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| Thread ID: 124084 | 2012-04-05 06:04:00 | Internet wireless dropping out | ianhnz (4263) | Press F1 |
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| 1268445 | 2012-04-07 22:31:00 | You want to talk about crap modem/routers, I've gone completely away from the netcomm NB6PLUS4WN's, over the last year I've seen so many fail and give problems its costing me money having to go back and replace them. I have had to return to customers houses to replace them within 3-4 months of installing, total failures or playing up in some manner, and they were purchased from different suppliers. Others have been ones the people have brought themselves. Some here think they are the "best there is" sorry but they are not. I've changed over to Netgear modem/Routers roughly 8-9 months ago and have not one single problem. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1268446 | 2012-04-07 23:00:00 | No, they're not, they're total ass. Stupid things like wifi dropping when you load too many devices on it or have encryption on. Have you tried content filtering on them? It make the throughput blow so hard you're literally better off with smoke signals. What about the general interface of them? Its horrible. No, just because you've setup 4 of them with "one or two devices attached" doesn't make it decent. Its like saying a knife is super sharp, yet all you cut is bread, not steak... no those devices are still absolutely crap! Telecom are not idiots, they are not going to supply a modem that is going to cause complaints and cost them time and money. They are fine for the average user who may only want to cut bread, not everyone wants to push their modem to extremes like you Chill |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 1268447 | 2012-04-08 05:13:00 | No I've spoken with reps who are at and who have left Telecom. They buy them because they're very, very cheap, easy to customize and mass-provision. They do NOT buy them for reliability. Disagree about the NB6Plus4Wn, that's fine, I know they're not perfect, however to say those Thomson routers are anything more than bottom of the rung is deceiving yourself. One to three devices and they'll "survive", but load up anything more and you're almost certain to have issues. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1268448 | 2012-04-08 06:13:00 | Disagree about the NB6Plus4Wn, that's fine Disagree if you want, :p but facts relating to failures speak more than someone saying they are better. And yep, nothing is perfect. Over the last year I have seen more Netcomms fail than any other brand with the exception of Belkins. keeping in mind, there are very few people who call to say everything is working perfectly and dont need you, its only when theres a problem they usually call. :D Try convincing some home users they need to spend a good deal more money to buy a better router when telecom supplies one for free - good luck on that ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1268449 | 2012-04-08 07:29:00 | Hey guys. I posted this on another site, a few days back and got the reply, below it. Yesterday morning I change the security from WPA+WPA2 to WPA2 and thus far, no drop outs. I just hope it's still security is still good as there are 11 wireless showing on my View available wireless networks. 5 are 5 bars and most 3 or 4 bars. My advice here, for wireless home network environment stay away from WPA2. I just changed back to WEP security for my home set-up, and man what a big difference it has made for my LAN. The lag I experienced communicating with my wireless tv has instantly dissapeared. I think lots of people unknowingly sacrificing a lot of network performance, using encryption only a bank really requires. My question is, Is it safe to use wpa and not wpa2 seeing as there are some many WiFi's around here? Thanks, Ian |
ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 1268450 | 2012-04-08 08:22:00 | General rule I use is , less/lower security is easier to crack if someone was trying hijack your connection. Mind you if there are any signals not secure and there are people who dont bother, then they would be the first targets, why waste time cracking someones wifi if theres one that open. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1268451 | 2012-04-08 08:30:00 | My advice here, for wireless home network environment stay away from WPA2. I just changed back to WEP security for my home set-up, and man what a big difference it has made for my LAN. The lag I experienced communicating with my wireless tv has instantly dissapeared. I think lots of people unknowingly sacrificing a lot of network performance, using encryption only a bank really requires. My question is, Is it safe to use wpa and not wpa2 seeing as there are some many WiFi's around here? Thanks, IanI have had the same issue after introducing sons android phone to my network. I also downgraded to wep, also hid the SSD, I figured that would at least stop someone that doesn't know what their are doing. |
plod (107) | ||
| 1268452 | 2012-04-08 09:22:00 | You could use this to check who is on your network at any time if you are worried: www.majorgeeks.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1268453 | 2012-04-08 09:24:00 | ... My advice here, for wireless home network environment stay away from WPA2. ... Ian I am using WPA2 here for my home network and it's working just FINE. :) Of course, it's Telecom's free Thomson. I actually bought the Netcomm (highly recommended by some members here), but sadly, due to its poor performance as compared to Thomson, I had to return the first one for a replacement but the replacement unit was no better; and finally I requested for a refund. Well, that's months ago. Have been using Telecom's free Thomson since then, and it's so far, so good - very good signal strength, very stable and excellent speed. Most importantly, it's FREE. However, have to admit that the user interface is bad, but after getting use to it, it's OK. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1268454 | 2012-04-09 01:04:00 | How many devices do you run off it bk T? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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