Once the terminal box is hooked up to the network it will be linked to your router through an ethernet connection.
Optical network terminal centurylink.
A centurylink technician will install a new device called an optical network terminal ont for connecting the fiber at no cost to you as well.
Always remember to securely close the.
Purchase or lease a fiber internet router you will need a fiber ready router often called a residential gateway by internet providers like centurylink in order to accommodate fiber optic speeds.
Available for both universal and enterprise contracts except where noted.
Optical network terminal ont your fiber internet connection which runs from the main network to your property over fiber optic cable does not provide its own power and can t be hooked up.
As part of the installation they run fiber optic cable into your home which terminates at a optical network terminator ont which is essentially a fiber to ethernet modem.
Most likely it will be the c2000t.
The optical network terminal ont converts the optical signal coming through the fiber into separate signals for tv voice and data.
Learn more below about the optical network terminal ont the wall wart device and battery back up units often used with fiber internet service.
The ont is installed with fios service on either the outside or inside of your home garage basement closet etc.
If you are ever in need of checking your ont this video will show you how to do so and what it is you are looking for.
The backbone of the centurylink fiber optic network is built upon over 24 000 miles of truewave fiber using state of the art transmission equipment from nortel cisco and ciena.
The ont is a small white plastic box 180mm x50mm x 120mm that will be placed on your internal wall.
You will also be offered the option to purchase a battery.
Our synchronous optical network services.
In our case the modem was a zyxel c1100z.
By default centurylink will also install their own wireless router in your home because a most people need a wireless router and b they can make you pay 8 month for.
At this point they ll supply you with a router that costs 10 a month to rent.
The first piece of hardware is the ont optical network terminal and the second is a device that centurylink refers to as a modem.
