On October 28, 2020 at 12:29, buzz said...
I'm a little confused. Are you saying that the local network was swapped out and the satellite provider has changed? Do you now have two Internet providers feeding this local network?
Unless this is some sort of enterprise level network, there will be a local router for your friend. This could be a separate box or part of a Gateway.
No, only one network is used at any time.
Another thing I asked the installer is whether the new system has a modem that's separate and was told it doesn't. AFAIK, a raw feed to a computer doesn't work because it needs to be demodulated, hence the name 'modem'. The computer connects to the internet without using a router or switch, which tells me the feed from the dish has a modem, somewhere. The device connected directly to the dish sounds like it's just a POE adapter- it's about the size of a cigarette pack, has a power supply port, a POE out and a LAN port and is connected to the same ethernet cable as the old dish/whatever else came with it.
The questions I have involve "What is between the POE adapter and the end of the ethernet cable in the room where the DVR and router live?". The router is from Netgear and it doesn't have a built-in modem. Assuming the old and new systems connect to the router (and it works for the rest of the equipment, just not the DVR's port forwarding), it has to have a modem, somewhere, right?
The old system was slow, limited and the range wasn't very good. The fiber network has been installed on the opposite side of the water and the users have a small UBNT dish that may/may not be on a tower, due to the terrain. The new network has one provider, but some people have kept the connection to the old one until they can find out if the new has any problems. Each network is onsite, but not connected. He connected the existing router to the new network and the cameras were no longer viewable from the outside world because no port forwarding had been done. Once we found that the settings we were using didn't work, he reconnected the router to the old feed and it came back because the old port forwarding had remained. We used a different name and acquired a new IP address for with the new system.
This would be so much easier if the place wasn't 9 hours away. But I need a road trip, right?
This system involves many end users and each needs a separate dish to receive the signal from the main tower with AirFiber dishes (or whatever is being used)- I have been looking at the AirFiber device info and some are half-duplex while others are full duplex. The link below shows one of them and I really need the info for what is on his house.
[Link: dl.ubnt.com]
Last edited by highfigh on October 28, 2020 13:02.
