can you have two internet providers in same house?

steve66 · 02-09-2021 09:58AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117833287#Comment_117833287

Hi. Yes, not sure what package exactly she got. But she does have the super wi fi thingie.

https://n.vodafone.ie/shop/broadband/super-wifi.html

i would guess she has this package

100Mb

Speed*

Part Fibre

Technology

Unlimited

Usage

12 month

Contract

€30p/m

for 12 months, then €55 thereafter.

steve66 · 02-09-2021 10:32AM

Yesterday, I went into some computer shops inquiring about powerline adapters, and wi fi adapters with an antennae.

One guy in a repair shop said an adapter with an antennae would not make any difference.

Nobody seemed to have a powerline adapter.

What was suggested was a router extender, and repeaters. Not sure if they are the same thing.

Current speed test

PING ms

10

DOWNLOAD Mbps

6.05

UPLOAD Mbps

9.33

At the moment I am happy at enough at least with streaming aspect

The Cush · 02-09-2021 07:18PM

Curry's have the powerline adapters

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing-accessories/networking/powerline/321_3076_30123_xx_xx/xx-criteria.html

dam099 · 02-09-2021 07:29PM

Are you sure she has Super WiFi? That's a meshed extender so if she had that there would be a Router (which you have noted plugs into the phone line) AND an extender somewhere too. Unless the house is large and/or has thick internal walls the WiFi should be better than you are reporting.

Given your WiFi looks odd (similar download/upload speed) even close to the router there seem to be a few possibilities here

Your desktop and/or WiFi dongle have terrible performance (though your prior better Virgin experience might suggest otherwise)
You are mistaken about the router plugging into a phone socket and it is fact 4G or similar
There is a fault with the internet connection that is limiting the download speed

Do you know what speed your landlord gets on her own equipment?

dam099 · 02-09-2021 07:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117837012#Comment_117837012

If the adapter is not your issue one with an antenna wont help but they can in some circumstances. I dont use WiFi on my PC day to day but I sometimes run InSSIDer to measure network strength around me for troubleshooting and my USB dongle with an antenna seems to get me up to 10db better signal than the built in Wifi so it most definitely is better.

steve66 · 04-09-2021 03:37PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117839352#Comment_117839352

Hi. No. I don't know what speed my landlord gets, but will try to find out

Yes, She has a super wifi booster. I know because the item is on top of as box saying super wifi booster.

There is an address on the back of the router, which i can't get into at the moment, because internet is so slow.

There is also a password for a gigabox. But I don#t know if that means she has gigabox.

Some information, which may be helpful

SSID: VODAFONE-84C0

Protocol: 802.11g

Security type: WPA2-Personal

Network band: 2.4 GHz

Network channel: 10

Link speed (Receive/Transmit): 36/36 (Mbps)

Description: TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter

Driver version: 1030.38.712.2019

steve66 · 05-09-2021 02:25AM

2.21 am/

PING ms

11

DOWNLOAD Mbps

8.48

UPLOAD Mbps

7.11

first time download faster than upload.

steve66 · 05-09-2021 11:45AM

Some updates.

(1) I found it's not a router, but a wifi hub.

So it's a wifi hub and a booster.

(2). So yesterday I was getting for the first time a better download speed than upload.

it looks like This happened by sheer fluke. There is work going on in the house. Someone had put a bag of tools in front of the wifi hub. I decided to put the hub at an angle so it was facing away from the tools. Later i checked the speed on speedtest, and that's when i saw the download speed at 11, and upload at 8. But obviously i was having issues before the bag of tools was there.

There is a wall which was just a few feet away which the hub and booster were pointing at. So been running speed test on and off within last two hours and getting an average speed of 7 to 8 Mbps.

But upload speed is still pretty close.

Sorry. I should have mentioned the wall before. But it never occured to me that might be the problem.

So hopefully the issue is solved.

Thanks again folks for the suggestions.

steve66 · 05-09-2021 11:52AM

Perhaps the reason I got an 11 before was because I was using a server not close to me. While using that server I was getting big differences in download speed ranging from 12 to 4.

When I changed to a server within my county, the results were less variable.

mct1 · 05-09-2021 12:18PM

If it's any help I bought this powerline adaptor from Amazon a couple of weeks ago: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0723C86CX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. It replaced a Netgear extender with antennae.

Our fibre speed should be 150, on wifi we usually get about 100. With the previous antennae extender I got 10-20 but had to keep reconnecting due to signal dropping out. With the powerline I get 50-70 and no signal dropping. Very pleased with it.

You connect one unit by ethernet cable to the router and plug it in near the router. You plug the other unit in in the area you'll be working. Here it works for quite a few rooms at the far end of the house. It wasn't cheap but the cheaper extenders just weren't satisfactory.

You decide if you think that could work for you.