First thoughts on the "new" Technicolor TG589vn v3

[#1]

Quote from: Hairy

Had to power it down this afternoon to move it to its permanent hole home, when I powered it backup it wouldn't connect to PN, the fibre connected but no pppoe. Even using the Connect button did nowt.

Just a thought, but could this be related to the 8 minute PPPoE timeout issue reported elsewhere on the forum?

[#2]

Possibly, it wasn't 8 min though more like 3-5.

[#3]

Did you log into the router and Disconnect the PPP session before powering off and moving it?

[#4]

Nope I just switched it off.

[#5]

I also seem to have to log in multiple times on the web page - the first log in is NEVER accepted. Then subsequent ones are without changing u/p details.

[#6]

I used to have that problem with a Zyxel router many years ago.
Is the TV light for IPTV?

[#7]

So you dont need the BT openworld modem with this for Fibre broadband?

[#8]

I would be very surprised if you didn't need the fibre modem still with this router.
I don't think any ISP is offering a fibre modem + router in one and the alternatives are very expensive.

[#9]

Quote from: Hairy

It is a combined Modem/Router for adsl & Fibre - you don't need the BT modem any more and get stats Here are mine :- DSL Connection Link Information Uptime: 0 days, 5:56:01 DSL Type: ITU-T G.993.2 Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 20.000 / 79.987

[#10]

Quote from: AndyH

I would be very surprised if you didn't need the fibre modem still with this router. I don't think any ISP is offering a fibre modem + router in one and the alternatives are very expensive.

BT are later in the year with their new homehub 5
Would definitely be investing in the hub 5 

[#11]

Lack of gigabit is a no-go for me. It seems silly to not bother supporting it given that alot of people will start having gigabit networks now. The switches are inexpensive and it can use existing RJ45 Cabling.

[#12]

@Pyrii Gigabit networks are up to 1GB in speed.  Using the gig port won't increase on speed for internet.
But may increase speeds on transferring files between computers (depends on PC)

[#13]

I have a gigabit switch which feeds all my pc's (only 3 devices on gigabit) and other bits, but if the fibre was ever to go to over 100Mb then it would be a limiting factor.

Quote from: HNKS

So you dont need the BT openworld modem with this for Fibre broadband?

Nope I have mine sitting on top of my scanner at the moment with the psu lying next to it.
WiFi:
got around to testing the video streaming last night, seemed fine, but I only tested for a few min not for a whole movie (NB @ 720p via the NowTV box)
So far MUCH better than the previous router from PN. The web pages need tidied up and some additions already mentioned, like access to the dns server settings, incoming dns servers, proper access to the dhcp/static ip bits & allow user to SET static IP not just the allocated one.

[#14]

Just found a bug in the gui
On the dsl/details page

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Uptime: 0 days, 18:21:53 DSL Type: ITU-T G.993.2 Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 20.000 / 79.987 Data Transferred (Sent/Received)[B/B]: 0 / 0:

Now I KNOW I have had my radio streaming all day/night, and downloaded a bit last night so there should be something in there 

[#15]

Fixed my bb ping graphs, forgot to enable bb pings 
Same setup as the 582, firewall/Allow PING on your WAN interface <- down the bottom of the page.