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Guide - Getting the most out of your high speed Virgin Media (UPC) 240mb/s service
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Redshoestoo wrote: »I read this in an article today posted on bonkers.ie
'Fibre optic cables are very delicate, however. They’re thinner than a human hair after all! They can’t be laid above ground or in shallow earth, where they’ll be at the mercy of the elements.'
It was in an article by Mark Whelen. Go to bonkers.ie and click on 'TV broad band and phone' his article is highlighted at the bottom of the page.
Oh dear ... you are taking technical advice from a price comparison website ... :rolleyes:
I don't know what Mark Whelan is - he might be a consumer expert, but he has very limited cabling knowledge. I will re-iterate - that Eircom have core network fibre optic cable strung along their poles to my local exchange from the next village (10KM away) and from there to the next village (12KM away) and all the way back to Tipperary Town. This is exposed to the harshest of elements and is only disconnected by falling trees.
In fact, please see attached photo of this cable as it reaches the exchange in my village ... OK the elements were nice on the day this photo was taken, but generally they are less than pleasant.
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This thread is really interesting.
I have been on 240mbps since it came out, and have been pretty chuffed with the performance. Down by the router my HTPC and NAS are hooked in via Ethernet and my HTPC fetches speeds just on the 240mb, which is brilliant considering its my main download manager etc.
however I've been getting tetchy with my main pc, which is running via power/homeplugs. Below is my latest speedtest.
To be honest I don't suffer lag or issues in games, which is my main purpose for my PC, but being the main Pc, I'm just greedy and want more.
The homeplugs are doing the best they can.
I'm in rented accommodation, and not sure if I can/should drill holes for Ethernet. Would be dead handy. Cable could go outside the house, up the back wall, into the room above, where my main PC is. I'd prefer to go out and in, rather then up through the ceiling, since god knows what cabling etc. is there.
But seeing people report on 200mb speeds over wifi is really impressive. Maybe to avoid hassle of cabling and drilling holes, I might look into this. What sort of outlay are we talking when it comes to buying the TPlink modem/router and then a wifi adaptor to harness the speeds in myPC?
To be honest I keep posting about this every so often, think I need to stop being lazy, and just cable the ****ing thing.0 -
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This thread is really interesting.
I have been on 240mbps since it came out, and have been pretty chuffed with the performance. Down by the router my HTPC and NAS are hooked in via Ethernet and my HTPC fetches speeds just on the 240mb, which is brilliant considering its my main download manager etc.
however I've been getting tetchy with my main pc, which is running via power/homeplugs. Below is my latest speedtest.
To be honest I don't suffer lag or issues in games, which is my main purpose for my PC, but being the main Pc, I'm just greedy and want more.
The homeplugs are doing the best they can.
I'm in rented accommodation, and not sure if I can/should drill holes for Ethernet. Would be dead handy. Cable could go outside the house, up the back wall, into the room above, where my main PC is. I'd prefer to go out and in, rather then up through the ceiling, since god knows what cabling etc. is there.
But seeing people report on 200mb speeds over wifi is really impressive. Maybe to avoid hassle of cabling and drilling holes, I might look into this. What sort of outlay are we talking when it comes to buying the TPlink modem/router and then a wifi adaptor to harness the speeds in myPC?
To be honest I keep posting about this every so often, think I need to stop being lazy, and just cable the ****ing thing.
Just get an Archer C7 or C8 and ac wireless card or USB adapter. Probably cost about 120 all in. If you get a USB adapter it's probably something you'll use for a long time to come, assuming the pc has Usb 3 ports.0 -
griffdaddy wrote: »Just get an Archer C7 or C8 and ac wireless card or USB adapter. Probably cost about 120 all in. If you get a USB adapter it's probably something you'll use for a long time to come, assuming the pc has Usb 3 ports.
Yeah I've a fair few USB 3 ports.
That would be a decent enough price to get consistent speeds of the sort others are talking. My house doesn't have overly thick walls. As is I get decent wifi speeds on my phone in the Pc room, so I'd say the PC could get good ones.
Going to tinker with the 5ghz speeds later see how it gets on. Will need to check devices though to ensure they are compatable.
Nexus 4 original release, Nexus 7 original release and an iPhone 5 are the wireless devices we use, along with a PS4 upstairs. The 5ghz thing sounds interesting, never bothered changing it as I only use wifi in the front room, where the router is itself.
My only concern with wifi as always, is potential drop outs and dropped signals.
I must also check what router I have from UPC provided, to see if its eligible for this messing
To be honest it sounds like the investment would pay off itself considering it would be my own router and wireless card, useable down the line also.
Just remember trying to solve an internet crisis with Eircom two years ago, I bought a Linksys WRT610N Dual N Band Wireless Router , wonder if that would be any use0 -
This thread is really interesting.
I have been on 240mbps since it came out, and have been pretty chuffed with the performance. Down by the router my HTPC and NAS are hooked in via Ethernet and my HTPC fetches speeds just on the 240mb, which is brilliant considering its my main download manager etc.
however I've been getting tetchy with my main pc, which is running via power/homeplugs. Below is my latest speedtest.
To be honest I don't suffer lag or issues in games, which is my main purpose for my PC, but being the main Pc, I'm just greedy and want more.
The homeplugs are doing the best they can.
I'm in rented accommodation, and not sure if I can/should drill holes for Ethernet. Would be dead handy. Cable could go outside the house, up the back wall, into the room above, where my main PC is. I'd prefer to go out and in, rather then up through the ceiling, since god knows what cabling etc. is there.
But seeing people report on 200mb speeds over wifi is really impressive. Maybe to avoid hassle of cabling and drilling holes, I might look into this. What sort of outlay are we talking when it comes to buying the TPlink modem/router and then a wifi adaptor to harness the speeds in myPC?
To be honest I keep posting about this every so often, think I need to stop being lazy, and just cable the ****ing thing.
Borrow or buy a network cable cat5e or greater
test using the network cable, if the speed is not much better over cable, you might have a problem with your ETH Nic, ; update drivers , Nic FW and Bios0 -
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Yeah I've a fair few USB 3 ports.
That would be a decent enough price to get consistent speeds of the sort others are talking. My house doesn't have overly thick walls. As is I get decent wifi speeds on my phone in the Pc room, so I'd say the PC could get good ones.
Going to tinker with the 5ghz speeds later see how it gets on. Will need to check devices though to ensure they are compatable.
Nexus 4 original release, Nexus 7 original release and an iPhone 5 are the wireless devices we use, along with a PS4 upstairs. The 5ghz thing sounds interesting, never bothered changing it as I only use wifi in the front room, where the router is itself.
My only concern with wifi as always, is potential drop outs and dropped signals.
I must also check what router I have from UPC provided, to see if its eligible for this messing To be honest it sounds like the investment would pay off itself considering it would be my own router and wireless card, useable down the line also.
Just remember trying to solve an internet crisis with Eircom two years ago, I bought a Linksys WRT610N Dual N Band Wireless Router , wonder if that would be any use
Keep an eye on ebay too, lots of ac routers there,
this went for stg 16
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231633852311?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT0 -
Keep an eye on ebay too, lots of ac routers there,
this went for stg 16
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231633852311?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Might try find someone who has a rake of cat5e or cat6, and just run the cable upstairs and see what speeds I get.
I guess ideally I'd like to stay cabled. Have a switch up by the main pc, where the homeplugs go into. If I can get a cable into that from downstairs, be cool to see what the speeds look like, and if it hits the 230+ like downstairs.
To find someone with 15-20metres of cable 0 -
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Might try find someone who has a rake of cat5e or cat6, and just run the cable upstairs and see what speeds I get.
I guess ideally I'd like to stay cabled. Have a switch up by the main pc, where the homeplugs go into. If I can get a cable into that from downstairs, be cool to see what the speeds look like, and if it hits the 230+ like downstairs.
To find someone with 15-20metres of cable
Lots of cable Ebay, get cat60 -
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`Hi Folks, re technicolor in bridge mode
Will this affect my LAN wired ports/ and/or the telephone port ?
I too have an Archer c8, and have yet to bridge it
Thanks
An Aside
For those that are using wired connections, I have noticed that the wired ports perform better on the Archer, than the UPc technicolor 7200 ;
Using a Minix X8 Android TV box (Nic is limited to 100mb) and cat 6 cabling 20metre cable run
direct to technicolor 7200, speedtest 65mb download average
direct to Archer c8, average 95mb 0 -
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