Superhub R36 Firmware Beta Test (was R35) - Page 19

Sirius · 19-06-2012, 22:41

OMG

Just done a speedtest using my wireless card to my shub set at 300 meg

I have had no dropped connections and no reboots

I am liking this very much

BenMcr · 19-06-2012, 23:30

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Yeah, what Kymmy said.

I presume it sets the Superhub back to the old default "selfishly violate wifi standards to benefit our own users to the detriment of customers of other, properly behaved ISPs" mode, aka force 300mbps.

I'm glad they finally admitted they got the whole 5Ghz has better range than 2.4Ghz thing the complete wrong way round...

I think OBSS bit is something to do with the 20Mhz/40Mhz detection.

I think if you enable OBSS it forces 40Mhz in 2.4GHz no matter what other routers are around

Although happy to be corrected if I'm talking nonsense

HamsterHam · 20-06-2012, 07:51

Woke up, did a speed test getting 0.5mbps. Looks like a restart is already needed.

Sirius · 20-06-2012, 07:56

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Originally Posted by HamsterHam

Woke up, did a speed test getting 0.5mbps. Looks like a restart is already needed.

I have the opposite still fine and dandy with no restart.

HamsterHam · 20-06-2012, 08:03

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Originally Posted by Sirius

I have the opposite still fine and dandy with no restart.

What router settings do you use?

Also do you think that is a router fault, and not a line fault?

Sirius · 20-06-2012, 09:15

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Originally Posted by HamsterHam

What router settings do you use?

Also do you think that is a router fault, and not a line fault?

I left all the settings at standard except to change to 300meg after the download the other night. I cannot tell if you have a line fault that would be best done by a tech. Has there been many reports of needing to reboot on the beta forums ?

thenry · 20-06-2012, 15:11

I've just asked this over on VM in the beta forum..

Could VM push for wifihotspots for VM customers using one of the guest networks?

with a cap of course so people can't kill a connection. and then the hotspot band itself is up to the owner of the SH. ????

BenMcr · 20-06-2012, 15:17

You won't get an answer - that's a product change, nothing to do with the R36 release

thenry · 20-06-2012, 15:21

ok fair enough but it is partly firmware related

seriously though it needs to be put high up on the list. BTs dominance in the area is silly. if properly implemented it'll surely just aid revenue for you with more customers looking to sign up with the added incentive?

kwikbreaks · 20-06-2012, 15:32

That in effect is what BT routers do but it would be a major firmware change. The "public" section needs to be tunnelled to the ISP so that the guest device can have a different IP so safeguarding you from any mischief the guest indulges in such as downloading kiddy fiddler pictures etc. etc. etc.

It won't happen anyway - last I heard of VM wide area WiFi there was some suggestion of putting hotspots on cabinets although how that could be achieved I really can't see as anything inside the cab would be screened and external would need planning permission and be subject to vandalism.

thenry · 20-06-2012, 15:33

spot on Kwik...

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Mark_Wilkin

We've not got any plans to do this with the Super Hub or any future hardware. I believe at the moment we're concentrating on things like the London Underground wifi network and also the possibility of using our cable cabinets to host wifi networks, but there's a lot of work to do there before we can make a decision on that one.

Thanks

boroboi · 20-06-2012, 19:09

Damnit, seeing those TBB graphs made me want to plug my superhub back in... i was curious but as expected it's been deactivated on my account

qasdfdsaq · 20-06-2012, 20:19

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Originally Posted by kwikbreaks

That in effect is what BT routers do but it would be a major firmware change. The "public" section needs to be tunnelled to the ISP so that the guest device can have a different IP so safeguarding you from any mischief the guest indulges in such as downloading kiddy fiddler pictures etc. etc. etc.

It won't happen anyway - last I heard of VM wide area WiFi there was some suggestion of putting hotspots on cabinets although how that could be achieved I really can't see as anything inside the cab would be screened and external would need planning permission and be subject to vandalism.

Not really a major change, the Superhub already supports separate guest networking as well as transparent (and not so transparent) tunnelling (though only presently implemented on the Business version)

That said BT's FON/Openzone on their Home Hubs is frequently broken and unusable.

As I mentioned elsewhere though, VM are using Alcatel-Lucent gear for their public (i.e. London underground) networks and not any crappy Netgear or Cisco junk.

Eeeps · 20-06-2012, 20:30

Can I make a request to someone from the beta test group please?

I use a none default subnet for my local network. This is 172.20.60.64/26. (Shub 172.20.60.65 mask 255.255.255.192)

When set like this the R30 has problems getting a WAN side IP address. All status indications are correct but no IP address is obtained.
At the moment I have to bounce it until it finally gets one (usually 10+ times).

Thanks,

Ian

HamsterHam · 20-06-2012, 21:43

My connection seems far more stable tonight then it did last night and this morning.

Let's hope it stays like this.