> [...] i have a box on the wall in the living room. i am not sure if
> this is some sort of modem or just a converter between fibre and
> ethernet ? [...]
Either way, it gives you an Ethernet port, right?
> [...] from the box on the wall to my modem provided by my ISP
> (Telstra) is connected via ethernet cable.
Not a very detailed description of that device. Has it a maker and
model number? It might contain a DSL modem, but if you're not
connecting it to a DSL/phone line, then you're using it as a router, not
a modem+router.
> [...] on my D8500 is a yellow ethernet port labelled "internet" which
> i would like to use instead of my modem provided by my ISP.
That's what I'd do. That _is_ the "WAN" port.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read. Look for "Set Up the
Modem Router for Cable Service", and pretend that your ONT is a modem.
> [...] i tried this and entered my login information however it didnt
> work.... [...]
Which "my login information" where? Which kind of "didn[']t work"
was this? Look in the D8500 User Manual for the LED descriptions and
"Troubleshoot".
> [...] i dont believe them [...]
They probably haven't looked at the D8500 User Manual. I doubt that
changing the yellow plastic to red plastic would help.
> [...] which port did you connect your ethernet cable to from the box
> on the wall ?
It would need to be the (yellow) "Internet" port. Nothing else makes
any sense.
> click link to see relvant picture
That was a waste of effort.
