ45 (for an Ethernet connection using Cat5e/6/etc data cabling.

In reply to a post by heathmount:

He's had BT fibre professionally installed in his house for 2 years and this included the EchoLife GPON terminal which I assume is the ONT. There's a yellow ethernet cable coming from that to the BT Home Hub which I understand (all internet in the hosue is fine). He says "there never used to be a green cable in the optical port" but this now sounds incorrect as it's the incoming fibre cable - if that wasn't there then there would be no internet in the house right?

Typically the incoming fibre to the Huawei ONT is a white cable, around 3mm in diameter, with a small green coloured rectangular connector about 8mm square on the end that is connected into the Huawei ONT.

Get your friend to double check and report back.

The basic question is how does he get wifi extended into his garage. From what I'm hearing the easiest way would be to take an ethernet cable from his main router in the house into a powerline adapter and then in the garage go from the other powerline adapter into a second router and configure that second router accordingly.

Unless the cable distance is greater than 90 metres, the most reliable connection which would allow a gigabit connection would be using a 4-pair Cat5e/6 copper data cable.

Happy to post some photos, just not sure how! Couldn't see anythig obvious or anything in the FAQ...

Use a third party photo hosting / sharing website and post the links to the photos as needed.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Typically the incoming fibre to the Huawei ONT is a white cable, around 3mm in diameter, with a small green coloured rectangular connector about 8mm square on the end that is connected into the Huawei ONT.

The ONT could also be sitting inside an outer housing, which hides the cable and green connector. It will have a hinged door if they want to look inside.

Good point, but odd that somebody has gotten the model ID of the ONT which is only printed on the reverse side of the actual ONT not the larger housings or BBU housing….

Hopefully photos will help to clarify what’s what.

dect

Could be over thinking it. But couldn't think of any other way he could have an ONT with no optical plugged in and still have a service. (I have heard of people trying to use them as optical extenders which never works. ).

Here's the 3 photos he sent me, hopefully they work

https://www.flickr.com/photos/52428889@N03/with/5202...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/52428889@N03/520213486...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/52428889@N03/520203089...