The VOIP phone line number and pin number (maybe for voice mail) is on it too

You don't have to find local servers to gauge your maximum speed, just use a well seeded torrent (preferably from a private tracker). Just look at my own speedtests on VIP20, I've highlighted actual speed readings from NetMeter which has a scale to it :

a) Speedtest.net KL server


b) Speedtest from TMnet


c) Speedtest from private local server (using SFTP protocol)


d) Speedtest from torrents


11mbps/6mbps from speedtest.net, 2.8mbps/11.9mbps from TM's speedtest on VIP20? Are you joking

Look at the TM speedtest, it's not even downloading or uploading anything because the Unifi speed far exceeds the size of their test file. The speedtest from TM is totally bogus.

Check out the SFTP transfer, single threaded its performance spikes between 12-20mbps.. this is with full SSH encryption overhead (which takes a heavier toll on the server CPU the faster it goes).

The best test here to measure your total line capacity is by using uTorrent. I can see that it's giving me 20mbps *exact* and the speed is stable. I get 2.3MB/s on every single torrent I pull from private trackers. 2.3-2.4MB/s is the highest speed the uTorrent client will report on VIP20. This is because about 100KB/s+ will be used by connection overhead. NetMeter will report 2.50MB/s while uTorrent will report 2.3-2.4MB/s.

Torrents give you multithreaded, multisource transfers and will completely max out your line. Speedtest, speedometers and single threaded transfers will be limited by so many factors such as the server you're downloading from and the routing between you and that server. If you looked at those first 2-3 results on a VIP20 package you'd be pissed off thinking TM isn't giving you even 80% of your subscription speed when in actuality you're getting 100% of the speed you're paying for. So stop using speedtest.net and the TMnet speedometer to test our your lines. They do not reflect the capacity of your line at all.

Unifi (FTTH) is not like Streamyx at all. There's is no heavy data loss caused by ATM cell encapsulation. The line is not affected by the physical medium being used. With ADSL, you use oxidized copper and your SNR margin and attenuation readings get screwed up -- your speed drops a lot. When it rains and the telephone poles get wet, it doesn't cause your line capacity to decrease either (unlike Streamyx). The moment the Fiberhome modem is turned on, it already has a digital connection with IP addressing to TMnet's servers. It even pulls the boot image from an FTP server.

This post has been edited by rizvanrp: Apr 20 2010, 10:04 AM

20/8 = 2.5MB/s (2.3MB/s max in torrent)

10/8 = 1.25MB/s (maybe 1.1-1.15MB/s max in torrents)

Get Netmeter while you run the torrent, check the peak MB/s.. should be near 1.25MB/s when your torrents are at max speed

Using BSD/Linux as a gateway is definitely possible and will give you way more control than dd-wrt Have you had any luck getting the IPTV port bridged onto a separate VLAN though? That's the only issue I'm having at the moment. The VLAN page for ports seems to be hidden @ http://router.ip.goes.here/Vlan.asp however the settings do not have any effect on the port assignments.. neither does changing the nvram variables.

DIR-600 & 615 seem to use the same version of the dd-wrt firmware which lacks this feature..

Through serial maybe -- still waiting for my ttl-rs232 board to arrive.

Its not just the IPTV port that has VLAN tagging.. the WAN port also has it. No way you can use your own router unless it has PPPoE over VLAN support

I've also only downloaded around 400GB so far since I got the Unifi vip20 at the end of last month. I don't know why even though it gets 2.3MB/s up/down on torrents.. it feels so wasteful to leave it on overnight to download 45GB BD ISOs *when I can grab the 10-12GB h264 releases instead*. It's like leaving a tap on just because I can

This post has been edited by rizvanrp: Apr 29 2010, 06:19 PM