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FTTH & GPON
This area in Central Oregon now has FTTH and the ONT on my house is by Calix. There is a 722GE inside the ONT. I'm subscribed to just 100mbps and don't need speed. No TV, no phone. CAT5 brings intern...
The MAC address on the box is the same as the one on the bottom of the R7000P router. Which begs the question as to how would all customers know to look into the config and give the ISP the correct MAC address. Which is the correct one? This older medicare crowd can't handle a smartphone let alone play with the config on a router.
Not being able to see the ISP side; can the ISP see the MAC address? They surely can see their own ONT.............and from there see the router? In my other Netgear routers I can see the MAC address of every device connected and those trying to connect! Thus Access Control.
The ISP doesn't offer support for the customer's equipment, which I understand. But.....................................
> [...] Which is the correct one? [...]
My claim is that the only possible correct one is the one on the
interface that the ISP sees. I've suggested one way to find out.
> [...] This older medicare crowd can't handle a smartphone let alone
> play with the config on a router.
One might argue that anyone who can't cope with router configuration
might be better off sticking with the ISP-supplied router.
> [...] can the ISP see the MAC address? [...]
Don't ask me. I believe that they have no way to see the LAN side of
your router, so, if they want _any_ MAC address, then it'd need to be
the one on the interface closer to them.
> [...] They surely can see their own ONT.............and from there see
> the router? [...]
Plausible. The WAN/Internet side of "the router", that is.
> [...] In my other Netgear routers I can see the MAC address of every
> device connected and those trying to connect! Thus Access Control.
Yup. This one, too, I'd guess. All on your LAN. Not of any
interest on the other (ISP) side of the router.
> The ISP doesn't offer support for the customer's equipment, [...]
If you can get them to accept a MAC address of your choice, then
that's all the support you should need from them. If, of course, you
give them the right one.
I don't have one handy, so I know nothing, but I'd guess that when
dealing with a cable modem(+router), which is the usual situation where
the MAC address is crucial, the easily visible MAC address is the right
one.