internet/streaming
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Now that I've moved and no longer have FTTP, I've suddenly become massively critical of the NBN.
~250m from a node and I have to apply a stability profile so as to stop random dropouts. 🤬
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My internet continues to be 3rd world at best
I'm investigating satellite
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@mariner4life said in internet/streaming:
My internet continues to be 3rd world at best
I'm investigating satellite
Investigated that until we got direct fibre a year after we moved to (very) rural Cornwall. Thought it was a bit expensive with limited data.
Is 4G available in your area? Being used extensively in rural parts of the UK as you can be further from the mast and is dirt cheap (£40/month with unlimited data).Good speeds too - around 60Mbit/s
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@mariner4life said in internet/streaming:
My internet continues to be 3rd world at best
I'm investigating satellite
UK solution: https://bigblu.co.uk/faqs/
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I thought there was a thread somewhere, but I couldn't find it.
Anyway, our broadband is OK mostly around the house - we pay for 50mbps and typically get c. 35-40mbps
But the router thingee is in the front room of the house, and I can't pick up the signal from underneath the pool (where the pool kit lives) at the very back of the yard - it's probably 25m distance and an elevation drop of 5m too.
Is a range extender the best option? Just 1, sitting c. halfway between the router and the kit?
Thanks in advance
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@voodoo said in internet/streaming:
I thought there was a thread somewhere, but I couldn't find it.
Anyway, our broadband is OK mostly around the house - we pay for 50mbps and typically get c. 35-40mbps
But the router thingee is in the front room of the house, and I can't pick up the signal from underneath the pool (where the pool kit lives) at the very back of the yard - it's probably 25m distance and an elevation drop of 5m too.
Is a range extender the best option? Just 1, sitting c. halfway between the router and the kit?
Thanks in advance
I tried the range extender and it was fine, but switched to a mesh solution https://www.tp-link.com/us/deco-mesh-wifi/
And this has been excellent. I have two and it covers a three stories and gets around some concrete bounce issues I was having at 5Ghz
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@voodoo said in internet/streaming:
I thought there was a thread somewhere, but I couldn't find it.
Anyway, our broadband is OK mostly around the house - we pay for 50mbps and typically get c. 35-40mbps
But the router thingee is in the front room of the house, and I can't pick up the signal from underneath the pool (where the pool kit lives) at the very back of the yard - it's probably 25m distance and an elevation drop of 5m too.
Is a range extender the best option? Just 1, sitting c. halfway between the router and the kit?
Thanks in advance
I went mesh also, I am using orbi ..works well for me. As a working from home, home office requirement, made I sure claimed at tax time too
I have also heard the google nest mesh system works well too
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so something like this is the go?
https://www.harveynorman.com.au/tp-link-deco-ax1800-whole-home-mesh-wifi-system-3-pack.html
or
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@voodoo pretty much just make sure it connects to the type of NBN node you have and then for me without remembering exactly was close to the below;
turn on main router,
name your wifi
change default password
turn on satelite,
sync
place satelite where required
pretend to wife you had to cable and code something difficult
and youre good to go.was not complicated for me
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"make sure it connects to the type of NBN node you have" - can you clarify mate? We are on NBN, think we have fibre to the street then the Telstra wires down to the house
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@voodoo Im with aussie broadband (who are very good by the way) but I believe connecting can be different if youre FFTP, FTTN or FTTC.
For me I believe I am FTTC and if youre the same, I just plug cable directly from NBN box to router, no issues.
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@bayimports basically the same here. I plugged the modem to the router then set the other one where I needed to extend (it checks it’s not too far away)
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@kirwan This gives me a chance to thank you. You posted that link a while back and I went with your recommendation. I had put up with an appalling copper solution for years so maxed out at 1TBS with unlimited data but had a couple of blank spots in my house and outside.
I now have over 30 devices networked and consistently get 6-700 mbps across them all from the same set-up you have. It has pretty much transformed my home life. So thanks heaps.
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@dogmeat said in internet/streaming:
@kirwan This gives me a chance to thank you. You posted that link a while back and I went with your recommendation. I had put up with an appalling copper solution for years so maxed out at 1TBS with unlimited data but had a couple of blank spots in my house and outside.
I now have over 30 devices networked and consistently get 6-700 mbps across them all from the same set-up you have. It has pretty much transformed my home life. So thanks heaps.
That was from a Fern recommendation too, from Crucial or NTA I forget which. It's completely changed my setup as well, glad it helped you too.