What is the best router for fibre?
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What is the best router for fibre?
20-02-2016 12:45 AM
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Can anyone recommend me a good router please for fibre?
Re: What is the best router for fibre?
20-02-2016 1:37 AM
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Wired or Wi-Fi?
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: What is the best router for fibre?
20-02-2016 1:39 AM
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I'm always hard wired into the router.
Re: What is the best router for fibre?
20-02-2016 9:58 AM
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I use a Billion 8800NL and it does everything I want
Re: What is the best router for fibre?
21-02-2016 9:38 AM
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it would be worthwhile looking up your exchange to see what chipset the dslam is running and buy a compatible unit from the list
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21-02-2016 12:52 PM
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21-02-2016 4:35 PM
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21-02-2016 5:13 PM
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Quote from: Marko2020 How do I check to see what chip they are using?
well I was under the impression the plusnet one router needed a separate modem to connect to fibre where the draytek 2750 is vdsl capable so doesn't need the modem,
the Huawei modem uses the same chipset as the draytek (older Broadcom) the ECI modem uses the Infineon chipset, so unless my info on the plusnet one router is out the type of modem used might be the answer here/
newer Broadcom based vdsl routers should work better than older ones but having said that if the dslam is Infineon based then it would give a higher sync speed if the router was also Infineon based (black street cab = eci /Infineon, green = Huawei/Broadcom) which has been mentioned time and again as having an impact on fibre products on the interwebz, most notably the difference between home hub5 type A or type B being the chipset is either Infineon (A) or Broadcom (B) and is linked to the cabinet /exchange hardware in the local area.
sure the difference was often much more pronounced on adsl connections but it still exists to a degree on the fibre side of things as well (sync speed/stability often being sighted as differing greatly) despite the official stance there is no difference/
Re: What is the best router for fibre?
21-02-2016 5:24 PM
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If you had actually bother checking you would have found that it doesn't need a modem
Quote from: nanotm well I was under the impression the plusnet one router needed a separate modem to connect to fibre where the draytek 2750 is vdsl capable so doesn't need the modem,
Where is your evidence that you get a higher sync speed matching the cab to the modem
Also if you had bothered to check the ECL cab uses a Lantiq chipset not Infineon as does the ECL modem
Re: What is the best router for fibre?
21-02-2016 5:52 PM
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I did bother to check, plenty of places say eci = Infineon =iftn a look here http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/cabinet-lookup.htm explains how to ask your router to tell you which sort you've got, I notice that in another area of the same site there referred to as lantiq, perhaps becsue Infineon separated out its chipset division as lantiq in 2009 before it was bought by intel in 2015, so that would make us both correct..... wonder if they will stat reporting as intel in the next generation (if BT keep installing their substandard gear that is) or perhaps the branding wil change to intel will push the price up too high and haweii will have the full market here in the UK /
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