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Eircom eFibre customer? You need to read this.

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  • 23-01-2015 2:46am
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    Dermot McDonnell
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭


    If you are an Eircom eFibre customer with their standard F1000 router (see back of router if in doubt), then you might like to see how PS4 users are getting 300% more wifi/broadband throughput with a software fix to the router.

    See the Boards.ie Playstation thread for details.


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    rizzla
    Registered Users Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭rizzla


    A thread within a thread, within a thread....Threadception ****BWOOONG****






    pft I get better speeds over wifi with UPC


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    alpahaeagle
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭alpahaeagle


    I get better speeds than that at the moment without updating the firmware.


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    Dermot McDonnell
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭Dermot McDonnell


    alpahaeagle wrote: »
    I get better speeds than that at the moment without updating the firmware.

    Er, the point is that regardless of what speeds you are currently getting, applying the software fix to your Eircom F1000 router will result in a significant improvement.


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    Paul Thomas Rowland
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Paul Thomas Rowland


    The latest F1000 firmware from ZyXel includes hundreds of bug fixes implemented in the two dozen firmware releases since Eircom built their firmware. See the Changelog in post #33 of the Unlock your F1000 thread. I cannot post links.

    @alphaeagle, no offense to you but you manage in a single sentence to expose the depth of your lack of understanding of what this thread is about.

    I applied the software fix to my F1000 months ago, even our local pub did it to get their CCTV working over VPN. The improvement in performance is immediate and obvious. The fact that a PS4 get 300% more throughput, up and down, over WiFi says it all.


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    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,358 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    Paul Thomas Rowland wrote: »
    The latest F1000 firmware from ZyXel includes hundreds of bug fixes implemented in the two dozen firmware releases since Eircom built their firmware. See the Changelog in post #33 of the Unlock your F1000 thread. I cannot post links.

    @alphaeagle, no offense to you but you manage in a single sentence to expose the depth of your lack of understanding of what this thread is about.

    I applied the software fix to my F1000 months ago, even our local pub did it to get their CCTV working over VPN. The improvement in performance is immediate and obvious. The fact that a PS4 get 300% more throughput, up and down, over WiFi says it all.



    MOD NOTE:

    You can disagree with someone, PTR, but don't be insulting about it.

    CatInABox


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    ibFoxer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,461 ✭✭✭ibFoxer


    Dermot McDonnell wrote: »
    If you are an Eircom eFibre customer with their standard F1000 router (see back of router if in doubt), then you might like to see how PS4 users are getting 300% more wifi/broadband throughput with a software fix to the router.

    See the Boards.ie Playstation thread for details.

    Is the above link not suggesting both software update and hardware modification? Or am i reading this completely wrong?


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    Aronaay
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭Aronaay


    foxerv1 wrote: »
    Is the above link not suggesting both software update and hardware modification? Or am i reading this completely wrong?

    It's just a hard reset to remove the eircom firmware which involves opening the modem you're not modifying the hardware at all


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    Paul Thomas Rowland
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Paul Thomas Rowland


    CatInABox wrote: »


    MOD NOTE:

    You can disagree with someone, PTR, but don't be insulting about it.

    CatInABox

    Apologies to all concerned.


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    Paul Thomas Rowland
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Paul Thomas Rowland


    foxerv1 wrote: »
    Is the above link not suggesting both software update and hardware modification? Or am i reading this completely wrong?

    The operating system of the router gets upgraded. You do need to open the F1000 to do the upgrade but the hardware does not change. I see the latest post in the Unlock thread confirms port port forwarding works well on the unlocked F1000.


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    CatInABox
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,358 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatInABox


    Paul Thomas Rowland wrote: »
    The operating system of the router gets upgraded. You do need to open the F1000 to do the upgrade but the hardware does not change. I see the latest post in the Unlock thread confirms port port forwarding works well on the unlocked F1000.

    It's a sad state of affairs that you need to physically open a router and mess with its innards just to get it to work properly.


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    Dermot McDonnell
    Registered Users Posts: 224 ✭✭Dermot McDonnell


    CatInABox wrote: »
    It's a sad state of affairs that you need to physically open a router and mess with its innards just to get it to work properly.

    I agree. No ISP in the UK would get away with supplying the HG658c (Vodafone), or the F1000 (Eircom), to their fibre client base. It is disgraceful the software is so poor when the manufacturer makes updated, highly functional, software available.


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