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Thanks Steve :)
On 15 June 2015 at 18:48, Steve Morgan steve@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <
ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Tim,
>
> I get the full 76Mbps line-speed through my Vigor and that=E2=80=99s
with=
an
> ageing ISA Server between me and it. I don=E2=80=99t know how fast it
can=
go, but
> it=E2=80=99s no bottleneck at the moment.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
> From: "Tim Hawes timsyahoo@xxxxxxx [ukha_d]" <
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, 15 June 2015 09:44
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Fibre broadband presentation, and extending to
> router
>
> Robin, Steve,
>
> Thanks for your comments.
> It looks like the openreach engineer comes and installs a dual
faceplate
> on the NTE5 to give an RJ11 socket as well as the BT outlet. I presume
th=
e
> BT outlet is internally filtered.
> I can't see why I need this as my existing setup should work fine, as
you
> suggest.
>
> The "multiple adaptors" are a plug into a commoned-up patch
panel, LAU
> from the patch panel to give a BT socket, then BT-to-RJ11 cable into
the
> router.
> I've got a Vigor 2820 - it seems it doesn't have the required VDSL
modem
> capability but I don't know if that's purely hardware or can be fixed
wit=
h
> a firmware update.
>
> What speed are you getting through your wan2 port Steve? I've read
that
> some of the older Vigors, including mine, can struggle a bit and max
out =
at
> ~50 Mbps.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim.
>
> On 13 June 2015 at 20:28, Steve Morgan steve@xxxxxxx [ukha_d] <
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I=E2=80=99m with Plusnet on an 80/20 FTTC service.
>>
>> My modem is connected to a separate socket which is in turn
connected to
>> the master via CAT5. This was installed by BT when I originally
had ADSL=
;
>> it was an engineer-install as it was before they introduced
plug-in
>> microfilters and self-installs. So your CAT5 connection should be
OK,
>> though I=E2=80=99d be wary of the effects of any adapters. A
direct sock=
-to-socket
>> connection via a single cable would be better.
>>
>> I=E2=80=99m also using my own router; a Draytek Vigor 2900V, with
the fi=
bre modem
>> connected to the WAN 2 port.
>>
>> So you=E2=80=99ll be OK, I=E2=80=99m sure.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> From: "Tim Hawes timsyahoo@xxxxxxx <timsyahoo@xxxxxxx>
>> [ukha_d]" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>>
>> Reply-To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>> Date: Saturday, 13 June 2015 13:31
>> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [ukha_d] Fibre broadband presentation, and extending to
router
>>
>>
>> I am so fed up with BT that I am looking to change.
>> Plusnet looks good with better prices for the
"equivalent" service from
>> BT. So I can either save money on ADSL, or get fibre for less than
my
>> current ADSL price.
>>
>> But how is "fibre" presented once in the house? I assume
their service i=
s
>> FTTC with copper for the last bit to the house. This is for a
residentia=
l
>> install with an existing NTE5.
>> Currently, I've connected a cat5 cable to the internal connections
on th=
e
>> back of the NTE5 faceplate, with the cat5 going (via a series of
adaptor=
s)
>> to my router in node 0.
>>
>> Can I do the same with fibre?
>> Plusnet say fibre needs an openreach modem and then the router
plugs int=
o
>> that.
>> My current router can do both ADSL and has a separate rj45 wan2
port so =
I
>> think that will be ok.
>> I don't want to look at the openreach modem next to the master
socket,
>> how do I extend the feed to it so it can sit next to my router?
>>
>> Thought/comments welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks Steve :)</div><div
class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote">On 15 June 2015 at 18:48, Steve Morgan
<a href=3D"mail=
to:steve@xxxxxxx">steve@xxxxxxx</a> [ukha_d] <span
dir=3D"ltr=
"><<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@ya=
hoogroups.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote
class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div
style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-fam=
ily:Calibri,sans-serif">
<br><br>
<div>Tim,</div><div><br></div><div>I
get the full 76Mbps line-speed through=
my Vigor and that=E2=80=99s with an ageing ISA Server between me and it. I=
don=E2=80=99t know how fast it can go, but it=E2=80=99s no bottleneck at t=
he
moment.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Steve</div><div><br>=
</div><span><div
style=3D"font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;text-align:lef=
t;color:black;BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:medium
none;PADDING-BOT=
TOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;BORDER-TOP:#b5c4df 1pt
solid;BOR=
DER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:3pt"><span
class=3D""><span style=3D"font=
-weight:bold">From: </span> "Tim Hawes <a
href=3D"mailto:timsyahoo@goo=
glemail.com"
target=3D"_blank">timsyahoo@xxxxxxx</a>
[ukha_d]" =
<<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@yaho=
ogroups.com</a>><br><span
style=3D"font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@yahoo=
groups.com</a>><br></span><span
style=3D"font-weight:bold">Date: </span>=
Monday, 15 June 2015 09:44<br><span
style=3D"font-weight:bold">To: </span>=
<<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@yah=
oogroups.com</a>><br><span
style=3D"font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> R=
e: [ukha_d] Fibre broadband presentation, and extending to
router<br></div>=
<div><br></div>
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<div><div><span class=3D""><div
dir=3D"ltr">Robin, Steve,=C2=A0<div><br></d=
iv><div>Thanks for your comments.</div><div>It looks
like the openreach eng=
ineer comes and installs a dual faceplate on the NTE5 to give an RJ11
socke=
t as well as the BT outlet. I presume the BT outlet is internally
filtered.=
=C2=A0</div><div>I can't see why I need this as my
existing setup shoul=
d work fine, as you
suggest.</div><div><br></div><div>The
"multiple ad=
aptors" are a plug into a commoned-up patch panel, LAU from the
patch =
panel to give a BT socket, then BT-to-RJ11 cable into the
router.=C2=A0</di=
v><div>I've got a Vigor 2820 - it seems it doesn't
have the require=
d VDSL modem capability but I don't know if that's purely
hardware =
or can be fixed with a firmware
update.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>What=
speed are you getting through your wan2 port Steve? I've read that
som=
e of the older Vigors, including mine, can struggle a bit and max out at
~5=
0
Mbps.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Tim.</div></div></span><=
div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div
class=3D"gmail_quote"><span class=3D"">O=
n 13 June 2015 at 20:28, Steve Morgan <a href=3D"mailto:steve@xxxxxxx=
m" target=3D"_blank">steve@xxxxxxx</a> [ukha_d]
<span dir=3D"ltr">&l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@yahoog=
roups.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br></span><blockquote
class=3D"gmail_quote"=
style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc
solid;padding-left:1ex">
=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
<div
style=3D"word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px;font-fam=
ily:Calibri,sans-serif"><span
class=3D""><br><br><div>I=E2=80=99m with
Plus=
net on an 80/20 FTTC
service.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>My
modem is co=
nnected to a separate socket which is in turn connected to the master via
C=
AT5. This was installed by BT when I originally had ADSL; it was an
enginee=
r-install as it was before they introduced plug-in microfilters and
self-in=
stalls. So your CAT5 connection should be OK, though I=E2=80=99d be wary
of=
the effects of any adapters. A direct sock-to-socket connection via a sing=
le cable would be
better.</div><div><br></div><div>I=E2=80=99m
also using m=
y own router; a Draytek Vigor 2900V, with the fibre modem connected to the
=
WAN 2 port.</div><div><br></div><div>So
you=E2=80=99ll be OK, I=E2=80=99m s=
ure.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Steve</div><div><br></div>=
<div><br></div><div><br></div></span><span><div
style=3D"font-family:Calibr=
i;font-size:11pt;text-align:left;color:black;BORDER-BOTTOM:medium
none;BORD=
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none;PADDING-BOTTOM:0in;PADDING-LEFT:0in;PADDING-RIGHT:0in;B=
ORDER-TOP:#b5c4df 1pt solid;BORDER-RIGHT:medium
none;PADDING-TOP:3pt"><span=
style=3D"font-weight:bold">From: </span> "Tim
Hawes <a href=3D"mailto=
:timsyahoo@xxxxxxx"
target=3D"_blank">timsyahoo@xxxxxxx</a> =
[ukha_d]" <<a href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx";
target=3D"_bla=
nk">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>><div><div
class=3D"h5"><br><span style=3D=
"font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> <<a
href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@yahoogrou=
ps.com"
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>><br><span
style=3D"=
font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Saturday, 13 June 2015
13:31<br><span style=
=3D"font-weight:bold">To: </span> <<a
href=3D"mailto:ukha_d@yahoogroups.=
com"
target=3D"_blank">ukha_d@xxxxxxx</a>><br><span
style=3D"fon=
t-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [ukha_d] Fibre broadband
presentation, and =
extending to
router<br></div></div></div><div><div
class=3D"h5"><div><div><=
div><br></div>
=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
<div><div><div
dir=3D"ltr"><br><div>I am so fed up with BT that I
am lookin=
g to change.</div><div>Plusnet looks good with better prices
for the "=
equivalent" service from BT. So I can either save money on ADSL,
or ge=
t fibre for less than my current ADSL
price.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div=
>But how is "fibre" presented once in the house? I
assume their s=
ervice is FTTC with copper for the last bit to the house. This is for a
res=
idential install with an existing
NTE5.=C2=A0</div><div>Currently, I've=
connected a cat5 cable to the internal connections on the back of the NTE5=
faceplate, with the cat5 going (via a series of adaptors) to my router in =
node 0.</div><div><br></div><div>Can I do the
same with fibre?=C2=A0</div><=
div>Plusnet say fibre needs an openreach modem and then the router plugs
in=
to that.=C2=A0</div><div>My current router can do both ADSL and
has a separ=
ate rj45 wan2 port so I think that will be ok.</div><div>I
don't want t=
o look at the openreach modem next to the master socket, how do I extend
th=
e feed to it so it can sit next to my
router?</div><div><br></div><div>Thou=
ght/comments
welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Tim.</div>=
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