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Hi All,
I'm fairly sure my current router (Netgear DGN2000) is giving up the ghost. Our household has several devices which are all regularly dropping wireless connection to it. Several restarts of the router get it going again but the problems are getting more and more frequent.
Anyhoo, I think it's time to look for a replacement.
I've seen the Linksys WRT1900AC which looks like a nice router but tbh there are so many choices out there that I may well be chucking good money at a spec I don't really need.
We're not really heavy data users although we do have SKY and fairly regularly use on-demand stuff. There are two laptops and a couple of mobiles too but there's no real need for anything other than to handle normal internet use.
Any advice from the more knowledgeable Freeolarers would be greatly appreciated.
JTD
I'm fairly sure my current router (Netgear DGN2000) is giving up the ghost. Our household has several devices which are all regularly dropping wireless connection to it. Several restarts of the router get it going again but the problems are getting more and more frequent.
Anyhoo, I think it's time to look for a replacement.
I've seen the Linksys WRT1900AC which looks like a nice router but tbh there are so many choices out there that I may well be chucking good money at a spec I don't really need.
We're not really heavy data users although we do have SKY and fairly regularly use on-demand stuff. There are two laptops and a couple of mobiles too but there's no real need for anything other than to handle normal internet use.
Any advice from the more knowledgeable Freeolarers would be greatly appreciated.
JTD
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Oh dear ... let's try the usual excuse ... it's the weather! ...
... sorry pete
... sorry pete
DL wrote:
Oh dear ... let's try the usual excuse ... it's the weather! ...
... sorry pete
Don't know what it is DL, seems very odd that was great for nearly a fortnight before going belly up again. Now starting to get the partial webpage loading issue again. There's obviously some issue lurking somewhere but I'm kind of resigning myself to the possibility that it may not be to be easily fixable (Captain Obvious I know!).
:(
Oh dear ... let's try the usual excuse ... it's the weather! ...
... sorry pete
Don't know what it is DL, seems very odd that was great for nearly a fortnight before going belly up again. Now starting to get the partial webpage loading issue again. There's obviously some issue lurking somewhere but I'm kind of resigning myself to the possibility that it may not be to be easily fixable (Captain Obvious I know!).
:(
pete_21 wrote:
Don't know what it is DL, seems very odd that was great for nearly a fortnight before going belly up again. Now starting to get the partial webpage loading issue again. There's obviously some issue lurking somewhere but I'm kind of resigning myself to the possibility that it may not be to be easily fixable (Captain Obvious I know!).
:(
This may be a 'daft' suggestion but it could be the DNS settings within your Network settings. As this article states, the settings can be automatic or manually entered. Personally, I enter them manually as given by Freeola. Your setup may be different.
Read this and ignore the Mac references ... it's all the same basically.
I could give you the Freeola DNS settings ... there are 2, but I won't here ;¬)
Don't know what it is DL, seems very odd that was great for nearly a fortnight before going belly up again. Now starting to get the partial webpage loading issue again. There's obviously some issue lurking somewhere but I'm kind of resigning myself to the possibility that it may not be to be easily fixable (Captain Obvious I know!).
:(
This may be a 'daft' suggestion but it could be the DNS settings within your Network settings. As this article states, the settings can be automatic or manually entered. Personally, I enter them manually as given by Freeola. Your setup may be different.
Read this and ignore the Mac references ... it's all the same basically.
I could give you the Freeola DNS settings ... there are 2, but I won't here ;¬)
DL wrote:
pete_21 wrote:
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Don't know what it is DL, seems very odd that was great for nearly a fortnight before going belly up again. Now starting to get the partial webpage loading issue again. There's obviously some issue lurking somewhere but I'm kind of resigning myself to the possibility that it may not be to be easily fixable (Captain Obvious I know!).
:(
This may be a 'daft' suggestion but it could be the DNS settings within your Network settings. As this article states, the settings can be automatic or manually entered. Personally, I enter them manually as given by Freeola. Your setup may be different.
Read this and ignore the Mac references ... it's all the same basically.
I could give you the Freeola DNS settings ... there are 2, but I won't here ;¬)[/i]
Nice idea, DL, but as discussed with Pete, this looks like something "physical" rather than a settings issue. It's certainly odd, and not easy to pin down, and we've been tracking this one for some time already.
pete_21 wrote:
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Don't know what it is DL, seems very odd that was great for nearly a fortnight before going belly up again. Now starting to get the partial webpage loading issue again. There's obviously some issue lurking somewhere but I'm kind of resigning myself to the possibility that it may not be to be easily fixable (Captain Obvious I know!).
:(
This may be a 'daft' suggestion but it could be the DNS settings within your Network settings. As this article states, the settings can be automatic or manually entered. Personally, I enter them manually as given by Freeola. Your setup may be different.
Read this and ignore the Mac references ... it's all the same basically.
I could give you the Freeola DNS settings ... there are 2, but I won't here ;¬)[/i]
Nice idea, DL, but as discussed with Pete, this looks like something "physical" rather than a settings issue. It's certainly odd, and not easy to pin down, and we've been tracking this one for some time already.
Connection seems stable now and useable but speed far from amazing, have I been put back onto ADSL 1?
'Download speedachieved during the test was - 5.82 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 2 Mbps-7.15 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 5.87 Mbps'
General web browsing and stuff is fine but some HD streaming is rubbish (keeps stopping and buffering). My other Freeola connection (same exchange) is about treble this speed.
Any news on Freeola's FTTC deals? (or due soon).
'Download speedachieved during the test was - 5.82 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 2 Mbps-7.15 Mbps.
IP Profile for your line is - 5.87 Mbps'
General web browsing and stuff is fine but some HD streaming is rubbish (keeps stopping and buffering). My other Freeola connection (same exchange) is about treble this speed.
Any news on Freeola's FTTC deals? (or due soon).
pete_21 wrote:
General web browsing and stuff is fine but some HD streaming is rubbish (keeps stopping and buffering).
My other Freeola connection (same exchange) is about treble this speed.
I'm no Einstein pete, but what is the difference between your two Freeola connections then ... apart from your connection speed? Are they in the same location or different for example?
General web browsing and stuff is fine but some HD streaming is rubbish (keeps stopping and buffering).
My other Freeola connection (same exchange) is about treble this speed.
I'm no Einstein pete, but what is the difference between your two Freeola connections then ... apart from your connection speed? Are they in the same location or different for example?
pete_21 wrote:
Connection seems stable now and useable but speed far from amazing, have I been put back onto ADSL 1?
No, you aren't on an ADSL(1) IP Profile .
Connection seems stable now and useable but speed far from amazing, have I been put back onto ADSL 1?
No, you aren't on an ADSL(1) IP Profile .
[s]Hmmm...[/s]
Cheers for the clarification Hmmm, suppose any adjustments that have been made are basically a balance between speed and stability? (looks as though the underlying cause is some kind of very hard to pinpoint intermittent BT issue). At least the connection seems stable at the moment which is something it has not been for quite a while.
DL, I have 2 Freeola connections, same exchange different buildings (less than a mile apart). My home connection now seems to have settled around 5 - 5.5 Mbs while my work connection is around 16.5 Mbs. Ideally if I could have got anything close to that I would be very happy (as it was for nearly a fortnight) but it doesn't look as though that's going to be easily achievable. As I mentioned for general web browsing and stuff it now seems fine but HD streaming isn't very good at all. On sites like YouTube where you can alter the quality settings you can get around it but others just keep stopping, buffering, video freezes but audio continues etc. I don't think my connection is fast enough to handle this kind of stuff TBH. I do have a plan but it involves rather a lot of these!
DL, I have 2 Freeola connections, same exchange different buildings (less than a mile apart). My home connection now seems to have settled around 5 - 5.5 Mbs while my work connection is around 16.5 Mbs. Ideally if I could have got anything close to that I would be very happy (as it was for nearly a fortnight) but it doesn't look as though that's going to be easily achievable. As I mentioned for general web browsing and stuff it now seems fine but HD streaming isn't very good at all. On sites like YouTube where you can alter the quality settings you can get around it but others just keep stopping, buffering, video freezes but audio continues etc. I don't think my connection is fast enough to handle this kind of stuff TBH. I do have a plan but it involves rather a lot of these!
pete_21 wrote:
DL, I have 2 Freeola connections, same exchange different buildings (less than a mile apart). My home connection now seems to have settled around 5 - 5.5 Mbs while my work connection is around 16.5 Mbs.
Are the two 'lines' the same age or is the work connection on an older line?
DL, I have 2 Freeola connections, same exchange different buildings (less than a mile apart). My home connection now seems to have settled around 5 - 5.5 Mbs while my work connection is around 16.5 Mbs.
Are the two 'lines' the same age or is the work connection on an older line?
Work connection is on a newer line but our exchange is apparently falling to bits. I have a couple of friends who work for BT and both reckon they need to invest in a new squadron of hamsters to keep it going! We do have FTTC in our area now, shame it's still so expensive (without getting tied up to a rubbish provider which I really don't want to do).
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