Re: FTTH ONTs and routers

On Thursday, May 15, 2014 07:11:20 PM Jean-Francois Mezei wrote:

Can anyone confirm whether ONTs generally have routing (aka: home router that does the PPPoE or DHCP and then NAT for home) capabilities?

I know of a well-known vendor coming out with a new OLT that supports both typical GPON access, as well as Active-E access, and with IP routing capabilities. It hasn't yet hit the shelves, but for anyone with an ounce of interest in FTTH, you will hear about it soon. So yes, in the past it has been hit & miss, but I think there are some vendors who are now seriously pushing a box that is multi-lingual, i.e., supports GPON, Active-E, IP and MPLS. Mark.