In reply to a post by PaulKirby:

Just looked those up, so one is a Router (RBR50) and the other(s) are AP (RBS50) ?

So your FB2900 is the fully loaded version with bonding / load sharing then, would make sense to pay the extra £50 to get that.

As to buffer bloat, yeah we suffer with buffer bloat and or QOS issues here currently, also I would be watching a Twitch Live Stream and somebody would start up an online game and I will get buffering for a second or two which can be annoying as hell if you are moderating it.

Yes, I have an RBR50 as the wifi router and two RBS50's as the satellites (or access points). My FB2900 is the fully loaded version. It was highly useful while I had two FTTC connections bonded. Indeed, bufferbloat can be a little bit annoying at times.

My recent speedtest result on wifi: https://www.speedtest.net/result/9327821772.png

Can we have a virtual party when you finally get connected Paul.

In reply to a post by Ixel:

Yes, I have an RBR50 as the wifi router and two RBS50's as the satellites (or access points). My FB2900 is the fully loaded version. It was highly useful while I had two FTTC connections bonded. Indeed, bufferbloat can be a little bit annoying at times.

My recent speedtest result on wifi: https://www.speedtest.net/result/9327821772.png

So you are using the FB2900 as the router and then the RBR50 connected to the FFB2900 and then the RBS50's are connected to your Ethernet LAN or are they via Wi-Fi ?

Yeah I got the Linksys WRT 3200 ACM so that I could run the Custom WRT Firmware, but never got around to do so, but the Wi-Fi was very good on it, but it still never covered the whole of the house.

I have been thinking about moving all networking hardware to a dedicated location in our house like in the old airing cupboard that's now empty, just been too ill to do so at the moment.
I know most of our new cable behind the wall and under the floor are Shielded Cat6e cable, only the cables in the rooms and accessible cables are non shielded, but they can be replaces if needed.

I can just run the WAN Cable from the ONT to that location into the new router and from there into the SamKnows White Box (if I can still use it) and then onto our LAN.

But yeah buffer bloat QOS is annoying when you notice it, hopefully this new router has some features to reduce this.

Also I thought you moved over to BT, or are you still with Cerberus and the issue was with BT providing that service for Cerberus.

But that's not a bad speed for over Wi-Fi

Paul

In reply to a post by busterboy:

Can we have a virtual party when you finally get connected Paul.

LOL, The invites will be sent out via email, please scan the email before opening it.
First drinks are on me LOL

That's assuming it all goes to plan.

Paul

So you are using the FB2900 as the router and then the RBR50 connected to the FFB2900 and then the RBS50's are connected to your Ethernet LAN or are they via Wi-Fi ?

Yes, the FB2900 is the main router while the RBR50 is simply a bridge to it. The RBS50's are wirelessly connected to the RBR50.

Yeah I got the Linksys WRT 3200 ACM so that I could run the Custom WRT Firmware, but never got around to do so, but the Wi-Fi was very good on it, but it still never covered the whole of the house.

I see.

I have been thinking about moving all networking hardware to a dedicated location in our house like in the old airing cupboard that's now empty, just been too ill to do so at the moment.

I use the third smallest bedroom as a room dedicated for networking and server equipment, is also air conditioned .

I can just run the WAN Cable from the ONT to that location into the new router and from there into the SamKnows White Box (if I can still use it) and then onto our LAN.

But yeah buffer bloat QOS is annoying when you notice it, hopefully this new router has some features to reduce this.

Yeah. Bufferbloat is certainly annoying when noticeable!

Also I thought you moved over to BT, or are you still with Cerberus and the issue was with BT providing that service for Cerberus.

Stayed with Cerberus due to static IP range, better customer support if I need it (doubtful), and wasn't charged an activation fee for the regrade. When I mentioned BT I was referring to BT Wholesale.

But that's not a bad speed for over Wi-Fi

Certainly isn't! I am amazed. It's not completely consistent but it doesn't usually drop below 300 megabits, most of the time above 400.

Ah, that right I recall you saying BT as in BT Wholesale.

I could still use the spare room as a Server / Networking room, but that was to be a TV Media room, just currently being used badly as a store / junk room

My Samsung S9+ is currently connecting up at 173Mbps but Wi-Fi is downstairs at the front of the house where ONT is located and I am atm located upstairs in the middle of the house.

But only Smart Devices like Phones and Tablets are connected via wireless and they don't require much above that, would be nice, but that that important due to everything else is wired.

Paul

Well didn't even know it went live, never lost our connection until I rebooted our router due to the down speed hadn't changed yet the upload did.

I am still using my Linksys due to I have yet to setup the new router, so all tests so far is using that router.

BT Wholesale Speedtest

On average I am getting about 860Mb down and 120Mb up and that's on this old router that's not suppose to handle that much of a throughput.

The Speedtest dot net tests had to be as multi threaded due to I couldn't find one that went over 300Mbits, but this might be due to my router.

I will know more once I get round to setting up the new router.

*** update ***
I think our router is having issues, seems to of dropped connections twice just now when testing the connection, so maybe I will setup the new router first thing tomorrow morning.

Paul

Edited by PaulKirby (Fri 24-Apr-20 01:09:40)

so it looks like everyone is finally getting their regrades done apart from me.....that makes me sad.

BT advised they would call back by 5pm yesterday which obviously didnt happen, so I can see yet another call to BT Sales coming up shortly!

In reply to a post by ravingkamikaze2:

so it looks like everyone is finally getting their regrades done apart from me.....that makes me sad.

BT advised they would call back by 5pm yesterday which obviously didnt happen, so I can see yet another call to BT Sales coming up shortly!

Ouch, yeah I had a few of those "we will contact you on..." and never heard anything.
I am always polite and cheerful when I speak to them on the phone.

What was they last reason why it hasn't gone live yet, I was told loads of reasons why for our upgrade, but we had been waiting for about a month.

Paul

It was with Openreach and apparently my order was creating exceptions on the system. They could see a bridging case open on the system but were waiting for OR to get back to them.