50M : Superhub is nowhere near as bad as people say!

Originally Posted by Hugh

For instance, no one has ever stated that the superhub is perfect, just that they haven't had problems with theirs - this then gets twisted into a straw man argument, like in the post above.

I would like to install the SuperHub to get my speed up to the 30 Meg I am paying for as part of my package (currently 20Meg the limit of my Virgin Modem)

But as I use an Apple Time Capsule as my main Wireless device, I need the SuperHub to act just as a modem, I don't think this is possible at the moment is it

Hope I'm not off topic with this question

[TJS]

Originally Posted by kenoliver

I would like to install the SuperHub to get my speed up to the 30 Meg I am paying for as part of my package (currently 20Meg the limit of my Virgin Modem)

But as I use an Apple Time Capsule as my main Wireless device, I need the SuperHub to act just as a modem, I don't think this is possible at the moment is it

Hope I'm not off topic with this question

There is a new firmware on its way which allows this to be done! I will be doing the same thing when its out because at the moment i just have my time-capsule running separately alongside the super-hub for doing backups

the superhub should be fine for you to use up untill the new firmware update is out though


these are results that I just got over wireless to the super-hub; From a distance of about 20 feet

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Originally Posted by TJS

There is a new firmware on its way which allows this to be done! I will be doing the same thing when its out because at the moment i just have my time-capsule running separately alongside the super-hub for doing backups

the superhub should be fine for you to use up untill the new firmware update is out though


these are results that I just got over wireless to the super-hub; From a distance of about 20 feet

Nice speeds

Well I'll possibly wait till the update as I really like my TC as my wireless device

Nice to know an update is on the way though thanks for the info

[TJS]

Originally Posted by kenoliver

Nice speeds

Well I'll possibly wait till the update as I really like my TC as my wireless device

Nice to know an update is on the way though thanks for the info

No problem as far as i know it should be here in a month or so; so your wait shouldn't be too long!

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The new firmware has been "coming soon" since last November, so I wouldn't hold your breath.

[TJS]

[kwikbreaks]

Wake on Lan is working again just fine now that my old Superhub is acting as loft insulation.

[thewanted]

Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

Wake on Lan is working again just fine now that my old Superhub is acting as loft insulation.

Would you mind detailing how you did this, please? I'd like my PC to wake up when I RDP to it from work, but I definitely don't want to keep it running 24/7.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by thewanted

Would you mind detailing how you did this, please? I'd like my PC to wake up when I RDP to it from work, but I definitely don't want to keep it running 24/7.

Cheers.

Is it true that the power consumption of the Superhub is 17 watts 24/7, as this seems very high ?

My current ntl modem uses less than 1 watt 24/7

[kwikbreaks]

As the PSU is only rated at 18w (12v 1.5A) then I really doubt it uses 17w.

The modem and router need to be on. The machine needs to be wired using an ethernet adaptor that supports WoL. I use LogMeIn Free to remotely access my machines at home and that has a WoL function. It lists all the machines which have connected with the LogMeIn software on them set up for your account with the option to power up any that are off.

There are other ways to do this if you prefer to use different remote desktop software and google should give some answers on those.

With the Superhub and no piggyback modem WoL can be made to work on one machine by forwarding UDP port 9 to that machine's (fixed) IP. With something that works properly you should be able to wake any machine on your network that support the feature without any special router settings.

Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

As the PSU is only rated at 18w (12v 1.5A) then I really doubt it uses 17w.

The modem and router need to be on. The machine needs to be wired using an ethernet adaptor that supports WoL. I use LogMeIn Free to remotely access my machines at home and that has a WoL function. It lists all the machines which have connected with the LogMeIn software on them set up for your account with the option to power up any that are off.

There are other ways to do this if you prefer to use different remote desktop software and google should give some answers on those.

With the Superhub and no piggyback modem WoL can be made to work on one machine by forwarding UDP port 9 to that machine's (fixed) IP. With something that works properly you should be able to wake any machine on your network that support the feature without any special router settings.

Your right

just looked it up, (should have done that in the first place)


The spec says its 12.7 watts, not as bad as I thought, but still quite high

[TJS]

Originally Posted by kenoliver

Your right

just looked it up, (should have done that in the first place)


The spec says its 12.7 watts, not as bad as I thought, but still quite high

(12 * 24 * 30) / 1 000 = 8.64 kWh a month = £1.08 a month roughly to leave it on 24/7

Originally Posted by TJS

(12 * 24 * 30) / 1 000 = 8.64 kWh a month = £1.08 a month roughly to leave it on 24/7

Like it

Great Post Thanks

[TJS]

Originally Posted by kenoliver

Like it

Great Post Thanks

No problem

[kwikbreaks]

For the time being at least a very simple rule of thumb is that 1w 24x7 costs £1 a year.

The other thing to wonder about with the superhub is will its consumption fall much with WiFi off and what about modem mode.