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BT Fibre 900

tomhumph97 — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:53:40 GMT

i have connected CAT 7 Ethernet from SMH2 to my gaming PC and getting stable 900 mbps download and 100 upload.
wireless seem to be a lot of interference it about 200- 400 max download and 100 upload on the IPhone 12 Pro.

Any ways I could possibly increase the wireless speed around the house? Is it worth getting a gigabit switch board and CAT 7 Ethernet around the house ? Or a gigabit power line work?

the complete black Wi-Fi disc at the moment max out at 300 mbps using with Ethernet connected to the gaming pc

Re: BT Fibre 900

busterboy1 — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:17:18 GMT

I'm thinking your Smart Hub 2 is the bottleneck Tom.

Smart Hub 2 is not WiFi 6 so that will reflect on that problem.

I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max and happily breezing along at superb speeds with my Asus RT-AX88U router

Re: BT Fibre 900

tomhumph97 — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:02:47 GMT

Yea looks good that but I don’t think I would be able to place it somewhere though it’s huge that router. I bought this router https://m.hihonor.com/gb/shop/v3/unitedkingdom/product/honor-router-3/?cid=440002&cid=440002&utm_source=webgains&utm_source=webgains&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_campaign=promo&utm_campaign=promo&wgu=279855_196673_16073783741216_963e67e0f6&wgexpiry=1615154374 on Amazon suppose to be Wi-Fi 6 plus received it a few weeks ago for £50 heard a lot of good reviews about it to replace the SH2 but it similar in the speed and performance which is strange and the signal strength not great. Be good to see other people giving there thought with it on BT. Do you have a mesh with Acer as you would get signal in everyroom

Re: BT Fibre 900

busterboy1 — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 22:28:37 GMT

@tomhumph97

Do you have a mesh with Acer as you would get signal in everyroom

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No mate my Asus RT-AX88U works alone and supplies every room in my house, obviously the furthest room is slower but still picking up over 200Mbps even that far away.

Tried clicking the link you posted to no avail Tom but it'd dead. 😞

Please don't take this the wrong way but you usually get what you pay for, I know zero about your £50 Router and that is the very reason when I took out the 900 /110 package I bought what I knew would work.

Other members tried the Asus RT-AX88U before I ordered mine all with success, Mine has been delivering full speed all day every day.

I showed you my WiFi running great, this is wired and never drops all day.

Re: BT Fibre 900

tomhumph97 — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 23:50:31 GMT

is it the one with Gold on the antennas or red. they both look very similar AX88U.

Re: BT Fibre 900

busterboy1 — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 09:23:35 GMT

@tomhumph97

Yes Tom that's the one, if you double check the Asus make & model you can't go wrong.

Yes again the one with the gold antenna's.

Here is the box mine came in.👍

Re: BT Fibre 900

tomhumph97 — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:36:40 GMT

Not sure where the best price for this router at the moment. Roughly at £300 price range
The one with red antenna similar to this one is £100 cheaper at the moment.

Re: BT Fibre 900

tomhumph97 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:57:54 GMT

Hi I have just received 6acer router RT AC88U router and set it up today, to replace the SH2.

any setting should i be aware of? the router is getting less than 200 mbps at the moment close to the router

a lot less than the SH2, the router is currently in PPOE mode. any ideas.

thanks

Re: BT Fibre 900

busterboy1 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:01:57 GMT

Tom there must be underlying problems if that isn't working properly.

These are the settings I used kindly sent by jedpause.

Re: BT Fibre 900

tomhumph97 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:09:36 GMT

It needed firmware update and these settings, thanks

Speed on the macbook Pro came to over 700 + mbps , usual 400 on the bt sh2 speed on iphone 12 pro came in at 600 wirelessly which is a lot better to be fair roughly 300 on the SH 2

much appreciated

Re: BT Fibre 900

tomhumph97 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:11:00 GMT

i know just need to figure out how to use the BT voice phone with it .

Re: BT Fibre 900

busterboy1 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:11:43 GMT

Glad you got there in the end Tom.

Enjoy the new ultrafast internet. 🙂

Re: BT Fibre 900

busterboy1 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:14:21 GMT

@tomhumph97

i know just need to figure out how to use the BT voice phone with it .

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I still have my original copper service running for the home phone but look forward to you getting that working mate.

Please update this page if you do. 🙂

Re: BT Fibre 900

garybs29 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:23:14 GMT

@tomhumph97wrote:
i know just need to figure out how to use the BT voice phone with it .

If that's the digital voice handsets I believe they only work with the sh2

Re: BT Fibre 900

pippincp — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:26:28 GMT

@garybs29correct. To use digital voice you have to use the SHub.

Re: BT Fibre 900

licquorice — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:26:41 GMT

Correct

Re: BT Fibre 900

busterboy1 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:30:35 GMT

There is a long thread on the subject here on TBB forums stating the same.

Re: BT Fibre 900

Law_Man — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:13:47 GMT

@busterboy1

is this the same router you have?

ASUS RT-AC88U

Re: BT Fibre 900

busterboy1 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:36:19 GMT

No mate mine is the RT-AX88U Dual Band AX6000 as pictured here hence the higher price tag.

The router you have listed is not WiFi6 enabled but will serve you well via ethernet but a lower WiFi speed.