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Moving ISP

Started by"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk>
First post2012-09-03 09:56 +0100
Last post2012-09-28 13:28 +0100
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  Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 09:56 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-03 10:13 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 11:16 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-03 12:32 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:39 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-03 16:08 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 23:16 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:13 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:37 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:50 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-09-06 10:06 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-09-11 13:14 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-11 20:03 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-03 18:26 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-09-03 11:41 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 13:43 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 14:08 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP "Derek.Moody" <derek.moody@casterbridge.net> - 2012-09-03 19:33 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 23:22 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP "Derek.Moody" <derek.moody@casterbridge.net> - 2012-09-03 23:45 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-04 08:00 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 10:42 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 11:24 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 12:13 +0100
                    Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 13:55 +0100
                      Re: Moving ISP Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 16:07 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-04 11:23 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 13:53 +0100
                    Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-04 20:23 +0100
                      Re: Moving ISP druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-09-04 21:24 +0100
                        Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 23:19 +0100
                        Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-05 07:46 +0100
                      Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-04 23:16 +0100
                    Re: Moving ISP Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 13:10 +0100
                      Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 14:12 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-04 17:53 +0100
                    Re: Moving ISP Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-05 13:14 +0100
                      Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 14:19 +0100
                        Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-05 18:12 +0100
                        Re: Moving ISP John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-09-05 20:45 +0100
                          Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 23:47 +0100
                            Re: Moving ISP cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-09-06 10:10 +0100
                              Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-06 10:23 +0100
                        Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-05 17:50 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-09-11 16:46 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-09-04 21:14 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-09-04 10:15 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 23:21 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-03 23:20 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 22:36 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-09-11 16:57 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-11 20:39 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 22:05 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-09-03 22:39 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-09-03 22:46 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-09-03 23:08 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-09-03 23:02 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 10:15 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-05 11:06 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 11:16 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-05 11:47 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 13:06 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 22:15 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2012-09-05 23:14 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 23:49 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-06 08:02 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 12:11 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP Bryn Evans <d@a.invalid> - 2012-09-09 20:11 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-09 21:12 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-10 10:17 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP Paul Oates <oatespaul@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-10 17:39 +0100
                    Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-11 07:54 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP (OT) Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-09-05 13:33 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP (OT) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-09-09 12:25 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP (OT) Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-09-09 12:41 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP (OT) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-09-09 13:12 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-10 18:50 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-09-10 20:56 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP (OT) Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-09-10 22:05 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP (OT) Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-09-10 22:20 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP (OT) Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-09-10 22:23 +0000
                    Re: Moving ISP (OT) Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-09-11 07:13 +0100
                      Re: Moving ISP (OT) Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-11 12:31 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-11 00:47 +0100
                    Re: Moving ISP (OT) Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-09-11 07:14 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-09-11 06:47 +0000
                  Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-11 10:28 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP (OT) Bryn Evans <d@a.invalid> - 2012-09-11 16:14 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-12 18:58 +0100
                    Re: Moving ISP (OT) Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-12 19:32 +0100
                      Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-13 00:38 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP (OT) Graham Thurlwell <nospam@jades.org> - 2012-09-10 19:28 +0100
                  Re: Moving ISP (OT) "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> - 2012-09-12 18:55 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP (OT) Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-09-09 17:49 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-05 17:51 +0100
    Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-21 14:44 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-21 15:40 +0100
      Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-21 19:28 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-22 09:43 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-22 10:37 +0100
        Re: Moving ISP NedA <news@ned.uk.invalid> - 2012-09-22 10:10 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-22 13:13 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2012-09-22 14:09 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-22 14:59 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-22 14:21 +0100
          Re: Moving ISP Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-27 20:00 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP JTM <usenetbin@free.fr> - 2012-09-27 21:01 +0100
            Re: Moving ISP NedA <news@ned.uk.invalid> - 2012-09-28 10:27 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 11:34 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-28 12:59 +0100
              Re: Moving ISP Jess <phantasm_39@hotmail.com> - 2012-09-28 13:02 +0100
                Re: Moving ISP "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-09-28 13:28 +0100

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#6346

FromDoug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com>
Date2012-09-05 11:47 +0100
Message-ID<ba3f67ca52.dougjwebb@doug.j.webb.btinternet.com>
In reply to#6345
In message <52ca6478dfdave@davenoise.co.uk>
          "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

>> .

> I was hoping the home hub, being several years newer, might have a better
> performance? Are you saying it can't be set to what I want?  And can
> my existing router work with fibre? (I've not seen how it's done)

Depends on what you want to do.

Things like DHCP pool IP addressing rages can be changed as well as 
Wireless channels etc and also port forwarding.

These can be found via

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/hub/c/346,1887

e.g for changing the IP ranges given out from default 192.1.168. xx to 
something else

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9011/~/how-do-i-change-the-dhcp-settings-of-the-bt-home-hub%3F


o alter the LAN settings of the BT Home Hub 3

 Go to http://bthomehub.home
 Click on Settings.
 Log in with your username and password.
 Click on Advanced Settings
 Click on Continue to advanced settings
 Click on Home Network
 Click on IP Addresses
 Click on the Enabled No option under DHCP Server
 Select the range required or Configure manually
 Make the required changes to the DHCP settings
 Under Hub IP Gateway Address you can amend the IP address/subnet 
mask that you want the BT Home Hub to use
 Once you have successfully added an IP add


or download the Hub3 manual which gives details details

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/32813/~/bt-home-hub-3


-- 
See and experience the future using ARM Technology - BeagleBoard -xM, 
Cortex A8 and RISC OS 5.19.

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#6349

From"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk>
Date2012-09-05 13:06 +0100
Message-ID<52ca6e84d2dave@davenoise.co.uk>
In reply to#6346
In article <ba3f67ca52.dougjwebb@doug.j.webb.btinternet.com>,
   Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > I was hoping the home hub, being several years newer, might have a better
> > performance? Are you saying it can't be set to what I want?  And can
> > my existing router work with fibre? (I've not seen how it's done)

> Depends on what you want to do.

> Things like DHCP pool IP addressing rages can be changed as well as 
> Wireless channels etc and also port forwarding.

[snip useful information to save space]

My thoughts were I'd need fixed IP addresses since that's what I was told
to do before - and my RPCs haven't changed (much) since then.

I use ShareFS between them, and LanMan98 to share files between the PCs
and them. Uniprint for printing. I don't use the PCs for email or news, so
will want Pluto/POPstar/NewsHound to continue working. I also have my own
domain for email and will need to continue with that. If I can get into
the BT router to configure it (in much the same way as I can do with the
current one) I expect things will be ok - with the help of all of you
here. I was sort of worried that it simply came with a CD for Windows and
if that didn't do things - tough.

-- 
*If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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#6361

FromJim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk>
Date2012-09-05 22:15 +0100
Message-ID<c4c2a0ca52.jim@nails.abbeypress.net>
In reply to#6349
I've been using BT broadband and its Home Hub for about a year now 
with no problems.  The switchover from my previous ISP was painless.

Doug Webb's list is excellent.  He knows what he is talking about -- 
he works for BT, if I remember aright.


Dave Plowman (News) wrote on 5 Sep:
> My thoughts were I'd need fixed IP addresses since that's what I was told
> to do before - and my RPCs haven't changed (much) since then.

The BT Home Hub, as I found on my maiden voyage with it, uses the 
range 192.168.1.xx by default and gives itself xx=254, which was a bit 
unexpected -- different from my previous router.  That's the IP 
address you need to specify as "gateway" in your RiscOS networking 
dialogue.

Doug explained how you can change this default range.  I didn't know 
at the time or I would have done so.  (10.0.0.xx seems tidier.)
   In the event, however, I found that the Hub handed out IP addresses 
to each machine that were different from the ones I used before.  Its 
web interface gives a nice display of what's connected.  It lets you 
say "ALWAYS use this address" if you want, so I did that and revised 
my RiscOS Hosts file accordingly.

One gotcha I learned the hard way with my first networking experience 
some years ago:  don't use xx=0 or xx=255 because these have special 
meanings


> I use ShareFS between them, and LanMan98 to share files between the PCs
> and them. Uniprint for printing. I don't use the PCs for email or news, so
> will want Pluto/POPstar/NewsHound to continue working. I also have my own
> domain for email and will need to continue with that. If I can get into
> the BT router to configure it (in much the same way as I can do with the
> current one) I expect things will be ok - with the help of all of you
> here. I was sort of worried that it simply came with a CD for Windows and
> if that didn't do things - tough.

You'll be fine with all that stuff.  There's no "CD for Windows" 
scenario.  You can look at the Hub's web display with a RiscOS browser 
in a rudimentary way but for some features you'll need to browse with 
your PC.


When I first began using BT broadband, they phoned with an offer of a 
free month's subscription with their "any sort of IT help any time" 
service (after which it's £10 a month).  I made use of this -- they 
were quite helpful with some fairly obscure questions I asked (which 
didn't have to be about BT broadband) and used VNC to tweak things in 
Windows that would have taken me a lot of hunting.  But I didn't have 
enough questions to make it worth paying after the beginning.

-- 
Jim Nagel                        www.archivemag.co.uk

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#6363

FromSteve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk>
Date2012-09-05 23:14 +0100
Message-ID<mpro.m9wdrr02419o001iw.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>
In reply to#6361
On 5 Sep, Jim Nagel wrote in message
    <c4c2a0ca52.jim@nails.abbeypress.net>:

> The BT Home Hub, as I found on my maiden voyage with it, uses the range
> 192.168.1.xx by default and gives itself xx=254, which was a bit
> unexpected -- different from my previous router.  That's the IP address
> you need to specify as "gateway" in your RiscOS networking dialogue.
> 
> Doug explained how you can change this default range.  I didn't know at
> the time or I would have done so.  (10.0.0.xx seems tidier.)
>    In the event, however, I found that the Hub handed out IP addresses 
> to each machine that were different from the ones I used before.  Its web
> interface gives a nice display of what's connected.  It lets you say
> "ALWAYS use this address" if you want, so I did that and revised my RiscOS
> Hosts file accordingly.
> 
> One gotcha I learned the hard way with my first networking experience some
> years ago:  don't use xx=0 or xx=255 because these have special meanings

I've plugged this somewhere else recently, but the three articles on
Networking at the bottom of http://www.wrocc.org.uk/howto/ cover this kind
of thing in some detail.  These went on to be three of the twelve articles
that formed The WROCC Guide to Networking:

  http://www.wrocc.org.uk/newsletter/network.shtml

-- 
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/

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#6365

From"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk>
Date2012-09-05 23:49 +0100
Message-ID<52caa96cc9dave@davenoise.co.uk>
In reply to#6361
In article <c4c2a0ca52.jim@nails.abbeypress.net>,
   Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
> I've been using BT broadband and its Home Hub for about a year now 
> with no problems.  The switchover from my previous ISP was painless.

> Doug Webb's list is excellent.  He knows what he is talking about -- 
> he works for BT, if I remember aright.

[snip]

Thanks Jim - most helpful.

-- 
*It is wrong to ever split an infinitive *

    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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#6369

Fromspampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com>
Date2012-09-06 08:02 +0100
Message-ID<52cad690c6spam.pling@btinternet.com>
In reply to#6361
In article <c4c2a0ca52.jim@nails.abbeypress.net>,
   Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
>  (10.0.0.xx seems tidier.)

Not really, the 10. range is intended to be used as /8 (old class A) with
rather large numbers of hosts in the subnet.
192.168. is intended for use as a set of 192.168.x,y /24 (old class C)
ranges with just 254 host addresses.
Some (slightly naff) network equipment ignores the mask setting you give
and applies the natural mask - which causes problems.

-- 

Steve Pampling

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#6347

FromChris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk>
Date2012-09-05 12:11 +0100
Message-ID<bb7d69ca52.chris@o2.co.uk>
In reply to#6345
In message <52ca6478dfdave@davenoise.co.uk>
          "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <0c8c63ca52.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net>,
>    Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:

[snip]

>> Only gotcha is that if you need tech support, they will probably ask
>> you to connect up the BT Home Hub, so don't flog it on any well-known
>> auction sites...

> I was hoping the home hub, being several years newer, might have a better
> performance? Are you saying it can't be set to what I want?  And can
> my existing router work with fibre? (I've not seen how it's done)

IIRC, for Fibre you actually get two boxes, one is as it enters your 
property to provide the fibre connection, and then the Home hub for 
your internal network, wireless and ethernet. Home hub is also 
connected to the Fibre interface box (in many ways its the same sort 
of setup as Cable Broadband).

My brother has BT Infinity and that what he tells me happened to him.

You should be able to login to the Home Hub, but probably only from 
Windows/Mac/Linux.

-- 
Chris Hughes

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#6384

FromBryn Evans <d@a.invalid>
Date2012-09-09 20:11 +0100
Message-ID<csam66c9a4cc52.Bryn@yo.rk>
In reply to#6347
In a mad moment - Chris Hughes  mumbled :

> In message <52ca6478dfdave@davenoise.co.uk>
>           "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

>> In article <0c8c63ca52.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net>,
>>    Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:

> [snip]

>>> Only gotcha is that if you need tech support, they will probably ask
>>> you to connect up the BT Home Hub, so don't flog it on any well-known
>>> auction sites...

>> I was hoping the home hub, being several years newer, might have a better
>> performance? Are you saying it can't be set to what I want?  And can
>> my existing router work with fibre? (I've not seen how it's done)

> IIRC, for Fibre you actually get two boxes, one is as it enters your
> property to provide the fibre connection, and then the Home hub for
> your internal network, wireless and ethernet. Home hub is also
> connected to the Fibre interface box (in many ways its the same sort
> of setup as Cable Broadband).

> My brother has BT Infinity and that what he tells me happened to him.

> You should be able to login to the Home Hub, but probably only from
> Windows/Mac/Linux.

If BT has provided "Fibre to the Cabinet" in your area, then your 
existing Router will not notice or require any change.
The only difference will be the received speed you get.
Mine went from 2mbits to 12/13 Mbits.

I am with PlusNet and can recomend them.

-- 
|)    [
|)ryn [vans            mail to - BrynEvans@bryork.freeuk.com



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#6385

FromBrian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk>
Date2012-09-09 21:12 +0100
Message-ID<a666aacc52.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net>
In reply to#6384
On 9 Sep, Bryn Evans wrote:

> If BT has provided "Fibre to the Cabinet" in your area, then your
> existing Router will not notice or require any change. The only
> difference will be the received speed you get. Mine went from 2mbits
> to 12/13 Mbits.

FTTC does require new kit, which will be installed by an Openreach 
engineer. You're thinking of ADSL2+.

ADSL Max does up to 8Mb down. ADSL 2+ does up to 20Mb down. FTTC does 
up to 40Mb down, or up to 80Mb down on VDSL 2.

> I am with PlusNet and can recomend them.

Ditto...
-- 
Brian Howlett - Email to From: address deleted unseen
------------------------------------------------------------------
Isn't it strange that the same people that laugh at gypsy fortune
tellers take economists seriously?

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#6387

FromAlan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk>
Date2012-09-10 10:17 +0100
Message-ID<52ccf24548alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk>
In reply to#6385
In article <a666aacc52.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net>,
   Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:
> Reply-To: Brian@brianhowlett.me.uk

> On 9 Sep, Bryn Evans wrote:

> > If BT has provided "Fibre to the Cabinet" in your area, then your
> > existing Router will not notice or require any change. The only
> > difference will be the received speed you get. Mine went from 2mbits
> > to 12/13 Mbits.

> FTTC does require new kit, which will be installed by an Openreach 
> engineer. You're thinking of ADSL2+.

I think you may be talking about something different. In my area (Ilford)
the worn out copper cabling from the exchange to the local boxes was
causing problems so BT has replaced this by fibre optic cable (ie "fibre
to the box") any interfacing between the fibre optic cable and the copper
to the houses is done in the box - the only thing that users notice is
much faster speeds (11/12 Mbits in my case) no new equipment or contract
required. In my area BT are also installing fibre optic to the telegraph
pole which I believe will require new equipment but will give a very much
faster speed at a higher tarif.

Alan

-- 
alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk
alan.dawes@riscos.org
Using an Acorn RiscPC

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#6391

FromPaul Oates <oatespaul@btinternet.com>
Date2012-09-10 17:39 +0100
Message-ID<d0ac1acd52.Paul@btinternet.com>
In reply to#6387
In message <52ccf24548alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk>
          Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <a666aacc52.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net>,
>    Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:
>> Reply-To: Brian@brianhowlett.me.uk

>> On 9 Sep, Bryn Evans wrote:

>>> If BT has provided "Fibre to the Cabinet" in your area, then your
>>> existing Router will not notice or require any change. The only
>>> difference will be the received speed you get. Mine went from 2mbits
>>> to 12/13 Mbits.

>> FTTC does require new kit, which will be installed by an Openreach
>> engineer. You're thinking of ADSL2+.

> I think you may be talking about something different. In my area (Ilford)
> the worn out copper cabling from the exchange to the local boxes was
> causing problems so BT has replaced this by fibre optic cable (ie "fibre
> to the box") any interfacing between the fibre optic cable and the copper
> to the houses is done in the box - the only thing that users notice is
> much faster speeds (11/12 Mbits in my case) no new equipment or contract
> required. In my area BT are also installing fibre optic to the telegraph
> pole which I believe will require new equipment but will give a very much
> faster speed at a higher tarif.

> Alan

If you sign up for BT infinity then you will have two boxes, a modem 
and a router (BT's Home Hub). What you end up with is Fibre to the 
Cabinet (FTTC) and copper to the premises. An Openreach engineer will 
bring and fit the modem because that and the line is supplied by BT 
Wholesale; BT Retail will send you the Home Hub. With Infinity 1 you 
can get up to 40Mbs downstream, and 10Mbs upstream, with a usage limit 
of 40GB per month. With Infinity 2 the monthly limit is removed and 
max speeds double. The speeds depend on your distance from the 
cabinet.

Fibre to the Premises is currently available only in very limited 
areas, and again there will be two boxes, one to terminate the fibre, 
the other a router.

One downside of fibre is that if you have an intermittent fault, it 
can be difficult to find the cause. Mine is now working at full speed, 
but it took a while to get there.

-- 
Paul Oates
oatespaul@btinternet.com

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#6401

Fromspampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com>
Date2012-09-11 07:54 +0100
Message-ID<52cd68f9c4spam.pling@btinternet.com>
In reply to#6391
In article <d0ac1acd52.Paul@btinternet.com>,
   Paul Oates <oatespaul@btinternet.com> wrote:
> One downside of fibre is that if you have an intermittent fault, it 
> can be difficult to find the cause.

Fibre faults are limited to the transceiver at each end and the fibre
itself. OTDR can locate physical fibre faults to within a metre on short
runs (normal exchange to home length[1])

[1] Yes, some folks live in the boonies and the runs count as medium.

-- 

Steve Pampling

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#6354 — Re: Moving ISP (OT)

FromPeter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk>
Date2012-09-05 13:33 +0100
SubjectRe: Moving ISP (OT)
Message-ID<2af870ca52.pnyoung@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>
In reply to#6343
On 5 Sep 2012  "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

> Got my MAC from TalkTalk, so it's going ahead. (They called it a MAC code
> in the email header. ;-))

That's what is called RAS Syndrome: Redundant Acronym Syndrome 
Syndrome. :-)

With best wishes,

Peter.

-- 
Peter   \  /      zfc Ta     \     Prestbury, Cheltenham,  Glos. GL52
and      \/ __            __  \                              England.
family   / /  \ | | |\ | /  _  \      http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
        /  \__/ \_/ | \| \__/   \______________ pnyoung@ormail.co.uk

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#6380 — Re: Moving ISP (OT)

FromTim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
Date2012-09-09 12:25 +0100
SubjectRe: Moving ISP (OT)
Message-ID<52cc7a1791tim@invalid.org.uk>
In reply to#6354
In article <2af870ca52.pnyoung@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, Peter Young
<pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> wrote:
> On 5 Sep 2012  "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

> > Got my MAC from TalkTalk, so it's going ahead. (They called it a MAC
> > code in the email header. ;-))

> That's what is called RAS Syndrome: Redundant Acronym Syndrome
> Syndrome. :-)

Shh. Trying to do some PAT Testing.

Then off to the bank to use my 'Personal Identification PIN Number'.

-- 
from Tim Hill who welcomes incoming email to tim at timil dot com.
* Share in a better energy supplier: http://tjrh.eu/coopnrg
* Share in cheaper ethical telecoms: http://tjrh.eu/phone
* Have a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/

... "Wisely and slow; they stumble who run fast" Rom & Jul, Act ii, Sc.3

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#6381 — Re: Moving ISP (OT)

FromAlan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk>
Date2012-09-09 12:41 +0100
SubjectRe: Moving ISP (OT)
Message-ID<gemini.ma2z4l00949sx02p4.spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk>
In reply to#6380
Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

> In article <2af870ca52.pnyoung@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, Peter Young
> <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> wrote:
> > On 5 Sep 2012  "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > Got my MAC from TalkTalk, so it's going ahead. (They called it a MAC
> > > code in the email header. ;-))
> 
> > That's what is called RAS Syndrome: Redundant Acronym Syndrome
> > Syndrome. :-)
> 
> Shh. Trying to do some PAT Testing.
> 
> Then off to the bank to use my 'Personal Identification PIN Number'.

Then back home to your RISC computer.

Alan

-- 
RISC OS - you know it makes cents

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#6382 — Re: Moving ISP (OT)

FromTim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
Date2012-09-09 13:12 +0100
SubjectRe: Moving ISP (OT)
Message-ID<52cc7e6538tim@invalid.org.uk>
In reply to#6381
In article
<gemini.ma2z4l00949sx02p4.spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk>,
   Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> wrote:
> Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:

> > In article <2af870ca52.pnyoung@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, Peter Young
> > <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> wrote:
> > > On 5 Sep 2012  "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > > Got my MAC from TalkTalk, so it's going ahead. (They called it a
> > > > MAC code in the email header. ;-))
> > 
> > > That's what is called RAS Syndrome: Redundant Acronym Syndrome
> > > Syndrome. :-)
> > 
> > Shh. Trying to do some PAT Testing.
> > 
> > Then off to the bank to use my 'Personal Identification PIN Number'.

> Then back home to your RISC computer.

It's an ARM machine.

-- 
from Tim Hill who welcomes incoming email to tim at timil dot com.
* Share in a better energy supplier: http://tjrh.eu/coopnrg
* Share in cheaper ethical telecoms: http://tjrh.eu/phone
* Have a genuine & spam-proof address for Usenet http://www.invalid.org.uk/

... "She looked yesternight fairer than ever I saw her look, or any woman else" Troilus & C, Act i, Sc.1

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#6389 — Re: Moving ISP (OT)

From"Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com>
Date2012-09-10 18:50 +0100
SubjectRe: Moving ISP (OT)
Message-ID<fIxm7.2485$lk6.889830@rdsqurrl.com>
In reply to#6382
Tim Hill wrote:

> Alan Wrigley wrote:
>> Tim Hill wrote:
>>> Peter Young wrote:
>>>> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

>>>>> Got my MAC from TalkTalk, so it's going ahead. (They called it a
>>>>> MAC code in the email header. ;-))

>>>> That's what is called RAS Syndrome: Redundant Acronym Syndrome
>>>> Syndrome. :-)

>>> Shh. Trying to do some PAT Testing.

>>> Then off to the bank to use my 'Personal Identification PIN Number'.

>> Then back home to your RISC computer.

> It's an ARM machine.

There's a *big* list of these on the office wall, from which the less
obscure are: ABM missile, ABS system, alternating AC current, ATM machine,
CCT television, DAB digital radio, EMP pulse, mega FLOPS per second, GPS
system, GUI interface, HIV virus, ISBN number, ISO standard, ITN news,
KFC chicken nuggets, LCD display, LPG gas, MIDI interface, OPEC country,
RAM memory, RNLI lifeboat, RPG game, SALT talks, SAT test, SCSI interface,
SCUBA gear, VAT tax, and VIP people.

But actually I prefer the little list added to the bottom, which simply
goes: GCSE exam, MOT test, PDF file, and WAP phone. ;)


Fliss

-- 
He said: This is ridiculous, she offered me a ride! I thought you're my friend?
She said: You're my friend with a small F, my friend with a big F is your wife.
He said: If you want to hurt my wife, then screw you! And that's with a big F.

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#6393 — Re: Moving ISP (OT)

FromFolderol <folderol@ukfsn.org>
Date2012-09-10 20:56 +0100
SubjectRe: Moving ISP (OT)
Message-ID<20120910205643.05ebf7f3@debian>
In reply to#6389
On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:50:47 BST
"Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> wrote:

> But actually I prefer the little list added to the bottom, which simply
> goes: GCSE exam, MOT test, PDF file, and WAP phone. ;)

Warning Pedant!

... but you fell into the trap that catches a lot of people. MOT test

Ministry Of Transport test :)


So a garage that offers MOT's is actually correct and one with MOTs is not.

-- 
Will J G

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#6394 — Re: Moving ISP (OT)

FromAlan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk>
Date2012-09-10 22:05 +0100
SubjectRe: Moving ISP (OT)
Message-ID<gemini.ma5jws00sp24102iw.spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk>
In reply to#6393
Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:50:47 BST
> "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> wrote:
> 
> > But actually I prefer the little list added to the bottom, which simply
> > goes: GCSE exam, MOT test, PDF file, and WAP phone. ;)
> 
> Warning Pedant!
> 
> ... but you fell into the trap that catches a lot of people.

And you fell into an even bigger trap...

Alan

-- 
RISC OS - you know it makes cents

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#6395 — Re: Moving ISP (OT)

FromPeter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk>
Date2012-09-10 22:20 +0100
SubjectRe: Moving ISP (OT)
Message-ID<d66b34cd52.pnyoung@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>
In reply to#6393
On 10 Sep 2012  Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:50:47 BST
> "Felicity S." <Flcty@rdsqurrl.com> wrote:

>> But actually I prefer the little list added to the bottom, which simply
>> goes: GCSE exam, MOT test, PDF file, and WAP phone. ;)

> Warning Pedant!

> ... but you fell into the trap that catches a lot of people. MOT test

> Ministry Of Transport test :)


> So a garage that offers MOT's is actually correct and one with MOTs is not.

<applause>

Peter.

-- 
Peter   \  /      zfc Ta     \     Prestbury, Cheltenham,  Glos. GL52
and      \/ __            __  \                              England.
family   / /  \ | | |\ | /  _  \      http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
        /  \__/ \_/ | \| \__/   \______________ pnyoung@ormail.co.uk

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