I am being advised by my ISP that my Fibre router/modem must be connected to the Mastersocket only and not to an extension socket. Is this absolutely necessary for the fibre BB to work?

Could someone using Zen with IPv6 enabled please tell me if they can access the following URL: https://metamap.nlm.nih.gov/ I can reach it if I disable IPv6, and I can reach it with IPv6 enabled from work, but on my home network with IPv6 it times out. (I'd also be interested to know if anyone has trouble reaching it from a different ISP.)

I need more help :) I got a RUT240. https://teltonika-networks.com/product/rut240/ Loaded in latest firmware. Spent a whole day trying to get it to work. No luck. One cannot even ping a known-good external IP.

Please can folks advise. I need to upgrade my plan for greater monthly data.. Currently I'm on £17 tariff for 20GB cap. paid for monthly; using a Wuahei mob. boardband device on 3G. If I upgrade that contract becomes £57 per month for 'unlimited' data (=100GB) - expensive. There seems to be 2 options - with a 12 month ccntract 1/ This is for a new 4G Wuahei device; with 100GB data at The...

Interestingly, on the original (working but slow) 3G dongle, which gets the wrong IP allocated, the gateway is 10.64.64.64. I will try that with the RUT240 next.

It's nice to read the complimentary threads about the ISPs current performance, I'm having real problems with Plusnet, it's very selective regarding what I can and can not use since Sunday afternoon. If it matters I'm a VDSL customer on the Prestwich exchange in N Manchester. Its easier to list what *is* working. All Google websites Google Search, Google Photos, Google Maps, YouTube, etc etc...

Andy Burns wrote Peter wrote: I have the 3272. Cannot find the differences documented anywhere. does it say E3272h or E3272s "s" is stick mode where it behaves like a modem, though with care you

Apologies for the cross-posting, but this is a scam warning, and, despite the fact that it's being sent to people who are tech-savvy enough to use a ng reader, so is probably redundant, better safe than sorry ... "Coronavirus: How hackers are preying on fears of Covid-19 Security experts say a spike in email scams linked to coronavirus is the worst they have seen in years.

It is traditional hereabouts to moan about the state of UK broadband. I'm amazed at how well it is all holding up at the moment. My house is currently running a video stream from BritBox and a virtual pub session with my student son and his mates over FaceTime (it's called the Stay Inn). All day I've been running video calls to work colleagues and haven't really noticed any issues....

Mostly people complain when things go wrong so I just wanted to say that I'm pleasantly surprised that, on the whole, our broadband infrastructure has coped well with a sudden upswing in demand during the day with everyone WFH. I've been doing a lot of video calls, remote desktopping to work, etc and it's been the end-point services suffering rather than the connections. A big thumbs-up...

Both my landline cordless handsets have decided to throw wobblies. After about 20 minutes into a conversation or waiting for some help operator to answer the handset goes dead. No sound, no sign of life on the display, just nothing. After investing I find that the charging voltage in both charging unit is good. Put the defunct handset back on the charging unit lets the display activate...

You can see the effect of Coronavirus on the relative use of IPv4 and IPv6: https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html#tab=ipv6-adoption Zoom in using the slider to show the last few months. IPv6 is always a higher proportion at weekends and Christmas because mobile devices use it more than people's work computers. The last week shows the effect of people not going to work.

Is it just me? PN status page is all green, but I don't think I can trust it. Anyone else seeing broadband issues this morning?

Does anyone have any experience of using John Lewis's broadband service? Good, bad or indifferent? I am thinking of moving to them but can't find many reviews. Ta

"Thousands lose broadband after workers break cable Thousands of Sky and Virgin Media customers lost their broadband and phone connections overnight after a cable was damaged by workers. Sky said the issue began shortly before midnight on Wednesday in parts of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. It said online services and calls were fully restored by 14:00 GMT.

"Email address charges branded 'daylight robbery' By Dan Whitworth Money Box reporter 22 February 2020 Ofcom is writing to broadband companies to ask why some people are having to pay to keep old email addresses. TalkTalk charges £5 a month and BT charges £7.50 a month if customers switch providers but want to keep using their email addresses as before.

"West Midlands to get access to ultrafast home broadband 28 February 2020 One million households in the West Midlands will be able to access ultrafast gigabit-capable broadband from March, Virgin media says. The company says the switch-on of its gigabit services is the largest in the UK, and will be available in Coventry, Birmingham and the surrounding areas.

The wifi signal on my Asus DSL-AC68U router has become very weak. The phone will connect if it is about a yard from the router but loses the connection when it is moved further away. The wifi analyzer app tells me that the signal strength is -75dBm. My back up ISP router, in the same location, will have a signal strength of -60dBm and its reach extends throughout the house, and probably reaches a...

Can anyone recommend a wireless IP camera that works without needing to talk to a server somewhere at a cost, and itself doesn't cost the earth? I want to be able to view its output from my phone. Ideally the camera should be waterproof so it can be outside, and need only a power supply from a wall-wart. I don't need an internal SD card for storage, and I don't need it to be remotely...

Does anyone know of a company that will allow me to change my DNS PTR entry? I have operated my own email server for some ten years now without any problems but because ESPs are clamping down on spam, etc., they have brought in draconian rules which are now preventing me from sending mail to, notably, any gmx accounts. So there are a number of my contacts that I can now no longer...