I have installed the same box which works well. However, I have always had
a wired-only network and turn on radio only for a specific need.
Does anyone have a way of disabling the radio? If I can't find one I shall
have to revert to my earlier kit.....
Chris
On 30 November 2014 at 16:37, Clive Woodfine <clivewoodfine@???>
wrote:
> Adam,
>
> I am with TalkTalk and they now supply a Huawei HG635 Super Router that
> connects directly to the landline. It works okay, I get 40 Mbs but I am
> only 100m from the green box. The Wi-Fi is good and it has a USB 2.0 socket
> which I can use with a Raspberry Pi raspXBMC to show my photos. This may
> not help you as the router is specific to TalkTalk but Huawei may have
> something similar for general use.
>
> Regards,
>
> Clive
>
> On 29 November 2014 at 19:51, Chris Malton <chrism@???> wrote:
>
>> Hi Adam,
>>
>> Usually, Openreach "install" a VDSL modem, which then connects via RJ45
>> to most cable routers.
>> I say "install" as, in my experiences for people they fit the VDSL
>> faceplate on the NTE5, drop the box and run.
>>
>> You end up with Phone and VDSL coming out of the NTE5, and you feed the
>> VDSL to the OpenReach box (which is usually some Technicolor/other cheap
>> brand device as well), and then you get, I think, a PPPoE session. In some
>> cases (depending on provider) you may just be able to DHCP on the WAN
>> interface, but I believe PPPoE is more normal for talking to a VDSL box.
>>
>> I wish you luck - I've been trying to get VDSL at my flat for months -
>> the cabinet is in, but apparently not turned on..... so it's a bit curious
>> that it buzzes......
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 29/11/14 16:35, Dr Adam John Trickett wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm considering upgrading my ADSL2+ service to Fibre/VDSL (which in my
>>> case is
>>> still copper into the house). In theory my current Co-operative broadband
>>> would jump from around 11 Mbit to about 38 Mbit.
>>>
>>> The Co-operative want to provide me with a Technicolor TG582n "router"
>>> for
>>> free, but it's still £6 P&P. As far as I can tell it's a cheap and not
>>> very
>>> popular ADSL2+ router so on paper servers no useful purpose as a VDSL
>>> router.
>>> I've also found some references online which suggest that it's actually a
>>> modified router which has one of it's LAN ports converted into a WAN
>>> port.
>>>
>>> I can't get out them sending me the router, but I just want to confirm
>>> what do
>>> BT OpenReach actually install in your house if you have "fibre"?
>>>
>>> Am I right in thinking the VDSL presentation has a VDSL decoder and you
>>> get a
>>> BT phone jack and an RJ-45 lead which you need to plug into a router?
>>>
>>> If that is the case my Netgrar ADSL2+ router already comes with a WAN
>>> socket
>>> and I should be okay, but I'm just checking.
>>>
>>>
>>
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