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Hi getting TT Fibre installed on Wednesday and would like some questions I have answering if possible :)

I have been told I should receive the full speed quoted of 76Mb how true would this be? My attenuation on ADSL2+ is 26dB

My HP Laptop has an Ralink rt5390r Wi-Fi card, it is currently connected to the Huawei HG533 router as supplied at 135 Mbps. If I was to connect say at 76Mb would my Wi-Fi handle the speed?

Also does anybody have the Huawei HG533? I have connected my external USB 2 HDD to the router and able to see and access the drive, however the speeds it copy's files is very slow, no more than 3.8 MB/s.

I have a fairly new laptop which has an SSD, Core i5 and 6GB Ram, I cannot understand why they have put a very sub par Ethernet controller in it. It is only able to connect at 100 Mbps and is a Reltek PCIe FE Family Controller. Would my Wi-Fi connection be quicker?


Sowing the file copy speed via USB to the HG533
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I will do a Wi-Fi Speed test tomorrow showing a file transfer between two laptops connected to the router and see how quick that is.
 
You should test your speed by either doing a speed test (eg www.speedtest.net), or logging on to your router/modem and checking its sync speeds. You should be wired for this test to verify what speed you're getting.

Your ADSL2+ attenuation figure is meaningless now that you're on fibre.

With those wireless speeds, if you really are getting 76Mbps line speed, you'll be borderline struggling to get the full potential on your laptop if its connecting at 135Mbps to the router. The problem will be made worse with more active wireless devices on the network as they'll all essentially share the same WiFi "bandwidth". You could try to tweak this by optimising the WiFi settings such as forcing it to wireless n only, selecting the most free channel and forcing the bandwidth to 40Mhz if possible.

Your laptops ethernet is fine, its the router that can only handle 100Mbps.

Bottom line imo is dump that router for something like an ASUS RT-N56U or similar, even if it's just for the gigabit ethernet ports!
 
But I am not testing my internet speed? I get the full speed for my SYNC which is around 19508 kbps. Speed tests show a healthy 1.8 MB/s which is spot on. I was only showing the screen shot of the slow USB transfer rate. Connected to Ethernet yields the exact same speed.

I wasn't aware the router is only capable of 100Mbps, that is rather poor!!

I am going to try a network test and copy a few files over from another laptop via Wi-Fi and see what kind of speeds I get then.

I am not actually on Fibre just yet, that goes live and installed on Wednesday I was just testing out the router and seeing if its any good :)

So Attention is meaningless then? That's good news then and hopefully I will see the full figure quoted.

I don't have much knowledge on Fibre installs, I have very good knowledge on ADSL but this is all new to me. I take it the installer will fit some sort of box then from there this goes into the HG533?

I will look at some Routers just for the gigabit ports, it all depends how the Wi-Fi side plays out. I am hoping I don't have to buy another router!
 
The installer will fit a modem that'll connect to your router with a standard network cable.

100 Mbps is fine for a broadband connection that's guaranteed to be slower than that. Gigabit won't improve anything from an Internet point-of-view.

If you want a NAS then you're better off buying one. The NAS features of routers tend to be disappointing unless you get something fairly exotic.
 
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pokerking said:
But I am not testing my internet speed? I get the full speed for my SYNC which is around 19508 kbps. Speed tests show a healthy 1.8 MB/s which is spot on. I was only showing the screen shot of the slow USB transfer rate. Connected to Ethernet yields the exact same speed.

I wasn't aware the router is only capable of 100Mbps, that is rather poor!!

I am going to try a network test and copy a few files over from another laptop via Wi-Fi and see what kind of speeds I get then.

I am not actually on Fibre just yet, that goes live and installed on Wednesday I was just testing out the router and seeing if its any good :)

So Attention is meaningless then? That's good news then and hopefully I will see the full figure quoted.

I don't have much knowledge on Fibre installs, I have very good knowledge on ADSL but this is all new to me. I take it the installer will fit some sort of box then from there this goes into the HG533?

I will look at some Routers just for the gigabit ports, it all depends how the Wi-Fi side plays out. I am hoping I don't have to buy another router!
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I missed the part about not having fibre yet, but seeing as you can get near max adsl speeds your likely to get max fttc speeds. Although as you know its totally different product so the attenuations aren't transferable.

In this day and age i'm not even sure why companies ship out routers with 100mbps LAN ports..
 
Gammawolf said:
In this day and age i'm not even sure why companies ship out routers with 100mbps LAN ports..
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  1. Because they're basically provided FOC.
  2. The service they're providing doesn't isn't limited by not having Gigabit.
  3. Most of their customers don't even know that Gigabit exists.
  4. The customers that do want/need Gigabit can just buy a cheap Gigabit switch and plug it in.
What is more of an issue is the limited wireless performance of most ISP provided routers. Wireless that was perfectly adequate for an ADSL connection doesn't really cut it with a decent FTTC/Cable connection.
 
ok .. correct me if i'm wrong .. your asking about file transfer speeds from the 533 via usb ? why dont you just hook it up to your pc ?
 
I'd disagree with the both of you in terms of their fibre. My adsl was shocking, I've had fibre for at least six months now, never dropped the connection and running at max speed. I am in zone 2, London, though if that makes a difference.

I had one minor problem when it was installed and they bent over backwards to fix it, escalating it immediately to BT and not asking me stupid questions to ensure it was a line problem. Nothing but praise after that customer experience.
 
i'd agree with Kol ... i've never had a problem with TT in regards broadband . although if you have to talk to them on the phone the call centre is a bunch of clueless monkeys . the members forum is a lot better
 
Yup, looks like how mine was when installed. Still the same, too! Enjoy.
 
My Wi-Fi connection is only able to speedtest at no more than 50 Mb/s Ethernet gives me the speeds above! Strange really as its an Wireless n adapter and is connected at 135 Mbps ahh well its still very good! Guess ill just have to connect via Ethernet if I want to download quick! :)
 
pokerking said:
My Wi-Fi connection is only able to speedtest at no more than 50 Mb/s Ethernet gives me the speeds above! Strange really as its an Wireless n adapter and is connected at 135 Mbps ahh well its still very good! Guess ill just have to connect via Ethernet if I want to download quick! :)
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If its connected at 135Mbps, then the best you'd see in ideal conditions is half that speed, so about 70Mbps. Then depending on overheads, interference, and other devices that share the WiFi this can be pulled down even further. 50Mbps sounds right for what you've said your connected speed is.
 
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