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can be checked obviously with a direct connection from pc to ont

Umm, not really advisable, unless as said above a Linux box is used and one that is not important and can be reinstalled if needed.

huh!!!!!!!!!!!!! that really makes no sense.

you plug a cat 5e or greater into the pc, then into the ont. configure - test and remove.

https://support.aquiss.net/en/knowledgebase/article/...

Adrian was making the point that doing it is risky if left for a long time unprotected

Correct. The flap (if it is that) doesn’t seem to appear for a few days…

i said test and remove.

Unfortunately in this case, that wouldn’t prove much other than the initial link was connecting at GbE line rate. To observe any flapping the connection would need to remain active until / if the flapping was observed. That could be days, judging by how long it’s been between PPP session drops.

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i said test and remove.

Are you skim reading again and missing the detail?

I had a bizarre hardware fault years ago with my router. Thing worked fine, but as soon as anyone made a Facetime/Whatsapp video call, the wifi would drop 2 mins into the call on all devices attached to the router, and require a reboot to bring it back up

Wired worked fine the whole time, just wifi that dropped and only after a video call was in progress

Edited by bobble_bob (Wed 07-Oct-26 18:36:10)

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I've had a Huawei ONT ethernet port fall out of gigabit capability and only connect on 100BaseT. Was a few years ago and did need an 'act of god' for good measure 😂 but did happen

Cabling issues - how long have you got? 😉

The only issue I have had with Ethernet cables is the tabs that hold the things in.

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huh!!!!!!!!!!!!! that really makes no sense.

you plug a cat 5e or greater into the pc, then into the ont. configure - test and remove.

https://support.aquiss.net/en/knowledgebase/article/...

It make loads of sense, you have a unprotected computer directly connected to the internet. Well almost unprotected, The windows firewall and security may protect if for a bit.
I would not risk it.

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I had a bizarre hardware fault years ago with my router. Thing worked fine, but as soon as anyone made a Facetime/Whatsapp video call, the wifi would drop 2 mins into the call on all devices attached to the router, and require a reboot to bring it back up

Wired worked fine the whole time, just wifi that dropped and only after a video call was in progress

It is strange how some things work or don't.
Like on FTTC here, when the only thing that would connect was a Huawei modem. It all went strange when I had a fault on my land line and when they fixed it, the ECI modem would not connect, so I thought it had gone pop. Borrowed a Huawei modem from my next door neighbours and that worked, so Plusnet sent me a all in one hub, that would not work, then a Zyxel router, but again nope. I connected them to the Huawei modem I had borrowed from my neighbour, that was the only way i could get connected.

Plusnet sent Openreach down, they checked every thing here and at the cabinet, even their own equipment would not pick up a connection here. They gave up and told me to keep the Huawei modem inline, I got one from ebay and i had that and Zyxel connected for a few years. At some a few years later i decided to reconnect the Zyxel directly and it worked . then a year later it started to fail and stopped working, which is when i bought the TP-link I am using now and connected it up to the Huawei modem until I changed to FTTP.

To this day, I have no idea what happened and i don't think Openreach do.

Just strange how things go. A mate did look at the Zyxel, a capacitor had gone, he did replace it, so it is there for a spare.

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It make loads of sense, you have a unprotected computer directly connected to the internet. Well almost unprotected, The windows firewall and security may protect if for a bit.
I would not risk it.

Surely in 2026 you connect ethernet to the router which is giving exactly the same protection as WiFi. This isn't 1999 when I had cable modem with ethernet into Win98 PC and no router, no firewall, and Steve Gibson was telling everyone to install ZoneAlarm. (some people had the USB ADSL modem that caused problems).

Or you connect Ethernet from computer to computer (mac->mac, PC->PC, mac->PC etc) and configure private IP addressing and then you can transfer files at 1Gbps.

Edited by jchamier (Thu 08-Oct-26 09:55:18)