The Dlink will be doing less work when used as VLAN bridging only thus can cut down the chances on hanging/crashing.
I configure my Dlink as Vlan bridge and uses Asus N16 and the router. The connection after I connect multiple pc + notebook + run VPN + P2P has become much more stable and no crash/hang of Dlink as happened yet.

I saw some major cable works around my area these few days (around seapark/ss2 area) i hope its Unifi...

Just a question, can i still maintain my streamyx line on top having Unifi?, i might be want to use my streamyx dedicated to my gaming pc while unifi to share amongst family.

This post has been edited by mugenz: Aug 11 2010, 12:19 PM

Yes - TM will be more than happy. Ultimately your choice, in fact I'm using Streamyx now as backup since my Unifi DLink RG seems to be unstable...

But again, you'll be having 5mbps speed minimum. More than enough for your game as well as family/friends I believe. One way to gauge, are you having issues with your current 1mbps streamyx - can play games and family/friends use the Net?

Can I know what you're doing with your 20mbps line at home?

Yes for landed property but for flatted unit TM won't allowed you to have another broadband in the house this is what i got from the Unifi CS and also for the TM Installer... don't know if others user can have both when staying at flatted unit..

wow! 20mbps... what will be the estimated time when ddl for 700mb file..for sure fast one..

mine only for 5Mbps and unfortunately when i did speedtest with unifi apps(via lan cable) it shows from 0% to 60% processing only can reach 2.60Mbps at the end to reach another 40% then can reach 4.70Mbps... Unifi Technical said if suppose to get 80% from 5Mbps ... reported to Unifi and don't know how long it will be settle...

This post has been edited by Kimie: Aug 11 2010, 02:56 PM

having very big problem, i m a fan of mmorpgs... and my area only have 1mbps line (the best)

1mbps shared with 1 deskstop 3 laptops and 3 iphones... sometimes my speedtest as low as 15kbps

It's mostly idle actually. I want the speed so I would spend less time downloading PS3 games/demos/firmware updates/DLC, WoW patches, videogame combo/tournament videos, work-related files/software updates, etc. It also helps a lot when I have to navigate through poorly designed Flash-heavy or Flash-based websites. I'm a busy man (not to mention impatient) so every second counts, lol.

700MB file should only take around 5 minutes at top speed.

dude, it's truly really fast... 1TB won't be enough with this kind of speed

388kbps+ is consider ok. even your VIP5 can reach that download speed. mine VIP5 max can reach 600kbps+

but this mostly on the server can handle those download speed or not. so 388kbps+ consider alright.


and you are allow to have as many streamyx or unifi installaed in your high rise building if you have enough RJ11 port in your unit. in most of the condition high rise building will only provide 1 RJ11(telephone) port and link you to the TM box.

but when you purchase a high rise building which not being construct yet. u actually can have all those port customise according to your need. so the developer will place those customised port which you requested and conseal it to the building backbone. in most of the cases the you customised port will be charge RM150 - RM300 per port.


This post has been edited by fulat: Aug 11 2010, 03:47 PM

I am thinking, can I use a managed switch to split the different vlan channel to different ports so I no need to use the DIR615 as the VLAN bridge?

People in korea,japan and many other countries 100mbps+ internet also not enough and somehow 20mbps is overkill?

Maybe we should use it for new bandwidth intensive stuff...

@fulat,

one to two days after installation my connection/download can reach more than 3Mbps, after that it dropped to lower than that i.e 300kbps - 400kbps... to reach 600kbps .. ...

i've asked one of my neighbor at my place he said it should reach 900kbps since he had the same VIP5 like mine (yes, he reach that rate of ddl)... let says Streamyx 1Mbps can reach 160kbps - 180kbps, while 5Mbps can reach 300kbps to 400kbps....

This post has been edited by Kimie: Aug 11 2010, 04:06 PM

kimie,

sometimes it depand on the server which upload for your download. so, location of server and server resources also another factor you should take into consideration.


but again, there are other issues as well... if you want egt the maximum performance of your connection. please do switch off the IPTV and the DECT phone. only the modem and the router running.

even you dont watch the IPTV and leave the IPTV box on. it's still occupy your 5MB bandwith. so my advise. turn it off if you want max performance.

@fulat,

been trying to ddl from any links that i found and still get the same results... more worst when it came at 10pm above..

in fact my dect phone off and IPTV box still in the box (no extra TV to connect... thehehe).. anyway will wait Unifi do rectify my problem since i've made my report to them... anyway thanks fulat..

This post has been edited by Kimie: Aug 11 2010, 04:30 PM

But the weird thing is, a few clicks from my place they already install the FTTH box with complete wiring.

Unifi Down at bukit damansara, just called CS to confirm. zzzz

Confirmed. Filed a report and bla bla bla.

This is so frustrating.

As said before, the bandwidth for IPTV is 8Mbps dedicated, meaning it's an additional bandwidth on top of your current package. e.g. VIP5+8Mbps for IPTV
.
I can watch Luxe HD, run a speedtest on my pc and still get full speed for my VIP20. Heck I can even torrent/DDL without compromising the speed even with the tv turned on.

Don't be silly, there have been many people who have been able to replace the DIR-615 completely It's just that no one ever posts back here once they get their system fully set up ! I myself have replaced the DIR-615 with a Cisco rvs4000 configured as a switch to handle VLAN tagging. I'm sure that you can purchase a cheap managed switch such as the Mikrotik RB250GS and configure that for Internet + IPTV access.

Then there are port based VLAN routers (running WRT firmware) which are on the market but no one has tried to use them yet :



You can also use a dedicated Linux box with 3 NICs for an IPTV + Internet router.. there are many ways to do this.

If you do not have the hardware to replace the DIR-615 (in the event it fails), I suggest you guys keep aside a Linux LiveCD which you can configure VLAN tagging + PPPoE on so you can wire your PC directly into the Fiber/VDSL BTU and connect to the internet. If its just light browsing you're after while waiting for a replacement, there's also my VLAN forwarder app for Windows so that you can use the Windows PPPoE dialer with the Unifi BTU directly.

I don't really think the failure rate for DIR-615's can be as high as you guys say it is. There was even another thread here about how to get your ipod/itouch/ipad working with the DIR-615 wifi and Unifi support claimed his router was faulty/spoilt because they didn't know what was causing it. Some of you here have said the orange light keeps blinking, this means your DIR-615 may have entered emergency room mode by mistake. Normally when the router is physically damaged, there will be no lights on it. Having orange lights blinking/constant reboots indicates a software problem that could be fixed by a re-flash in Emergency Room mode.

Truth be told, the DIR-615 G1 is a decent router using a standard router chipset + hardware. The only thing causing many of these bugs is the firmware that TM has placed in it. I've been torrenting for 3 days straight after flashing my DIR-615 G1 to dd-wrt and its been really stable. Since it has a 384Mhz proc + 32MB RAM (which is way better than some of your linksys 54g models), it can easily handle 10,000+ connections with a custom conntrack table size.

So I guess in other words u are saying indirectly the person who wrote TM firmware are idiots? hehe