Sure, you can connect a switch to the modem's Ethernet to provide Internet access to your devices, just like computers. It provides an exclusive electrical signal path for any two network nodes connected to the switch. Other common switches are telephone voice switches, fiber optic. With a fiber ONT can I go straight into a switch? I have multi gig internet coming into my house via a fiber ONT. I am thinking of getting the deco x75 pro mesh routers that offers (1)- 2. 5gbps port and (2) gigabit ports. I know typically in the past you would need to go: Internet station (coax) >. A switch (multi-port bridge, data storage and forwarding) is a network device used for electrical/optical signal forwarding. It converts the digital signal to analog signal through modulation at the sending end, and converts the analog signal to digital signal for. An ONT (Optical Network Terminal) is used in fiber internet to convert light signals into data, while a modem is used in cable or DSL connections to modulate and demodulate signals. ONTs are for fiber; modems are for traditional broadband.
