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| Thread ID: 122700 | 2012-01-08 00:44:00 | Router/Modem Problem. | Poppa John (284) | Press F1 |
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| 1252887 | 2012-01-08 21:59:00 | Very unlikely to give any improvement as several TC Thomson modems I have used all give very good download speeds. Are you on ADSL2+? Check your sync speed within the modem - you don't appear to be very close to the exchange/cabinet or you have cabling problems. I get 14.5 Mbps down on a V7 Thompson modem. + 1 :thumbs: |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1252888 | 2012-01-08 22:11:00 | Yes, I am on ADSL2+. House cabling should be ok. The modem is connected to a splitter at the phone line entry point. Disconnecting the outlet to the phones doesn't make any difference. Can't check sync speed as I am on holiday in Wellington. In fact download speed where I am staying in Wellington is also only about 5.6Mbs. Would love 14.5Mbs. |
b.... (7683) | ||
| 1252889 | 2012-01-11 10:15:00 | Updating my previous post. I mentioned that I bought the Netcomm NB6Plus4W because it has a USB port to which I planned to connect our printer and share it on our 2-cptr network. Wrong! The USB port is for connecting a cptr not a printer and is for those who cannot use a standard ethernet cable connection. So avoid making the same mistake as I. From a PB Technology tech yesterday, the Netcomms ("made" in Australia) are robust and have the great advantage that the ones sold in NZ carry software tweaked specifically for the NZ scene. Apparently all or most other brands have "regional" software which is more generalised and less well adapted for NZ and makes them less easy to set up here. Maybe most people here know all this but this is for the benefit of any who don't. |
Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 1252890 | 2012-01-11 11:14:00 | Connection speed on Speedtest.net is 4.8-5.5Mbs. Doesn't seem to have changed with new modem. Sadly, thats about average for some areas around Chch. Some parts of Burnside, Bishopdale come to mind. Also some parts of North New Brighton down to Southshore are pretty slow. I have a client in Broomfield that has fibre to the door (house about 1 year old) and they are lower than that - not much better than dial-up last time I was over there. Yet some other parts are getting 16-18Mbs and even have one client that got over 21 when I installed their modem and ran a speedtest recently. |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1252891 | 2012-01-11 11:37:00 | I have a client in Broomfield that has fibre to the door (house about 1 year old) and they are lower than that - not much better than dial-up last time I was over there. That doesn't sound right. You might want to check what plan they are on. Just did a fibre setup and there was 2 to choose from, 30Mbps or 128k ! |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1252892 | 2012-01-11 19:09:00 | That doesn't sound right. You might want to check what plan they are on. Just did a fibre setup and there was 2 to choose from, 30Mbps or 128k !You're right, it doesn't sound right and its very frustrating when out there trying to update software etc. I seem to remember when I did a speedcheck out there it was only 0.68Mbps - as I said, not much better than dial-up. All those new sub-divisions seem to be tied into some sort of communications provider (phone, internet) such as Worldexchange (but in this case it isn't them) and the residents cant change to anyone else and have to put up with the crap (constant drop offs, low speed, etc) they are locked into. Hes complained at their service a 100 times and got nowhere. |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1252893 | 2012-01-13 03:38:00 | All sorted now thanks. With help from Chill. Spent the money I was saving to Lube, Oil & tune the car on a Netcomm instead. Only problem now is a wireless Epson TX550W printer that has to go to Warehouse Stationary Wanganui to go to Palmerston North to have the memory wiped to allow the new details of the Netcomm to be installed. This had to happen once before, dammit. Again........Thanks All. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1252894 | 2012-01-13 04:06:00 | Only problem now is a wireless Epson TX550W printer that has to go to Warehouse Stationary Wanganui to go to Palmerston North to have the memory wiped to allow the new details of the Netcomm to be installed. This had to happen once before, dammit. Wait... what? /me adds Epson printers to list of things never to buy. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1252895 | 2012-01-14 09:01:00 | Double ...what?? What is so special about this printer of yours that needs that treatment? I have never seen any wireless device that needed to know what it was connected to. TCP/IP is universal. | linw (53) | ||
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