M1 FIBRE BROADBAND DISCUSSION - Part 2

[Sauron]

The white one looks great. I got the regular black one

 

[asianfish]

The ONT (the so called modem is not really a modem but a fiber optical terminal)

Everyone in SG used the same huawei ONT issue by M1. U got to use whatever M1 issue you for ONT.

So I just need to purchase the WIFI 6 Deco X60 and I'm good to go right?

 

[asianfish]

For ONT there are two models issued by M1 for new installations depends on the model avaliability on that day. For today is my installation and i checked with the installer.

Today i learn when using the new setup, eveytime u have a new router change, need to call m1 press 2 then 2 then 5 to ask reset of ONT connection. din have this issues last timr when i am with starhub.

How long did you need to wait for the installation date?

 

[Apex]

So I just need to purchase the WIFI 6 Deco X60 and I'm good to go right?

You signing up 500Mbps plan right?

 

[asianfish]

You signing up 500Mbps plan right?

Yes most likely getting the 500Mbps plan

 

[Apex]

Yes most likely getting the 500Mbps plan

Oh ok 500mbps no router. so u can get your x60. Hook up the main until with M1 ONT

 

[asianfish]

Oh ok 500mbps no router. so u can get your x60. Hook up the main until with M1 ONT

Is the 1Gbps plan more worth it for $10 extra a month and comes with a free WiFi 6 router?

 

[Elijahonli]

Is the 1Gbps plan more worth it for $10 extra a month and comes with a free WiFi 6 router?

personal opinion is no. Unless you need the 1gbps speed.

10$/mth * 24mths is 240 over 2 years which you could save up and top up abit more for a more decent Wifi6 Router

 

[FireHobbit]

The white one looks great. I got the regular black one

maybe is those on today installation get the white set. white i really surprise and like very much

 

[FireHobbit]

I wanted to configure ipv6 setting on my Asus Router AX55. anyone know if this is possible?

 

[Sauron]

I wanted to configure ipv6 setting on my Asus Router AX55. anyone know if this is possible?

Yes there is a router setting to turn on Ipv6

 

[bert64]

I wanted to configure ipv6 setting on my Asus Router AX55. anyone know if this is possible?

Yes, M1 has native IPv6 via DHCPv6-PD and Asus routers fully support it:

https://www.asus.com/sg/support/FAQ/113990/
https://blog.yibi.org/2015/01/16/ipv6-for-m1-fibre-broadband
Turn it on and go to http://www.ipv6-test.com to make sure it's working

 

[limpingsim98]

Just don't be a no life guy and keep downloading things from the net.

Oh wait you're a businessman. No wonder you need two broadband connection. Your business is so big (like your kang), like some MNC, no wonder why need multi-gigabit connections on two separate networks for "redundancy".


Unrivalled like his business model (prawn on the internet through torrent).

Sent from Xiaomi REDMI NOTE 4 using GAGT

My home also use 2 ISP for boardband. Not for business. But as home office. Was setup this way since the major outage with M1 and Starhub. For fail safe and bandwidth reason.

 

[adderrs]

Anyone managed to enable ipv6 with your M1 internet access?

I tried this method (https://techcyn.com/guides/how-to-enable-ipv6-in-asus-router-guide-experience-ipv6-on-asus-routers/) but doesn't work for me.

Test at https://test-ipv6.com resulted in "No IPv6 address detected"

 

[revhappy]

Any expert here can advise where is the best place to put my node? I bought the Asus CT8 from M1, and need help with the placement of the second node. Attached is the floe plan.. Location: A;B;C or D??

Thank you.

Your house layout is very nice, you need only one router and the current fibre point/main router placement is perfect. No need of any mesh for this kind of layout.

 

[bert64]

Anyone managed to enable ipv6 with your M1 internet access?

I tried this method (https://techcyn.com/guides/how-to-enable-ipv6-in-asus-router-guide-experience-ipv6-on-asus-routers/) but doesn't work for me.

Test at https://test-ipv6.com resulted in "No IPv6 address detected"

Yes M1 IPv6 works well for me, but i'm not using an Asus router. I can say that the M1 side works 100%, but i'm not 100% clear on the correct settings for your router. Perhaps someone else is more familiar with your particular router model.

What did you set the WAN connection type to? It should be either "native" or "passthrough".

Does IPv6 show up on the router, what client devices are you using to test and is IPv6 enabled on them, and do you have any other devices (eg additional access point) between your client device and the asus router?

Edit: looking at the guide above i suspect you should try type native rather than passthrough. It should give you a DHCPv6-PD option, which also needs to be on.

 

[adderrs]

What are the usual speed (during day time and peak hours) you guys are getting from your M1 1Gbps plan?

I have been on this plan for so many years but have always been using wifi and never bother to check the speed. Until recently, I went on wired connection but to my surprise I am getting...

• 250mbps to 360mbps during day time and peak hours

And so I begin more research and troubleshooting to get as high a speed as possible using:

• 3 different laptops' RJ45 ports. Result: no different
• Using 3 different Cat6A, Cat6 and Cat8 cables. Result: negligible differences
• Tweaking asus router configuration. Result: doesn't help
• Tweaking Win10 settings. Result: no improvement

Until after weeks of troubleshooting... I decided to test at different timings and lo and behold...

• speed jumped to 700-860mbps between 2am to 6am
• but after 6am, speed went back to the 250-360mbps range throughout the remaining day and night
• this observation occurs throughout numerous days of testing over last one week

Could M1 have been throttling bandwidth at different timing? Or could it be due to WFH, day time's and evening time's consumption of bandwidth far exceed allocated bandwidth in my block/vicinity/neighborhood?

If it is the latter, shouldn't M1 allocate more bandwidth since nowadays WFH is the new norm and is this something that we as customers can feedback to IMDA for M1 to improve on?

Anyway, as my experimentation continues, I found out that I can further improve speed by making the following changes.

• Disabling Malwarebytes' Web Protection while keeping malware, ransomware and exploit protection enabled - this speed up around 50mbps which is quite visible
• Disabling Kaspersky's Web Antivirus, Network Attack Blocker, IM Antivirus and everything else except File Antivirus - this improved speed by as much as 100mbps
• Disabling Tiny Firewall - this improve around 10-20mbps which is negligible

By making the above 3 changes, I managed to get max speed of 920mbps between 2am-6am. But it makes no different during day/evening time which is still frustratingly 250-360mbps.

Just wanted to highlight that, these changes compromises security and definitely not recommended as a day-to-day contingency. So what I will do as a next step, is to uninstall Malwarebytes and Kaspersky altogether, and then fall back to the good old Windows Defender which according to AV test is more lightweight on system resources and doesn't impact web activities as much as MWB & KAV while on the other hand, still on par in terms of detection rate. This alternative remains to be tested in the coming week.

As for Tiny Firewall which is crucial to prevent all the hidden rogue software from phoning home as well as asus router's firewall where only DOS protection is enabled with no visible impact on internet speed, I'll probably keep them for now until I have time to build a pfsense or opnsense box for hobby's sake though not as much of a reason for speed improvement since the gains if any are negligible compared to the priority at hand to sort it out with M1 on why such huge different in speed at different timing.

Note: all above tests are done with wifi disabled on router which gives no opportunity for mobile or IOT devices to compete for bandwidth when tests were being carried out.

 

[adderrs]

Yes M1 IPv6 works well for me, but i'm not using an Asus router. I can say that the M1 side works 100%, but i'm not 100% clear on the correct settings for your router. Perhaps someone else is more familiar with your particular router model.

What did you set the WAN connection type to? It should be either "native" or "passthrough".

Does IPv6 show up on the router, what client devices are you using to test and is IPv6 enabled on them, and do you have any other devices (eg additional access point) between your client device and the asus router?

Edit: looking at the guide above i suspect you should try type native rather than passthrough. It should give you a DHCPv6-PD option, which also needs to be on.

Thank you! Good suggestion to test if all other devices can do ipv6, and I just did that and they all passed the tests! Except for my laptop. Haha... this is a huge step forward in terms of troubleshooting, no issue with M1 where v6 ip was successfully allocated, and also no problem with asus router configuration too (yes, it has "native" and "DHCP-PD" enabled). So now I just need to figure out which part of the windows hardening and/or browsers hardening which my itchy hands have done some years back, has broken ipv6 on my laptop.

 

[blimey]

I'm on the M1 plan and i don't experience any issues like what you highlighted.
I just did the speedtest with my TV streaming some shows and i clocked 882 Mbps download and 838 Mbps upload.

I'll try again tomorrow during the times you mentioned to see if a normal workday will yield different results.

 

[bert64]

Thank you! Good suggestion to test if all other devices can do ipv6, and I just did that and they all passed the tests! Except for my laptop. Haha... this is a huge step forward in terms of troubleshooting, no issue with M1 where v6 ip was successfully allocated, and also no problem with asus router configuration too (yes, it has "native" and "DHCP-PD" enabled). So now I just need to figure out which part of the windows hardening and/or browsers hardening which my itchy hands have done some years back, has broken ipv6 on my laptop.

Network interface properties, check that IPv6 hasn't been turned off or removed. Also the various security products you mentioned in another post, perhaps some of them don't handle ipv6 properly.