Field Provisioning · Physical Layer

Provision the Maker Loft Broadband Link

Tidewater Maker Loft just had broadband installed. The ISP left a coax service line terminated at a wall demarcation jack and a pre-activated gateway in the box. You're the on-call field tech — cable it correctly, power it, attach the front-desk PC, and confirm the loft is online.

N10-009 · 1.5 AP NET · 2.3.B assignmentId: netplus-broadband-hookup
Demarc wall jack · WAN ISP: Beacon Cable COAX (F-type) Northwind GW-410 broadband gateway status: offline WAN LAN PWR (12V DC) LOFT-FRONT01 front-desk PC net: no link NIC Wall outlet 120V AC + adapter AC→DC

Pick a cable, then click a source port and a destination port to run it.

Tasks

  1. Run the ISP demarc jack to the gateway WAN port using the correct service media.
  2. Connect the gateway LAN port to LOFT-FRONT01's NIC with twisted-pair Ethernet.
  3. Power the gateway from the wall outlet using the AC-to-DC adapter.
  4. Click Check connection and confirm LOFT-FRONT01 reports an internet link.
1 · The service line ends at a coax jack. Which cable + connector ties the gateway's WAN port to it?
2 · What is the gateway doing with the broadband signal arriving on the coax line?
3 · Why use twisted-pair Ethernet (not coax) for the short run between the gateway and the desk PC?
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