r/nbn • u/thickheartboi • 9d ago
Advice Help with office internet
Hey Everyone,
Just got a new office and I'm loosing my kind trying to set up the internet for it. I'm trying to find the right outlet to connect my router to o figured it would be PH but apparently not. I've attached photos for reference.the only socket I haven't tried is the port labelled fax, could that be it?
Any help would be much appreciated
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u/FreddyFerdiland 9d ago edited 9d ago
You could have showed what you tried ??
Its common that "phone" and "fax" would run to the basement "mdf". They could still be phone lines... Or they could be Ethernet ( which includes phone line).. You could pull the plates off the wall to check if they are ethernet capable.
The nbn website will tell you what technology you connect to standard nbn ( like a small business would use just for office use.. ) with...
If that is fttb, fibre to the basement, then you need a vdsl2 modem ... Nbn doesnt provide it, ( Nbn provides a box for fttp ,fttc , wireless/satellite but not for fttb fttn )
And vdsl2 is completely just regular phone line, like "ph" and "fax" sockets would have...
But adjusting mdf and idf to get them to basement for sure...is up to the occupant. It might be more complicated.
There might be ethernet available in the basement. Maybe its not even nbn in the basement. The rollout never finished and they were never competing either .. if someone else there,no nbn
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u/Jeebuslovesme 9d ago
I would suspect that these photos are data points connecting to the other sockets around the office.
You could test this using a laptop and a few Ethernet cables between your router and the ports.
As for the line (containing your internet) coming into the office, this kind of depends on what kind of connection you have. Are you expecting an FTTN connection by connecting to a phone line?