No worries. Your phone line working right?

Shouldn't have to key in DNS everytime. Your device should pick it up from the router. DHCP is on right? Make sure you're devices are configured to pickup both IP and DNS from DHCP.

Are you using DIR-615? If yes, for disconnection, one thing you can try is change Channel Width from 40 to 20Mhz. That will disable Channel Bonding which seems to cause probs with some devices. Also means that your max wifi-N speed will now be "150mbps". No more "300mbps".

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Added on February 14, 2012, 2:00 amCheck out alternative routers. Won't lose IPTV.

TPLink - Cheap & Good
Asus - Expensive & Good
Mikrotik - My favourite

More info.
http://unifi.athena.my/
http://klseet.com/

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 14 2012, 02:00 AM

Sorry, no idea for the black TM router. Login to the router and look for something called Channel Width, if it even has such a setting.

That's the one. Choose 20MHz and see if it helps.

hi snowfish, how did your in-house unifi installation go? Did you get the Microtik to do trunking to your TV or did you manage to splice your ethernet cable into two?

btw, I eventually got the RB750GL and having lots of fun configuring it. But not doing trunking yet. Still using my homeplugs for the STB.

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Added on February 15, 2012, 1:32 amJust shoot, I'm sure someone here can help you.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 15 2012, 01:32 AM

Yeah, they normally don't give the password to the BTU. How long has it been installed? Can you still get to the login page? Even if you have the password, eventually TM will remotely set the unit's firewall to drop local connections. Hope you can get in before then.

You can always get from one of the forum sellers. I got two RB750GL from mfa333. Other option is Landasan but they forever no stock one, cheaper though.

I'm also on VIP5 and watching HyppTV does not slow down nor affect my internet in any way. I think better call TM and let them know.

As for the channels, yeah, very limited. Even for kids only got Nick Jr & CBBs.

Thought I do a test just to be sure. Here you can see my internet going at 5mbps with the iptv on at the same time. (I think it's nTV7) Later try with Luxe HD and see how it much bandwidth it needs.

Also got CBeebies and that weird baby channel. I spend all my time downloading stuff until no time to watch the movies. :-)

LOL, agreed, the TM router actually worked quite well for me. I used it for 2 mths before I changed routers. Only thing is not to stress it too much with torrents. Until yesterday my neighbor's DIR-615 is probably close to 4+ months uptime but I had to reboot to get a new IP for uploaded.to.

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Added on February 16, 2012, 2:18 pmWhy not just do it again online? Though you won't be able to choose the same username and phone number until tomorrow.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 16 2012, 02:18 PM

I leave mine on all the time unless I'm going to be away for more than 2 more days. I think on/off too many times not good for electronics. My personal opinion is for a few hours, just leave it on.

Yes, I think I read the same thing also, 8mbps. But in any case it shouldn't interfere with our internet cos the Huawei with its fibre connection can take much more. I don't know how fast it supports but the Huawei is an ONT in a GPON network where the G stands for Gigabit!

That one is the Interface status page from my Mikrotik router. This is a true geek router and relatively cheap too. 5 gigabit ports. Mine no wifi. Here's the whole status page again. My iptv is off now as you can see.


Next one is from my office BIZ20. I remotely login to check status. As you can see, not much work is being done.


Very configurable. My fav feature, the QoS which is very configurable. Below you can see my QoS queues. Q7 & Q8 are my Bittorrent traffic. I prioritize them lower so I can browse, email almost like normal even while BT is running full speed.


Security wise also quite good. I use some firewall examples from the internet but still learning about this. For example, you can ssh to my router and try to login, after a few login attempts it will blacklist your IP, after that you can't even connect anymore. Here you can try, my current IP is 175.139.163.25.

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Added on February 16, 2012, 5:58 pmVigor lagi teruk $480 for non-wifi version. I think 700+for wifi version is it? Crazy?
n56u slightly cheaper but still too expensive for me. also got glitch where the hardware NAT must be turned off for VPN connections. Dunno whether it's been fixed in latest firmware.

Having said that, I'm guilty of using Apple Airport Extreme which is also expensive. But nice design and got Apple logo so it's ok.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 16 2012, 06:06 PM

Mikrotik routers have their own software called winbox, Windows only. I'm a Mac user so I run mine using Wine & X11. That's why the UI looks odd.

The router has web login, telnet, ssh & snmp and also a API for 3rd party tools. For the latter there's an iphone app, TikTool, and on sourceforge, a php project called rosinfo.

What tablet? What router? At home I tested DIR-615 with iPad, iPad2 and Galaxy 7 Plus, no prob.

Yeah, it's only for RouterOS devices, which would include Mikrotik routers or a PC running RouterOS.

Bro, leave the Zyxel out for now. Turn it off so it doesn't interfere.

Check your DIR-615 settings for WiFi. Left menu, click "Wireless Setup" then click "Manual Wireless Connection Setup"

Is "Enable Auto Channel Selection" checked? If it is checked, uncheck it, save settings and try again with your tablet.

If still cannot work, go to Advanced and Advanced Wireless.
Is Bandwidth set to "20/40 MHz(Auto)"? If it is, change it to "20 MHz", save settings and try again with your tablet.

Do you have any other devices? Notebook maybe? Phone? Can they see your DIR-615 WiFi and connect to the internet? Just to confirm it's not a bad unit.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 16 2012, 11:55 PM

I agree with 47ronin. n56u is overpriced for its feature set. Draytek even worse, 700+ is it? Maybe it's gone down. TP-Link 1043ND is a good economical choice.

You parents must be rich for you to whistle at RM450. That's how much my auntie makes in 2 weeks cleaning houses for people. Some people are lucky.

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Added on February 17, 2012, 12:34 amDid you have to change both settings or just one of them to get it working? Just for my future reference.

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Added on February 17, 2012, 12:36 amNo, probs, if you got a spare PC, you can download and install RouterOS on it and try it out in demo mode.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 17 2012, 12:36 AM

How did you get that price? I emailed Draytek last week and they quoted me RM460 for the non-wifi Vigor2130. I mean at RM480 for the 2130n then it's a clear choice over the Asus n56u.

I hope they'd reduce the price for their non-wifi model too. I don't need another dual-band wifi router. I'm still using my trusty Airport Extreme from early 2010. Another rich people router. :-) Well, it was the only router with the Apple logo that I can find at that time. Oh and dual band too.

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Added on February 17, 2012, 1:34 amCool. One of my MacBooks have the same problem. If the router (not DIR-615, forgot which router already) is on auto channel, the MacBook can't see the Wifi network.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 17 2012, 01:38 AM

I think you know back then it was the most expensive consumer router that you could buy. But like you I whistled too.

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Added on February 17, 2012, 2:15 amLOL. You really didn't have to explain all that. But it's nice to know that you're hard working.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 17 2012, 02:15 AM

No, I'm not saying that.

But the 1043ND will solve his prob. Btw that's not the solution I offered. My solution to him doesn't require a 1043ND nor a new router.

Go read 47ronin's ori question. (the one with the nice diagram)

You can again after you get your facts right.