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Is this a modem in my house?

zudecke12 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:31:49 GMT

Hi,

I have a BT Home Hub2 + a white box on the wall in my garage.

Can anyone confirm if this is a modem or not?

I am asking because I have a couple of Deco M5 dics and I'd like to run them in router mode, but conscious that the BT HH2 cannot be run in "Modem mode", so I'm wondering if I can rid myself of the BT HH2 and just connect the Deco straight into this white box thing (hoping it's a modem).

Thanks and excuse my ignorance.

Re: Is this a modem in my house?

licquorice — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:37:07 GMT

Yes, it is and yes, you can unless you have Digital Voice phone service, in which case that will only work with the SH2

Re: Is this a modem in my house?

zudecke12 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:38:52 GMT

Thanks for the quick reply.
Do you know how I would know if I have a Digital Voice phone service? We have a home telephone..

Re: Is this a modem in my house?

licquorice — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:43:16 GMT

Where is it connected to?

Digital voice uses DECT (cordless) technology to connect to the base station incorporated in the hub.

Re: Is this a modem in my house?

zudecke12 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:44:58 GMT

The phone is connected via the very old cable, so guess I'm OK 🙂

Re: Is this a modem in my house?

licquorice — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:47:40 GMT

If it is connected to the ONT (modem) it will be legacy FVA (Fibre Voice Access) which will be converted to DV at some point.

Re: Is this a modem in my house?

dave44 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:52:24 GMT

Is your BT hub actually connected to that ONT? The reason I ask is that the Port1 light is not lit and I would expect it to be.

Re: Is this a modem in my house?

zudecke12 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:40:54 GMT

Hi,

Eagle eyes!

It is connected and we have Internet in the house so I assume its working OK?

I guess if it wasn't plugged in, we wouldnt have any Internet right?

Re: Is this a modem in my house?

dave44 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 20:12:08 GMT

Not necessarily. You could be using a DSL connection where the hub is plugged into a phone socket rather than into this ONT.

It might be worth posting a photo of the cables going into the rear of the hub