Depends on how they set it up in your building, it may use your existing telephone wire inside your building via a high speed DSL variant VDSL2 or fibre all the way to your building.
In some building where TM has already provifing the HSBB setup, Maxis will just rent what ever they're using.

In some newer buildings/projects covered by Maxis, they'll provide fibre and their own equipment all the way to your unit. But you can't subscribe TM services there. Maxis might rent out redundant fibres to Time if they're interested.

hi all techies..

as u know the current configuration of maxis' ftth is :

"huawei ONT -> thomson router (Lan 10/100T, wifi 802.11b/g/n) -> devices"

As i've fully used up the all 4 LAN ports available on Thomson, I'm considering getting a switch to attached to the router now.

my questions is, I'm subscribing 6MB line now, would I gain significant LAN speed if I were to use a gigabit switch? The config would means :

"ONT->thomson router -> gigabit switch -> devices"


Or, it doesn't matter, just get a usual 10/100T switch will do?

btw. Difference between a gigabit and non-gigabit switch probably is only max up to 50 ringgit now...

your valueble input please.

It depends on where the end devices connecting to.

If you have PC connected to 100-base switch then ofcourse there will be bottleneck while transfering file.

It will not affect the internet but large file transfer only.

i intended to plug all end-devices into the new switch..that means:

"Ftth ONT->thomson router -> gigabit switch -> ALL 8 devices"


So, will it increase the file transfer speed if I were to use gigabit's switch instead of a 10/100T switch?

Tks.

file transfer between devices connected to gigabit switch - yes, you should achieve gigabit speed if devices are gigabit capable

for internet - no difference, not sure if there's negative impact... but definitely not better

This post has been edited by gogetter83: Jan 30 2012, 09:59 PM

That's good enough...i found the similar feedback from the net. I hope that by having this g-switch, my movie streaming will achieve better performance than my current setup which is from my laptop HDD to my media player via wifi.

Hey guys if i want to upgrade my rm128-4mb to rm158-6mb, does my contract will restart again if i upgrade it?

Has anyone tried replacing the thomson router with some other gigabit router?

can i put the router and modem inside my tv cabinet?

i place my maxis modem and router in an open cabinet, and even that i can feel the hot air inside... .So i'm not sure if yours is a closed-door cabinet...which I wouldn't advice u to do.

Anyone is still having the maxis home broadband phone problem in BU11?... Been to complaint to maxis more then 4th month now still problem still same.. maxis suck...

what kind of problem? cant call?

how the network speed?

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Added on February 5, 2012, 4:58 pmanyone know what is the best wifi usb dongle or any device that can provide best signal other than lan cable?

This post has been edited by azizul9736: Feb 5 2012, 04:58 PM

Wish me luck.. I just signed up for it.. was surprised that, the maxis rep came to my office for my signature and collect the required documents. without having to fill up any forms.. i'm Wowed.

So far its fulfill my what i need gaming and torrenting no problem

update

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Added on February 18, 2012, 4:42 pmno capping already 80GB

download speed 800Kbs

This post has been edited by azizul9736: Feb 18 2012, 04:42 PM


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I sure hope so

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Added on February 23, 2012, 5:35 pmJust got mine installed.

I can't seems to use public.maxis.com.my it keep saying authentication failed after i click connect. Anyone facing this issuse

Interesting enough, they pulled fibre for my condo unit (not using VDSL 2), which was unexpected as it kinda distorted my plans. it i knew i would have asked them to install during renovation time not after..



This post has been edited by benlye: Feb 23 2012, 05:37 PM

if yours is confirmed running on a private IP, then call maxis CS and get them guide you to change it to public IP...

Thx for the information. As i've been reading about this, it is not just as simple as changing from home to public. You will need to request if you need it.

i like to ensure this is highlighted if you want public IP

1) Contact 123 for them to process your request
2) Upon completion of your request, they will contact you to make some changes in the Thomson router. which is to change @home.maxis.com.my to @public.maxis.com.my

i still havent change my private IP to public IP even i can do it anytime the reason is i dont see its affecting my speed or download speed, i still can get full speed when torrenting i been using almost 100gb pm 90% torrenting,

maybe if i need to use IP camera or ps3 multiplayer then it might affect me.




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I have no issues as well.. just that i want to use port forwarding.

btw do you guys know what is the telephony password??