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> 4 ASCII character maximum

Needs to be set for the OLT to authenticate your ONT; please read your original ONT's Serial Number, it can be either in HEX or ASCII: if it's codified in HEX, you need to convert the first eight HEX digits to ASCII, for example `48575443` = `HWTC`.

Here is a list of the most popular Vendor IDs:


| ID     | Vendor Name          |
| ------ | -------------------- |
| `HWTC` | Huawei               |
| `ZTEG` | ZTE                  |
| `ALCL` | Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent |
| `UBNT` | Ubiquiti             |
| `FHTT` | Fiber Home           |
| `RTKG` | Realtek              |
| `TPLG` | TP-Link              |
| `SCOM` | Sercomm              |
| `TMBB` | Technicolor          |
| `DLNK` | Dlink                |
| `ELTX` | Eltex                |
| `ISKT` | Iskratel             |
| `LQDE` | Lantiq               |
| `SPGA` | SourcePhotonics      |
| `PTIN` | Altice/PT Inovação   |