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[dodgydrains]

Any ideas exactly which model router will come with the Hyperoptic service?  Is it any good?  The service will go live on Tuesday and will have 30 days cooling off.

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[UK Sentinel]

Hyperoptic service is US funded (backed) and supplies two types of Router, (I believe)

ZTE H298A  and ….   (cannot find the other one currently as dinner has just arrived)

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[dodgydrains]

Thanks for that, looks like the other one is Tilgin HG2381.  Never heard of either of them .  Enjoy your dinner…..

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[UK Sentinel]

Takeway night

The Three models I was thinking where.

• Tilgin HG2381 Hyperhub – Lantiq PXB 4389-720 MHz
• ZTE H298N –
• ZTE H298A

ZTE is Chinese, so basic and Tilgrin is Swedish, so very interesting ?

Let us know how it goes and which Router you end up with ?

Router – Orb

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[dodgydrains]

I was going to be given the Tilgin HG2381.  Unfortunately the lady engineer would not be able to run the cable to my living room.  Need to drill a hole through the wall.  Stuck with the DSL AC88U

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[UK Sentinel]

What!, was cable going to be run a DSL cable, or did you cancel order ?

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[dodgydrains]

The wiring is already done up to the front door.  Once you order they need to drill a hole through the door frame.  Then run cat 5 cable to the nearest power outlet.

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[UK Sentinel]

I see, Is the wifi on the Tilgin HG2381 poor, which is why you are using the DSL-AC88U ?

Maybe time to get your drill out and finish the job correctly 

Edit: forgot to say, if you are stuck with DSL-AC88U using it via WAN port, maybe wise to schedule a weekly reboot of router, a few issues with DHCP they have which a weekly reboot helps with

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[dodgydrains]

I had to cancel the order.  There are no wall sockets available in my hallway.  They refused to drill a hole to the nearest socket in a room as they only run cabling on the surface indoors.

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[UK Sentinel]

dodgydrains wrote:

I had to cancel the order. There are no wall sockets available in my hallway. They refused to drill a hole as they only run cabling on the surface indoors.

That is really bad luck, but understandable from the Engineers perspective, drilling holes in Internal walls always a chance of hitting a power cable/plastic pipe etc.

Time to get a sparky out to put power socket in hallway, or do it yourself ;-)

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[dodgydrains]

I drilled a hole through the metal door frame in the living room.  Hyperoptic came and installed the socket and connected the router (ZTE H298A).  Activation is on Monday

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dodgydrains wrote:

I drilled a hole through the metal door frame in the living room. Hyperoptic came and installed the socket and connected the router (ZTE H298A). Activation is on Monday

Glad u took the plunge and ZTE H298A router, let us know how it goes on Monday ;-)

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[dodgydrains]

Up and running now.  Speedtest shows slightly faster than what I ordered.  This is over wireless powerline.  So far very impressed.

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[UK Sentinel]

Lucky chap with those speeds and ping, very impressive ;-)

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[dodgydrains]

I have had Hyperoptic for over 3 weeks now.  No complaints so far, blazing fast speed with no slow down or connection issues.  Hope it continues this way and I do not have to go back to BT copper lines.

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