[MUD_Wizard]

Originally Posted by Deathcrush87

so today, just this afternoon, our landlord came here and brought a new router with himself. apparently, he got to understand that superhub works better in modem mode.

Good news. Should sort out most of your problems (apart from any recurring VM network issues).

Originally Posted by Deathcrush87

so, we did setup the new router, and again the internet got disconnected every 5 minutes.
called VM and they said they will fix the issue by 8pm.

If anyone ever says that don't believe them. You undoubtedly spoke to the Indian offshore customer services who just make stuff up to get you off the phone.

Originally Posted by Deathcrush87

no more disconnections.
i also disconnected the Netgear Powerline and my own BT powerline. job done.
well, i still get lags in games, but its far better than what it was.

Finally!

Originally Posted by Deathcrush87

the router is:
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/d...cher-C20i.html

i know its not much, but apparently thats what our landlord was recommended about.

LOL. No, he just looked for the cheapest router in the high street. You got lucky getting a dual-band router for that price. Although you can't really call that an ac router as the speed of the 5ghz is barely better than 802.11n. You'll be lucky to get 10Mb more speed on 5ghz than on 2.4ghz at close range (when using the highest settings on both).

Still, it's got a USB port for sharing media and files! lol.

Originally Posted by Deathcrush87

he would not pay more than that i guess.
but the wifi coverage for everyone is really good now.

End-user experience is what matters. I'll consider this solved.

Just don't complain about not being able to get more than 75-85Mb on ethernet, as they're only 100Mb ethernet ports on the router!

Wifi should be faster.

Originally Posted by Deathcrush87

anyway, i tried to set up the BQM monitor, but it seems our new router does not respond to ICMP requests. what should i do now?

Don't think there is an option to respond to ICMP/pings, according to the manual.

Don't forget to set your DNS on your computer to something other than Virgin DNS (I use Google DNS).

Also you'll want to port forward or DMZ your PC for gaming.