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New UPC 100mb Thomson TWG870UIR Router

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  • #102
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    dMaN24 wrote: »
    Are there any differences between adsl and cable-routers? This is apparently for dsl.
    there are differences between adsl routers and regular routers, but the WNR2000 should work fine with your UPC broadband.

    try this:

    1. reset the router to the default settings.
    2. turn off the cable modem and unplug the ethernet cable
    3. wait for 5 mins
    4. turn on the cable modem only and do NOT plug any ethernet cables in
    5. wait until all the lights are up on the cable modem and it's connected to the net
    6. connect the router to the cable modem via the WAN port on the router (usually a different colour from the rest).
    7. you should now be able to (hopefully) get public IP from UPC on the router and it will show up in the router status when you log in to the router.

    if not, you might want to consider starting your own thread about it. ;)


  • #103
    ger101
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭ger101


    So I got this router last week and have noticed today that I can't connect my iPhone and PSP to the network. ANyone know what's going on?

    My PS3, 360 and my brother's laptop are connected to it, btw, so why can't I connect my PSP and iPhone?

    Edit: Is Megaupload extremely slow for anyone else? When I had Eircom's crappy internet MU was always mad slow for me, so I've gotten used to that. But I assume with 80-90MB download speed (I have UPC's 100MB package), the damn site would be 10x faster! What's the deal with that?


  • #104
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    my iphone connects to the wireless network but does not load pages


  • #105
    banchang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭banchang


    PrzemoF wrote: »
    Did you switch the router to 5GHz? (default is 2.4Ghz)

    Why change from 2.4 to 5 ?

    5 better ?


  • #106
    Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭Thor


    banchang wrote: »
    Why change from 2.4 to 5 ?

    5 better ?

    If your wireless device supports 5GHz then yes it would be better, The fact is that 2.4GHz gets extremely crowded with my neighbours WiFi. So i use 5GHz which no else is using. Thing is for me, I really only use WiFi for my phone(Which supports 5GHz), Everything else is uses cable. So really it only comes down to if your devices supports it or not. If one doesn't then you can't use it as that device won't be able to connect anymore. Mainly because this isn't a dual band router. Only single band. It can only do one at a time either 2.4GHz or 5GHz


  • #107
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    the other option is to do what i did and buy a dual band, dual radio router that can do both 2.4 and 5Ghz at the same time and completely turn off the wireless on your thompson router, but obviously then you've got an extra box to worry about, but i do find the inconvenience of that is worth it to have all the extra features i can now have with a router of my own choosing.

    that and that i can't get a strong stable signal on 2.4Ghz because of all my neighbours. :(


  • #108
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    Thor wrote: »
    If your wireless device supports 5GHz then yes it would be better, The fact is that 2.4GHz gets extremely crowded with my neighbours WiFi. So i use 5GHz which no else is using. Thing is for me, I really only use WiFi for my phone(Which supports 5GHz), Everything else is uses cable. So really it only comes down to if your devices supports it or not. If one doesn't then you can't use it as that device won't be able to connect anymore. Mainly because this isn't a dual band router. Only single band. It can only do one at a time either 2.4GHz or 5GHz

    I'm all good now too. I've connected the airport extreme to one of the lan ports on the thomson, turned off dhcp and wireless on the thomson and now duel band wireless via airport extreme and also NAS drives connected to it./


  • #109
    Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭Thor


    EurasianBadger wrote: »
    I'm all good now too. I've connected the airport extreme to one of the lan ports on the thomson, turned off dhcp and wireless on the thomson and now duel band wireless via airport extreme and also NAS drives connected to it./

    Make sure to turn on DMZ on the thomson modem and point it to the Airport extreme router.

    That way the net will be completely open to the airport router and you wont have to worry about the Thomson interfering with ports and stuff!!


  • #110
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    Thor wrote: »
    Make sure to turn on DMZ on the thomson modem and point it to the Airport extreme router.

    That way the net will be completely open to the airport router and you wont have to worry about the Thomson interfering with ports and stuff!!

    The thomson will only allow DMZ on IP in range 192.168.0.XXX. My airport is 10.80.10.01


  • #111
    Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭Thor


    EurasianBadger wrote: »
    The thomson will only allow DMZ on IP in range 192.168.0.XXX. My airport is 10.80.10.01

    You should be able to give the Airport router a static ip address between those ranges and then simply enter the same one into the thomson modem with DMZ.


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  • #112
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    Thor wrote: »
    You should be able to give the Airport router a static ip address between those ranges and then simply enter the same one into the thomson modem with DMZ.

    another issue I have when I remove the airport. If I assign a ststic IP to any of my computers they can't access and they drop off the IP table on the Thomson until I return to regular DHCP


  • #113
    Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭Thor


    EurasianBadger wrote: »
    another issue I have when I remove the airport. If I assign a ststic IP to any of my computers they can't access and they drop off the IP table on the Thomson until I return to regular DHCP

    That's why most people just use the Thomson as a modem by using DMZ. It basically means you wont have to go near it again for any reason.

    Once you have DMZ active on the airport router, Then you can route all traffic to it and have all your computers directly connected to it via cable or wireless.

    The Thomson router to say the least is terrible and the fact they don't allow bridge mode is beyond me!!

    DMZ is the only option if you want to use a second router correctly and not have the Thomson interfere with it.


  • #114
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    Thor wrote: »
    That's why most people just use the Thomson as a modem by using DMZ. It basically means you wont have to go near it again for any reason.

    Once you have DMZ active on the airport router, Then you can route all traffic to it and have all your computers directly connected to it via cable or wireless.

    The Thomson router to say the least is terrible and the fact they don't allow bridge mode is beyond me!!

    DMZ is the only option if you want to use a second router correctly and not have the Thomson interfere with it.

    The thomson seems to give out IP starting at 192.168.0.11. Can I assign the airport extreme 192.168.0.2 or does it have to be after 192.168.0.11?


  • #115
    Thor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭Thor


    EurasianBadger wrote: »
    The thomson seems to give out IP starting at 192.168.0.11. Can I assign the airport extreme 192.168.0.2 or does it have to be after 192.168.0.11?

    192.168.0.2 is fine.


  • #116
    valdigre
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭valdigre


    Hi guys,

    I am on 50 megabit cable and have the Thomson modem/router.

    It currently says, that it's firmware version is "STB9.01.30".

    From what you are saying, it is not the latest version but not the oldest one as well?

    Do you all have Portbase PassThrough disabled, even on latest firmwares?

    And by the way, My Linksys e4200 is possible to configure according to this tutorial http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=71665694&postcount=452 only in "bridge mode". It means, it will act as a dumb access point and the routing is done by thomson.

    Any ideas what can be done about that?


  • #117
    ger101
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭ger101


    ger101 wrote: »
    So I got this router last week and have noticed today that I can't connect my iPhone and PSP to the network. ANyone know what's going on?

    My PS3, 360 and my brother's laptop are connected to it, btw, so why can't I connect my PSP and iPhone?

    Edit: Is Megaupload extremely slow for anyone else? When I had Eircom's crappy internet MU was always mad slow for me, so I've gotten used to that. But I assume with 80-90MB download speed (I have UPC's 100MB package), the damn site would be 10x faster! What's the deal with that?
    Can someone please help me with this? Also, how come port forwarding doesn't work?


  • #118
    carbsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,083 ✭✭✭carbsy


    EurasianBadger wrote: »
    The thomson will only allow DMZ on IP in range 192.168.0.XXX. My airport is 10.80.10.01

    The Thompson will allow any DMZ host that is in the same LAN subnet as itself.It's not limited to 192.168.0.0/24.For instance, my Thompson has a LAN IP of 192.168.80.1 and my DD-WRT router is in the Thompson's DMZ zone @ 192.168.80.2.

    You could change the Thompson's LAN IP to anything in the 10.80.10.0/24 subnet and then you will able to add the WAN port of your Airport device in it's DMZ.


  • #119
    banchang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭banchang


    Just switched from eircom to UPC 100MG fibre power broadband, & got the Thomson TWG870 router from UPC to support the 100mg.

    I find the wireless range around the house much poorer than that achieved with the eircom Netopia 2247NWG, with 2 laptops no more than 5 metres away (albeit through some doors/walls) not getting the good signal previously achieved with the Netopia - nothing else has changed.

    Firstly, has anyone else experienced this with the Thomson, & is there anything I should be tweaking to optimise reach ?

    Secondly, is there a way to use the Netopia 2247NWG as a wireless extender, not connected by ethernet to the Thomson ie sitting remotely in the house ? (I would like to see if I can make this work before spending any money on powerline homeplugs etc.)

    Links/advice welcome.


  • #120
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    banchang wrote: »
    I find the wireless range around the house much poorer than that achieved with the eircom Netopia 2247NWG, with 2 laptops no more than 5 metres away (albeit through some doors/walls) not getting the good signal previously achieved with the Netopia - nothing else has changed.

    Firstly, has anyone else experienced this with the Thomson, & is there anything I should be tweaking to optimise reach ?
    Actually me too, compared with my old SA modem and Airport Extreme router.


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  • #121
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    ger101 wrote: »
    So I got this router last week and have noticed today that I can't connect my iPhone and PSP to the network. ANyone know what's going on?

    My PS3, 360 and my brother's laptop are connected to it, btw, so why can't I connect my PSP and iPhone?

    Edit: Is Megaupload extremely slow for anyone else? When I had Eircom's crappy internet MU was always mad slow for me, so I've gotten used to that. But I assume with 80-90MB download speed (I have UPC's 100MB package), the damn site would be 10x faster! What's the deal with that?

    There's no reason why the iphone and PSP shouldn't connect. If everything else does, then they should too. UPC throttles Megaupload, and have done for a long time. That's not going to change, and there's not a lot you can do. Connecting through a VPN should get by it.
    ger101 wrote: »
    Can someone please help me with this? Also, how come port forwarding doesn't work?

    Port forwarding does work. Perhaps you haven't set it up properly.


  • #122
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    jor el wrote: »
    There's no reason why the iphone and PSP shouldn't connect. If everything else does, then they should too. UPC throttles Megaupload, and have done for a long time. That's not going to change, and there's not a lot you can do. Connecting through a VPN should get by it.



    Port forwarding does work. Perhaps you haven't set it up properly.

    Is the 5Ghz turned on for the wireless? If so switch it back to 2.4Ghz and the iPhone should see it


  • #123
    ger101
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭ger101


    jor el wrote: »
    There's no reason why the iphone and PSP shouldn't connect. If everything else does, then they should too.
    Well I've been trying to get them to connect for the past few days and they're not connecting at all. My PSP says that the 'Key information exchange' timed out and the iPhone just fails to connect.
    jor el wrote: »
    UPC throttles Megaupload, and have done for a long time. That's not going to change, and there's not a lot you can do. Connecting through a VPN should get by it.
    Ah, I see. That's pretty annoying. What's VPN?
    jor el wrote: »
    Port forwarding does work. Perhaps you haven't set it up properly.
    I have set it up properly. I'm trying to connect to my PS3 (Which is giving me NAT Type 2) as I want to get NAT Type 1 because I can't join friends online (Disregard what others say. You cannot connect to others with NAT Type 2).

    Here's a pic:
    Untitled-1-2.jpg


  • #124
    paddyk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭paddyk


    ger101 wrote: »
    Well I've been trying to get them to connect for the past few days and they're not connecting at all. My PSP says that the 'Key information exchange' timed out and the iPhone just fails to connect.


    Ah, I see. That's pretty annoying. What's VPN?


    I have set it up properly. I'm trying to connect to my PS3 (Which is giving me NAT Type 2) as I want to get NAT Type 1 because I can't join friends online (Disregard what others say. You cannot connect to others with NAT Type 2).

    Here's a pic:
    Untitled-1-2.jpg

    Ger in that pic, up thed top where it says Known Rule adder, Put in the IP address of your PS3, thats all I did for Xbox and WoWser NAT was open.

    You have given your PS3 a Static IP address? Or is it completely different to xbox live.


  • #125
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,214 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Have UPC enabled modem bridge mode yet?

    I'm reluctant to move to 50 Mbps if it involves letting go of my EPC2203 which just works.


  • #126
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    Has anyone managed to get remote web access to work on the thomson router.

    I changed the default username and password and enabled remote access but when i try to connect via my public ip 46.x.x.x:8080 it prompts me for my login details , when i enter my logins it doesnt let me in.


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  • #127
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    Jonathan wrote: »
    Have UPC enabled modem bridge mode yet?

    I'm reluctant to move to 50 Mbps if it involves letting go of my EPC2203 which just works.
    i was the same, but i couldn't resist the idea of 100mbps & phone for less than the price of 30mbps & phone. :)

    no bridge mode just yet, but there's a guide on here somewhere on setting it up to work in more or less the same way as bridge mode by putting your own router in the DMZ of the thompson and it works fine (so far, touch wood) with my linksys E3000 running tomato.

    the only downside is that the thompson is fecking huge by comparison to the little EPC2203. i have heard a rumour of either an impending update to allow bridge mode OR a standalone modem like the EPC2203, but it is just rumours so far.


  • #128
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,214 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    vibe666 wrote: »
    the only downside is that the thompson is fecking huge by comparison to the little EPC2203. i have heard a rumour of either an impending update to allow bridge mode OR a standalone modem like the EPC2203, but it is just rumours so far.
    Oooh. I like the sound of that. Did you hear that from a technician?

    If moving to 50 Mbps, do they make you change to the TWG870UIR or if you ask them nicely, will they let you stick with your EPC2203 knowing you are unlikely to ever get 50 Mbps?


  • #129
    Geckolimus
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭Geckolimus


    Jonathan wrote: »
    Oooh. I like the sound of that. Did you hear that from a technician?

    If moving to 50 Mbps, do they make you change to the TWG870UIR or if you ask them nicely, will they let you stick with your EPC2203 knowing you are unlikely to ever get 50 Mbps?

    Hi, upgraded mine to 50Mb and yes, they say the old modem is not compatible with the improved speeds and you will need to get the router installed. That said the router seems to perform quite well compared to my previous D-Link Duo Streamer router which costed like 200 euros previously. No complaints so far, but I don't do too much port forwarding so the limited port options doesn't affect me that much.

    Regards
    Gecko


  • #130
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,214 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Geckolimus wrote: »
    Hi, upgraded mine to 50Mb and yes, they say the old modem is not compatible with the improved speeds and you will need to get the router installed. That said the router seems to perform quite well compared to my previous D-Link Duo Streamer router which costed like 200 euros previously. No complaints so far, but I don't do too much port forwarding so the limited port options doesn't affect me that much.
    I think I'll leave it. I've got a WNDR3700 running my own versions of OpenWrt trunk which is working great. The last thing I want is not being able to access my network because some crap UPC router has crashed, reset itself and lost its DMZ or portforwarding information. :)


  • #131
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    Jonathan wrote: »
    Oooh. I like the sound of that. Did you hear that from a technician?

    If moving to 50 Mbps, do they make you change to the TWG870UIR or if you ask them nicely, will they let you stick with your EPC2203 knowing you are unlikely to ever get 50 Mbps?
    the epc2203 won't get you faster than 30mbps on the download. i know it's supposed to be technically capable of more, but people who've done the self install have only seen the upload speed increase before they put their new routers in, the download speed stayed the same at 30mbps more or less.
    Jonathan wrote: »
    I think I'll leave it. I've got a WNDR3700 running my own versions of OpenWrt trunk which is working great. The last thing I want is not being able to access my network because some crap UPC router has crashed, reset itself and lost its DMZ or portforwarding information. :)
    i'm running a linksys e3000 on a modified build of tomato v1.28 and haven't had any issues so far.

    a few people have said that the thompson can overheat, but although it runs pretty warm, i haven't had any issues so far (touch wood).


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  • #132
    digitaldr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,513 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    vibe666 wrote: »
    i'm running a linksys e3000 on a modified build of tomato v1.28 and haven't had any issues so far.

    a few people have said that the thompson can overheat, but although it runs pretty warm, i haven't had any issues so far (touch wood).

    I'm thinking of upgrading to 50 megs but will probably hold out until the cap increases to 500 gigs. Do you see any difference in speeds using the Thompson alone versus your Linksys? I currently have a wrt54g running Tomato wireless range is very good - any idea how your e3000 would compare?

    Also curious to know if you have turned off wireless on your Thompson - I'm thinking that doing so might prevent overheating/instability.


  • #133
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    digitaldr wrote: »
    I'm thinking of upgrading to 50 megs but will probably hold out until the cap increases to 500 gigs. Do you see any difference in speeds using the Thompson alone versus your Linksys? I currently have a wrt54g running Tomato wireless range is very good - any idea how your e3000 would compare?

    Also curious to know if you have turned off wireless on your Thompson - I'm thinking that doing so might prevent overheating/instability.
    i was already using the e3000 with my old 30mbps UPC and the sci. atlanta epc2203 standalone modem (and a wrt54gs also with tomato before that) so the first thing i did when i got the 100mbps was turn everything off on the thompson and plug in the e3000 to get myself back up and running again right away.

    once you have the static WAN IP of your router in the DMZ of the thompson, all you need to do is turn off all the wireless etc. on it and you're sorted. it's quite possible that having everything turned off is keeping mine cool, but i couldn't honestly say. all i know is it takes up about 3 times the space of the old scientific atlanta modem and is essentially doing the same job. :(


  • #134
    digitaldr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,513 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    Hopefully they'll be offering a wired modem for 50meg when I upgrade in September although I seriously doubt it! How do you find the e3000's range compared to the wrt54g? I read somewhere that it's not as good because of the internal antennae.


  • #135
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    2.4ghz wasn't exactly stellar at the outer reaches of my house, but i mostly use 5ghz (one of the reasons i got it in the first place, thanks to neighbourhood wifi interference) and the signal seems to be strong enough.


  • #136
    digitaldr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,513 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    I'll probably see how the WRT54g goes when I upgrade as I do almost all of my downloading on a wired connection.


  • #137
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    digitaldr wrote: »
    I'll probably see how the WRT54g goes when I upgrade as I do almost all of my downloading on a wired connection.
    me too, but i was already using gigabit switches on my LAN to speed up the local traffic and it was at a point where the e3000 was running tomato stably, so it seemed like a good time to upgrade the router as well.


  • #138
    ger101
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭ger101


    Still haven't been able to get my iPhone and PSP to connect to the router. Does anyone have any idea as to why they're not connecting? I know for a fact that it's the router because both the iPhone and the PSP could connect to the router I had when I used Eircom with no problems.
    paddyk wrote: »
    Ger in that pic, up thed top where it says Known Rule adder, Put in the IP address of your PS3, thats all I did for Xbox and WoWser NAT was open.

    You have given your PS3 a Static IP address? Or is it completely different to xbox live.
    Tried that and I'm still getting NAT Type 2. Yeah, I gave the PS3 a static IP.

    EDIT: God, I'm STUPID!!!! So goddamn stupid! Turns out that the feckin password is case sensitive!! The iPhone and PSP are now connected. Still need to get NAT Type 1 on the PS3, though.

    BTW, does the router have a dynamic IP?


  • #139
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    You won't get Nat type 1 over the upc network with a ps3...it doesn't use pppoe which is the only way to get Nat type 1.
    You don't actually need Nat type 1 as type 2 works perfectly for all games .


  • #140
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    other network?

    since i got this router a new network appeared named other network
    it has full signal rate so i believe it to be coming from the router.

    anybody know about this


  • #141
    Mech1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,116 ✭✭✭Mech1


    same "other network" here.


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  • #142
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    yes it seems to be a hidden network set up on the thompson which can only be disabled by disabling all wifi.

    it was raised as a concern in austria (and i believe NL too and others) when the router first came out there and they modded their firmware to disable it, although i don't think it has been done here for some reason.

    http://www.norman.com/security_center/blog/righard_zwienenberg/129786/en


  • #143
    ger101
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭ger101


    demanufactured wrote: »
    You won't get Nat type 1 over the upc network with a ps3...it doesn't use pppoe which is the only way to get Nat type 1.
    Can you not set that up on the router, no? I think I've seen that in the settings...
    demanufactured wrote: »
    You don't actually need Nat type 1 as type 2 works perfectly for all games .
    No, it doesn't. I can't join my friends games and they can't join mine. I've had the same problem with Eircom's ZxYEL router as well as the router I had before that one and those two had NAT Type 2.


  • #144
    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    NO you can't set it up as UPC is DOCSIS rather than dsl/pppoe

    Your not going to get Nat type 1

    I have no problem joining any of my.friends games or me joining them on ps3


  • #145
    ger101
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭ger101


    demanufactured wrote: »
    NO you can't set it up as UPC is DOCSIS rather than dsl/pppoe

    Your not going to get Nat type 1
    Ah, that sucks!

    demanufactured wrote: »
    I have no problem joining any of my.friends games or me joining them on ps3
    What settings are you using for the router?


  • #146
    dunworth1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    ok i think i have gotten a faulty one.

    my speed over wireless is gone to ****e since i git this. (not even going over 1.2mb download speed)

    but i can get max speed wired.

    i am going to hook up my old dlink dir-615 tomorrow and see how that goes.


  • #147
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    ok i think i have gotten a faulty one.

    my speed over wireless is gone to ****e since i git this. (not even going over 1.2mb download speed)

    but i can get max speed wired.

    i am going to hook up my old dlink dir-615 tomorrow and see how that goes.

    perhaps there is a lot of interference on the 2.4Ghz frequency locally. Try the 5Ghz band.

    Also I don't think iphones work on the 5Ghz band and the Thompson does not do duel bands


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    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    ger101 wrote: »
    Ah, that sucks!



    What settings are you using for the router?

    Im not using any special settings for the ps3 at all...Using DHCP instead of a static ip.

    What you could try if your having problems is give your ps3 a static ip and put it in the dmz of the router,see if that lets you join games and such..


  • #149
    ger101
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭ger101


    I've run into another problem: The phone won't work. I have the broadband/phone package and the guy who installed the stuff said I just had to plug the phone into the phone socket on the router and it would work. Well I did that and it didn't work - no dial tone and can't get any calls.

    Anyone know what's going on? I have a feeling there's more to it than just plugging the thing into the phone socket.
    demanufactured wrote: »
    Im not using any special settings for the ps3 at all...Using DHCP instead of a static ip.

    What you could try if your having problems is give your ps3 a static ip and put it in the dmz of the router,see if that lets you join games and such..
    Okay, I'll give that a try and see if it works.


  • #150
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    ger101 wrote: »
    I've run into another problem: The phone won't work. I have the broadband/phone package and the guy who installed the stuff said I just had to plug the phone into the phone socket on the router and it would work. Well I did that and it didn't work - no dial tone and can't get any calls.

    Anyone know what's going on? I have a feeling there's more to it than just plugging the thing into the phone socket.


    Okay, I'll give that a try and see if it works.
    what sort of phone are you using, did you get one from them or is it your own?

    if it's a really old dect wireless one it might not work (mine, which were about 7-8 years old didn't). i was told that it was something to do with them not being compatible with a digital phoneline, although i never had it confirmed. upc gave me 2 newer (but not very good) dect phones and they worked fine just by plugging the main one into the modem, so i've just been using them ever since.


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  • #151
    BulliteShot
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭BulliteShot


    It seems most of the time when my laptop starts up, the router knocks crashes and restarts itself. Sometimes it does it twice in a row :confused: My desktop PC doesn't seem to crash it at all.

    Edit: There doesn't seem to be a way to upgrade the router... fail.


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