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General Maximus · 19-02-2015, 19:00

What I am saying is that you should only be using one modem. The coax coming out of the wall sock should go into to the back of the ambit 256 and then your Linksys router should connect to the ambit 256.

I honestly believe that all the problems you are experiencing are attributed to the equipment you are using. I am all for "if it ain't broken don't fix it" but the stuff you are using is ancient in the networking world. VM basically don't want it used on their network anymore and like I said, will send you a shub2 for free and upgrade your connection at the same time. You don't need to be nervous about using something new, the shubs are easy to setup and work exactly the same as your Linksys router, the only difference is that it is an all-in-one box. The increased speed is neither here nor there and you won't have to do anything for it, VM send an update to the shub saying "you are now allowed to do 50mbits instead of 20".

To give you some perspective, I used to have the same Linksys router as you but I stopped using it back in 2006/7 and moved onto the next model because 50mbits came out and I actually had exactly the same modem and router which you are currently using and both of them has to be replaced so I could achieve the new higher speed. At the time I moved onto an Ambit 300 (may it rest in peace) and a Linksys wrt150n. So what you have got to think of is that the stuff you are currently using is 8 years old.

19-02-2015, 19:00	#8
General Maximus cf.mega poster Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lincoln Services: phone + 1gbit BB + SkyQ Posts: 11,021	Re: Connection drops in/drops out periodically What I am saying is that you should only be using one modem. The coax coming out of the wall sock should go into to the back of the ambit 256 and then your Linksys router should connect to the ambit 256. I honestly believe that all the problems you are experiencing are attributed to the equipment you are using. I am all for "if it ain't broken don't fix it" but the stuff you are using is ancient in the networking world. VM basically don't want it used on their network anymore and like I said, will send you a shub2 for free and upgrade your connection at the same time. You don't need to be nervous about using something new, the shubs are easy to setup and work exactly the same as your Linksys router, the only difference is that it is an all-in-one box. The increased speed is neither here nor there and you won't have to do anything for it, VM send an update to the shub saying "you are now allowed to do 50mbits instead of 20". To give you some perspective, I used to have the same Linksys router as you but I stopped using it back in 2006/7 and moved onto the next model because 50mbits came out and I actually had exactly the same modem and router which you are currently using and both of them has to be replaced so I could achieve the new higher speed. At the time I moved onto an Ambit 300 (may it rest in peace) and a Linksys wrt150n. So what you have got to think of is that the stuff you are currently using is 8 years old.