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whatsmyline
Joining in
5 months ago

Mystery VM Box in Apartment

Hi, 

I recently moved into a newly built apartment block that supplies WiFi to all residents across the building. I am wondering if it’s possible to use Ethernet with the setup they have provided. 

There is a VM box in the utility room which is connected to a socket plug via cable (coax?), beside this there are 2 Ethernet ports - see attached image. In the living room there are 2 identical Ethernet ports.

Does anyone know if it’s possible to use these with the box shown? I haven’t been able to find this box online. The box and has no accessible ports on any side but looks like it can be opened by unclasping the outer cover. I’m assuming if I could hook these ports up it would correspond to their equivalent ports in the living room.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

 

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    5 months ago

    This appears to be a recent VM RFoG conneciton,

    I'd expect the wall box to contain contain the end of a VM fibre cable
    plugged into an Optical Network Terminator ( ONT ) & perhaps a coax splitter,
    the small mains plug is the power supply for the ONT.

    A VM Hub would also be required to provide an internet service,
    the Hub would be coax connected into the larger wall box.

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta
    5 months ago

    This appears to be a recent VM RFoG conneciton,

    I'd expect the wall box to contain contain the end of a VM fibre cable
    plugged into an Optical Network Terminator ( ONT ) & perhaps a coax splitter,
    the small mains plug is the power supply for the ONT.

    A VM Hub would also be required to provide an internet service,
    the Hub would be coax connected into the larger wall box.

    • whatsmyline's avatar
      whatsmyline
      Joining in
      5 months ago

      Thanks for the response!
      There is also a non-VM router on the ceiling (with no ports) in the next room so this must be connected to the VM box via the ceiling. I think this means the Ethernet ports beside the box will not be usable 😞

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta
    5 months ago

    There is also a non-VM router on the ceiling   ...

    "Sight unseen" that sounds like a Wi-Fi Access Point.   Or a smoke alarm !

  • jpeg1's avatar
    jpeg1
    Alessandro Volta
    5 months ago

    It's very unusual for an apartment block to supply WiFi to all tenants. They may have connection points but you will still need a contract with a supplier like Virginmedia. 

     

  • Client62's avatar
    Client62
    Alessandro Volta
    5 months ago

    I'd be very tempted to remove the cover from the larger VM Box and confirm what is in it.

    We have the older version of RFoG from late 2017 where the ONT is external, below is an example photo of what is in the external Omni box ( we also have the little PSU plug to power the ONT via coax ).