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| Thread ID: 138730 | 2015-01-13 23:16:00 | Fibre ready wireless Router recommendation | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 1392084 | 2015-01-21 02:31:00 | Oh sorry I misread your earlier message... I'd rather not risk it either way, personally :P |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1392085 | 2015-01-21 05:40:00 | Sorry, just correcting what I said earlier. WAN-side VLANs for UFB are still a thing, many ISP's use them if they're splitting Voice and the likes. Your ISP should be able to request your UFB connection without a WAN-side VLAN though so you can use practically any Wireless AP. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1392086 | 2015-01-21 06:55:00 | Not all ISPs will disable VLAN tagging. If you want to be safe, get one that supports it or ask your ISP first. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1392087 | 2015-01-21 08:06:00 | How do we request our ISP to disable VLAN tagging? We are with Spark. Anyone of you here has experience in it? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1392088 | 2015-01-21 08:45:00 | Ring them and ask. I'm pretty sure they wont. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1392089 | 2015-01-21 18:56:00 | What are the pros and cons of having VLAN tagging? | bk T (215) | ||
| 1392090 | 2015-01-21 20:16:00 | I've only seen it set during install, but I'm sure they *could* change it. Benefits of VLAN tagging: Your ISP can differentiate easily between X and Y traffic for prioritization , usually for Voice traffic Routers usually come with a couple of ports on them to plug an analog line into them Benefits of no VLAN tagging: Any Wireless AP that supports PPPoE will work, and there's TONs of them Those Wireless AP's usually support aftermarket firmware like OpenWRT / Gargoyle / Tomato etc Price is usually waaaaaaaaaaay cheaper Significant variations in features available from different models Faster implementation of newer standards, so if you wanted 802.11ac support right this minute then this is the way to go Even works with the likes of the Airport / Time Capsule |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1392091 | 2015-02-01 22:21:00 | Update: Just a little hassle with Spark last Friday and I got my FREE router from them without having to tie myself for another 12 months of contract. It arrived by courier this morning and it's a HG630B, will hook it up later today and see how it goes. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1392092 | 2015-02-02 03:36:00 | Update: Just a little hassle with Spark last Friday and I got my FREE router from them without having to tie myself for another 12 months of contract. It arrived by courier this morning and it's a HG630B, will hook it up later today and see how it goes. Plugged in one of those HG630B's last week, went perfectly, no setting up or anything. One thing that was a surprise, the internet connection wasn't meant to be on till the following day according to the txt the owner had received -- but Spark had activated it early-- Cant with with them, one minute its like pulling teeth, the next they are ahead of what they are meant to do ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1392093 | 2015-02-02 04:20:00 | We have just had UFB laid to the footpath boundary, do we have to get ISP to finish the rest, new modem/router etc. ?. Thanks, Lurking. |
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