changing gateway

[#1]

been with plusnet fibre since tuesday been brilliant ,im on gateway pcl-ag02 now sometimes in the evening seems slightly slower if i want to change gateways should i do it now or should i wait for a while as only been live since tuesday also i got a asus rt-n66u how do i change gateway is it just a reboot or do i disconnect

[#2]

disconnect then reconnect - this doesn't doesn't mean resync as that is handled by the BT modem

[#3]

done it pcl ag04 now
should i do it again to get off pcl or just leave it

[#4]

So is it ok to keep changing gateways.
I'm getting speeds of 73mb  it says on bt tester my line supports 77.4. Is fibre like adsl where you lose a bit of speed because of overheads etc. also with changing gateways would it be possible to get more then 73 ( I don't care I'm just interested)
And is it best to get off the pcl gateway

[#5]

Yes, your throughput speed will always be a little bit below the Profile. Hopping Gateways is fine if you really need to, and use the Disconnect / Connect buttons as Jim advised. Wait about 30 seconds between Disconnect and Connect.

[#6]

ok tried it one more time I'm on this one now ptw-ag03

[#7]

I'm afraid there is no list of proven "good" and "bad" gateways. So just monitor how it's working and if things slow up try a gateway change. I've seen several cases where one customer on a gateway had dire speeds and another had normal speeds on the same gateway. So it's trial and error at the moment to find one that works for you...

[#8]

bright what process do u go through to disconnect on your asus do you click on the little pc sign to disconnect then go into the wan page to enable wan

[#9]

On the main "Network Map" page, I click the round globe button in the top box, next to where it says "Internet status: Connected". The right-hand column then changes to show the Internet Staus information. Then I slide the switch labelled "Connection status" to OFF. The router then shuts down PPP and you get the rotating circle icon while it does it. Then I count to 30 (ish) and slide the switch back again. Then when the Internet Status changes back to "Connected" again, I go and check which gateway I've connected to.
Hope that makes sense!

[#10]

yea it makes sense but i cant see the switch to slide im going blind

[#11]

Which firmware are you on? I'm using the Merlin 3.0.0.4.266.23. Perhaps it's different in the official Asus firmware...?

[#12]

merlin 3.0.0.3.178.15

[#13]

hmmmmmmmmmmm where did you get that from http://www.lostrealm.ca/tower/node/79

[#14]

is this a more recent one at the bottom http://www.mediafire.com/asuswrt-merlin/#a5gwz5qgq0d3q

[#15]

We're getting off topic here! But yes, there is a later one at the bottom of the list. Try that. I haven't updated to that yet.