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    #1292
    Deryk
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Deryk


    Decent Skin wrote: »
    A valid sales pitch re you (hopefully) being delighted with it, telling your neighbour and then reminding them that "there's only X slots left - ring soon!"

    Installer arriving here tomorrow, so hopefully the above will be ME! :)

    Let us know how you get on! I'm hopeful you'll be online as good as me! Highest speed test was 94!


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    #1293
    irishchris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭irishchris


    Deryk wrote: »
    Let us know how you get on! I'm hopeful you'll be online as good as me! Highest speed test was 94!

    Not sure if I already asked this so apologies if I did. What model router did they install - the white gemtek or black greenpacket?


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    #1294
    Deryk
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Deryk


    irishchris wrote: »
    Not sure if I already asked this so apologies if I did. What model router did they install - the white gemtek or black greenpacket?

    Mine is black, can't see greenpack written anywhere though! It's soooo tiny it's in the corner of my living room and I have a good size house, 6 bedrooms, laundry room, garage, and I get almost full reception at the farthest place, I'm really impressed.. Even out and about in the garden.. I wouldn't say it's even the length of my iPhone ( 6splus)


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    #1295
    Wing126
    Registered Users Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    @Deryk, upload your pictures to imgur and post the album like this http :/www. imgur. Com


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    #1296
    Wing126
    Registered Users Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    @Deryk, upload your pictures to imgur and post the album like this http :/www. imgur. Com


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    #1297
    df_h
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭df_h


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Does anybody know what the max length from the aerial to the box is? Could teh aerial be placed on a pole on the transmitter side of trees and the signal cabled from there to the box at the house?. What would the max length be in this case?.

    Secondly, is the phone point at the modem or can it be run to other parts of the house?

    30meters I read somewhere on greenpacket site


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    #1298
    irishchris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭irishchris


    df_h wrote: »
    30meters I read somewhere on greenpacket site

    It says that on green packet website but depends on installer. First would only go few meters as said couldn't go far with it.

    @deryk looks like you have the green packet router so and not gemtek.. Impressive results, keep us updated how it keeps performing and enjoy your new broadband experience!


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    #1299
    Wing126
    Registered Users Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    My installation has been delayed!


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    #1300
    Deryk
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Deryk


    Wing126 wrote: »
    My installation has been delayed!

    Nooooooo!! What happened ?


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    #1301
    Wing126
    Registered Users Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭Wing126


    Dunno. Asked the care rep on facebook and he said it was delayed and to call them for more information.


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    #1302
    jate3d9u1qxmwc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭jate3d9u1qxmwc


    Well a mast is going live in my area next month so thats good news!

    Just a few questions for anyone that has it, Being a gamer and doing alot of networking what is the average ping you guys get? (Peak times and Off-Peak) and would I be better off getting a new router (Asus / Netgear) instead of using the default provided one?


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    #1303
    robert muldoon
    Registered Users Posts: 728 ✭✭✭robert muldoon


    When people mention areas, could they be more specific and state WHAT area are they talking about


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    #1304
    morgana
    Registered Users Posts: 1,243 ✭✭✭morgana


    Desiree Melodic Dropout wrote: »
    Just a few questions for anyone that has it, Being a gamer and doing alot of networking what is the average ping you guys get? (Peak times and Off-Peak) and would I be better off getting a new router (Asus / Netgear) instead of using the default provided one?

    Pings to speed test pretty much averages at 25, ping to my main game's servers (Amsterdam) around 45 to 80, don't notice any difference peak/off-peak.
    I would first see how you get on with the supplied router and if you find you need better functionality then you can still get a better one. I am using the ASUS RT-N66U (which I already had), mainly because of its better wireless and NAS.


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    #1305
    Decent Skin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭Decent Skin


    Deryk wrote: »
    Let us know how you get on! I'm hopeful you'll be online as good as me! Highest speed test was 94!

    Out of luck - too many trees in the line of sight, even with a massive test pole added to the chimney :(


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    #1306
    gally
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭gally


    I have no view of the mast though it is only 1400 metres away.Two rows of very thickly leaved trees 30 metres from the house in line with the mast.I get between 35 and 60ish speeds ,lowest from teatime on.I used to have less than a meg down so this is brilliant.Mast is Mylane Cork. I would say you will be fine!


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    #1307
    Deryk
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Deryk


    Decent Skin wrote: »
    Out of luck - too many trees in the line of sight, even with a massive test pole added to the chimney :(

    Aww mate, I'm well sorry!


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    #1308
    Decent Skin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭Decent Skin


    Deryk wrote: »
    Aww mate, I'm well sorry!

    Not as much as I am!


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    #1309
    robert muldoon
    Registered Users Posts: 728 ✭✭✭robert muldoon


    Decent Skin wrote: »
    Out of luck - too many trees in the line of sight, even with a massive test pole added to the chimney :(

    This what I am afraid of, but won't get tested till end of August ( kilcullen mast)but at least I won't be surprised and elated if it works


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    #1310
    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    Decent Skin wrote: »
    Out of luck - too many trees in the line of sight, even with a massive test pole added to the chimney :(

    How far are you to the mast?


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    #1311
    Decent Skin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,284 ✭✭✭Decent Skin


    uncle_sam_ie wrote: »
    How far are you to the mast?

    Approx 13km as the crow flies.


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    #1312
    Deryk
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Deryk


    Decent Skin wrote: »
    Not as much as I am!

    I can only imagine! 😕


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    #1313
    Deryk
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Deryk


    Decent Skin wrote: »
    Approx 13km as the crow flies.

    Keep the faith I'm 17 kmtrees around my property, smallest gap between trees, it's not pointed that way, and it's topping out at 94, so you never know!!


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    #1314
    Dero
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Dero


    robert muldoon wrote: »
    This what I am afraid of, but won't get tested till end of August ( kilcullen mast)but at least I won't be surprised and elated if it works

    Same as myself. I have one big tree potentially in the way. I can see the mast through a gap in the branches, but as was alluded to earlier in the thread, it may not be enough...

    How far are you from the mast, and in which direction? I'm 5km due east of the mast, over near Suncroft.

    I currently have a 5.8Ghz connection to a mast 13km away (Ripplecom) which has become more and more blocked by trees over the last ten yers, but it still works, and bad as Ripplecom are, the actual connection to the AP always seems solid.


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    #1315
    Dero
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Dero


    Deryk wrote: »
    Keep the faith I'm 17 kmtrees around my property, smallest gap between trees, it's not pointed that way, and it's topping out at 94, so you never know!!

    So is the mast behind the trees? How dense are they, and is the antenna actually pointing through them?


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    #1316
    Pious14
    Registered Users Posts: 254 ✭✭Pious14


    Got installed today. Getting speeds of 30-40mb from wireless on my iPhone which I'm delighted with. So far so good!


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    #1317
    SpannerMonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭SpannerMonkey


    anyone have a picture of the box they install . how big is it ? does it look crap on the house ?


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    #1318
    Dero
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭Dero


    Does anybody know if Imagine use PPPoE for allocation of public IPs, or it is NAT with multiple customers sharing a public IP?

    I plan on getting a static address anyway, so it's more or less moot, but the network geek in me is just curious.

    presuming I actually get connected of course...


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    #1319
    editorsean
    Registered Users Posts: 777 ✭✭✭editorsean


    SpannerMonkey wrote: »
    anyone have a picture of the box they install . how big is it ? does it look crap on the house ?
    irishchris posted a few pictures of two types of antennas and routers they use a few pages back:

    The following is the one they install paired with the Greenpacket wn-600 router:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=100204149&postcount=679

    After he had problems the original installation, they replaced it with this antenna paired with a Gemtek wvrtr 126gn router:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=100332152&postcount=1006


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    #1320
    Deryk
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭Deryk


    Dero wrote: »
    So is the mast behind the trees? How dense are they, and is the antenna actually pointing through them?

    They are quite dense I can see through them, and they are taller then the house, it's a bungalow, and the antenna is on the chimney,, it's pointed at the house next door! Once boards lets me post pics I will


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    #1321
    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    Deryk wrote: »
    They are quite dense I can see through them, and they are taller then the house, it's a bungalow, and the antenna is on the chimney,, it's pointed at the house next door! Once boards lets me post pics I will

    Post the picture on this site, https://imgur.com/ then post the link here.


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