Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36092693)

It's not really very error tolerant yet. If you didn't put a space in, try with a space.

Originally Posted by Broken Hope (Post 36092541)

My brothers post code does now list 1 gig as available now so must have just taken a while to update the post codes on the checker.

Originally Posted by david_w2k (Post 36091122)

Is it likely taking time to show up on the website or could that mean it is not available yet on my local area?

Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 36091187)

If anything it is the other way round. Historically they have been very quick to update the website with new services and when you ring up to upgrade the call centres don't know anything about it and say it isn't available on their system.

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36092383)

It appears for me now. Just for the record, I'm on Nottingham (Basford)..

Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor (Post 36092787)

Ive just been on chat and the chap told me that Gig1 is not available in Nottingham.

Originally Posted by alanbjames (Post 36092730)

The same thing happens whether or not i use a space.

Originally Posted by Skie (Post 36092806)

Make sure you put your house number in the box too (or just 1). It starts at a high number and if it's invalid you'll get spinny wheels.

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36092845)

Ours was due Friday. Then text it would take 2-3 more business days. Then text it was on it's way Saturday. Arrived, switched over, took a while to boot up, connected, switched to modem mode and all working. Took old box to Yodel pickup site (news agent) on way into church on Sunday.


The new box may look OK but don't like the huge bright light that casts shadows in darkened room. At least they didn't make it magenta for modem mode.


Also shame they dropped the little card insert for the VM wifi password. Still I kept my internal network stuff running so that all just picked up fine.

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36092845)

Ours was due Friday. Then text it would take 2-3 more business days. Then text it was on it's way Saturday. Arrived, switched over, took a while to boot up, connected, switched to modem mode and all working. Took old box to Yodel pickup site (news agent) on way into church on Sunday.


The new box may look OK but don't like the huge bright light that casts shadows in darkened room. At least they didn't make it magenta for modem mode.


Also shame they dropped the little card insert for the VM wifi password. Still I kept my internal network stuff running so that all just picked up fine.

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36092845)

The new box may look OK but don't like the huge bright light that casts shadows in darkened room. At least they didn't make it magenta for modem mode.

Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36092845)

The new box may look OK but don't like the huge bright light that casts shadows in darkened room. At least they didn't make it magenta for modem mode.

Originally Posted by alanbjames (Post 36092831)

Same thing happens still.

Originally Posted by bbxxl (Post 36093249)

I’ve got an email “ We’re carrying out essential works to modernise and future-proof our network in your area on Tue 21 Sep. This should improve your connection so you can carry on enjoying the things you love most.”

I wonder if that is the 1Gig upgrade.

Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 36093450)

Don't get your hopes up. I have had two of those over the last 3 weeks and nothing has happened.

Originally Posted by alanbjames (Post 36093525)

How is Ozsat managing to get that kind of speed?

Originally Posted by ozsat (Post 36093533)

I use my own router for all my network stuff - but due to problems with the 360 on third-party routers I still have the SH4 in router mode.

I have two 1GB network connections in the PC - and by using both you can get to use more than the <1GB limit set on each SH4 Ethernet port.

I only did it to see I could do it and normally get around 940Mb/s download.

Originally Posted by alanbjames (Post 36093534)

How do u mean u have are using the 2 1GB connections?

I have a 1GB and a 2.5GB Connection, how can i use those both to bump my speed?

Originally Posted by alanbjames (Post 36093534)

How do u mean u have are using the 2 1GB connections?

I have a 1GB and a 2.5GB Connection, how can i use those both to bump my speed?

Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36093805)

Does anyone know roughly how long it takes for the system to update once the upgrades been done. my SH4 went offline for about 10 mins and when it came back on now connecting to 32 D3 and 1 D3.1 channel but online chat still saying max speed is M600

Originally Posted by ash45 (Post 36093805)

Does anyone know roughly how long it takes for the system to update once the upgrades been done. my SH4 went offline for about 10 mins and when it came back on now connecting to 32 D3 and 1 D3.1 channel but online chat still saying max speed is M600

Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36093810)

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36093868)

I think it was about 7 - 10 days after in my case.

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36092645)

That's not the issue, I've put it up here: https://cableforum.rtho.me/

It was just never really designed for public use and might not scale well.

Originally Posted by bbxxl (Post 36096305)

It was working but recently it just gives a bad gateway error. Is it gone for good? I was hoping it was just temporary.

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36096355)

Sorry, I didn't have it on autostart, back now.

However, https://bidb.msh100.uk/ is a newer, better implementation.

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36096262)

A load more releases today, including Colchester. Anyone know if Colchester is relevant to Ipswich at all? It's only down the road.

Originally Posted by sollp (Post 36096400)

Colchester is the main Headend, Ipswich is fed in part from Colchester

Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36096266)

I guess it's more likely to be something to do with this roll out :shrug:

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36096404)

You say in part, where else is Ipswich fed from?

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36096412)

Ipswich!

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36096434)

Ipswich has its own hubsite. As sollp says, the main headend is Colchester.

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36096447)

Where is the hubsite in Ipswich? Is it that big building on Russel Road?

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36096466)

I don't know. These things are best not publicised anyway.

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36096503)

not sure why it is better to shroud in mystery?

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36096466)

I don't know. These things are best not publicised anyway.

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36096537)

You wouldn't be very happy if your broadband went down because someone decided to relieve the hubsite of all its equipment.

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36096654)

The same could be said of BT exchanges, the locations of which are all public, but that doesnt really happen.

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36096654)

The same could be said of BT exchanges, the locations of which are all public, but that doesnt really happen.

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36096685)

https://www.theregister.com/2008/09/...yfair_robbery/
https://www.theregister.com/2008/12/12/bt_reward/
https://www.bognor.co.uk/news/cables...xchange-916653
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8856...lborough-raid/
https://www.huntspost.co.uk/lifestyl...-in-st-4932048

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36096692)

how many copper thefts has the secrecy policy prevented?

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 36096705)

Obviously that is unknowable. But conversely, what is the benefit of the locations being publicised? For BT, knowing the distance to the exchange is useful, but that's irrelevant for VM.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36096702)

Originally Posted by General Maximus (Post 36096866)

forget your tablet, it has put a scroll bar on my pc :p:

Originally Posted by trickytree (Post 36096976)

Got an email Thursday saying Bingham (Notts) now has the 1Gig.

I'm in contract for another 12 months and to be honest I think all my hardware would struggle to really make the most of it anyway.
If they decide the UO bundle becomes the norm then fair enough but not going to forking out anymore just now.
Nice to know it's there ready to go if my situation changes though

Originally Posted by wildfruit (Post 36097047)

Now available on the Basildon hub. Unfortunately I don’t want to pay an extra £32pm on top of the £79 oomph so it’s not available to me.
Bit steep. Wouldn’t budge. Just tried to sell me homeworks instead.

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36096682)

And, lets say someone did steal the hub site equipment.....

Who are they going to sell DOCSIS3.1 head end equipment to? ....Virgin?

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36096692)

Given that many VM sites are pretty obvious, and a load of offices that could well be hub sites? are listed on the website, how many copper thefts has the secrecy policy prevented?

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36097110)

I used to work in a building next door to the Nottingham site (it was still NTL then).

Amusingly, its still called "Diamond Plaza", from the days 20+ years ago when it started life as Diamond Cable.

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36097110)

I used to work in a building next door to the Nottingham site (it was still NTL then).

Amusingly, its still called "Diamond Plaza", from the days 20+ years ago when it started life as Diamond Cable.

Originally Posted by trickytree (Post 36096976)

Got an email Thursday saying Bingham (Notts) now has the 1Gig.

I'm in contract for another 12 months and to be honest I think all my hardware would struggle to really make the most of it anyway.
If they decide the UO bundle becomes the norm then fair enough but not going to forking out anymore just now.
Nice to know it's there ready to go if my situation changes though

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36058944)

The setup I have here assumes you have a router with a 10gigabit WAN, and a 10gbit mikrotik switch running RouterOS, I was kind of assuming people having such hardware would probably be able to follow!

Router is a UDM-Pro. https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/12.png
This has 2x 10gigabit SFP+ ports, 1 WAN and 1 LAN, as well as a gigabit WAN and 8 gigabit LAN. It also takes a hard drive for CCTV recording. It doesn't have wireless - I use dedicated APs for that. It is capable of routing 3.5GBit/sec with all the bells and whistles turned on, IPS/IDS etc, and about 8gbit with DPI but without IPS.

Switch is a Mikrotik CRS305-1G-4S+IN https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/13.png This is the cheapest switch they do with 10GbE that runs RouterOS rather than SwitchOS.

In essence what we are doing is taking the 10G WAN from the UDM Pro, splitting it into 2-3 1G links, and connecting that to the SH.

My setup I was splitting it into 2 1G links, as I only had 2 rj45 SFPs around. It looks like this:https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/14.png

The left port goes to the LAN side of the UDM, this is so that I can control, setup, and manage the switch while it is in use.

The next port is unused, if I had another SFP module, which is an "adaptor" like this: https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/15.png then it would go in here.

The next two ports have SFP modules in, these connect to the Superhub.

The final port has a 10GbE DAC cable in, this connects to the UDM Pro.https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/16.png

In the settings menu of the switch, I removed the ports I wanted to use for the "VM Bridge" from the default bridge.

I then created a new bonding group from the two ports with the rj45 SFPs in, making sure to disable ARP, in this image it was with ports 1+2 rather than 2+3 as in the image above:
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/17.png

I then created a new bridge, also disabling ARP:https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/18.png


I then added the interfaces I wanted to use on this bridge to it, namely the bonding group and 1 other SFP+ port, note that in this image I was using SFP+3 not 4 as in the photo of the switch above:https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/19.png


Crappy MSPaint drawing:https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2020/11/20.png


Stuff you would need to buy to completely replicate this:
Router, UDM-Pro https://linitx.com/product/ubiquiti-...-udm-pro/16313
Switch https://linitx.com/product/mikrotik-...1g-4s+in/15664
SFPs https://linitx.com/product/mikrotik-...r-module/14160
DAC cable https://linitx.com/product/ubiquiti-...dac-sfp+/16375
Example of wireless access points, I have a number of them in the house: https://linitx.com/product/ubiquiti-...njector)/14525

It is probably possible to do this with other hardware that I do not have to test and have never used but is cheaper, but obviously your mileage may vary.

Originally Posted by wesser (Post 36098441)

Can you confirm whether or not this VM port bonding is still working or not?
I have followed your guide but cannot get this to work.

I have the Mikrotik CRS 305 coonected to the SH4 which sems to connect fine, I can't however get an internet connect out to my Edgerouter 6. I know the ER6 does noy have 10G ports but this is my first step before I lay out more cash for a 10G replacement. I want to keep a Ubiquiti edgerouter as all of my existing network is Ubiquit Edge.
Could I possibly have a copy of your config?

Wes

Originally Posted by Night-Owl (Post 36098366)

Sorry to hear that CBers,

TBH I have never received less speed than the tier I was on. This time receiving 940mb because the router has not got a multigig port but that's purely because of that. I certainly would not be happy if I was receiving less as Virgin Broadband is not cheap, basically I am only paying as no one else can provide the speeds I am getting, if they could, I would switch instantly.

Definitely get onto Virgin, have you tried putting Virgin Router back to Router Mode and running cable direct from it, just to make sure the equipment in between is not causing the issue ?.

Best wishes

Originally Posted by wesser (Post 36098441)

Can you confirm whether or not this VM port bonding is still working or not?
I have followed your guide but cannot get this to work.

I have the Mikrotik CRS 305 coonected to the SH4 which sems to connect fine, I can't however get an internet connect out to my Edgerouter 6. I know the ER6 does noy have 10G ports but this is my first step before I lay out more cash for a 10G replacement. I want to keep a Ubiquiti edgerouter as all of my existing network is Ubiquit Edge.
Could I possibly have a copy of your config?

Wes

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36098452)

Try setting:

- The bridge protocol from RSTP to none
- The link monitoring on bond to none

Originally Posted by wesser (Post 36098455)

Thank You mate, you have hit the nail on the head.
I think I had already tried what you said but the thing I didn't do was reboot he modem between every setting change.

Wes

Originally Posted by Night-Owl (Post 36098474)

Hello All,

I am trying to find the most cost affective way of getting the full 1gb+ speed i.e 1175 Mbps to a computer with a 2gb port. So far I have multiple Poe switches etc but all only 1gb. I only need the 1175 speed to my computer as it's the only thing that can cope with it but if I have a few spare ports on a switch that are 2gb plus for future, all the better. I have a Orbi WiFi and the Hub 4. But obviously neither the Orbi or the Hub4 can give out over 1gb on one port. I was thinking of buying a Netgear Switch being the ms510tx-100eus that has multiple 2gb Ports, a few 1gb ports and a 10gb port with Aggregation. But I don't think adding this alone after the Hub4 in Router Mode or Modem mode would work because I am thinking the Router needs to be able to receive the full speed, aggregatate it and push it out to a switch or am I wrong ?. I e in theory could I put the Hub 4 in Router Mode, send 2 Ethernet cables from it to the Switch (ms510tx-100eus) and then from the switch, aggregate the 2 ports and send the full 1175mps to the computer on a 2gb Port with other ports on the switch going to my other Poe switches which I don't need over 1gb for ?, Thanks for any help you can give.

Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 36100536)

How did you place the order?

If you've done the Fibre and O2 SIM order at the same time then I would have though it would already be a Volt bundle meaning the included broadband tier is the uplifted one.

So I'm not convinced you'd get a further uplift to Gig1 - you should have been able to do that immediately as part of your order your area is now enabled.

Originally Posted by rtho782 (Post 36100894)

VM activated, seeing M500 config.

It seems like Volt is managed through the O2 side so trying to talk to them now.

Originally Posted by david_w2k (Post 36100897)

Yeah so originally I couldnt get my benefits to apply and a chat with O2 fixed this. Within a few days I got an email saying the benefits have been applied and I saw my double data etc. A few days after that I got a note from VM saying my Hub 4 was on the way (which was a nice surprise as even now you cannot order Gig1 in my area!).

The Hub 4 did initially have the 600 mbps config file (my previous one), after about 4 hours it randomly rebooted and was Gig1 was there (my impatient manual reboots made no difference)

Originally Posted by lonespeaker (Post 36097060)

Seems like virgin won't budge on the £111 for UO + gig1

Originally Posted by Treble3 (Post 36101150)

I managed £84.99 plus the 4K movies I was 11 months into A 18 month contract

Originally Posted by lonespeaker (Post 36101182)

Thats a great price. Did you do it over the phone or web chat?