Last post pre Infinity - Replacing Home Hub

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OK, my final post before I get Infinity 2 installed tomorrow.
I intend on replacing the Home Hub with an ASUS RT-N56U. When I placed the order for Inifinity I was asked to create an email address and also supply a password - will it be this information that will "log me in"? Or is username/password something I'll need to get from the engineer tomorrow?

Also, I believe that the whole thing goes through a "training" period where the best speed and stability is determined over a few days. Is it best to leave what the engineer installs - modem and Home Hub for a few days before swapping out for my ASUS. Or can I literally start playing the minute he's left the house.

Cheers.
 
Nope you don't need that login. The username you'll use for your router's PPPoE connection is [email protected] with no password. However most routers require you specify one so you can enter anything you like.

You can start fiddling straight away. You don't need to reboot the white Openreach modem when you're plugging your routers in anyway and it won't affect your line as the sync is between cabinet and modem.
 
To get the best out of the connection, leave the router the engineer installs in place for the 10 days or whatever they test it for. Also during those 10 days make sure you really use the connection a lot as during the testing period they determine the speed of your connection by the average amount of activity / usage.

We don't have fibre optic but when my dad changed ISP, he absolutely thrashed the connection for the 10 days by leaving Iplayer windows and stuff running nearly constantly and he's now getting about 1 mb/s lower than the absolute limit for his connection type.
 
The router isn't important as with FTTC you have two seperate devices; a VDSL modem and a router that plugs into the modem. The VDSL modem handles the sync so if you don't fiddle with the modem it won't lose sync and therefore your line is not affected.

They don't determine anything based on the amount of data transferred, it's all down to line conditions and line stats like the signal to noise ratio. I barely used my connection when I first got it but still get the max possible speed for my line. My mum's VDSL connection is hardly ever used and that still pulls max speed for the sync too. You don't need to hammer the connection.
 
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Phemo said:
The router isn't important as with FTTC you have two seperate devices; a VDSL modem and a router that plugs into the modem. The VDSL modem handles the sync so if you don't fiddle with the modem it won't lose sync and therefore your line is not affected.

They don't determine anything based on the amount of data transferred, it's all down to line conditions and line stats like the signal to noise ratio. I barely used my connection when I first got it but still get the max possible speed for my line. My mum's VDSL connection is hardly ever used and that still pulls max speed for the sync too. You don't need to hammer the connection.
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Well that advice came from an electrical engineer who has worked for a couple of ISPs and DSL systems management, and definitely it did make a difference as our ISP had to reset our line a couple of months into the contract and that was when my dad tried that trick and it did improve the line speed by a couple of mb/s.
 
Pure coincidence :) Otherwise we wouldn't be seeing people getting and maintaining full 75Mbit speeds out of 75Mbit lines from day one.
 
Give the engineer the RT-N56U instead of the HH. He won't care as long as it's pre-configured.
 
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