Turn off Wifi but still broadcast SSID? Doesn't sound possible

Sorry for wrongly worded question. I mean turn off the Thomson Wifi entirely except LAN.

1. Go to http://dsldevice.lan/

2. Go to Home Network -> Interfaces

3. Click "WLAN: (your SSID name)" under LocalNetwork

4. Click "Configure" (located at top right corner)

5. Deselect "Interface Enabled"

6. Click "Apply".

You know, when the Maxis RM118/10MB promotion came out, I almost signed up for it, but decided to wait and see when people warned me of the famous Maxis "hidden clause/ hidden cost" issue. When the promotion ended, I felt like I missed out on a great deal, and was rather upset with myself for not taking up the offer. I was even contemplating forking out for the RM148/10MB offer. But having read your account, I'm glad I didn't sign up. Even during the worst days of my streamyx experience, I've never had to deal with this kind of incompetence in dealing with Streamyx's 100 helpline. I'm not saying that they are competent - just that this whole thing about appointment being set from 5pm to 7pm to 8pm smells to me very much like an organization which is currently out of its depth, having overstretched its CS capabilities and currently being inundated with service issues and customer complaints.

Frankly, the RM118 always sounded like it was too good to be true. I guess the only way they could get that price point was to go cheap on routers and equipment. I do wonder, though, about the Maxis equipment procurement process. Did they choose the Thompson out of a brochure based on a price point? Did their tech team actually test the product out, running it through a normal use scenario (which in this country means a certain amount of torrenting and downloading)?

Meanwhile, I think I'll just sit back and wait a little longer. Now that everyone has jumped off the streamyx bandwagon onto unifi and Maxis ftth, my streamyx line has been relatively trouble-free, so no need to get aggravated calling up the "help" lines. I think I'll wait until Maxis wises up and starts providing reliable equipment, or TIME broadband comes to my area.

I subscribed rm118 package, although I face little problem with the router, but I feel happy that I subscribed ontime. No regret.

At the moment, I have put on a notebook cooler at the bottom of the router and turned off the wifi. Planning to offload wifi to the TP-link nano AP. so far so good.

Cheap Rm55 only

When u use the nano router I believe it's USB powered so can the Thompson power it? Win !
where u buy rm55? I saw all sell rm 70@@

I need ask noob question

How change to Google DNS for the Thomson modem?

I'm using the standard TG784n

Haha.. Maybe Thomson is scamming Maxis rather than Maxis scamming us.

Judging by the number of router and/or connection issues on this thread alone, we probably have a case for the national consumer complaints centre already 

Had I noted my username number the other day, I probably would've bought and setup another router already.

i've to agree with you that streamyx has been good in recent times.. i am a streamyx user before changing to maxis ftth

the main problem for maxis ftth is almost everything is outsourced, from installation to customer service... that is the main reason for below par performance

using streamyx, i can browse, opening up many tabs at once with no problem... but with maxis ftth, as you guys know, it will hang/freeze and need to refresh a few times for the tab pages to work... this can be very irritating if you surf a lots and used to open a new tab in your surfing habit

the main advantage for maxis ftth is if you download a lot, like torrent, than you got a fast download compares to
streamyx... i use my ipad to download apps and sometimes watching movies, the speed is superb... a 10mb apps is ready within 10 seconds

for gamers, latency is a big issue, maybe unifi is much better and stable... it seems the maxis ftth server is overload and slow at times

whether to change your streamyx or not,  it all depends on what you do with your internet connection... but do not expect 100% perfection... maxis ftth is new and problems is part of it

Which is why for now, I'll wait a little longer for Maxis FTTH to stabilize and settle down. Too many early adopter issues to deal with at the moment. I would like to say that I had expected better from Maxis, but nowadays stuff like this doesn't surprise me anymore. Right now, it seems like Time > Maxis > Unifi > Streamyx in terms of perceived reputation. Before this promo, I had Time and Maxis at about the same level...now, with all the issues, I hope that Maxis doesn't descend down to Streamyx level in terms of reputation.

Meanwhile, I think I'll just sit back and wait a little longer. Now that everyone has jumped off the streamyx bandwagon onto unifi and Maxis ftth, my streamyx line has been relatively trouble-free, so no need to get aggravated calling up the "help" lines. I think I'll wait until Maxis wises up and starts providing reliable equipment, or TIME broadband comes to my area.

i've to agree with you that streamyx has been good in recent times.. i am a streamyx user before changing to maxis ftth

the main problem for maxis ftth is almost everything is outsourced, from installation to customer service... that is the main reason for below par performance

using streamyx, i can browse, opening up many tabs at once with no problem... but with maxis ftth, as you guys know, it will hang/freeze and need to refresh a few times for the tab pages to work... this can be very irritating if you surf a lots and used to open a new tab in your surfing habit

the main advantage for maxis ftth is if you download a lot, like torrent, than you got a fast download compares to
streamyx... i use my ipad to download apps and sometimes watching movies, the speed is superb... a 10mb apps is ready within 10 seconds

for gamers, latency is a big issue, maybe unifi is much better and stable... it seems the maxis ftth server is overload and slow at times

whether to change your streamyx or not,  it all depends on what you do with your internet connection... but do not expect 100% perfection... maxis ftth is new and problems is part of it

what kind of risk?

Perhaps this is the reason why my Streamyx 4mb has been trouble free for nearly 2 years which is also the time when Unifi came into play.

I am really loving my Streamyx.
I am using a 4mb though at only RM88.
Got it under the UniPack promo back in September 2010.

Now I need to either jump onto the Maxis Home or Unifi as if I want to enjoy a similar speed on Streamyx, I would need to spend >RM200! Which is crazy.
So I've decided on Maxis as it is much cheaper at RM118 compared to Unifi's VIP5 at RM150.

I don't really care about speed.
Well, I do, but I don't really need 10mb as I don't download.
I just want to use internet without any hiccups.

If Unifi VIP5 costs the same as Maxis 10mb, I would've taken Unifi hands down but
to save RM30 at twice the speed, it just seemed like a no brainer.

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Added on July 22, 2012, 4:58 pm

Yeah. I love my 4mb Streamyx 

What??!! Cannot open multiple tabs at once?
Why is that?

I need to keep min. 5 tabs open at once for work purposes.
What is the problem with opening many tabs?
It's not like we are downloading torrents.
Just web pages.

MaxisBB default password is empty (no password). That's why you can see the admin page without need to enter any password if you go to http://192.168.1.254 via wired connection. You may change this empty password to something more secure if you want.

By the way; if you want to access backup/restore router configuration page, the administrator account level is required. You may login via this URL address http://192.168.1.254/backup.lp?be=0&l0=1&l...=BACKUP_RESTORE using your administrator credential which is working previously. I hope you can login as administrator through this URL address. tq

My installation on coming Thursday, Maxis called me to reconfirmed the installtion yesterday. Is it normal?

the screen shows:


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