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Post by petea on Jul 13, 2024 6:57:23 GMT
In the house in the UK, full fibre is only available at the moment through BT. I prefer Zen and so have a fibre to the cabinet service and use 2 lines each which run at about 65 Mb/s down and 21 Mb/s up. The firewall device handles object addressing and so for the most part streaming is on one connection and everything else is on the other although various VPNs are split across them. In Germany we use Telekom Magenta for phones and internet. They do offer 250 Mb/s, but we use the 100 Mb/s service which gives just over 100 Mb/s down and about 45 Mb/s up with no data caps. This also includes the 3 phones ‘lines’ (IP telephony) and is bundled with 2 mobile contracts and various unlimited call / data tariffs.
Speed doesn’t restrict anything for us at all really and certainly not streaming services. When Ina was still working we were both able to be on online video meetings with no issues at all and still have theVPN connections running at full speed.
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Post by bencat on Jul 13, 2024 13:12:37 GMT
I may be wrong so apologies if it is the case Virgin Media also has direct fibre and they use the old cable and wireless backbone which is separate from BT.
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Post by Fro on Jul 13, 2024 14:00:23 GMT
One of the things I did to get the cleanest signal from the UVerse fiber optic modem from the wall and router, was replace the standard "wall-wart" power supplies with the Zero Zone linear power supply.  |
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Post by Fro on Jul 16, 2024 18:33:07 GMT
Expanded view where the Internet comes into my house (office), before the signal is routed to my TV/Audio Room.  |
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Post by mattspl on Jul 16, 2024 20:38:34 GMT
Expanded view where the Internet comes into my house (office), before the signal is routed to my TV/Audio Room. What are the various plug in devices in the wall socket and on the power strip? |
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Post by Fro on Jul 16, 2024 21:06:02 GMT
Plug in are the Shunyata Defender on the Venom power strip, and an ElectraClear EAU2 AC Harmonic Resonator on the outlet.
Thanks!
Gregg
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Post by mattspl on Jul 16, 2024 21:11:58 GMT
Thanks Gregg, I’ll have a look into them.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jul 19, 2024 9:54:02 GMT
TP Link extenderSeems a no brainer for the price or will it cause mains nasties ? I already have a years old TP Link extender which I assume is not MESH
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Post by NigelB on Jul 19, 2024 21:42:36 GMT
Download around 320mbps
Upload around 70mbps
Full fibre allegedly!
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 2, 2024 15:16:03 GMT
Real weather yesterday evening.
Torrential rain and huge winds.
Amazon Firestick unaffected. Laptop fine
Glitching so music listening not possible via Rendu
Ok. Rain in the works or similar - only affecting the Rendu...
All good this morning.
Until around 1pm. All working then no internet from anything
TP-Link router looks good, has all lights.
Nobody home ?
Being a master techie I turned the router off, wait then back on
Couple of minutes later everything connected including the Rendu with no other actions needed
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 10, 2024 9:30:02 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Sept 10, 2024 9:50:27 GMT
If you're going with mesh, you need to plan it for coverage around the house. You will need at least three for mesh to work properly as it transfers data over different routes (backhaul). The master one plugs into the router and you disable the router's own wi-fi. You position them for maximum coverage. Each one is powered from a plug-in charger.
We have 5 discs and it all works very well. Take a look at TP-Link Deco or BT Wholehome. I wouldn't trust Google to maintain support for anything.
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 10, 2024 14:31:45 GMT
Thanks
Mesh seems to be the least technical with least maintenance
Only need one area covered and unlikely to need more
Could I get away with two, one in the router and one remote ?
If I had three where would I put the third ?
Does it improve the signal so that even Apple kit will see wifi ?
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 10, 2024 18:26:30 GMT
Sonos speakers use their own mesh network (can't be used for general internet traffic of course).
Only one requires a wired Lan connection to the router and off they go.
The coverage is pretty good.
You can also create corridors i.e positioned in a line just reaching each other then have them bloom out to for example cover a 2nd building.
Pretty neat.
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Post by Clive on Sept 10, 2024 19:18:38 GMT
Thanks Mesh seems to be the least technical with least maintenance Only need one area covered and unlikely to need more Could I get away with two, one in the router and one remote ? If I had three where would I put the third ? Does it improve the signal so that even Apple kit will see wifi ? IME Apple devices don’t like the security of some routers which might be what you’re experiencing. I often have to restart the WiFi on my iPhone to connect to our WiFi. |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 10, 2024 20:07:15 GMT
Apple devices are a complete PITA with wi-fi as they try to either take over and gobble up all the bandwidth or refuse to connect.
Saying that, the two steps, both with iPhones and one with a Mac, get on fine with our BT mesh.
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 11, 2024 7:37:11 GMT
TP Link seem to be rated by most and in the frame for coming here
Which one to pick ?
There are so many that seem virtually the same
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Post by MartinT on Sept 11, 2024 7:39:52 GMT
Two do not make a mesh. Buy a kit of three and then it will benefit from backhaul.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 15, 2024 14:43:36 GMT
Mesh coming but puzzled on the spread of prices even on TP Link
Seen the spec's, understand some
All I think I want is a 3 box set up for wifi
Two band seems a good idea
Don't think I need fast ports in the Mesh boxes or super duper speeds
Have I missed anything or do I fork out around £100 confidently ?
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