[160057] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ONT diagnostics (WAS: Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joel jaeggli)
Wed Jan 30 20:50:43 2013
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:50:25 -0800
From: joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Jake Khuon <khuon@NEEBU.Net>, John Osmon <josmon@rigozsaurus.com>
In-Reply-To: <5109C255.3040302@NEEBU.Net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 1/30/13 5:01 PM, Jake Khuon wrote:
> On Wed 30 Jan 2013 16:58:28 PST, John Osmon wrote:
>> Does anyone make an ONT with a blinky light that you can toggle on/off
>> remotely? It'd be great to say:
>> Go look at the "it works" light.
>>
>> If the remote tech can control the light, the end user would have a
>> better idea that the upstream provider really *was* in control -- rather
>> than trying to placate the caller.
>
>
> I don' know of any but that's a great idea. Sorta like a UID light on
> a server...
We're totally at the wrong end of the usability specrum if we even have
to ask questions like this. you can tell of a cable modem is online or
not at a glance.
>
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