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Other manufacturers / Re: TP-Link EX820v v1.0 firmwa...
Last post by john7 - Apr 16, 2025, 17:12:58Finally a firmware update no idea doing what as just a notification when login into the router that there was one and nothing on the TP-Link web site saying there was one.
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Networking & Routers / Re: Convert Billion 8800 NLR2 ...
Last post by Postal - Apr 12, 2025, 16:51:21Quote from: robinc on Apr 09, 2025, 12:14:52A forthcoming house move to an address that doesn't have FTTP yet (or probably ever) has revealed a bit of a problem. The market for ADSL/VDSL Modem Routers seems to have collapsed. Most of what is around is vintage 2021/22.
My venerable Billion 8800 NLR2 is going strong, but the wifi has always been a bit weak.
The TP Link VX230V is the only offering from iDnet.
So I'm thinking that my best option will be to convert the Billion to Bridge mode and then bolt on something more exciting from the ASUS range to handle wifi and mesh.
I'll get the TP Link from iDnet anyway as it can also run Bridge and so would provide a bit of future proofing.
The Billion manual is a bit thin on this, I have found a useful thread on the Billion forum https://www.forum.billion.uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=18276 which seems to get there in the end. Just wondering if anyone here has done something similar and/or has any observations please?
Because of all the security implications I'd be a bit wary about using something which has not had a firmware update for so many years as my main access to the internet. I had to resurrect my old 8800NL last week as my current router died but I've taken it back out of the system now I have a newer modem/router (Zyxel DX3301 TO). I use a Tenda Nova mesh (as IDNet used to supply - don't know whether they still do) with the Billion acting as the router while it was in circuit and having its WiFi turned off. It all worked fine including a mesh link to my garage 30m. from the house.
If you want to run the Billion in bridge mode I think you go to Configuration then Ethernet and Disable the DHCP server.
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Networking & Routers / Convert Billion 8800 NLR2 to b...
Last post by robinc - Apr 09, 2025, 12:14:52A forthcoming house move to an address that doesn't have FTTP yet (or probably ever) has revealed a bit of a problem. The market for ADSL/VDSL Modem Routers seems to have collapsed. Most of what is around is vintage 2021/22.
My venerable Billion 8800 NLR2 is going strong, but the wifi has always been a bit weak.
The TP Link VX230V is the only offering from iDnet.
So I'm thinking that my best option will be to convert the Billion to Bridge mode and then bolt on something more exciting from the ASUS range to handle wifi and mesh.
I'll get the TP Link from iDnet anyway as it can also run Bridge and so would provide a bit of future proofing.
The Billion manual is a bit thin on this, I have found a useful thread on the Billion forum https://www.forum.billion.uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=18276 which seems to get there in the end. Just wondering if anyone here has done something similar and/or has any observations please?
My venerable Billion 8800 NLR2 is going strong, but the wifi has always been a bit weak.
The TP Link VX230V is the only offering from iDnet.
So I'm thinking that my best option will be to convert the Billion to Bridge mode and then bolt on something more exciting from the ASUS range to handle wifi and mesh.
I'll get the TP Link from iDnet anyway as it can also run Bridge and so would provide a bit of future proofing.
The Billion manual is a bit thin on this, I have found a useful thread on the Billion forum https://www.forum.billion.uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=18276 which seems to get there in the end. Just wondering if anyone here has done something similar and/or has any observations please?
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IDNet Help / Re: The UK Landline Switch Off...
Last post by stan - Apr 05, 2025, 23:09:06Quote from: Simon on Apr 05, 2025, 20:12:55Good to hear, Stan.
It's not very exciting or eventful but compared to my neighbour's installation it was alright. And I'm grateful for that, I don't deal with dramas all that well.
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IDNet Help / Re: The UK Landline Switch Off...
Last post by Simon - Apr 05, 2025, 20:12:55Good to hear, Stan.
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IDNet Help / Re: The UK Landline Switch Off...
Last post by stan - Apr 05, 2025, 18:37:33I have little to report now but after all the indecision on my part I can confirm I finally swapped over to FTTP full fibre with an Idnet Fibre 150 package (not at all sure that exists now) and ported my landline to Andrews and Arnold and have a good VOIP service on that number with a very conventional sounding dial tone when lifting the handset. It's cheap as chips and the tech support was good. I needed some hand holding to configure their control page but they're good at that sort of thing. They also kindly sent me out a new adaptor lead to plug into the green port of the TP Link VX230v router that was supplied by Idnet as part of the new FTTP two year package ..... (the lead that was needed to plug my old analogue phoned in to). I have two phones plugged in via a very bog standard splitter and both phones work. At £1.44 a month (calls are extra at 1.5 pence per minute) it suited me down to the ground. I could have chosen to have incoming messages either forwarded to my mobile via email or could have had the incoming calls diverted direct to my mobile but have chosen to do neither and if I'm in when the phone rings then I'll answer it and if I'm not I won't.
The FTTP is entirely uneventful and the speed is a very consistent 150Mbs and the internet is now quicker than it was and will hopefully be reliable and free from major trauma for the next two years - and the price is set at todays rate, which is a bonus too.
The FTTP is entirely uneventful and the speed is a very consistent 150Mbs and the internet is now quicker than it was and will hopefully be reliable and free from major trauma for the next two years - and the price is set at todays rate, which is a bonus too.
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IDNet Help / Re: The UK Landline Switch Off...
Last post by robinc - Mar 31, 2025, 07:19:52Exactly. Also over the last few years there has been a big improvement in how mobiles handle Wifi and 4G calling. Plus, many families use Whatsapp calling.
Not the perfect solution for all, but I think a lot of folks are going to wind up with weird VOIP solutions they don't actually need but will be contracted to pay for.
Not the perfect solution for all, but I think a lot of folks are going to wind up with weird VOIP solutions they don't actually need but will be contracted to pay for.
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IDNet Help / Re: The UK Landline Switch Off...
Last post by sn - Mar 30, 2025, 21:38:20In our case we thought about why we needed a replacement VOIP home phone service.
We had our first BT phone installed in the early '70s so we have grown up with the concept of one phone for the home.
Then as mobiles became ubiquitous we found we used the home phone less and now of course people ring us and not the house. So we've told everyone on the old phone list we are going mobiles only and cancelled our old phone contract.
I guess it was a change in mindset in our case.
My 2p
We had our first BT phone installed in the early '70s so we have grown up with the concept of one phone for the home.
Then as mobiles became ubiquitous we found we used the home phone less and now of course people ring us and not the house. So we've told everyone on the old phone list we are going mobiles only and cancelled our old phone contract.
I guess it was a change in mindset in our case.
My 2p
#9
Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion / Re: My further ramblings about...
Last post by stan - Mar 24, 2025, 12:25:45Quote from: Simon on Mar 24, 2025, 12:20:50I'm guessing they just adapt to the market in an effort to be competitive, Stan.
I'm sure youre right, Simon.
It's all academic now for me as I'm locked in for the next two years ... but seeing as I have been with them all this time another two years didn't seem outrageous, especially as they have said the price is locked. There's plenty other ISPs I wouldn't have wanted to have been locked in to.
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Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion / Re: My further ramblings about...
Last post by Simon - Mar 24, 2025, 12:20:50I'm guessing they just adapt to the market in an effort to be competitive, Stan.