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New ISP - and wtf is Mesh WiFi
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Rorschach
Didnt pay $250 for this custom title
For those interested, Leaptel have been really good. Great connection, 100mbps as advertised on FTTP.
They put me on a 100mbps DSL line while the FTTP was installed - which turned out to be later the same week despite them telling me that it would be a while to sort out - and haven't charged me for the 4 days of DSL I was on. Highly recommend.
The eero mesh wifi has been great. Gateway is in the garage and another one in the middle of the house. Seamless transfer between nodes and everything is running really well. Can set-up profiles and block apps etc. for profiles. Works really well.
They put me on a 100mbps DSL line while the FTTP was installed - which turned out to be later the same week despite them telling me that it would be a while to sort out - and haven't charged me for the 4 days of DSL I was on. Highly recommend.
The eero mesh wifi has been great. Gateway is in the garage and another one in the middle of the house. Seamless transfer between nodes and everything is running really well. Can set-up profiles and block apps etc. for profiles. Works really well.
Some weird and annoying internet issues led me to changing to a different plan (off the 5g modem and back to hard wired into the house). Turns out it might not have been that as the issues remained, and I’ve traced the problem to the Google Nest WiFi mesh thing.
Ditching that the new modem I’ve been suppled does a good job, but I’m keen to get the signal strong and robust through the house.
What’s the latest and greatest in WiFi mesh boosters or whatever?
Nothing too techy, or it’ll be about as reliable as the Rotorburn server…
As a bonus option, I wouldn’t mind having a separate network for the kids that I can restrict in some way (ie YouTube at set times or something like that) - is that a thing?
Ditching that the new modem I’ve been suppled does a good job, but I’m keen to get the signal strong and robust through the house.
What’s the latest and greatest in WiFi mesh boosters or whatever?
Nothing too techy, or it’ll be about as reliable as the Rotorburn server…
As a bonus option, I wouldn’t mind having a separate network for the kids that I can restrict in some way (ie YouTube at set times or something like that) - is that a thing?
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Best way is to have separate WiFi access points linked back to your router via ethernet. Ubiquiti and Araknis are good WiFi products. Gli.net make good routers with lots of control over VPNs, limiting access at certain times for certain devices etc etc.
Mesh WiFi is ok but can be laggy/buggy if you have a solid brick/concrete house. They work better in lightweight construction homes but can still play silly buggers if there are lots of WiFi networks in your area.
If you must go with a mesh router, Asus and Netgear lead the pack on mesh routers.
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I did have a few hard-wired Ethernet points installed when we did the house; currently my computer and the streaming box are plugged in to those. I could sacrifice one of those points.
I only had the mesh thing because that’s what people said was good at the time. I don’t understand what it is anyway so happy to ditch it.
House is concrete block work but not huge.
I’ll have a look at the brands you suggest - maybe some have a pass through so I can still hard connect Ethernet?
I only had the mesh thing because that’s what people said was good at the time. I don’t understand what it is anyway so happy to ditch it.
House is concrete block work but not huge.
I’ll have a look at the brands you suggest - maybe some have a pass through so I can still hard connect Ethernet?
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Run nbn to the router, then to a switch, then to the WiFi access points. You can then run your computer and streaming box to the switch. If you need to share an ethernet port, just get another switch to serve the streaming box and the access point. The router can run the DHCP service and distribute IP addresses to everything else.
There will be a bazillion Reddit and YouTube tutorials.
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Hambo
"I did a lot of very fat people"
I have a TP-Link Deco network (4 mesh routers) with ethernet bypass for the breeze block sections.
Works well, and for $30 a year, I have the ability to group devices by child and restrict time periods or cumulative hours in the day.
Not sure if Wifi 7 is worth it but I have Wifi 6e and it works like a charm
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Email today from AussieBroadband.
So I send them a chat message asking why its jumped $14 to add the word 'value' on my basic plan (I can only get 54/24 max with FTTN and 300m of Telstra copper as I tried 100/50 with no improvement) Apparently I was on $10 discount already somehow. I asked if the $10 could be applied to the new price and he said he couldn't apply the discount but I could contact the accounts dept to see what better price they could give me. So I'm not already getting the best deal as a customer for ~10yrs ?
I was happy on the $79 just out of habit, even knowing my employer bought an internet provider in 2024 and I get 40% employee discount, I wasn't bothered with moving as ABB was fine . Yet another greedy provider who has forced my hand of habit to cancel a subscription due to a large price hike. ABB were very helpful, local and knowledgeable with the few problems I had at the start but its heading towards $1100 a year for access to the internet.
Now on the 50/20 with my employer, $62 a month and when I get FTTH later this year, their ludicrous plan is just over $70 for employees. Moved over in 2 hours, turned off-on modem and router, back to normal.
If anyone else is with ABB, contact them and you may get a bit of discount if you ask.
Same speed as the last provider on a 50/20 plan at 7:30pm.
| Hi xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, From 1 July 2025, your internet plan will be changing. Your service is on a legacy plan that is no longer offered, so we will move you to the closest equivalent current plan. This unfortunately also means your plan price will go up. |
| Your service at xxxxxxxxxxxx SA will change from NBN 50Mbps/20Mbps Unlimited ($79.00) to NBN Value 50Mbps/20Mbps Unlimited ($93.00). |
So I send them a chat message asking why its jumped $14 to add the word 'value' on my basic plan (I can only get 54/24 max with FTTN and 300m of Telstra copper as I tried 100/50 with no improvement) Apparently I was on $10 discount already somehow. I asked if the $10 could be applied to the new price and he said he couldn't apply the discount but I could contact the accounts dept to see what better price they could give me. So I'm not already getting the best deal as a customer for ~10yrs ?
I was happy on the $79 just out of habit, even knowing my employer bought an internet provider in 2024 and I get 40% employee discount, I wasn't bothered with moving as ABB was fine . Yet another greedy provider who has forced my hand of habit to cancel a subscription due to a large price hike. ABB were very helpful, local and knowledgeable with the few problems I had at the start but its heading towards $1100 a year for access to the internet.
Now on the 50/20 with my employer, $62 a month and when I get FTTH later this year, their ludicrous plan is just over $70 for employees. Moved over in 2 hours, turned off-on modem and router, back to normal.
If anyone else is with ABB, contact them and you may get a bit of discount if you ask.
Same speed as the last provider on a 50/20 plan at 7:30pm.
MasterOfReality
After forever
I ended up going with the 1000/400 business plan with ABB, as they dropped their prices to $209/mth.
Then I replaced the wifi 5 router in my office with a wifi 7 unit which takes care of half the house. Had a cable run from the office to the other side of the house where I put my old wifi 5 router. On the side of the house where I have my wifi 7 router, I get 800/400 on wifi. On the other side it drops to around 400/400 with the wifi 5 router. Later on I'll put a better router there.
Then I replaced the wifi 5 router in my office with a wifi 7 unit which takes care of half the house. Had a cable run from the office to the other side of the house where I put my old wifi 5 router. On the side of the house where I have my wifi 7 router, I get 800/400 on wifi. On the other side it drops to around 400/400 with the wifi 5 router. Later on I'll put a better router there.
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
He didn't say that in the copy/paste excuse paragraph. It boiled down to keeping quality support in Aus, which they do have.
Billion $ revenue, doubled their ASX share price since listing... Keep up the good work ABB.
nbn wholesale price changes from 1 July | nbn
From 1 July 2025, there will be changes to the wholesale prices that nbn charges phone and internet providers.
Disappointing to see prices going up in general, especially when I'm getting emails from my mates to say speeds are going up in September, not prices (FTTP only though)...
I do wonder if the other tech is getting left behind, which is disappointing if the FTTP/FTTC rollout has slowed for some. A mate in the Hunter Valley is stuck on a RIM in effect, and he's in a new estate
I do wonder if the other tech is getting left behind, which is disappointing if the FTTP/FTTC rollout has slowed for some. A mate in the Hunter Valley is stuck on a RIM in effect, and he's in a new estate
ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
For next year the NBN wholesale price increase is just over $1 average across all plans, anymore than that is the ISP adding their extra.
My area gets FTTP in Sept 25, so that will be a decent upgrade from my 30yr old Telstra copper.