tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post3625587835883191287..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Busy weekRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-21925223140902099912012-01-27T18:57:10.134+00:002012-01-27T18:57:10.134+00:00not normally, but speak nicely to sales.not normally, but speak nicely to sales.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-32049615202375615032012-01-27T18:39:52.138+00:002012-01-27T18:39:52.138+00:00I must have missed the tick box for the free route...I must have missed the tick box for the free router when I signed up. Can you ask for one retrospectively ?Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219749896468328015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-18016305790089916782012-01-24T15:08:42.183+00:002012-01-24T15:08:42.183+00:00Since you mentioned the Technicolor router, I boug...Since you mentioned the Technicolor router, I bought one off A&A last week. It took me three days to sort it out (it had an odd fault) but my job could have been made much easier if A&A do a couple of things. There is very little information about this router on-line so I'd like to suggest the following :<br /><br />1. Send the router out with the IPv4 DHCP server /enabled/. There are still IPv4 only devices in use (I have a Logitech Squeezebox Touch which, although new, still does IPv4 only).<br /><br />2. Tell your customers that even though the router is set up with an IP address within the customer's public IP network (IPv4 again) it will not serve the administration pages off that address but rather off 192.168.1.254 and not off it's designated IPv6 address.<br /><br />Since working out 2 that let me sort 1. As it turns out to fix the original problem I had to do a factory reset but all seems fine now.ContextSwitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02055385944215236099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-63004878425613018642012-01-22T13:45:07.194+00:002012-01-22T13:45:07.194+00:00Looks like the billion has a gigabit switch not 10...Looks like the billion has a gigabit switch not 100M, and has 4 port switch plus WAN rather than 4 port switch including WAN port, so subtle differences.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-39001255524036119402012-01-21T09:57:19.186+00:002012-01-21T09:57:19.186+00:00Well, indeed. It matters when we are providing a f...Well, indeed. It matters when we are providing a free router with the service, obviously.<br /><br />I don't think the billion offers anything extra to be honest - but there may be differences, and in that case obviously that may be well worth the higher price. We do offer a choice of kit and you can use any kit you like.<br /><br />Interestingly billion did say they were planning a "lower end" router, e.g. without wifi, but that it would not have IPv6!<br /><br />All I was suggesting here is that a way to encourage people to upgrade to IPv6 would be to try and offer a "good" router as cheaply as we can. The technicolor is not perfect (mainly its web interface leaves a lot to be desired) but it does seem to tick all the boxes for this and is also not to expensive. We are looking to provide an auto-config feature through our control pages too (which solves the problem with its web interface).<br /><br />Obviously if people want to use a different router, that is fine. We will happily provide IPv6 on any line for no extra cost.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-70419807360766138332012-01-21T09:47:29.389+00:002012-01-21T09:47:29.389+00:00I bought a Billion for our factory and it runs for...I bought a Billion for our factory and it runs for weeks on end with superb wireless range and no disconnections. The only problem is that it's the wrong side of a hundred quid. The cheap router (Technicolor?) is an unknown quantity for me and I've had too many problems with routers to want to chance it.<br /><br />If "cheap" was all that mattered I wouldn't be using aaisp...Semitonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394596461061425390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-58848557533987866682012-01-21T09:25:59.624+00:002012-01-21T09:25:59.624+00:00A better guild would be important too, but not sur...A better guild would be important too, but not sure what. He billion has the the cheaper one does not have.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-54931079972391939222012-01-21T09:04:25.804+00:002012-01-21T09:04:25.804+00:00Could you make your Grand Plan include a good deal...Could you make your Grand Plan include a good deal on a Billion 7800n rather than just a "cheap" IPv6 router? An idiots guide to getting IPv6 to work on an existing line would also be useful.Semitonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394596461061425390noreply@blogger.com