Have order the chesper of the 2 TP Link ones: http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Pro...

Its just a test really to see if my wifi improves at all - if it does I'll either take it back as faulty or take it back and get the better one

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Edited by kasg (Thu 01-Aug-13 15:36:02)

My apologies. That was supposed to read 'if it doesnt improve...'

In reply to a post by gregholmes1974:

My apologies. That was supposed to read 'if it doesnt improve...'

That makes more sense! I deleted my original post because I think I'd got the wrong end of the stick with the rest of it.

Edited by kasg (Thu 01-Aug-13 15:41:38)

OK

So I plugged the new router in and turned on...it registered straight away - but sadly I had no improvement in speed at all

Tried looking into the settings and noticed that it was connecting using dynamic IP and i'm fairly sure most ISPs use pppoe.

This is where it gets weird as TalkTalk dont use name and password so when I remove name and password and just leave it blank the router wont connect.

So I just left it as Dynamic IP, and left my wireless speeds at 20 - 21.

Sadly this morning my wifi speed had dropped to below 1Mbs

I have a feeling my openreach modem could be faulty as when connected with an ethernet cable I am getting speeds ranging from 21Mbs to 40 Mbs - though have never seen wireless speeds that fast (unless using talktalks own speed tester )

Im going to spend the weekend playing but if I see no improvement I think im going to have to demand they put me back onto ADSL

What have wireless speeds got to do with the Openreach modem?

you seem quite confused. If you can download a large file like 1 Gigabyte and time it using a wire and get good speeds then your openreach modem and the FTTC are doing their bit.

If wireless speed is poor despite have a good wireless signal (ie a lot more than 54M reported as the wireless link speed) then you may need to be on a different channel to get away from an interference or congestion issue.

You could plug a wireless access point into the ethernet port of the router as an experiment to see if that gives better speed than the wireless built into the router (which I would turn off for the experiment).

TT may not use username and password on LLU lines but I don't know if that holds up on their Fibre service - anyone ?

In reply to a post by kasg:

What have wireless speeds got to do with the Openreach modem?

Nothing.

I was suggesting that if my openreach modem only gives speeds of 21 then the wireless simply cannot go faster

In reply to a post by yarwell:

you seem quite confused. If you can download a large file like 1 Gigabyte and time it using a wire and get good speeds then your openreach modem and the FTTC are doing their bit.

If wireless speed is poor despite have a good wireless signal (ie a lot more than 54M reported as the wireless link speed) then you may need to be on a different channel to get away from an interference or congestion issue.

You could plug a wireless access point into the ethernet port of the router as an experiment to see if that gives better speed than the wireless built into the router (which I would turn off for the experiment).

TT may not use username and password on LLU lines but I don't know if that holds up on their Fibre service - anyone ?

Sorry if I seem confused...I thought that if I pay extra for fibre and am estimated speeds of 38, I might be able to get speeds of more than 20!

I have tried every available channel - none make it faster, lots make it slower.

But you said "21Mbs to 40 Mbs " when using a wire, and the Openreach modem has no idea of what the router is using to connect people with.

Have you taken the computers to another location and shown them getting speeds well in excess of 21 Mbps, or done LAN to LAN speed testing that would work even if you switched the Openreach modem off.