hifiandmtb
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If you talked to customer service, depending on your provider, since its their fault they can usually help you out with a discount off your bill.Alright, an update.
Had the tech come for a visit and it turns out others in the street have had issues too. Something near the node was failing, and now I'm connected to a node that's much closer.
They have installed a mini DSLAM (whatever the fuck that is, a new node?) in the street out the front of my house.
Now I have 75mbps down, 30mbps up over wifi.
Winning.
DSLAM is a DSL Access Mux used to group together the copper xDSL phone lines from your local area and pop them on a faster medium - usually fibre - upsteam backhaul to your RSP.They have installed a mini DSLAM (whatever the fuck that is, a new node?) in the street out the front of my house.
Now I have 75mbps down, 30mbps up over wifi.
Winning.
A DSLAM is like a big modem normally installed in the local telephone exchange connecting to the next layer in the network and so on until you get to the porn site you are surfing. The closer you are with a copper line connection to the DSLAM the faster your speed will be.I have no idea what you just said, but it sounds good!
As in this Pi-hole? https://pi-hole.net/Apologies to some of you in advance, this is going to get technical fast.
So I came home tonight to find out that Mum has plugged in the nbn box (a Sagemcom F@ST 5355). The interface is a little janky and it doesn't support custom DNS so I'm now considering rolling my own (seems like a better option than trying to flash it with something like OpenWRT). I'd like to run a Pi-Hole (ideally on the router but I'm also comfortable using a standalone Pi as DNS). I'd like to get my hands dirty, I'm not entirely sure where to start. I'm a software engineer by trade so as long as it's not like installing Arch I'll be fine.
Have you tried using the 2.4 instead of 5ghz? My understanding is that the signal distance is better with 2.4.Having two people working at home, plus kids means that our ISP-supplied modem isn't going to cut it. Also it doesn't send the signal far enough around the house.
Seems like the mesh wi-fi might be a good idea. But which one? Current modem covers most of the house, so assume I'll only need a two station setup not three?
We also have a couple of things that run on the 2.4g wi-fi, but with most stuff on 5g. Do the mesh units create both frequencies, or can I leave the existing wi-fi running at the same time just for those?
Not really to be honest, I wasn’t bothered by no wi-fi in the bedrooms before. I think I read that for good speed you want 5g so I never tested it. Worth a try though, cheers.Have you tried using the 2.4 instead of 5ghz? My understanding is that the signal distance is better with 2.4.
I added Netgear Orbi mesh works on both 2.4 and 5g (well the one I have does) and it's pretty much fixed all the dead spot issues and device number issues I had. Yeah I just have one main one and a satellite https://www.amazon.com.au/NetGear-AC2200-Tri-Band-Satellite-RBK330-100AUS/dp/B07CKFKV5SHaving two people working at home, plus kids means that our ISP-supplied modem isn't going to cut it. Also it doesn't send the signal far enough around the house.
Seems like the mesh wi-fi might be a good idea. But which one? Current modem covers most of the house, so assume I'll only need a two station setup not three?
We also have a couple of things that run on the 2.4g wi-fi, but with most stuff on 5g. Do the mesh units create both frequencies, or can I leave the existing wi-fi running at the same time just for those?