Hah.. looks like we both will get our VIP20 on the same day. I just hope I don't have to mess around with my home network's setup to get this thing installed.

They just use the old phone line that you are already using for Streamyx. However they had to make some changes in the condo building's main switchboard (dunno what they changed). You will get a new phone number.

Unifi 20Mbps installation done. IPTV not done as I wanted the new modem to be installed in my home office where my router (did not want to use TM's router) and switch were located, while I would want to watch TV in the living room or bed room, and not in the home office.

Secured the TM router using the advice given here.
Reconfigured the TM router to be a VLAN bridge (as per instruction in the above link), and am now using my router instead.

Did a few speed tests, see results below.

KL server:


Singapore server:


HK server:


Tokyo server:


London server:


San Francisco server:


New York server:

I am unsure myself, but I get the impression that maybe we have to keep the TM router in order to have IPTV connectivity. Anyone can confirm this?

VLAN thingy is on the DIR-615. Yes BTU has 4 ports, dunno what they're for. I suspect that the BTU is capable of acting as a router itself, but I am no expert on this.

Perhaps the athena site is suggesting use of the DIR-615 as a VLAN bridge because if something goes wrong with your connection, you can easily revert to the default installation so TM can troubleshoot?

Lucky you.. mine peaks at around 17-18 Mbps whenever I do a speed test. My network monitor is showing my NIC is receiving around 20Mbps (up to 24Mbps) but that would also include my LAN overhead traffic. My upload seems maxed out around 5-6Mbps only.

That's very smart and creative! Now I am considering copying your idea