technician coming at 2-4 today, so.. i'll see if he changes the ONT.
Ok so.. hopefully it's resolved.
The timeline is.. old cable + starhub ONT + linksys router, intermittent disconnects and slow speeds.
Thought it's the router, switched back to my M1 router, Asus ac1200g+, problem became worse. (Tech told me this might be the cause, since the ONT recognizes a new router and assigns new IP and MAC, causing a conflict)
Finally found time to call Starhub, turned off router + ONT, they reset my IP and MAC, turned back on, new cat 6 and old cat 5e cable have the same issue, slow speedtest of 90mbps and OW only downloaded at 8-10mbps. Decided to leave my new cat 6 cable plugged in.
Woke up this morning, speedtest went back up to 600+ and OW downloaded at near 70mbps. Still on new cat 6 cable.
when the tech came to test on his macbook pro, he hit 900mbps with my new wire, cat 6. I asked him to try my old 5e cable, same 900mbps.
He didn't stay long enough to see if there's any intermittent disconnects.
i plugged in to my own PC to test again with the new cat 6 cable, now i can hit 900mbps....
I honestly don't know what is going on, before he came, i cant hit 900, now i can and i didnt even do anything besides taking the cable out and plugging it back in... WTF?
Anyway, never change anything, speed seems ok now so... he left. I can't complain because everything seems to be working as intended now.
Fingers crossed nothing happens again.
so starhub came to set up my 1gbps fibre today. i was at work so my parents liaised with the tech. no speed test was conducted, sigh
i just got home and tested using my iphone connected wirelessly. Starhub Local test page shows Download = 55mbps; Upload = 25mbps
wtf? i know it's wireless but how can it be so awful?
UPDATE
- Wired connection works well enough. Download exceeds 1000mbps (lol?), though Upload only goes up to 800+mbps. Should I make noise abt this to Starhub? Or this upload speed is sufficient?
- Strangely, I get slightly higher speeds using the grey cable instead of the black cable
- Wireless speeds are still god awful. Can I conclude that it's a Router issue?
(Above based on speed tests done using the starhub local test page on Edge browser)
i'm getting 200+mbps Download on 5ghz 1m away from my Router on my laptop using a 1x1 network card (max 433mbps)
would upgrading to a better 2x2 network card improve speeds?
DFS only affects 5ghz frequency right?
My 2.4ghz speed is slower than when i was using my old Asus AC68 on a 100mbps plan!
i'm getting 200+mbps Download on 5ghz 1m away from my Router on my laptop using a 1x1 network card (max 433mbps)
would upgrading to a better 2x2 network card improve speeds?
Your speed is normal.i'm getting 200+mbps Download on 5ghz 1m away from my Router on my laptop using a 1x1 network card (max 433mbps)
would upgrading to a better 2x2 network card improve speeds?
what router you are using?
Your speed is normal.
If you upgrade to 2x2 then may be can get 300Mbps. I suggest using Cat.6 LAN cable connection.
They have adjusted on their end. There are still 500Mbps around like my plan.Ok so.. hopefully it's resolved.
The timeline is.. old cable + starhub ONT + linksys router, intermittent disconnects and slow speeds.
Thought it's the router, switched back to my M1 router, Asus ac1200g+, problem became worse. (Tech told me this might be the cause, since the ONT recognizes a new router and assigns new IP and MAC, causing a conflict)
Finally found time to call Starhub, turned off router + ONT, they reset my IP and MAC, turned back on, new cat 6 and old cat 5e cable have the same issue, slow speedtest of 90mbps and OW only downloaded at 8-10mbps. Decided to leave my new cat 6 cable plugged in.
Woke up this morning, speedtest went back up to 600+ and OW downloaded at near 70mbps. Still on new cat 6 cable.
when the tech came to test on his macbook pro, he hit 900mbps with my new wire, cat 6. I asked him to try my old 5e cable, same 900mbps.
He didn't stay long enough to see if there's any intermittent disconnects.
i plugged in to my own PC to test again with the new cat 6 cable, now i can hit 900mbps....
I honestly don't know what is going on, before he came, i cant hit 900, now i can and i didnt even do anything besides taking the cable out and plugging it back in... WTF?
Anyway, never change anything, speed seems ok now so... he left. I can't complain because everything seems to be working as intended now.
Fingers crossed nothing happens again.
noted
Noob question: is the IP switch only meant for the set-top box?
In other words, for broadband, i need to connect LAN cable from Router to Data Point, and another LAN cable from the connecting Data Point in the relevant bedroom to Laptop?
My contract with m1 fibre is up, i am thinking to change to StarHub to give it a try with the Linksys EA8100-AH. Anyone able to give some feedback on StarHub or should i stick with M1. Previously, they have 1gb mobile data but I seldom use it.
M1 is good.My contract with m1 fibre is up, i am thinking to change to StarHub to give it a try with the Linksys EA8100-AH. Anyone able to give some feedback on StarHub or should i stick with M1. Previously, they have 1gb mobile data but I seldom use it.
the Linksys EA8100 provided by Starhub