50M 100mb in Lincoln - Page 2

keepitretro · 07-11-2011, 18:22

Just did my upgrade over the phone and kept my trusty vmng300 modem and dir-615 router, was up and running in 2 minutes getting speeds of 101mb (wired)....

Happy days....

General Maximus · 07-11-2011, 19:20

ffs, I have just rang up and told them that I wanted to keep my current modem and I didn't want the superhub and the woman said "the engineer still needs to come out to install the services" and the earliest one can come out is 23rd November. What a joke. I am going to ring them back up.

keepitretro · 07-11-2011, 19:27

To be fair i did have to ring up twice, before i got thru to someone who said it was ok to keep my existing setup, and not have a tech come round.

beasty54 · 07-11-2011, 19:32

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

ffs, I have just rang up and told them that I wanted to keep my current modem and I didn't want the superhub and the woman said "the engineer still needs to come out to install the services" and the earliest one can come out is 23rd November. What a joke. I am going to ring them back up.

Keep trying mate, i was expecting to have to argue to be honest but i didn't even have to ask twice.

General Maximus · 07-11-2011, 19:32

my patience for the rest of the year has just ran out. I actually managed to get through to somebody in England but she said that an engineer had to come out so he can make sure I get the speed and make any neccessary adjustments bla bla bla so I have got to wait till the 23rd. The only good thing about the conversation was that she said (without me even mentioning it) that I don't have to have the superhub and it is optional. Thank god for them recording the phone calls

I can see myself being royally screwed when the engineer gets here but I am not going to put up with any crap, especially as I am having to wait 2 weeks for him to come round anyway. I don't understand why they have to make things so hard, they could bang down the config file now and save the hassel and time of sending the engineer round.

beasty54 · 07-11-2011, 19:35

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

my patience for the rest of the year has just ran out. I actually managed to get through to somebody in England but she said that an engineer had to come out so he can make sure I get the speed and make any neccessary adjustments bla bla bla so I have got to wait till the 23rd. The only good thing about the conversation was that she said (without me even mentioning it) that I don't have to have the superhub and it is optional. Thank god for them recording the phone calls

I'd be getting well ****ed off by now, the fact that they are clearly upgrading others within minutes and then making you wait for a couple of weeks

General Maximus · 07-11-2011, 19:52

tell me about it, she said that the only way people would have been upgraded straight away are people who have had 30mbit or 50mbit installed over the last 2 weeks and engineer had already been out to check the signal levels. Where are Masque and Nopanic when you need them

beasty54 · 07-11-2011, 20:20

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

tell me about it, she said that the only way people would have been upgraded straight away are people who have had 30mbit or 50mbit installed over the last 2 weeks and engineer had already been out to check the signal levels. Where are Masque and Nopanic when you need them

Actually i have had an engineer out about my TV in the last couple of weeks, he did check ALL power levels so that could well be why

Ignitionnet · 07-11-2011, 20:25

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Originally Posted by keepitretro

Just did my upgrade over the phone and kept my trusty vmng300 modem and dir-615 router, was up and running in 2 minutes getting speeds of 101mb (wired)....

Happy days....

Given the DIR-615 only has 100Mb ethernet ports well played!

General Maximus · 07-11-2011, 20:34

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Originally Posted by beasty54

Actually i have had an engineer out about my TV in the last couple of weeks, he did check ALL power levels so that could well be why

bum

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Given the DIR-615 only has 100Mb ethernet ports well played!

that is what i am worried about. I think I am going to have to get a new router but I am reluctant to buy one if I am not going to need it. I am half expecting to have an arguement with the engineer about the superhub and telling them to cancel it.

beasty54 · 07-11-2011, 20:46

I'm wondering what i should do once my superhub turns up, i'm using the DIR615 with DD-WRT firmware and while its worked perfect up to now, the 100mb connection is possibly slightly too much for it.

General Maximus · 07-11-2011, 20:53

well give it a go and see what happens, I am thinking the same about my linksys wrt 150n. Even if i get near 100mbit through my router I know it is going to be pushing it to the limit so I am going to get myself a Linksys E2000. It looks the bees knees and it has got 4 gigabit ports on it

Ignitionnet · 07-11-2011, 20:54

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Originally Posted by beasty54

I'm wondering what i should do once my superhub turns up, i'm using the DIR615 with DD-WRT firmware and while its worked perfect up to now, the 100mb connection is possibly slightly too much for it.

No possibly about it, you won't get full performance out of it, not possible.

Unsure how close it'll come to it with DD-WRT, probably some throughput reports on their website.

Get a better router, stick the Pooperhub in bridge mode and you're good to go. I have no complaints about the hideous beast in bridge, it's been flawlessly well behaved since June.

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Originally Posted by General Maximus

well give it a go and see what happens, I am thinking the same about my linksys wrt 150n. Even if i get near 100mbit through my router I know it is going to be pushing it to the limit so I am going to get myself a Linksys E2000. It looks the bees knees and it has got 4 gigabit ports on it

I got an E4200 General, it's good for more than the 8 channels in my Superhub - over 600Mbit. Not such an issue for you on the VMNG300 - you'll be forced to take a Superhub if you want to upgrade to 200Mb when it is released.

beasty54 · 07-11-2011, 20:59

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

No possibly about it, you won't get full performance out of it, not possible.

Unsure how close it'll come to it with DD-WRT, probably some throughput reports on their website.

Yeah i understand that but so far i've been hitting 95-97mb down and if the superhub is still as bad as it was on day one, that tiny bit of loss is worth it.
IF i give the superhub a go, i'm assuming i wont just be able to swap back to my current modem will i?

keepitretro · 07-11-2011, 21:03

Iv'e got a dir-615 with dd-wrt, get about 65mbs, on wi-fi.

And about 70mbs via 200mbs home plugs, but get 101mbs wired.

Using about 20 meters of cat5 from the bedroom down the side of the house and through the living room window,

Untill i can get my modem/router moved upstairs, having a tech come in a few weeks to put me another point in.