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Re: Switching home phone from copper to fibre - installation question
update - I think I'm going to move my cordless phone basestation into the living room so it can be plugged into the ONT. I decided I don't want to limit that leg of my network to 100mbit - thanks again Nighthawk for pointing out all 4 pairs of the cable are needed for gigabit, and also for suggesting plugging the cordless phone basestation directly into the ONT. One different question about getting home phone working on fibre - since I already have the fibre and ONT installed and working at my house, aside from plugging the cordless basestation into the POTS1 or POTS2 jack on the back of the ONT, does an installer even need to come here on-site, or can they simply enable something remotely to turn on that feature of the ONT?11KViews0likes1CommentRe: Switching home phone from copper to fibre - installation question
thanks Nighthawk for your reply & detailed suggestions. I didn't mention it but yes there's a coax jack in the living room, right beside the ONT. it's already in use - the coax is connected to the Actiontec, with MoCA adapters connected to Optik STBs in other rooms of the house. However the basement wiring closet does not have any coax outlets, so the coax won't solve my problem. On top of that, my network is more complicated than I originally described above, in that I actually have a 2nd router in the living room - it's actually that 2nd router's LAN port that's connected to the RJ45 jack, so even if the basement closet had coax available it wouldn't do me any good. I hadn't thought about gigabit ethernet using all 4 pairs in the cable - thanks for confirming that. Also the adapter you pointed to looks useful, perhaps that's an acceptable solution if, as you say, I can live with 100mbit on that one cable run. It's definitely not ideal since one of the devices on that ethernet run is a secondary access point on my 2nd network. But maybe it's workable if I rethink my network configuration a bit and either move some devices on the other end of the run, or convert them to wireless only. I already have a 4-handset cordless phone system but need all 4 handsets in the other rooms where they are now (none are in the living room). I suppose I could add a 5th cordless handset and move the basestation to plug directly into the ONT, but not that's not preferred since existing basestation location is better for accessing its answering machine. thanks again for the suggestions, I figured this wasn't going to be easy. I need to think about this a bit more...11KViews0likes2CommentsSwitching home phone from copper to fibre - installation question
I have Telus fibre installed at my house for internet and Optik TV, but am still on copper for home phone. I have a question about feasibility to use some existing in-wall ethernet cable to connect the ONT to my house telephone wiring. Basic problem: there is no telephone wiring or RJ11 jacks anywhere near the ONT. background: Telus fibre comes through an outside wall into my main floor living room (front of house) where it's connected to a Nokia Alcatel-Lucent ONT, which in turn is connected to an Actiontec T3200 to provide internet and Optik TV to the house. Next to the ONT and router there is a single RJ45 ethernet wall jack - one of the router's LAN outputs is connected to the RJ45 jack and its cable goes to a basement wiring closet connecting to a switch and other devices on my network. Meanwhile in that basement wiring closet is a panel where all the telephone wiring from all over the house terminates and connects to the incoming copper telephone wires. In the living room there are NO telephone jacks anywhere near the router or ONT. There is no easy direct path to route a new telephone wire from main floor living room ONT to the basement wiring closet. All walls and ceilings are finished and I do not want to drill any holes. But there is that one in-use ethernet jack that goes between living room and basement wiring closet. So my question: Can that single RJ45 ethernet jack be reconfigured using the existing in-wall cabling to instead provide 1 RJ11 telephone line + 1 RJ45 ethernet connection and fit behind a standard single wall plate? Is that something that a Telus installer can/will do? I believe a standard ethernet cable contains 4 pairs, but only normally uses 2 pairs for data, correct? so can a spare pair be wired for telephone? I believe I've seen pictures of combo wall plates with one RJ11 and one RJ45 on same plate so I'm hoping rewiring a single ethernet cable would work for this.Solved11KViews0likes4CommentsRe: Gmail Migration - New Support Content
thanks NFtoBC for confirming that - yes logging into webmail using 'myname' and password does work. so I went ahead and started the scheduling process and notice in the first step I can choose exactly which alias (or original alphanumeric userid) I wish to use for my gmail login. Exactly what I needed, thanks again21KViews1like0CommentsRe: Bridge Mode - Using Your Own Router (New)
"Another option is to put a switch between the ONT, and it the T3200M and Linksys in parallel, using the T3200M for TV, and the Linksys for the rest of your network." that is exactly the setup I have since I added Optik TV a few years ago. The Telus installer kindly provided me a switch when I explained I wanted to keep my existing router and home network configuration, separate from the TV ONT -> 4 port switch; 4port switch port 1 -> T3200M -> wireless and MOCA coax connections to Optik TV PVR and STBs 4port switch port 2 -> my own router, existing separate WiFi SSID and ethernet network15KViews1like2CommentsRe: Gmail Migration - New Support Content
I have a question about the Gmail migration and existing Telus email account names vs aliases. With the Gmail migration, my understanding is that it basically means I end up with a new Gmail account where my username is my old Telus email address, and Telus arranges migrating over my existing data (inbox etc) I'm not sure if this is same for everyone or just an artifact of having a very ancient Telus email account (long time internet customer), but my existing Telus email account name is a bunch of random alphanumeric characters assigned to me, way back when e.g. of the format "[email protected]" of course, I have an alias of the format "[email protected]" which I use for everything, including webmail login etc. I don't really even remember the alphanumeric username without looking it up. Same goes for several family members on the same home internet account So my question is this: does my new Gmail account username become my hard to remember alphanumeric "actual" email account name, or my preferred alias? If the former, then before migration should I rename my account? (looks like there ability to rename in myTelus account page). Or do I have a choice at time of migration Before scheduling my migration I want to make sure what my new username on gmail will be. thanks21KViews2likes4Comments