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ANOTHER Eircom Thread

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  • #32
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,500 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    jeffk wrote: »
    "Important Notes
    Chorus ntl advises that this service is only supported when one PC operates with one modem"

    http://www.upc.ie/broadband/fifteen/

    Maybe i read that wrong, but i took it as one router per pc/connection. I know at the minute I have two pcs on the standard four lan port eircom router.

    Thats just a marketing gimmick, you could have a 512K connection or a 20MB connection and still have numerous people connected to it.

    The only difference between the two is they'll be more bandwidth available on the 20MB connection


  • #33
    jeffk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,842 ✭✭✭jeffk


    Cabaal wrote: »
    Thats just a marketing gimmick, you could have a 512K connection or a 20MB connection and still have numerous people connected to it.

    The only difference between the two is they'll be more bandwidth available on the 20MB connection

    Ah yeh i get full whack on the eircom package i have with two pcs. The €8 for no tv with them now theres a money making racket.


  • #34
    Spunge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭Spunge


    suddenly today my router speed has gone from 3000 to 8000
    and on speedtest its gone from about 2.5Mb to 5.6Mb
    :confused:


  • #35
    jeffk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,842 ✭✭✭jeffk


    Spunge wrote: »
    suddenly today my router speed has gone from 3000 to 8000
    and on speedtest its gone from about 2.5Mb to 5.6Mb
    :confused:

    Mine is flying up till around 6ish and then last night it was @3MB and then late around 12ish less than 1.6MB. Id have thought when most of the businesses closed around the 6 mark it would free up more then enough to cover the extra people logging on.


  • #36
    docmol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭docmol


    jeffk wrote: »
    "Important Notes
    Chorus ntl advises that this service is only supported when one PC operates with one modem"

    http://www.upc.ie/broadband/fifteen/

    Maybe i read that wrong, but i took it as one router per pc/connection. I know at the minute I have two pcs on the standard four lan port eircom router.


    I would take this to mean that they are not going to give you support for network issues on your side of the router. The guy who came out to do my install setup one laptop on the network and tested to see it was going on-line ok. That was all I wanted him to do tbh as I was happy to set the rest of the clients up myself. I can't immagine they want their tech support getting involved with permissions and sharing accross your network.


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  • #37
    jeffk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,842 ✭✭✭jeffk


    docmol wrote: »
    I would take this to mean that they are not going to give you support for network issues on your side of the router. The guy who came out to do my install setup one laptop on the network and tested to see it was going on-line ok. That was all I wanted him to do tbh as I was happy to set the rest of the clients up myself. I can't immagine they want their tech support getting involved with permissions and sharing accross your network.

    Ah well if its like the eircom router and the lan connections are there your away. I know myself i wouldn't expect them to do any more than a basic install. sure i wouldn't expect an install unless there was something extra ordinary in their set up process


  • #38
    MFZ
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭MFZ


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Any NAT router I have can theoretically handle ~253 PCs !! (not practical I know)
    Why 253?


  • #39
    lynchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭lynchie


    MFZ wrote: »
    Why 253?

    A 255.255.255.0 subnet mask can handle 256 addresses. -1 for the network address, -1 for the broadcast network address leaves 254. -1 for the actual router leaves 253 usuable IP's on the network.


  • #40
    MFZ
    Registered Users Posts: 107 ✭✭MFZ


    lynchie wrote: »
    A 255.255.255.0 subnet mask can handle 256 addresses. -1 for the network address, -1 for the broadcast network address leaves 254. -1 for the actual router leaves 253 usuable IP's on the network.

    Well, choose a different subnetmask then. Class A exists :-)


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