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 ·Cox HSI
| reply to EyeInTheSky
Re: [NV] New speeds live in Vegas Well the one i linked you to, runs for a longer period of time compared to the comcast one, which is as quick as the standard speedtest.net site. For a speedtest one that runs a little longer when testing is always better  . |
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| reply to eric89011
What's everyone's opinion on the best router to use for the new speeds? |
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·Cox HSI
| said by genzoulv:What's everyone's opinion on the best router to use for the new speeds?
There is never a best router, but the current router I am using, and think is very good router is the Asus RT-N66U. |
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| said by lilstone87:said by genzoulv:What's everyone's opinion on the best router to use for the new speeds?
There is never a best router, but the current router I am using, and think is very good router is the Asus RT-N66U. I use that one as well. |
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 CoxVegas
join:2011-07-25
Las Vegas, NV
kudos:2 | said by EyeInTheSky:said by lilstone87:There is never a best router, but the current router I am using, and think is very good router is the Asus RT-N66U.
I use that one as well. Not speaking for my employer (obviously), but I use the RT-AC66U, the slightly newer brother of the RT-N66U, and it works really well for me. Check out Merlin's firmware build for it as well, until DD-WRT or somesuch finalize theirs. (And I knew Merlin when he was still an Amiga dev on IRC as RMerlin... mohahaha) |
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| reply to genzoulv
Just get a new gigabit router and you'll be all set
(Your perference on DD-WRT or Tomato compatibility narrows it down which is where you doing some work comes into play). |
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·Cox HSI
| reply to CoxVegas
Yes if you use either the RT-N66U, or RT-AC66U, and you just use the asus stock firmware. Look to use RMerlin's asus based build's, as he correct's a good amount of issue's, and has added a couple nice little features. While still keeping his build's based off of asus's own build's. |
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| reply to eric89011
Life is good for me in Tempe:
Cisco DPC3010 modem
Asus RT-N56U router (custom firmware)
These results were from my laptop connected via 2.4GHz wireless to the router  |
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CoxVegas
join:2011-07-25
Las Vegas, NV
kudos:2 | reply to lilstone87
said by lilstone87:Yes if you use either the RT-N66U, or RT-AC66U, and you just use the asus stock firmware. Look to use RMerlin's asus based build's, as he correct's a good amount of issue's, and has added a couple nice little features. While still keeping his build's based off of asus's own build's.
Yeah, I just keep hoping DD-WRT gets updated - I use VLANs at home, and while I've used RMerlin's JFFS-based scripts and hardware hackery to do it, would be nice to have it in the GUI.
My one big complaint is the thing reboots for ANY change - even just updating port forwarding causes the router to reboot resulting in nobody having any connectivity for 2-3 minutes... arrrrgh. |
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Beezel
join:2008-12-15
Las Vegas, NV | reply to eric89011
Well I have rebooted several times along with the router, and I still have 25/2 on Premier. No speed increase for me I guess.  |
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CoxVegas
join:2011-07-25
Las Vegas, NV
kudos:2 | said by Beezel:Well I have rebooted several times along with the router, and I still have 25/2 on Premier. No speed increase for me I guess.
PM me your MAC address. |
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Beezel
join:2008-12-15
Las Vegas, NV | Sent... Thanks... |
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·Cox HSI
| reply to CoxVegas
said by CoxVegas:said by lilstone87:Yes if you use either the RT-N66U, or RT-AC66U, and you just use the asus stock firmware. Look to use RMerlin's asus based build's, as he correct's a good amount of issue's, and has added a couple nice little features. While still keeping his build's based off of asus's own build's.
Yeah, I just keep hoping DD-WRT gets updated - I use VLANs at home, and while I've used RMerlin's JFFS-based scripts and hardware hackery to do it, would be nice to have it in the GUI. My one big complaint is the thing reboots for ANY change - even just updating port forwarding causes the router to reboot resulting in nobody having any connectivity for 2-3 minutes... arrrrgh. I was just thinking why not use shibby's/Toastman's tomato firmware, but I don't think they support your RT-AC66U yet, they do the RT-N66U  . I am sure they will get one out probably in next couple month's. |
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Beezel
join:2008-12-15
Las Vegas, NV | reply to eric89011
Well calling in was useless as normal. Phone rep said my router was the problem. Even though I bypassed it and still have the same speeds. Set up for a tech visit, which won't do any good. But we will see. Asked for a re-provision on the modem and phone rep didn't even do that, said everything looks good. Scheduled a tech visit. Lets see what the tech says tomorrow. |
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said by lilstone87:said by genzoulv:What's everyone's opinion on the best router to use for the new speeds?
There is never a best router, but the current router I am using, and think is very good router is the Asus RT-N66U. I am using a gigabit router. The Netgear WNDR4000. I found out there's a bug in the DD-WRT firmware for it that limits the WAN port to 100Mbps (even though it says it's connected at gigabit speed). I just upgraded my modem and it still wont do over 100Mbps, (with the router attached, but I max my speeds without it going straight from PC to modem) so I decided to check the DD-WRT forums and found a few people have confirmed the same problem with no solution. I'm thinking about getting another router now unless I can find out which version of DD-WRT will fix this bug. The stock firmware is horrible, so I'd rather not go back to that. :P
If anyone knows a solution it would be much appreciated. |
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 ·Sprint Mobile Br..
·Cox HSI
2 edits | reply to bbz_Ghost
said by bbz_Ghost:said by Rakeesh  *snip*
Not bad for $32 a month.
Cord cutting is imminent. Once that happens I'll probably change my review to reflect the improvement of service.
That "$32 a month" has me wondering... are you referring to a package as part of a bundle (the $99/month cable/phone/Internet thing)? Just curious...
Nope, just $32 (well, 32.50) a month for premier internet. I also pay $34 for economy TV with 3 cable cards. After taxes and whatnot I pay about $66.50 a month.
There's no tax for internet, so once I cut the cord, I'll only be paying $32.50 |
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| How did you manage to get it for $32 a month? That's less that the promotional 6 month price |
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·Sprint Mobile Br..
·Cox HSI
| I asked if they had any discounts and the guy just offered it to me when I was changing services.
At first he was saying there would be an install fee unless I got triple play, and I was saying that would be fine because I *might* use the phone for a fax.
He then said there was a deal to get 50% off (or something like that) your internet service for 12 months for getting triple play. I asked if that would still apply if I got rid of the phone service, and he said yes.
After about a week of having the phone service, I found my free (no monthly fees) VoIP service worked fine with my fax, so I dropped it. No point in paying $20 a month (phone $13, taxes $7) for something I won't use. |
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Beezel
join:2008-12-15
Las Vegas, NV | Well after going through several phone jockeys I found one that checked the flag on my account where it didn't have D3 on it. He set it and I got my premier speed upgrade. Others just wanted to blame my equipment and send a tech. Glad there are some that take time to go through things instead of just trying to get off the phone with you.  |
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·Sprint Mobile Br..
·Cox HSI
| reply to eric89011
Yeah the phone people are so hit and miss. I remember when I first got HSI in 1997, I called them up and they told me it wasn't available in my area in spite of putting hangers on my door telling me to order. I called a month later and found they had the wrong address on record (WTF?) they didn't even bother to check.
Last time I called cox, I happened to get a tech that didn't just tell me to reboot my computer. That's like a one in a million chance right there, and to my surprise the guy actually understood networking. Cox needs to hire more people like him. |
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