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DT1968
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11 months ago
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Telus Nokia ONT using a switch before the hub (NH20T)

Maybe this question was answered before. I am a new customer to Telus. My questions is 1. can I hook a switch after the ONT eg. ONT-----SWITCH----HUB(NH20T) (cuz it's connected to 3 Telus wifi6 WAP)...
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    DT1968
    11 months ago

    Ok Update,

    Again thank you so much for both NightHawk and Netstorm95  help.

    After much research and invenstigation my speed is finally working excellent.  Took two days to run new wires again but this time I ran new cat 6 cables to the NAH (4 of them). Might as well take advantage and utilize  all 4 ports from the NAH. Had the technician in 3 times the first two times must have terminated my cable in correctly> Last time we spoke I ran a new cat 6 cable also. Had this tech guy from where I got my cables from . He was so sympathic to my issue , he offered to check my lines for me of course I paid him a bit for it. All is well and my kid thank you for it too. 

    Thanks again,

    DT1968

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11 months ago

1. Yes. Just make sure you buy a fast enough switch to handle your connection. If you have over 1gbps, you'll either need a 2.5gbps or a 10gbps switch depending on what speed your connection is.

2. If you are on the NH20T network, you'll have no issue connecting out if there's a switch between it and the ONT. All a switch is is a splitter. The router connected won't even see it.

3. No. If there is a switch between the ONT and the NH20T and Cisco routers, then the NH20T and Cisco router will be two physically separate networks.

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DT1968
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11 months ago
Thank you kindly for the response ,

Reason I needed some ideas was my hub (NH20T) , even when I bridge port 1 , the speed would throttle or stay at maximum 100mb . Tried rebooting the modem hub(NH20T) with no success.

Am going out to get a switch and cables and do these changes.
Will update when I find out my results.

DT1968
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