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Virgin Media: EPC2425/3925 Modem/Router and Speed Issues - POST HERE ONLY

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    #1352
    Parkowen
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭Parkowen


    ED E wrote: »
    You have to berate the boards reps for a month straight to get it sorted.

    Lol - name them and let my month begin!!


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    #1353
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Parkowen wrote: »
    Lol - name them and let my month begin!!

    http://www.boards.ie/ttforum/1546


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    #1354
    Piliger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    ED E wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/ttforum/1546

    Good luck with that ...


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    #1355
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Piliger wrote: »
    Good luck with that ...

    Large image: http://i.imgur.com/4iuSq4L.jpg


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    #1356
    Slaacer
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭Slaacer


    Hi,

    I also have a UPC cisco modem - and while we are close to it it is fine (except when the broadband goes ) but downstairs (modem is upstairs) it is really touch n go - it seems the signal is struggling to get through the wall.

    I already had a modem change from them as the signal was getting worse (regardless of where I was in the house so it was their signal more so then the wifi) which was ok for a while but now it seems to be more difficult to pick up the wifi signal - even our phones don't pick up the signal unless we are very close to the modem.

    So despite a signal dropping more frequently during the day and mainly in the evening the wifi power from the modem is getting weaker so I was thinking of buying a range extender like this which would also render my good old desktop pc hooked on my wifi network. but I'm no expert, was wondering if you had done something similar and what product did you use ?

    Thank you
    G


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    #1357
    personguy
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭personguy


    Slaacer wrote: »
    Hi,

    I also have a UPC cisco modem - and while we are close to it it is fine (except when the broadband goes ) but downstairs (modem is upstairs) it is really touch n go - it seems the signal is struggling to get through the wall.

    I already had a modem change from them as the signal was getting worse (regardless of where I was in the house so it was their signal more so then the wifi) which was ok for a while but now it seems to be more difficult to pick up the wifi signal - even our phones don't pick up the signal unless we are very close to the modem.

    So despite a signal dropping more frequently during the day and mainly in the evening the wifi power from the modem is getting weaker so I was thinking of buying a range extender like this which would also render my good old desktop pc hooked on my wifi network. but I'm no expert, was wondering if you had done something similar and what product did you use ?

    Thank you
    G

    which modem from upc? the 3925? you can look up comments in here regarding putting the modem into bridge mode, and there's further help with that from online search engines.
    i ended up finally using the 3925 in bridge mode with an asus router that i bought and haven't had any problems (related to the modem, the signal, the pass-through, the reliability) since (unless the signal from upc to the box itself drops out, which it still does).

    bridge mode is pretty straight-forward, but setting up the next link in the chain (the repeater or hotspot or second router) can be a little bit technical, if you've never fooled around with (learned about) dhcp and ip addresses and ports. but it's never too late to learn, ya know!


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    #1358
    Slaacer
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭Slaacer


    Update on the solution I opted for :

    I looked at the 2 options, buying a proper wireless router to connect to the Cisco 3925 from UPC or buying a wireless range extender and opted for the later one.

    Truth is money is really tight and went for the TP-Link from harry norman for €50 and found it really easy to setup and the other reason I went for this is because I have an old desktop pc which works great downstairs but didn't have wifi as the TP-link range extender has an ethernet port I can plug in my desktop pc directly to it and use it on the network from downstairs.

    So far so good ! actually writing this response from my desktop pc !

    This could be another solutions for people in a similar situation !

    G


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    #1359
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    So long as you connect the "range extender" by cable it will work fine. When people actually try to extend their range wirelessly it ends in massive disappointment.

    upc exchange -> coax cable -> upc router -> cat5 cable -> second wifi router

    Only extra step is to disable dhcp on second router. If this sounds complicated then get a technical mate to help!


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    #1360
    yannakis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭yannakis


    Hi guys,

    I can't seem to be able to log in to my router with the passwords available on the forum. Can you help? What's the latest combination available?


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    #1361
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    You set your own password.


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    #1362
    yannakis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭yannakis


    srsly78 wrote: »
    You set your own password.

    could u give some more information on how to do that??


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    #1363
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    When you go the the login page the first time you get prompted to do it. If you haven't set it yourself it shows you the default in a popup.


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    #1364
    miralize
    Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    Ryan451 wrote: »
    Hey guys. Trying to edit my router settings and wondering is the address 196.128.1.1? I can't for the life of me remember the bloody address. Any help would be appreciated.

    Almost... 192.168.1.1


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    #1365
    yannakis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭yannakis


    srsly78 wrote: »
    When you go the the login page the first time you get prompted to do it. If you haven't set it yourself it shows you the default in a popup.

    i don't recall this from happening. is there something i can do in case i have no access now? reset the router maybe?


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    #1366
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    Yes hold the reset button on the back (may need a pin).


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    #1367
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    miralize wrote: »
    Almost... 192.168.1.1

    Bloody documentation with my Cisco modem delivered on Friday- had 192.168.0.1 as the IP address. Page timed out and never loaded. I should have looked in here :mad:


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    #1368
    MarkY91
    Registered Users Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    i dont know too much about routers and stuff but my epc3925 modem is **** and i dropout alot and my ping is higher now than it was on the 2425. im currently getting 40ms ping :(

    can someone reccomend me a router? 70 euro maximum. i just want a lower ping and no/less dropouts and to improve ps3 gaming


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    #1369
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    I give up with the wireless- its flakey has hell- up and down like a yoyo, and while full speed on some devices (sometimes) barely getting 10-20kbps on others. The wireless is appalling- its trite of the highest order.
    I've gone into settings, turned it off altogether- and hooked a decent Netgear dual band router on in its place (thankyou adverts.ie). Its another E100 I hadn't planned on shelling out- and I am annoyed- but the bloody thing doesn't work.


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    #1370
    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users Posts: 12,707 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    I did a thing called cascading my Dual band Linksys E4200 http://kb.linksys.com/Linksys/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=3733

    As I have most of the house covered either by Powerline adaptors and ran cat 6 cable down to my living room, so I didn't really need to bridge it over as I found that I was getting speed drops on bridge mode to the Linksys so this cascading works fine for me.


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    #1371
    Dinarius
    Registered Users Posts: 3,405 ✭✭✭Dinarius


    I had been having problems with my UPC router. BBC Radio 3/4 (my staples!) dropping out within a few minutes of connecting and not reconnecting.

    Last night they told me to turn off the router for two minutes and then restart it, when it would download and install any necessary updates automatically - apparently, it had been on continuously for about 2 months.

    Been running like a train since.

    Fingers crossed!

    D.


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    #1372
    MarkY91
    Registered Users Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    i literally just bought a router on ebay and i just read the main post on this forum and the phone will NOT work in bridge mode :O ? so i bought a router for no reason since we have the phone connection :(???


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    #1373
    Piliger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    I don't want to be off-topic but even as a UPC customer, I honestly do not know why anyone wants a landline phone service any more.


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    #1374
    MarkY91
    Registered Users Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    Piliger wrote: »
    I don't want to be off-topic but even as a UPC customer, I honestly do not know why anyone wants a landline phone service any more.

    my mum uses it. should i be trying to cancel the router or is there a way around this?


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    #1375
    Piliger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    Question for the experts on this: What would happen if we split the UPC incoming cable and fed one into the Cisco and the other into a much better router - and disabled the internet service other than the phone service on the Cisco, and enabled it on the new router ? Or is that just a dumb question ?


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    #1376
    Calibos
    Registered Users Posts: 7,807 ✭✭✭Calibos


    MarkY91 wrote: »
    my mum uses it. should i be trying to cancel the router or is there a way around this?

    The phone does work with the EPC3925 in Bridge Mode.

    I have my EPC3925 bridged to an Asus RT-N66U router and also have the phone service and I can make and receive calls.

    The confusion I think comes from the fact that until we got official bridging in Firmware on the EPC3925 which maintains the phone functionality, people had to upload a hacked HTML file to the EPC3925 to enable bridging. It was this hacked method of bridging that disabled phone functionality.


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    #1377
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Piliger wrote: »
    Question for the experts on this: What would happen if we split the UPC incoming cable and fed one into the Cisco and the other into a much better router - and disabled the internet service other than the phone service on the Cisco, and enabled it on the new router ? Or is that just a dumb question ?

    Done with a Netgear N600.
    Note- the gateway on the netgear dynamically reconfigured itself (as it clashed with Cisco's assigned address). No intervention was needed- just got a popup in the admin program advising it was being changed to remedy a conflict.


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    #1378
    Dinarius
    Registered Users Posts: 3,405 ✭✭✭Dinarius


    Piliger wrote: »
    I don't want to be off-topic but even as a UPC customer, I honestly do not know why anyone wants a landline phone service any more.

    We have a UPC landline - the €47 p/m BB/phone package.

    We can phone relatives abroad on their landlines as often as we like, for as long as we like, for free. Can't do that with a mobile phone.

    D.


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    #1379
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    Dinarius wrote: »
    We have a UPC landline - the €47 p/m BB/phone package.

    We can phone relatives abroad on their landlines as often as we like, for as long as we like, for free. Can't do that with a mobile phone.

    D.

    You can, just use a voip service like blueface.ie or whatever over wifi. Is pretty much the same thing.


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    #1380
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Calibos wrote: »
    The phone does work with the EPC3925 in Bridge Mode.
    .

    Incorrect. This used to be the case when the 3925 first launched, but hasnt been for a long time. You can bridge and keep the phone ;)


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    #1381
    Calibos
    Registered Users Posts: 7,807 ✭✭✭Calibos


    ED E wrote: »
    Incorrect. This used to be the case when the 3925 first launched, but hasnt been for a long time. You can bridge and keep the phone ;)

    No wonder MarkY91 was confused.

    I tell him his phone will indeed work with a bridged epc3925

    .......and you tell me that I am 'incorrect',

    that in fact...get this...his phone will indeed work with a bridged epc3925

    :D:D

    "Sir, I need you to blow into this device until the three red lights turn green...."

    :D:D


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