| Paul Jungwirth on 24 Jan 2015 13:24:25 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Boxes for Internet in Garage? |
Okay, thanks for your thoughts! Here are some pictures, in order from the street to the garage boxes. http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_120849.jpg 1. In the front yard, with a pipe going into the ground and a coax cable going right through the fence into the back yard. http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121040.jpg 2. Shot of #1 opened. http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121256.jpg 3. In the back yard, coax running from the left, split into three: one up and into the house to our modem, two into the garage (probably straight into #7). Notice another coax coming up out of the ground no longer attached, probably an old input. Also a telephone box. http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121325.jpg 4. Up into the house. http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121431.jpg 5. Inside the telephone box. Nothing interesting here I think? http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121542.jpg 6. Inside the garage now. Power adapter I guess? http://illuminatedcomputing.com/img/internet-pictures/20150124_121608.jpg 7. The thing that beeps. I agree that #7 might be an old security alarm. The top blue button says "Alarm Silence." But if I unplug #6 then my cable modem loses its connection. So I guess #7 is doing more than just being a security alarm. Any ideas? Thanks everyone---this is really fascinating figuring out what I've got here! On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Keith C. Perry > <kperry@daotechnologies.com> wrote: >> That actually looks like an alarm system battery. Perhaps the previous owners had a [secondary] controller box in there? > > I think a picture of the thing the battery goes into would be more helpful. :) > > I sounds like a description of a Verizon FIOS ONT. They contain > batteries so that you don't lose landline telephone in the event of a > power outage. Even if you discontinued service the ONT might still > alarm when the battery wears out. You could stop it by unplugging the > ONT from the wall and disconnecting the battery. > > FIOS ONTs look like one of these: > https://www.google.com/search?q=verizon+fios+ont&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WN7DVOzlPKrIsATZiICIBQ&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1745&bih=868&dpr=1.1#tbm=isch&q=verizon+fios+ont+models&revid=477076975 > > -- > Rich > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- _________________________________ Pulchritudo splendor veritatis. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug