I'm having a really bad day with my TELSTRA [Bigpond] WiFi today.

Usually this happens once or twice a year.   [really, really bad!]

I'm 200km from my capital city.

And i can hardly load a web page [including an OzPol page] in my browser today.



Such is life, in rural Australia.



I just felt like having a grizzle about it.

Yadda wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 6:27pm:

I'm having a really bad day with my TELSTRA [Bigpond] WiFi today. Usually this happens once or twice a year.   [really, really bad!] I'm 200km from my capital city. And i can hardly load a web page [including an OzPol page] in my browser today. Such is life, in rural Australia. I just felt like having a grizzle about it.

That sucks. Our ADSL went out on the 26th and I phoned support, was told there was a problem and it should be fixed in 24h. Rang back the next day as ADSL still had no sync. Was told I had signed up to the NBN which was true and the ADSL was switched off which is false as far as my account page says. Anyway they told me to plug in the delivered NBN NCD which I did and connected up my ethernet to it kicked up PPP on my Linux box and away it went. The ADSL router I was using was in bridged mode anyway allowing my Linux box to handle authentication, get the static IP etc.

Today I received the router from my ISP that is set up to do PPP, wireless etc but I don't need that. I already have what I need, wireless, Cisco ATA(analogue phone to VOIP box) but because I'm not officially switched over I have no phone. On the plus side I'm still officially on an ADSL plan and getting 49Mbps down and 19Mbps up.

STATUS: My new nbn™ connection
xxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxx Lismore NSW 2480
Service no. xxxxxxxxxxx
Service type Fibre To The Curb
Service class 33
Data Unlimited
Speed tier Standard Plus nbn50
Order received by xxxxxxxxxxxxx 22 May 2020
Expected activation date -- To be advised
Technician appointment time -- To be advised
Modem dispatched
My service is active -- To be advised
Information needed. Hold or rejected.  -- To be advised

So as you can see the NBN is not supposed to be activated yet. Yippee for me really fast ADSL! :) The original ADSL outage is now not supposed to be resolved until the 2 June.

edit: Currently 8:30pm so it's the time for congestion and slowdowns but...
PING ms DOWNLOAD Mbps UPLOAD Mbps
24          46.36                   15.15

Some wit said.....
Life is a female dog,     ...and then we die!

Such is life.       ;)


We all have our troubles.

From what i've heard, a lot of folks would rather stay with ADSL, rather than transition to the NBN.

;D


I have no experience with either.           :)

I went straight from dial-up, to wifi !    haha

Yadda wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:15pm:

Some wit said..... Life is a female dog,     ...and then we die! Such is life.       ;) We all have our troubles.

I don't mind my trouble at all. In a way I got the NBN as promised, cheaper, faster, sooner! ;D

Yadda wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:19pm:

From what i've heard, a lot of folks would rather stay with ADSL, rather than transition to the NBN. ;D I have no experience with either.           :) I went straight from dial-up, to wifi !    haha

FTTC is VDSL, the DSLAM is in the ground out the front instead of in the exchange and powered by the NCD in your house. There is a mix in this NBN thing. I would have preferred FTTP but FTTC is g.fast capable but set to VDSL at the moment. Not much different to ADSL except where the DSLAM lives.

Setanta wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:27pm:

Yadda wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 9:19pm: From what i've heard, a lot of folks would rather stay with ADSL, rather than transition to the NBN. ;D I have no experience with either.           :) I went straight from dial-up, to wifi !    haha FTTC is VDSL, the DSLAM is in the ground out the front instead of in the exchange and powered by the NCD in your house. There is a mix in this NBN thing. I would have preferred FTTP but FTTC is g.fast capable but set to VDSL at the moment. Not much different to ADSL except where the DSLAM lives.

I'm afraid that is all Chinese to me.       ;)

I'm just sitting here, waiting for the black-hole to suddenly appear and swallow us all up !

Then i won't have to worry about all that sh ite any more.     [wink]

Yadda wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:43pm:

Setanta wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 9:27pm: Yadda wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 9:19pm: From what i've heard, a lot of folks would rather stay with ADSL, rather than transition to the NBN. ;D I have no experience with either.           :) I went straight from dial-up, to wifi !    haha FTTC is VDSL, the DSLAM is in the ground out the front instead of in the exchange and powered by the NCD in your house. There is a mix in this NBN thing. I would have preferred FTTP but FTTC is g.fast capable but set to VDSL at the moment. Not much different to ADSL except where the DSLAM lives. I'm afraid that is all Chinese to me.       ;) I'm just sitting here, waiting for the black-hole to suddenly appear and swallow us all up ! Then i won't have to worry about all that sh ite any more.     [wink]

OK, just don't stop eating, breathing and shitting while you wait or you will be worrying about that shite for a lot less time than you should.

Yadda wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 6:27pm:

I'm having a really bad day with my TELSTRA [Bigpond] WiFi today. Usually this happens once or twice a year.   [really, really bad!]

Do you still have the same problem when connected with ethernet cable?

I had problems with WiFi after NBN was connected yet no problem with cable connection,had to reset WiFi channel with modem to fix it.

New modem from Telstra connects me with 4G mobile network when phone line goes down which is OK.

Have to turn off NBN box and modem to reset to get it working properly at times this also fixes phone line.

Baronvonrort wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:49pm:

Yadda wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 6:27pm: I'm having a really bad day with my TELSTRA [Bigpond] WiFi today. Usually this happens once or twice a year.   [really, really bad!] Do you still have the same problem when connected with ethernet cable? I had problems with WiFi after NBN was connected yet no problem with cable connection,had to reset WiFi channel with modem to fix it. New modem from Telstra connects me with 4G mobile network when phone line goes down which is OK. Have to turn off NBN box and modem to reset to get it working properly at times this also fixes phone line.

I think, going from what he said about distance, is that he has a wireless plan, his data comes across probably the 4G network to his home and the wireless sometimes gets slow. Ethernet connections will only be local and won't help as the link that is the problem is the wireless that connects him to the world. IE not really WIFI more like the data connection your smart phone has.

Baronvonrort wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:49pm:

Yadda wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 6:27pm: I'm having a really bad day with my TELSTRA [Bigpond] WiFi today. Usually this happens once or twice a year.   [really, really bad!] Do you still have the same problem when connected with ethernet cable? I had problems with WiFi after NBN was connected yet no problem with cable connection,had to reset WiFi channel with modem to fix it. New modem from Telstra connects me with 4G mobile network when phone line goes down which is OK. Have to turn off NBN box and modem to reset to get it working properly at times this also fixes phone line.

hi baron,

I have a 'Netgear' wifi device about the size of a smart phone.

It doesn't have, or operate with, an ethernet cable connection.



I just connect/switch on, the Netgear wifi device, and my laptop [in 20-30 secs] will detect a signal carrier for my ISP [Telstra].

And then through [on] a browser page, i click to connect to the available network.


It is always slow.

That is just a function of my location.

And 3-4 times a year, i have a very slow day.

Some days' its best just to give it a miss, and come back, and try on another day.

'Such is life' ....in rural Oz.



.





Setanta wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:54pm:

I think, going from what he said about distance, is that he has a wireless plan, his data comes across probably the 4G network to his home and the wireless sometimes gets slow. Ethernet connections will only be local and won't help as the link that is the problem is the wireless that connects him to the world. IE not really WIFI more like the data connection your smart phone has.

Yep.

It is a wireless plan.

I'm connected on a 4G network, through a phone-like device.

Setanta wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 9:27pm:

Yadda wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 9:19pm: From what i've heard, a lot of folks would rather stay with ADSL, rather than transition to the NBN. ;D I have no experience with either.           :) I went straight from dial-up, to wifi !    haha FTTC is VDSL, the DSLAM is in the ground out the front instead of in the exchange and powered by the NCD in your house. There is a mix in this NBN thing. I would have preferred FTTP but FTTC is g.fast capable but set to VDSL at the moment. Not much different to ADSL except where the DSLAM lives.

Be the computer.
Ommm

Jasin wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 11:16pm:

Setanta wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 9:27pm: Yadda wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 9:19pm: From what i've heard, a lot of folks would rather stay with ADSL, rather than transition to the NBN. ;D I have no experience with either.           :) I went straight from dial-up, to wifi !    haha FTTC is VDSL, the DSLAM is in the ground out the front instead of in the exchange and powered by the NCD in your house. There is a mix in this NBN thing. I would have preferred FTTP but FTTC is g.fast capable but set to VDSL at the moment. Not much different to ADSL except where the DSLAM lives. Be the computer. Ommm

I have just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit.

It's human error.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=hal+9000+-+the+fault&&view=detail&mid=3CE2AB776FED8CA9BE873CE2AB776FED8CA9BE87&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dhal%25209000%2520-%2520the%2520fault%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBVR%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Dhal%25209000%2520-%2520the%2520fault%26sc%3D0-20%26sk%3D%26cvid%3D84E647FA6F3F44BDAFC3D6627D481E64

Yadda wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 10:08pm:

Yep. It is a wireless plan. I'm connected on a 4G network, through a phone-like device.

Yes - I'm trying out a 4G modem from Optus.
I've only had it for 3 days.


It's working fast this morning:
https://www.ozspeedtest.com/speedtest-locations


Download Speed
123.79 Mbps
Peak 127.21 Mbps
Data Downloaded
154.95 MB
In 10.01 seconds
Test Run Date
Sat 30th May 2020 06:52am
1 second ago
Speed Test Server
Aussie Broadband
Melbourne, VIC, Australia


However:
2 mornings in a row I had to hardware reset the modem as it had stopped working overnight.
I don’t know why.
On an error log it seems that someone was trying to attack the Wi-Fi to get in.
Anyway I turned the WiFi off in the modem and I’ll see how I go in the next few days.

Wohoo, downloading... 955.7 MB/3.12 GB       5.2 MB/s  07m 09s
That's without the overhead of ppp and tcpip, the interface is fluctuating between 5.5 and 6.9 MB/s

Yadda wrote on May 29^th, 2020 at 6:27pm:

I'm 200km from my capital city. And i can hardly load a web page [including an OzPol page] in my browser today. Such is life, in rural Australia.

Oh, geez, let us send out the search party. You mean, you are 200km away from a capital city, but in sight of telephone lines and satellite dishes, etc. for the sake of you being able to use the internet?

I lose internet reception during a power or internet outage. It usually gets righted within minutes. Or on occasion, I can wait for hours. Just live with the fact that we all cannot get what I want.

UnSubRocky wrote on May 31^st, 2020 at 4:42am:

Yadda wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 6:27pm: I'm 200km from my capital city. And i can hardly load a web page [including an OzPol page] in my browser today. Such is life, in rural Australia. Oh, geez, let us send out the search party. You mean, you are 200km away from a capital city, but in sight of telephone lines and satellite dishes, etc. for the sake of you being able to use the internet? I lose internet reception during a power or internet outage. It usually gets righted within minutes. Or on occasion, I can wait for hours. Just live with the fact that we all cannot get what I want.

Yes.

I do.              ;)



Oommmmm.      [think meditation]

Yadda wrote on May 31^st, 2020 at 8:47am:

UnSubRocky wrote on May 31st, 2020 at 4:42am: Yadda wrote on May 29th, 2020 at 6:27pm: I'm 200km from my capital city. And i can hardly load a web page [including an OzPol page] in my browser today. Such is life, in rural Australia. Oh, geez, let us send out the search party. You mean, you are 200km away from a capital city, but in sight of telephone lines and satellite dishes, etc. for the sake of you being able to use the internet? I lose internet reception during a power or internet outage. It usually gets righted within minutes. Or on occasion, I can wait for hours. Just live with the fact that we all cannot get what I want. Yes. I do.              ;) Oommmmm.      [think meditation]

Best response.

More fun with the NBN. My ISP has two VOIP options, $10 for unlimited calls or $0 and per call charge, there's no line rental with NBN, go with $0. So I ordered a new VOIP home number and am setting it up on the wife's iPhone(I know :( iPhone...) so she can use it anywhere around the house/yard over wifi to make/answer calls.

I have a Cisco 122 ATA that can forward calls and do other cool stuff so I can forward  our normal home number calls to her/our other number. The phone does not have a sim, she uses it as a music player/facebook/email/etc thing over wifi. Now it will be able to make calls as well with a SIP app, all good. Then I set up VPN back to home from her phone so she can use it anywhere there's wifi she can connect to.

Might have to order another free number for my S6.

Setanta wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2020 at 8:15pm:

More fun with the NBN. My ISP has two VOIP options, $10 for unlimited calls or $0 and per call charge, there's no line rental with NBN, go with $0. So I ordered a new VOIP home number and am setting it up on the wife's iPhone(I know :( iPhone...) so she can use it anywhere around the house/yard over wifi to make/answer calls. I have a Cisco 122 ATA that can forward calls and do other cool stuff so I can forward  our normal home number calls to her/our other number. The phone does not have a sim, she uses it as a music player/facebook/email/etc thing over wifi. Now it will be able to make calls as well with a SIP app, all good. Then I set up VPN back to home from her phone so she can use it anywhere there's wifi she can connect to. Might have to order another free number for my S6.

huh? how do you do that? I have a voip but i keep a dedicated cabled phone just for that. I usually only get calls from spammers on that phone but I like to use the landline when I call overseas.  Everything else comes to the mobile. It would be great if I can do the voip stuff with the mobile

John Smith wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2020 at 8:23pm:

Setanta wrote on Jun 3rd, 2020 at 8:15pm: More fun with the NBN. My ISP has two VOIP options, $10 for unlimited calls or $0 and per call charge, there's no line rental with NBN, go with $0. So I ordered a new VOIP home number and am setting it up on the wife's iPhone(I know :( iPhone...) so she can use it anywhere around the house/yard over wifi to make/answer calls. I have a Cisco 122 ATA that can forward calls and do other cool stuff so I can forward  our normal home number calls to her/our other number. The phone does not have a sim, she uses it as a music player/facebook/email/etc thing over wifi. Now it will be able to make calls as well with a SIP app, all good. Then I set up VPN back to home from her phone so she can use it anywhere there's wifi she can connect to. Might have to order another free number for my S6. huh? how do you do that? I have a voip but i keep a dedicated cabled phone just for that. I usually only get calls from spammers on that phone but I like to use the landline when I call overseas.  Everything else comes to the mobile. It would be great if I can do the voip stuff with the mobile

You can only use one number per device with my ISP at least. We had our old landline number ported to the new NBN VOIP. It's locked to that phone through the Cisco ATA and login to the ISP, I suppose I could turn off the ATA but that's inconvenient. So I ordered another home phone, think having two lines before NBN. It's free to have and per call cost, the same as the original PSTN ported number that is now VOIP. Use a VOIP app to use the new number on her phone, it's like a separate line. Then see above with VPN.

I do hope I'm making sense to you. If not, point out what you are having difficulty with.

Edit: I'd always wanted to play with Asterisk at the school, never had the opportunity as they were happy with what they had. Might be able yo have a limited play at home now with free phone numbers and a "make believe" internal phone system.

Anyway, I grabbed a couple of numbers, went to a public wifi, Lismore Square, and I used the numbers without VPN. I could call my mobile, I could call home as I checked the last called number on the Cisco 122, I could call my wife on her "home" voip number from my mobile and from my "home" voip number. The only thing I fond that was a problem was she could not call my mobile number. I'll have to try that again.

Now you may ask why, good question. For fun, to see how things work, to see what value it can provide as calls to the same ISP are free. I can call my wife and tell her I need another beer, that's got to be a plus, unless she leaves he phone behind but she likes her music too much for that.

I tried call farwarding with the SPA122, no, doesn't work. :( I might have to contact the ISP and whine like Stiffy.

I hate Telstra.

That's my Telstra password.  No chance of ever forgetting it.

Fork out and you can get a 100Mb/s fiber optic cable connected right to your home. Just ask NBN and they will be happy to oblige.