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Vodafone VDSL with F1000

  • 29-01-2015 6:55pm
    #1
    Cork981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 822 ✭✭✭


    Just a heads up for people using vodafone.

    I moved to vodafone a few months back from eircom efiber, happy with the service except for my wan IP being renewed every 24 hours. Not a huge problem only ~1 minute to renew but still annoying.

    A few days ago I decided to use my old f1000 which I set up using the vodafone@vodafone.ie PPPoE details. Since then I haven't had any renewal of my Wan IP.

    Also I've noticed a slight improvement on my upload speed using the f1000.

    I was always synced at 20mb getting ~18mb now I'm getting over 19mb. Only a minor improvement but better than nothing.

    I'm also thinking about unbranding the F1000


Comments

  • #2
    Zack Morris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭Zack Morris


    Which one has better WiFi?


  • #3
    Cork981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 822 ✭✭✭Cork981


    Zack Morris wrote: »
    Which one has better WiFi?

    F1000 definitely seems that bit better.


  • #4
    Paul Thomas Rowland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 121 ✭✭Paul Thomas Rowland


    Cork981 wrote: »
    F1000 definitely seems that bit better.

    Unlock the F1000, flash new firmware, set wifi Mode N only and you will have a very decent router.


  • #5
    Zack Morris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭Zack Morris


    Paul Thomas Rowland wrote: »
    Unlock the F1000, flash new firmware, set wifi Mode N only and you will have a very decent router.

    Does vectoring still work?

    Would that also work with the Vodafone router?


  • #6
    Dermot McDonnell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 224 ✭✭Dermot McDonnell


    Zack Morris wrote: »
    Does vectoring still work?

    Yes, the Zyxel VMG8324-B10a, aka F1000, supports G.Vector, ITU-T G.993.5.
    Would that also work with the Vodafone router?

    I believe so, it is reported on this forum post that the HG658c supports vectoring.


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  • #7
    Zack Morris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭Zack Morris


    Would I be able to use the HG658c with Sky?


  • #8
    Mc Love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    I have a Wireless N router I was using before VF supplied their own Huawei one - could it still be used instead? Might test it later to see.


  • #9
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    Zack Morris wrote: »
    Would I be able to use the HG658c with Sky?

    If you have your sky login details yes, they don't give them out though, you'll have to extract it from the sky router.


  • #10
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    Mc Love wrote: »
    I have a Wireless N router I was using before VF supplied their own Huawei one - could it still be used instead? Might test it later to see.

    Is it the old one that doesn't support VDSL?


  • #11
    Zack Morris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭Zack Morris


    mass_debater wrote: »
    If you have your sky login details yes, they don't give them out though, you'll have to extract it from the sky router.

    Yeah, I know about all that, it just that the router doesn't let you enter the username or password.


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  • #12
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    Zack Morris wrote: »
    Yeah, I know about all that, it just that the router doesn't let you enter the username or password.

    You'll need to change from the Vodafone firmware, it's come up here before


  • #13
    Zack Morris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭Zack Morris


    mass_debater wrote: »
    You'll need to change from the Vodafone firmware, it's come up here before

    Yeah, I was thinking about flashing it with the O2 firmware but I was worried about vectoring not working. I really don't want to be stuck with the Sky hub piece of junk.


  • #14
    wheresmybeaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭wheresmybeaver


    Hypothetical question here, I'm currently with Vodafone for fibre and I use their modem in bridge mode with a Netgear router.

    If I were to change over to sky or eircom fibre (thanks to vodafones decision to enforce their 300gb fup) I assume I would only need to change the username and password in the Netgear router and I could carry on without having to figure out how to bridge the sky / eircom router?


  • #15
    mass_debater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,072 ✭✭✭mass_debater


    wheresmybeaver wrote: »
    Hypothetical question here, I'm currently with Vodafone for fibre and I use their modem in bridge mode with a Netgear router.

    If I were to change over to sky or eircom fibre (thanks to vodafones decision to enforce their 300gb fup) I assume I would only need to change the username and password in the Netgear router and I could carry on without having to figure out how to bridge the sky / eircom router?

    For Eircom yes, but not for sky as sky have unique username and password, you'd need to extract that from the hub they send you as they don't give it out


  • #16
    Zack Morris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭Zack Morris


    Zack Morris wrote: »
    Yeah, I was thinking about flashing it with the O2 firmware but I was worried about vectoring not working. I really don't want to be stuck with the Sky hub piece of junk.

    So I flashed it last night and vectoring still works. The username and password are no longer greyed-out, so it should be ready for use with Sky should I switch over.


  • #17
    Langer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭Langer


    just wondered did you ever set it up with Sky? i have an unlocked F1000 and can't seem though to get it over the line even though i have extracted sky user/password from Sky Hub.


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