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maumau

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@PBCool - any new please?

CI have sent a TP-Link C20 router to replace our TP-Link WR840.

Is it plug and play or does it need to be set-up? Will all the wireless devices connect automatically?

Everyone else has gone on holiday so scared to get too technical while I'm home alone :)

Vumatel trenched.
 
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Since I'm still using PPPoE, should the MTU and MRU values change from their ADSL values on the router settings for 200/200?

They're currently both 1492.
 
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Phinix said:
This used to show in the 145ms to 150ms range. I don't have an old mtr for comparison.
But in game it is now jumping between 160ms to 180ms+/- where as before it was solid between 145ms and 150ms.

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|                                      WinMTR statistics                                   |
|                       Host              -   %  | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|                         router.asus.com -    0 |   30 |   30 |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |
|                   No response from host -  100 |    6 |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |
|                            192.168.11.6 -    0 |   30 |   30 |    2 |    3 |    5 |    2 |
|                             154.0.1.162 -    0 |   30 |   30 |    2 |    3 |   13 |    4 |
|                uwu-cust.coolideas.co.za -    0 |   30 |   30 |  142 |  143 |  150 |  142 |
|               u102-cust.coolideas.co.za -    0 |   30 |   30 |  141 |  145 |  168 |  159 |
|              be20.asr01.thn.as20860.net -    0 |   30 |   30 |  162 |  164 |  180 |  162 |
|        po111.net1.north.dc5.as20860.net -    0 |   30 |   30 |  143 |  149 |  173 |  164 |
|                           87.117.211.30 -    0 |   30 |   30 |  160 |  166 |  291 |  161 |
|                           78.129.153.13 -    0 |   30 |   30 |  160 |  161 |  172 |  161 |
|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|
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Have the same result now pretty much:

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|                                      WinMTR statistics                                   |
|                       Host              -   %  | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|                             192.168.0.1 -    0 |   45 |   45 |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |
|                             154.0.0.245 -    0 |   45 |   45 |    0 |    0 |    1 |    0 |
|                uwx-cust.coolideas.co.za -    0 |   45 |   45 |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |
|                uwu-cust.coolideas.co.za -    0 |   45 |   45 |  140 |  140 |  140 |  140 |
|               u152-cust.coolideas.co.za -    0 |   45 |   45 |  140 |  151 |  157 |  140 |
|              be20.asr01.thn.as20860.net -    0 |   45 |   45 |  140 |  140 |  142 |  141 |
|        po111.net1.north.dc5.as20860.net -    0 |   45 |   45 |  158 |  163 |  204 |  158 |
|                           87.117.211.30 -    0 |   45 |   45 |  158 |  158 |  165 |  158 |
|                           78.129.153.13 -    0 |   45 |   45 |  158 |  158 |  158 |  158 |
|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|

This normal or not? I was under the impression people were getting 140-150ms from Cape Town, but I'm obviously pretty new to the fibre scene.
 
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In-game latency starts off at 163ms and spikes to 183ms and stays there, with short dips. Not a trainsmash I suppose, just wondering if this is normal or not as I achieved the same pings on ADSL.
 
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Seeyou said:
In-game latency starts off at 163ms and spikes to 183ms and stays there, with short dips. Not a trainsmash I suppose, just wondering if this is normal or not as I achieved the same pings on ADSL.
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Welcome to our world my friend.....Not trying to pull a @Looney ( love that guy !!!) but it seems we were better off with ADSL and LTE. I for one am actually disappointed in the the performance of Fibre vs the rest of the technologies. Only difference in my mind is the speed u can achieve is higher - the rest of the stats are basically the same or worse.

Maybe one day ...
 
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Fjorko said:
Welcome to our world my friend.....Not trying to pull a @Looney ( love that guy !!!) but it seems we were better off with ADSL and LTE. I for one am actually disappointed in the the performance of Fibre vs the rest of the technologies. Only difference in my mind is the speed u can achieve is higher - the rest of the stats are basically the same or worse.

Maybe one day ...
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Odd though - because clearly the lower latencies WERE achievable at one point. Curious as to what changed and why.
 
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Seeyou said:
Odd though - because clearly the lower latencies WERE achievable at one point. Curious as to what changed and why.
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Congestion , routing and distance all play a role (I'm guessing fortnite) .I don't see 20ms making a difference considering your already playing on 100ms+ so my best guess is that stability comes into play
 
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No update on ticket #COOL-20180711-122832 for more then a month. Please advise when the international download speed issue on frogfoot will be resolved...
 
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S.Claus said:
Congestion , routing and distance all play a role (I'm guessing fortnite) .I don't see 20ms making a difference considering your already playing on 100ms+ so my best guess is that stability comes into play
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Indeed it's not the end of the world - merely curious.
 
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Seeyou said:
Odd though - because clearly the lower latencies WERE achievable at one point. Curious as to what changed and why.
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Then you get me as I got cool ideas and have not one issue not sure why though its working flawlessly on my side , especially with RD I enjoy it hassel free lol
 
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No "problems" as yet. Speeds seem good.

Interestingly, if I VPN into a server in London that I can get a 140ms ping to, then play online, I get around 160ms in-game. So it would appear to be routing, rather than congestion.
 
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So I got a Premiumize test account yesterday and tested it last night. Buffer free steams the entire night on whichever quality I wanted, swapped over to RD and it was buffer galore. For now I'll be using Premiumize until the issues with RD has been fixed.
 
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Is routing to Brazil over the new cable active? I can't seem to get below 220ms ping there.
 
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TranQ said:
So I got a Premiumize test account yesterday and tested it last night. Buffer free steams the entire night on whichever quality I wanted, swapped over to RD and it was buffer galore. For now I'll be using Premiumize until the issues with RD has been fixed.
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Why use any of those over Alldebrid?
 
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The feedback I have is that the line is in your name from Openserve, it's not about passing the buck we simply can't order another line until the current one is resolved.
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Can we not just migrate the line to you guys then? If the line is in my name it must be active?
 
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@PBCool (or anyone else able to shed some light for me). I'm trying to work out why testmy.net doesn't work for me. Whenever I try to load a testmy.net page I get the following response:
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All the other testing services I try are fine (http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest, http://www.speedtest.net/, even the MyBB test at http://speedtest.mybroadband.co.za/). In fact, the testmy.net site is the only one I get this message on at all. I've tried on a number of machines - desktop, mobile devices, wifi and wired connections - and used a number of different browsers, all with the same result. Curiously, as soon as I disconnect from my home network and connect to a cell signal (at least on my phone) the site loads perfectly. Here's my phone on Wifi, then on 4G a few minutes ago:

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Waylander said:
Can we not just migrate the line to you guys then? If the line is in my name it must be active?
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Well apparently there is an outstanding amount on the line or something, this is just what feedback we receive from Openserve.
 
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Seeyou said:
Nope, Duwane confirmed Octotel contacted CISP to say the line was provisioned. Called support and it looks like the password I was emailed initially was incorrect. Am now online with the correct details :)
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Awesome :)
 
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