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| Thread ID: 134427 | 2013-06-30 15:39:00 | extend wifi coverage in the house | fireslug (12280) | Press F1 |
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| 1347565 | 2013-07-09 04:03:00 | What are those units like John, I have just ordered VDSL, so will lose my gigabyte ADSL router which is also WiFi N!.....Current unit is a Telecom Business unit (also internal antenna..... They're not Gigabit routers unfortunately (the TG587 for Fibre IS though - but will have to wait a couple of years before I can take advantage of that service - unless I move..), but they're reasonably aesthetically pleasing, with lots of flashing lights (Oooh! Shiny!!! :)). I have only been on for a week so far - had an unscheduled/unexpected restart yesterday which doesn't bode well, since my TG582 ADSL modem was rock solid for months at a time, but I will withhold judgement on reliability for now (especially since I am also running pre-production firmware while I'm testing the device - rather than the firmware - for another purpose). However other than one restart that my connection is good and stable with only minor fluctuations in speed. My current down rate is 29830 and up is 10350 (MaxDown is currently displaying 30224 and MaxUp is currently showing 13168 - all theoretical, of course!) - I can see these values using the test firmware on the device, it's not a feature of the production units unfortunately... I don't think the wireless antenna is any worse than the TG582 - I had coverage issues with that as well (also an internal antenna), but am hoping to have an answer back from Ascent shortly about what I might need for a Powerline setup - otherwise I might look at Agent_24's advice.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1347566 | 2013-07-10 04:34:00 | They're shitty, don't go there... Did some contracting for a small ISP about 12 months back, we had *so* many issues with those TG589Vn routers... Everything from the usual Thomson issues with DHCP daemon not giving out additional IP's when XYZ device tries to connect, to the VoIP stuff just simply "not working" to the WebUI not coming up :-/ Granted it's been 12 months, you'd HOPE like hell they've improved the firmware. AFAIK Technicolor only do direct orders of 5000+ units and they do their customization as part of that, so I'm guessing Telecoms got a few up their sleeve, and they will have hopefully given them a kick up the pants about the firmware. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1347567 | 2013-07-10 04:49:00 | :lol: I just received my TG589vn V2 today, sadly Telecom pushed the install date to next week due to the high demand. I like the look of the hardware. It's got an AcBel PSU which shouldn't be too bad - even has screws, which is surprising. Time will tell how bad the firmware is compared to my ST536v6... (oops.. sorry for hijacking) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1347568 | 2013-07-10 05:10:00 | :lol: I just received my TG589vn V2 today, sadly Telecom pushed the install date to next week due to the high demand. I like the look of the hardware. It's got an AcBel PSU which shouldn't be too bad - even has screws, which is surprising. Time will tell how bad the firmware is compared to my ST536v6... (oops.. sorry for hijacking) I believe they have locked the firmware :( - which is one of the reasons I am on older (pre-production) firmware.... I couldn't get the tweak I needed onto the new device and couldn't (for some reason) upgrade the firmware on the old device... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1347569 | 2013-07-11 00:54:00 | Well the web interface layout is just as silly as the old one, being about as intuitive as a fork with a rope handle. Must be a Belgian thing... But the DHCP settings can be changed in there, you don't have to resort to modifying the config file manually! And the interface is quick to respond which is also useful. No big issues so far... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1347570 | 2013-07-12 00:12:00 | But the DHCP settings can be changed in there, you don't have to resort to modifying the config file manually! And the interface is quick to respond which is also useful. No big issues so far... Yeah they fixed a couple of *minor* issues in the v2 that I've tested with too, but still have issues where randomly (Especially over WiFi), after you've got about a dozen devices on it, it'll say "Naaaah don't wanna give out a DHCP lease to the next device, but if you find another device I'll give that one a lease instead" and stupid stuff like that. Also, if you turn on any of the content filtering stuff, you can watch your speed take HUGE dive, it's terrible... Turn it back off again and you're back at full speed. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1347571 | 2013-07-12 00:56:00 | Oh I don't doubt that they're stupid. The backwards design of the web interface makes that glaringly obvious. But for my usage patterns I doubt the other problems will be any issue for me. As long as it's no worse than the ST536v6 it will work for me just fine. Anyway, it's "free" so can't complain. About the only 'advanced' thing I'm tempted to do with it is try out the media sharing functionality. I suspect that won't go down well though. If it does go down well it will probably be in flames. Hehe. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1347572 | 2013-07-12 01:07:00 | Take photos when it does, please? ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1347573 | 2013-07-12 01:20:00 | Getting back to the original question posed in this thread, I ended up getting this (www.netcommwireless.com). Installed it last night in about five minutes and it's working perfectly!! Now to see whether I can use my original Netgear extender to boost the signal, now that I have it upstairs, to the other end of the house.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1347574 | 2013-07-12 01:54:00 | You know you can get one of the Powerline models that also includes WiFi? Because you've already got powerline, you'd only have to buy one of them too! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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