Anybody using Singtel Mesh?

[jiawoei]

Hi SingTel. Can I request for the new firmware that allows ethernet connection?

Thanks

 

[toyknight]

Waiting for the new firmware as well.

 

[oohman]

I stay in a five room flat.. those bto flats.. I place my router near the door with the cable point.. But currently, there is no signal in the master room and barely much in the 2nd last room..
will these wifi-mesh help in this kinda of situation..

thanks.

 

[renfred89]

As long as the mesh is not at the location of your router now, it should help. The good thing about mesh is that you have the freedom to decide where it should be placed.. But u can't expect it to do miracles overcoming physical constraints..

I stay in a five room flat.. those bto flats.. I place my router near the door with the cable point.. But currently, there is no signal in the master room and barely much in the 2nd last room..
will these wifi-mesh help in this kinda of situation..

thanks.

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[kapitansg]

I stay in a five room flat.. those bto flats.. I place my router near the door with the cable point.. But currently, there is no signal in the master room and barely much in the 2nd last room..
will these wifi-mesh help in this kinda of situation..

thanks.

If your apartment is a BTO flat, shouldn't there be structured cabling in place? Meaning all rooms should have a LAN point.

If there are LAN points, then maybe a spare router can be turned into an AP to blanket your flat with wireless signal.

And, yes, using Mesh is another option.

 

[endlssorrow]

I stay in a five room flat.. those bto flats.. I place my router near the door with the cable point.. But currently, there is no signal in the master room and barely much in the 2nd last room..
will these wifi-mesh help in this kinda of situation..

thanks.

U can ask the singnet technician come n test it.
The 2nd mesh can put inside the 1st common room.
Normal surf net shouldn't be a problem. Only online streaming movies video got problem maybe

 

[rusydi85]

Hi,

I recently move in to my new BTO flat and sign up the Wifi mesh. The Singtel technician came and help me hook up everything.

All my rooms come with LAN port so the Singtel ONR is hooked up to all these ports on the Fibre Point. So how the technician connected my devices is, Singtel TV from one LAN port in Living Room and my Singtel AC Plus router to the other LAN port.The first AirTies is connected directly to a LAN Port in my Master bedroom while the 2nd one in my study room wirelessly.

So its working great, but i have two wifi networks.One from the Singtel AC Router and Airties. I understand that for best performance, we should disable the wifi function on the Singtel AC Router and connect the first Airties to it.

But i can't access the router configuration page as its asking me for username and password and keying in the details provided by Singtel does not work. So if my Wifi mesh is working perfectly from the LAN Port, can i move the first Airties to the current Singtel AC Router location and remove it since its redundant.

I don't understand the logic of connecting the Airties to the ac router via LAN cable since i can connect direct to the LAN port on the wall.

Any comments?

Thank you.

 

[kewl]

Hi,

I recently move in to my new BTO flat and sign up the Wifi mesh. The Singtel technician came and help me hook up everything.

All my rooms come with LAN port so the Singtel ONR is hooked up to all these ports on the Fibre Point. So how the technician connected my devices is, Singtel TV from one LAN port in Living Room and my Singtel AC Plus router to the other LAN port.The first AirTies is connected directly to a LAN Port in my Master bedroom while the 2nd one in my study room wirelessly.

So its working great, but i have two wifi networks.One from the Singtel AC Router and Airties. I understand that for best performance, we should disable the wifi function on the Singtel AC Router and connect the first Airties to it.

But i can't access the router configuration page as its asking me for username and password and keying in the details provided by Singtel does not work. So if my Wifi mesh is working perfectly from the LAN Port, can i move the first Airties to the current Singtel AC Router location and remove it since its redundant.

I don't understand the logic of connecting the Airties to the ac router via LAN cable since i can connect direct to the LAN port on the wall.

Any comments?

Thank you.

Your Airties works as a wireless access point. It needs the router, to provide individual IP address to any devices connected to your wifi.

For example, you have a phone, and this connects to your Airties wifi network. The Airties device, because it is connected to your AC router, allows it to get an IP address from the router, for your phone. This works transparently, and the end result is as if your phone is connected directly to your router.

If your phone connects to the other Wifi network of the AC router itself (which should be turn off since the Airties Wifi is stringer if you have multiple Airties), the result is also the same, except that if you are out of range from the AC router, then your wifi signal will drop.

Your first Airties unit needs to be physically connected to your AC router, be it from a lan point in your room (which connects to your router), or plugged in directly to the router. The other Airties unit will then connect to this first unit wirelessly, so just spread it around your house to get an evenly distributed wifi signal.

 

[rusydi85]

Hmm, i still don't get it.

I just turned off the Singtel Gigabit AC Plus router, now my devices are still connected to the Wifi Mesh.

What i remember the technician telling me is that now Singtel provides Optical Network Router (ONR) instead of ONT. So all the LAN points in my house are from the ONR and not from the AC Router.

So i really think with the Wifi Mesh, the Singtel Gigabit AC Plus router is redundant.

 

[kewl]

Hmm, i still don't get it.

I just turned off the Singtel Gigabit AC Plus router, now my devices are still connected to the Wifi Mesh.

What i remember the technician telling me is that now Singtel provides Optical Network Router (ONR) instead of ONT. So all the LAN points in my house are from the ONR and not from the AC Router.

So i really think with the Wifi Mesh, the Singtel Gigabit AC Plus router is redundant.

Devices connected to the Wifi mesh, does not mean it has internet connectivity. If u have nothing at home and only the Airties, and u turn it on, your devices will still connect to it, but you wont be able to surf the net. The Airties only acts to connect you to the router, which in turn connects to the modem, which in turn connects to the fibre optic point.

In your case, if you turn off the router, than chances are your device is connected to the wifi mesh, which in turn is connected directly to the modem, which is then connected to the fibre optic point. This will work for the very first device connected to the wifi network as there will only be 1 ip address from the modem. If you connect a 2nd device at the same time to your wifi, that device will not be bale to surf the net.

 

[rusydi85]

Devices connected to the Wifi mesh, does not mean it has internet connectivity. If u have nothing at home and only the Airties, and u turn it on, your devices will still connect to it, but you wont be able to surf the net. The Airties only acts to connect you to the router, which in turn connects to the modem, which in turn connects to the fibre optic point.

But i do have connectivity and am surfing on my phone and downloading apps, while connected to the Airties with the AC router off.

I guess i'll try this first and ask Singtel about it since i need to call them anyway abt my router config page.

Thanks for your help though.

 

[renfred89]

But i do have connectivity and am surfing on my phone and downloading apps, while connected to the Airties with the AC router off.

I guess i'll try this first and ask Singtel about it since i need to call them anyway abt my router config page.

Thanks for your help though.

If you are sure you are using the new ONR, then you can safely remove the singtel ac plus router.

The ONR itself serves as a router too, so all the traffic will be handled by ONR and your wifi mesh will work as an access point too, just like how your ac plus router is working.

The good thing about singtel AC plus router is that it works as an access point, or as a wireless router, automatically depending on where you connect the router to. If its connected to ONT, it works as a router, if connected to ONR, it works as an AP.

 

[rusydi85]

If you are sure you are using the new ONR, then you can safely remove the singtel ac plus router.

The ONR itself serves as a router too, so all the traffic will be handled by ONR and your wifi mesh will work as an access point too, just like how your ac plus router is working.

The good thing about singtel AC plus router is that it works as an access point, or as a wireless router, automatically depending on where you connect the router to. If its connected to ONT, it works as a router, if connected to ONR, it works as an AP.

Ah, now its much clearer.

I don't mind the way it is being setup now, just thought having one network will be easier.

Do you recommend using both and switch to the stronger network when necessary?

 

[renfred89]

Why use both? If using both it defeats the purpose of a mesh liao..

Ah, now its much clearer.

I don't mind the way it is being setup now, just thought having one network will be easier.

Do you recommend using both and switch to the stronger network when necessary?

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[toyknight]

Tested AirTies with the new firmware. Performance seems to be better which I believed is due to using wired backhaul. Quite a good update for those homes with wired connection in every room.

 

[renfred89]

That's good...

Hopefully singtel will start pushing new firmware down ASAP...

Tested AirTies with the new firmware. Performance seems to be better which I believed is due to using wired backhaul. Quite a good update for those homes with wired connection in every room.

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[jury_pack]

That's good...

Hopefully singtel will start pushing new firmware down ASAP...

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Call and ask them to upgrade will be fast.

 

[derrickgoh]

Why use both? If using both it defeats the purpose of a mesh liao..

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Wouldnt there be a clash if u use both mesh AND a router configured as AP?

 

[renfred89]

If assuming u set the channels properly without clashing, and that your ssid for your ap and mesh are different then there is no clash.

But in a network why do u need 2 wireless network? Cos having 2 wireless networks mean you need to manually switch ssid or u could wait a while for it to automatically switch.

Whereas for a mesh, you can roam around the nodes and you won't have a significant drop in traffic, though the momentarily drop is sometimes significant depending on what device u use, especially the legacy one..

Wouldnt there be a clash if u use both mesh AND a router configured as AP?

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[johnnytanhardwarezone]

Can specify latest firmware number?

Tested AirTies with the new firmware. Performance seems to be better which I believed is due to using wired backhaul. Quite a good update for those homes with wired connection in every room.

My Airties (Singtel Mesh Wifi) firmware is 1.3.25.3 and there is no latest firmware when I check and this firmware does not support ethernet backhaul.

Called Singtel Support, they know nothing about Ethernet Backhaul, and asked me to call Airties in Turkey. I tell Singtel, you are bringing Airties 4920 to Singapore with your own customized firmware, now you asked me to call Airties in Turkey directly.

Singtel support claimed that ethernet backhaul is not supported. Only wireless backhaul is supported.

Can I confirm ethernet backhaul, means, both 2 Airties, so long as they are connected by wired, and back to AC1900 router, it should work? or ethernet backhaul mean, two airties to be connected directly to each other via UTP cable?

Can someone confirm? also the one who mentioned airties support ethernet backhaul with Singtel logo, is he/she really from Singtel Support? As Singtel Support (1688) has no clue of this setup (or they are ignorant).

Thank you.