The ONTs come with a default configuration and for a number of users that will be sufficient. There are 4 gigabit ethernet ports that are bridged together. The ONT has a default IP address of 192.168.1.1, with DHCP enabled. So you can simply plug an ethernet cable from a computer that automatically obtains its IP address into any of the ONT’s ports and it should come alive.

Alternatively you can manually configure your computers/printers to have an IP address in the range of 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.100 or from 192.168.1.200 to 192.168.1.254 (you ought to stay away from the DHCP default range of .101 to .199) with a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask, a gateway address of 192.168.1.1 and a DNS of, say, 8.8.8.8 (the ONT default).

You can add ethernet switches with extra ports as you need them. All 4 ports can be used for switches. If you want to log in and check the ONT’s status you can do that by pointing your browser to 192.168.1.1 and enter the id/password.

Note that I haven’t mentioned anything about WiFi. The default non-WiFi ONT with a default configuration cannot support any wireless devices. Since almost everyone uses WiFi, i.e. smartphones, tables, laptops etc etc, I cover how to add that on a separate page.