a new router required for eircom fibre bb? why?

swoofer

Apparently to switch from normal bb to fibre is not as simple as one would like in that if you opt for eircom say, a new router is required so bang goes my lovely expensive netgear dgn 3300, less than a year old, and also an eircom technician has to call to configure it.

So that inevitably will lead to more delays ie demand will outstrip supply.

Probably end of 2013 now.

frozenfrozen

Are you sure you won't be able to use that router? the person on the phone might have meant you'd need a replacement for one of the terrible OEM routers they supply. They wouldn't require a router change for no reason, and the technician will have to call out if you're getting fibre in unless you want to stick with copper wiring.

él statutorio

just plug your own router into the eircom one.

No reason why your own (properly configured) router wouldn't work though. Unless the router takes the fibre connection directly (not an RJ 45).

Actually, I've just looked at my router and it has a fibre only connection (I've got magnet fibre). In that case just do what I did and plug in your own router into theirs.

EoghanConway

Change in modem surely? ADSL -> VDSL

Perhaps the tech will advise in turning off dhcp/wifi etc on the modem so you can continue to use your existing router

Isn't Eircom's "fibre" service using VDSL2? That might explain it. It's certainly VDSL2 in Dundrum.

domeld

Hi All,

You have to change router to VDSL (eircom will supply one).
You can use your own router but new one need to have option to enable vlans on WAN interface.

John Dough

Yep VDSL2 in Lucan also.

Tried a UK fibre modem does not work in fibre socket which is RJ45 in UK strange

Freddy Smelly

EIRCOM EFIBRE is VDSL2 (VDSL only allows upto 38mb vdsl2 allows upto 70mb with no vectoring 100mb with vectoring)

if you use a 3rd party vdsl2 modem make sure it supports vectoring or you will be disconnected when eircom turn on vectoring

keep your own router

log onto your own router

setup wan settings like this

encapsulation PPPoE

PPP username: eircom@eircom.net
PPP password: broadband1

MTU: 1484



save settings

connect the router from wan port on netgear to lan port on f1000

log onto f1000 go to network settings > broadband > modify vdsl

change mode from routing to bridged

click apply

gramo

Hi

Im wondering if anyone has used the bridging option if you have the evision tv?
I have my own netgear 3800 dualband router that I want to use instead of eircoms one.

Any help is appreciated

ED E

Pretty sure you'll lose the multicast stream if you bridge it.

gramo

Kind of leaves me in a sticky situation.

Surely there is someone that has found a way around this?

ED E

Boot up wireshark and see what port its coming in on. Then try forwarding that to the broadcast address?

gramo

When I check the e-vision box there doesn't seem to be any section regarding network. Although the box is connected via cat5 to the router I cant find any network settings.

daffy_duc

I'm running in bridge mode with the evision box plugged into the eircom modem, no problems

As long as your evision box is still plugged directly into the eircom modem, you're fine. If you put it behind your own router, you'll have problems with the multicast.

gramo

Thats great, I'll try to bridge my mine this evening and test everything.

Thanks