Broadband Quality Trial - Page 14

dave6x · 12-08-2009, 14:32

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Originally Posted by Phil-ntl

Copy of Email received today:

Guess they are definately fully subscribed, at least for now. Will sit back and see if i'm called at a later date. Guess its no major loss if not lol

Phil

Snap!!!!

You got there before me, I was just going to post a similar reply as I got exactly the same email today!

alexcopeland · 12-08-2009, 14:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil-ntl

Copy of Email received today:

Guess they are definately fully subscribed, at least for now. Will sit back and see if i'm called at a later date. Guess its no major loss if not lol

Phil

Also have that in my inbox. Would like to have helped but will wait for now.

Matt-08 · 12-08-2009, 16:49

You're still in with a chance of winning a prize first time around if you applied but aren't accepted for the trial.

scrotnig · 12-08-2009, 17:20

I've just had that email too, which is fair enough, but if I'm not good enough first time I'm not good enough second time. If they do get people backing out, I don't want to know.

cnewton2k · 12-08-2009, 18:53

Well i got mine today and i am a little confused on how to connect it!

I was under the impression that it plugged into a spare ethernet port! But the instuctions say thast everything has to go through it!!

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Would it be possible to just to connect it to a spare port? I am running a D-Link DIR 655 and use the Gigabit lan and wouyld really want to go back to standard ethernet!

Cheers

Milambar · 12-08-2009, 20:30

The modem connects to your routers WAN port. Then connect the "devices" WAN port to one of your routers LAN ports. Then plug everything else into the "device's" LAN ports.

On a different note, the device I was sent has stopped working. It just sits there, not giving me a connection at all.

scrotnig · 12-08-2009, 21:59

There should be a means to opt out of this if you no longer want anything to do with it, but as far as I can see, there isn't.

I guess I should have read the details more carefully, but it doesn't matter. If they send me any equipment now they've wasted their time, I shan't connect it up.

**Paul** · 12-08-2009, 22:05

You really are so negative these days Mark. Chill out a bit

deathtrap3000 · 12-08-2009, 23:04

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Originally Posted by scrotnig

There should be a means to opt out of this if you no longer want anything to do with it, but as far as I can see, there isn't.

I guess I should have read the details more carefully, but it doesn't matter. If they send me any equipment now they've wasted their time, I shan't connect it up.

Just email them and say you dont want to take part anymore.

Then the router can go to someone who actually wants to take part.

TheDon · 13-08-2009, 00:21

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Originally Posted by Solventcandy

Would it be possible to just to connect it to a spare port? I am running a D-Link DIR 655 and use the Gigabit lan and wouyld really want to go back to standard ethernet!

Cheers

Nope, it needs everything to go through it as it has to monitor when your connection isn't in use.

The only way around it is the way I have it set up which is to use a 3rd router, and have modem -> router -> testing kit -> gigabit router -> everything else, that way everything internet based will go through the performance testing kit, but local traffic can still be on a gigabit network.

deathtrap3000 · 13-08-2009, 00:38

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Originally Posted by TheDon

Nope, it needs everything to go through it as it has to monitor when your connection isn't in use.

The only way around it is the way I have it set up which is to use a 3rd router, and have modem -> router -> testing kit -> gigabit router -> everything else, that way everything internet based will go through the performance testing kit, but local traffic can still be on a gigabit network.

or you can buy a cheap router and have it between the modem and the test kit.

modem -> cheap router -> test kit -> existing gigabit router

TheDon · 13-08-2009, 10:58

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Originally Posted by deathtrap3000

or you can buy a cheap router and have it between the modem and the test kit.

modem -> cheap router -> test kit -> existing gigabit router

Which is setting it up exactly how I've said?

deathtrap3000 · 13-08-2009, 11:13

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Originally Posted by TheDon

Which is setting it up exactly how I've said?

No its like I said.

TheDon · 13-08-2009, 14:04

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Originally Posted by deathtrap3000

No its like I said.

Your "or" consists of adding the words cheap, and existing, to what I wrote. I'm not seeing how that makes it an "or" which is an alternative, when you're saying exactly the same thing as I did?

cnewton2k · 13-08-2009, 16:52

so i cant have it

modem -----> Test Kit ----->Dlink Dir 655