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Recently I got NG-PON2 Fios installed, with TV service.
The first thing the technician did is to check the PON signal. The original GPON line also has NG-PON2 signal, but engineering (sitting in Texas) directs the migration to a NG-PON2-exclusive splitter. This indicates NG-PON2 can co-exist with GPON. The OLT-ONT at my CO is > 95% Nokia/ former Alcatel-Lucent.
I was actually confused on where the PON passive splitter is. The fiber that goes into my basement terminates to a pale green pedestal box in front of the CO. This should be the Fiber Distribution Hub (FDH) for the neighborhood. The FDH has shelves. On each shelf, the left side is clear strands of very thin fibers. I believe these are 1:1 feeds to the black cylinders on the poles, which have SC/SC couplers inside to feed customers' homes. On the right side of the shelves, there are yellow SC jumpers. The technician says these go back to the CO behind. I am not very sure. Deep inside the FDH cabinet, there are some unidentified structure behind, which should be the 1:32 or 1:64 splitters.
The new ONT is Nokia. Similarly shaped and sized, but 40% heavier than GPON ONT. The Wave light is multi-colored. I see white color on others', but mine is violet/purple. It will cycle through the colors as it is searching for an assigned wavelength. NTWK and MGMT are still the same meaning. NTWK means found an OLT and can communicate. MGMT means the ONT is activated for service. If you disconnect a service, the MGMT light will go off.
The 10GbE port LED indicator on the ONT is objectionable. Both lights blink together for ACT, with no LINK indication. As stated previously, the NG-PON2 ONT has no F connector.
TV Service
Fios TV+ only needs a tiny Android box made by Ashkey (TODO: double check). The large VMS box made by Arris is not needed if no DVR service. The VMS box is connected to the router via MoCA. I believe the Ethernet port is disabled. Fios TV+ has no wired connection by default unless you have a MAE-310 (Stream TV MAE) to function as a USB Ethernet/Coax adapter.
Users are still battling with Google on refusal to implement DHCPv6 on Android devices, so I can't provide definitive guidance on IPv6 with Fios TV+ box. The only viable option at the end of the day is to disable IPv6 on Fios TV+ box. Peloton tablets needed to disable IPv6 globally to work on Fios IPv6.
Android devices support SLAAC and likely PD in the near future.
MAE-310 (Stream TV MAE)
This thing is essentially a three-port switch with an embedded USB Ethernet dongle for Fios TV+ box. The MxL3710 bridges between MoCA and one gigabit RGMII. This RGMII goes into a 4-port MxL GbE switch, which connects to an ASIX11791 (presumably) for Fios TV+ Box, and an extra Ethernet port exposed to the user.
This would mean that the Fios TV+ box could take an Ethernet or MoCA connection via the MAE-310 adapter.
Fios TV+ Box
This thing has a USB-C and a USB-A port. The USB-C can be directly connected to the power brick, or connected to MAE-310, which in turn connected to the AC outlet. If you strictly do not need MoCA but would still like to hardwire on Ethernet, use any generic USB to Ethernet dongle and plugged to the USB-A port. I would recommend some $9 ASIX adapter on Amazon as it is likely the same model used in MAE-310.
MAE-314
This is a 4-port MoCA adapter with a 2.5GbE port. The 2.5 GbE port directly came from the MxL3710, and the other three 1GbE port are came from the GbE RGMII of MxL3710 after a 4-port switch. You can use this MoCA adapter with Fios TV+ Box too, but needing a USB-A Ethernet dongle into the Fios TV+ box.
