Router Help

[Scary_Turtle]

I Just got fibre installed at my work and seem to be having a problem with the range on the router.

We signed up with Vox and got a free Huawei HG659. Through one wall the wifi signal drops by half, with this comes a drop in speed test results from 100mb/s up and down to around 35mb/s up and down. Through two walls signal halves again and speeds are at around 4-8mb/s. I don't really want to lose 90% of the net because of a router.

we never had this problem before when we were running i-burst on our old router(Tp link TL-MR3420) and signal around the office was fine.

So my question do we need a special kind of router for fibre(can we plug the fibre into our old router for better signal?)
or would it be better to get a new router to handle all our demands.

If we were to buy a new router we would spend up to R5000 but ideally R3000. We would only go to R5000 if the router had significantly better signal.

 

[])ragon_\/oid]

Why get a new Router? Why not look into AP's like UBIQUITI UNIFI? You should also be able to use your TL-MR3420 as an AP.

 

[biena]

So my question do we need a special kind of router for fibre(can we plug the fibre into our old router for better signal?)

You need a router than can make a PPPoE connection over the wan port, fact that you had iburst leads me to believe that the TPlink can do this.

Unplug new router, plug old router in.
Enter the new credentials (username/password) in the TP PPPoE setup.
Should be up and running.

 

[Alkine]

Another option is to connect the old router with the new one via ethernet and just connect to the wifi of the old one?

 

[Grasmuis]

Another option is to connect the old router with the new one via ethernet and just connect to the wifi of the old one?

And remember to disabled the DHCP on the old router.

 

[Alkine]

And remember to disabled the DHCP on the old router.

Yes very important point.

 

[PsyCLown]

Wait, so you get a fibre connection straight into the room and then do they provide a media converter for the fibre which ends up as an RJ45 connector which then plugs into a normal router which is able to dial a PPPoE connection via the WAN port?

In other words my Billion 8800NXL will be able to do this and I do not need to use the Hauwei router Vox supply?

 

[biena]

@PsyCLown, In short yes.

fibre -> Converter -> fibre -> ONT -> ethernet -> router* -> whatever
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...n-Pretoria?p=15126018&viewfull=1#post15126018

Your Billion will slot into the router* space.
Media convert is called ONT (Optical network terminal) take fibre input and give you ethernet out.

 

[SandMan]

In other words my Billion 8800NXL will be able to do this and I do not need to use the Hauwei router Vox supply?

Billions are awesome Your model does support EWAN so all you need to do is switch it over from ADSL to EWAN in the setup somewhere, enter your user details and it should be good to go. Configuration -> WAN -> WAN Interface -> change from ADSL to EWAN. Then change user settings in the WAN Profile.