NBN

[jx2mad]

Just had NBN connected. No problem and works well....except for one problem. The Telstra box has abysmal wi-fi range. Down to 1 bar at around 20 metres. The old adsl2 box covered all the house with signal to spare. What options?

[Mick_Marsh]

Plug a wireless N router into the nework port on the Telstra router.
I did. Works well.

That is assuming your wireless devices are wireless N.

Your old ADSL router may be able to perform this function if it has a 100base-t WAN uplink port.

[Homestar]

You should have 2 wireless signals being broadcast - a 5G version and a normal version - should be called XYZ and XYZ-5G when searching for connections. The 5G is much faster but flakey as and will hardy get through a wall, but the other connection should go much et over 50 meters on mine, but is a bit slower (can still get 40 Mbps on it though)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

my 5g gets through a ceiling/floor quite well,,

[Homestar]

my 5g gets through a ceiling/floor quite well,,

Mine stops if the cat walks past the modem... :D It's very flakey through even one wall, but line of sight is very good.

[jx2mad]

Turned off the 5g system and using the lower frequency. I now have wi-fi coverage all round the house full strength

[p38arover]

Talking of the NBN, did you watch the 4 Corners report.

The use of "premise" instead of "premises" really annoyed me. So I sent this (with variations for names for Fifield and the NBN bloke) to Mathew Dickerson (the ex-mayor of Dubbo):



I just watched the 4 Corners episode about the NBN.
Please, the singular of "premises" is "premises".
A premise a completely different thing (look it up)!
Every time you (Matt Dickerson), Mitch Fifield, and the PR bloke for NBN used "premise" it was like fingernails being drawn down a blackboard.
Now you know, maybe you won't make that very annoying mistake ever again.


Dickerson replied acknowledging his error - a top man for doing that.

And, if you are a user of "premise", this is what it means:

premise
noun
ˈprɛmɪs/


1.
LOGIC
a previous statement or proposition from which another is inferred or follows as a conclusion.
"if the premise is true, then the conclusion must be true"

verb
prɪˈmʌɪz/


1.
base an argument, theory, or undertaking on.
"the reforms were premised on our findings"

[JDNSW]

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Dickerson replied acknowledging his error - a top man for doing that.

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I have met the man and he is very good. I have nothing but admiration for him. If I lived in Dubbo LGA, I would be regretting that he did nto run for election in the merged council.