Connecting Sky Fibre to Existing BT Fibre ONT

[colton]

I want to switch from BT to Sky Fibre.  I have an existing ONT at front of house and my router is in another room and connected to a  plug on the wall.  If I get a Sky Router, do I plug it into the existing wall plug, or do I have to fiddle with ONT as the instructions say?  I have called Sky twice and cannot get a clear answer.

[TimmyBGood]

@colton 

If the BT Hub works in that location then a Sky Hub should do too, on the end of an existing ethernet cable.

The 'plug on the wall' is presumably either an ethernet port or a Powerline adapter.

[TimmyBGood]

@colton 

A photograph of each end might be useful to clarify.

[colton]

Thanks for the reply.  I guess I am not being clear.  Do I just plug Sky Ethernet Cable into same socket as my BT router is connected in my sitting room?

[TimmyBGood]

@colton 

Probably, yes, but without knowing what that socket is it's difficult to be sure: such a set-up is certainly possible, but unusual.

[colton]

Here is a picture.  The red  end cable is from the BT router.  Would I just plug the Sky router cable into the same place? 

Thanks

[TimmyBGood]

@colton 

That's an ethernet cable, so presumably the ONT is at the other end of it.  The Sky Hub should work in the same way.

[colton]

Okay, thanks. I could not elicit this info from Sky, who kept saying I had to connect the router directly to the ONT box.

[TimmyBGood · Accepted solution]

@colton 

That advice would typically be correct, but in this case it appears you have in-wall ethernet cable between the locations, so there's no difference plugging in at the far end as long as it's a single contiguous and unswitched pathway to the other.

[colton]

Thanks for your advice.