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How many gigabit Ethernet ports do the Infinity routers provide?
BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion
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Yep all done online.
I have ordered FTTC and the installation date is on Monday 
. The ISP I am with is providing a router, the Netgear WNR1000. It does not have Gigabit Ethernet, which I would like, so I am looking for a Gigabit Ethernet router with Wireless N Wi-Fi.
Can anyone recommend me a good router for FTTC with Gigabit Ethernet and Wireless N Wi-Fi? I was looking at the Asus RT-N56U but I am not sure if it will work with FTTC.
. The ISP I am with is providing a router, the Netgear WNR1000. It does not have Gigabit Ethernet, which I would like, so I am looking for a Gigabit Ethernet router with Wireless N Wi-Fi. Can anyone recommend me a good router for FTTC with Gigabit Ethernet and Wireless N Wi-Fi? I was looking at the Asus RT-N56U but I am not sure if it will work with FTTC.
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My thoughts exactly.
I want to connect my PC to my PS3 with gigabit connection, for media streaming (both have gigabit ports). So should I get a switch or upgrade the router?
I won't have BT Infinity until I move house in a month.
THe ASUS works only on cable/FTTC, and it's a great router.I have ordered FTTC and the installation date is on Monday
Can anyone recommend me a good router for FTTC with Gigabit Ethernet and Wireless N Wi-Fi? I was looking at the Asus RT-N56U but I am not sure if it will work with FTTC.
I currently use the Asus RT-N56U as my router for FTTC and I can't really fault it. However, my only gripe is with port forwarding as you can forward all fine but to lock it down to a single IP (external) you have to enable telnet and admen it via cli. Good old IP tables.
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I also had the same problem.
I've just been on the chat advisor with BT and they were really helpful. They amended my bill for me and got confirmation that my first 3 bills on the 29th will be £20.
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It's IM style. I've always preferred to use these chats than call them up as there's no issues with understanding accents etc. It's one of the things I rated highly with O2.
BT Fail got an email from sky saying i can get fibre, tried BT they say I can't, however I know that a load of the cabinets round here have been upgraded and have stickers on them saying get infinity now.
have ordered with sky will see what happens with the install by open reach
have ordered with sky will see what happens with the install by open reach
[RXP]Andy;21934021 said:I currently use the Asus RT-N56U as my router for FTTC and I can't really fault it. However, my only gripe is with port forwarding as you can forward all fine but to lock it down to a single IP (external) you have to enable telnet and admen it via cli. Good old IP tables.
Do you mean that router supports multiple external IPs? So if you get a allocated block from your ISP you can use them all and forward different ports on different IPs to internal services? Been looking for another router that does that for a while.
No "Providings" eh?
Cheers, I might have to do that too if my online offer fails as well.No, the asus does not support multiple IPs to the best of my knowledge. Id recommend a Juniper SSG or a SRX if you have a requirement for multiple IP support. As we normally use them at work when a customer has a requirement for a /28 block for example.
[RXP]Andy;21938896 said:
Am I missing something here but if his WAN IP changes then he should just use a dynamic DNS such as http://www.no-ip.com/
Keep the port forward on the router and just browse to his WAN IP : port number, job done.
The ASUS even supports http://www.no-ip.com/
Yes, you are missing something, we're talking about getting assigned a *range* of static IP addresses, not a single dynamic IP that changes every time you reconnect like BT assigns.