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Devils advocate (not for AT&T routers, which are crap, but for this conversion) wouldn't this provide some benefit w/r/t electrical isolation of surges, etc.
by cat199 9y ago
Devils advocate
(not for AT&T routers, which are crap, but for this conversion)
wouldn't this provide some benefit w/r/t electrical isolation of surges, etc. between the two networks?
- pjc50 9y agoEthernet is electrical isolation, at both ends, supposedly good up to 1500V.
- astrodust 9y agoEthernet would be really good at causing fires if this wasn't the case. Floating neutrals are no joke!
- benjaminl 9y agoIn this case for AT&T FTTH there are two seperate devices a ONT and AT&T's router. The ONT is a media converter that converts the GPON (fiber) to Ethernet. AT&T's router is superfluous in the scenario where the customer wants to user their own router. The only reason AT&T's router is necessary is to perform the 802.1x authentication. Living in Central Florida, the lightning capital of the United States, I take electrical isolation very seriously. This is what is so great about fiber. Instead of having a another separate conductor running into your house (twisted pair or coax) there is just a glass insulator (fiber). So no extra isolation needed.
- cat199 9y agoah yes! fiber! thanks good point.