Location is very important. Try to relocate your router to a more central location of your house. Alternatively, use a secondary router as an access point or a repeater.

Haha! When I was a little kid, I used to think that the telephones/fax machines can only be on the ground floor. But no, they are only limited by the length of your telephone cord. So get longer ones that can be laid all the way up to your fax machine.

If you have an unused wireless router lying around, then I thought that might save you some money. But if you want quick and simple configuration and to just get a repeater, I came across this today:

Eh.. I have a telephone wire running all the way upstairs and it is neatly concealed underneath the staircase. I have not heard of a wireless telephone line. Even though that's quite possible I wouldn't recommend it. You don't have many other options.. unless you want to move your BTU.

TM's DNS is probably taking too long for certain sites. I've always been using Google DNS.

Very easy to remember.

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

L7's dlink firmware does not support repeating feature. You can however use it as an access point but you will need a LAN cable to connect both routers.

Unifi can still get strucked by lightning? Shouldn't fiber be lightning proved?

I thought so, but then most of the other sensitive equipment in the house will be affected to. I'm glad our fuse box's trip switch is very sensitive, during large storms it frequently trips and cut the power supply before any damage to the house equipment could be inflicted.

You've been leaving your BTU on 24/7 right? The thing about fiber is that you need power in order to use the phone.

Or it could be performing a software update? If it still does that after a few days then it might be something else.

Good to know, thanks.

I have L7 with 1.01 firmware. Port forwarding should be working with 1.06. Double check your settings?

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Does your vdsl2 modem heat up as much as the fiber GPON?

Heat + not properly ventilated (eg. units stacked on top of one another) = shorter lifespan

Am I one of the few (or perhaps the ONLY one) where our lazy TM contractors did not enclose our cables in "raceway" casing? Or are all seasoned contractors skimping on this step? Additionally, instead of using screw holes for both the fiber termination box and fiber wall socket they just nailed it right at the center to the wall, fast and convenient.

On a side note, the fiber cable does look less prominent without a larger enclosure, but the installers never offered to use those casing.

"Raceway" casing:


Mine without casing:


Fiber wall socket nailed to the wall.

They used those nails meant for securing the fiber to the wall for convenience. At least this one I can still pull out with pliers if the need to relocate it arises. As for the fiber termination box, they used a solid nail right down to the head. I would have to destroy that box in order to get the nail out.

In addition, those TM contractors asked for RM170 cash up-front for the installation because, the reason as given by said contractors, installing the fiber at the top floor of a double-story house is considered "over the ceiling" and incur additional charges. I gave them RM150 instead.

Any one have similar experiences? How much did you pay them?

furthest back room? So your fiber distribution box is located at the front? I pulled a lan cable down to the living room downstairs.

But my installation comes with charges and still no "raceway".

Sounds complicated. Anyway, I have mine in the furthest front room on the second floor. lol

The default superuser account login is:
username: operator
password: h566UniFi

However, vlans are not web-interface-configurable, even with the operator account. They can be configured via telnet or SSH.

What are you trying to achieve?

Just call Unifi customer support and ask for it after account verification. It consist of a string of random case-sensitive alphanumeric characters.