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Telus Fibre - Router & Boost Box Question
Hi everyone, I have a new Telus Fibre install at my new home. It seems to consist of two boxes - what appears to be the router/modem box (A white thin rectangle bolted to the wall) and a cylinde...
The first device is an ONT (Optical Network Translator) it converts the light on the Fibre Optic to Ethernet. The second device is the router, and creates your network. Boost units are about the size of a sandwich, and extend the Wi-Fi signal from the router to distant parts of your home. See this link for more info.
You should not be paying an additional charge for the router, and to my knowledge, Boost units are a one-time fee.
I believe the "new" boost units look like the "new" router. both are WiFi6. NFtoBC is correct that the second unit is the LAN/WiFi router. Does it have a Fiber optic cable going into it and also 4 LAN I/O? It should say something like fiber optic around the socket that is fed the cable from the Fiber modem you said is square and mounted to the wall. But I've seen the new boosters for the new WiFi 6 installs and they look a little like the new router, cylindrical. So its a bit confusing for people about what is the booster and what is the router. I believe the boosters don't have any LAN connectors. They probably are just like the older booster/extenders, WiFi only. The older sandwich looking WiFi boosters/extenders are only WiFi 5 not WiFi 6 so you wouldn't want those anyways. They probably misinformed or you got crossed info about what that cylindrical router is.
