Hi Chris,
Quote:- Does anyone have a way of disabling the radio?
Put in a lead box. Sorry for being facetious.
Clive
On 1 December 2014 at 10:19, Chris. Aubrey-Smith <cas194@???> wrote:
> 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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