just got be broadband

R0Z4G · 12 Jun 2009 at 18:15

migrated from aol to be got activated today and its brilliant recommend them to anyone!

with aol the speeds were 1-2mb mostly all the time with 2.8mb at the most!
with be currently connected at 4mb and stable!

just 1 problem!

before i used to run a cat5 cable from my router to another switch which shared the internet across 2 pc's but since doing the be box it dont seem to work any ideas ? i dont think it reconises the switch

Phemo · 12 Jun 2009 at 18:48

Hmm, it should work fine. I'm using my Be box just as a modem but when I first got it I used it in router mode hooked up to another switch just fine. Do you have another cable you can test with?

It's possible that the Bebox doesn't do auto sensing whereas your old router did, so it was automatically adjusting the port to be crossed over. If that does turn out to be the case you have the option of either:

1). Get a new crossover cable
2). Get an adapter that plugs on the end of the existing cable and wires that end up for crossover
3). Cut one of the ends off and re-crimp as crossed over

bloodline76 · 12 Jun 2009 at 20:30

Sort of the same company. I decided to go with o2 instead.

Was getting 3.5mb-4.5mb with 100kb upload

Now getting 6.5mb-7mb with 500kb-900kb uploads.

Despite some of the super speeds found on here I am pleased with the jump expecially the uploads.

spudbynight · 12 Jun 2009 at 20:40

BE rocks. I get 18mbps down and just over 2mbps up.

tolien · 13 Jun 2009 at 00:45

The BeBox's switch ports autosense and should work perfectly fine connected to another switch. Are you using one of the ports (IIRC port 4) that are disabled by default?