Fiber Optical Cable To Router

[sniffdog]

I do understand that I have to run an ethernet cable from the Huawei to the WLAN input at the Asus Router. Can someone give a tutorial how to set the Huawei HG8245H in Bridge mode (menus etc)?

[Scotwight]

I do understand that I have to run an ethernet cable from the Huawei to the WLAN input at the Asus Router. Can someone give a tutorial how to set the Huawei HG8245H in Bridge mode (menus etc)?

I think this is it. Maybe someone can confirm? Isn't the Asus plug and play for the bridge mode? BTW 3bb Huawei is Username admin Password 3bb

[sniffdog]

My user/password is underneath the huawei router ... Its not '3bb'. Previously i setup a bridge between an adsl modem and the Asus and I had to change the mode.

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[Scotwight]

My user/password is underneath the huawei router ... Its not '3bb'. Previously i setup a bridge between an adsl modem and the Asus and I had to change the mode.

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Are you using 3bb in Thailand?

[sniffdog]

Yes ... 100/10 fiber

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[Scotwight]

Yes ... 100/10 fiber

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Have you tried inputting your user and password at 192.168.1.1/

[sniffdog]

Yes. I can login. I only said that the password wasn't '3bb' as you said.

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[Scotwight]

Yes. I can login. I only said that the password wasn't '3bb' as you said.

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That's interesting I assumed it was the same for all 3bb Huawei routers.

[sniffdog]

There's a little sticker underneath the router with the user/password. The password is a combination of characters and digits.

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[TallGuyJohninBKK]

There is plenty of good 802.11ac kit out there to choose from, some of it optimised for video streaming which is going to be a growing trend.

So if you're thinking of upgrading, bear that in mind.

I was shopping recently for AC routers, both here in Thailand and in the U.S. It seemed the minimum price for a decent lower end AC wifi router by a known brand is in the $90+ range, and then prices and rated speeds going up from there to as much as $200-$300 for the higher end models.

In the real world, for streaming HD video from the U.S. over wifi, my current N class 150 Mbps wifi router works fine to provide more than enough bandwidth for HD video when paired with my 3BB 100/10 Mbps internet service.

But, I have an Amazon Fire TV 2nd gen with built-in AC wifi and an Android tablet with AC wifi as well, so I decided to stick my toe in the AC waters and bought a bargain priced D-Link AC router from Amazon that I'm still waiting for to arrive here.

When I was shopping, it took a lot of time and effort because NOT all AC or any class wifi routers are going to be DD-WRT, Tomato or similar firmware compatible. So since I knew going in that I planned to use the new AC router as a VPN wifi source, I had to sort thru and throw out all the various routers (in this case AC ones) that don't support those alternative firmwares.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

On my 3BB Huawei fiber router, the log-in ID and password for managing the router via a web interface are indeed on a sticker on the bottom of the device.

The ID is a standard "admin" and then the password is a 4-character combination of letters and numbers.

[mahjongguy]

Seems like a lot of 3BB's 100/10 customers are using secondary routers for better Wi-Fi, for VPN. Has anyone run a speedtest from the 3BB router versus from their secondary router?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Seems like a lot of 3BB's 100/10 customers are using secondary routers for better Wi-Fi, for VPN. Has anyone run a speedtest from the 3BB router versus from their secondary router?

Doing that is kind of like comparing apples and oranges, it seems to me.

The 3BB Huawei router is going to be configured with a local Thai IP, whereas the VPN router presumably is going to be configured for a foreign IP.

To run a speedtest, you're having to test to some particular site. For Thai sites, all other things being equal, the 3BB router should be faster as it's a local IP. But for international sites, assuming you're using a decent VPN, the VPN router is going to be faster because the VPN service will avoid/evade any 3BB international throttling and perhaps provide better routing as well.

Last time I checked on my main desktop PC that is connected by Ethernet to my 3BB Huawei router, the direct 3BB connection was running about a 2 Mbps speedtest to TestMy.net's U.S. West Coast servers, whereas at exactly the same time, but using VPN instead, I was getting 50+ Mbps to those same TestMy servers.

[Chicog]

There is plenty of good 802.11ac kit out there to choose from, some of it optimised for video streaming which is going to be a growing trend.

So if you're thinking of upgrading, bear that in mind.

Fiber optic coming in on the 3bb router going to an Asus below and then a wire Lan connection to my smart TV is that going to make my tv run 4k video better/faster.smoother? Since my TV is wired and not wifi connected? I realize it will make my wifi tablet run better/faster but will it do that for my wired connections too?

Since I have a hangover, I'm simply going to suggest that you google the name of your router and "QOS multimedia".

[mahjongguy]

Seems like a lot of 3BB's 100/10 customers are using secondary routers for better Wi-Fi, for VPN. Has anyone run a speedtest from the 3BB router versus from their secondary router?

Doing that is kind of like comparing apples and oranges, it seems to me.

The 3BB Huawei router is going to be configured with a local Thai IP, whereas the VPN router presumably is going to be configured for a foreign IP.

I haven't ordered the 100/10 service yet but a neighbor just had it installed and seems happy with it.

He got ~120 d/l speed from Symphony in BKK when plugged into the 3BB router but only around 90 via his secondary router. That one is a Tenda ac1900 which looks to the primary as its gateway.

In Pattaya, 3BB supplies Fiberhome instead of Hauwei. Both brands have unimpressive Wi-Fi, thus the desire for a secondary router.

[Pib]

Getting the domestic speed you are paying for is good....should be expected and easy. But what about some international speed tests using testmy.net to say the U.S., Europe, and Singapore.

[Scotwight]

It probably only makes a difference to me but I've found a VPN that works on my Sony Android TV and speed is ok. That was my original problem. Now I'll see how it works for a month.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Fiber optic coming in on the 3bb router going to an Asus below and then a wire Lan connection to my smart TV is that going to make my tv run 4k video better/faster.smoother? Since my TV is wired and not wifi connected? I realize it will make my wifi tablet run better/faster but will it do that for my wired connections too?

In general, a wired Ethernet connection, if possible, is always going to be preferable to a wifi connection in cases where high bandwidth is required. And 4K video is particularly demanding, requiring 20+ Mbps sustained stream.

AFAIK, even with the best or latest standards wifi routers, there's always going to be some speed/bandwidth loss compared to a wired connection. Obviously, the better the router and the closer, least unobstructed distance between the wifi router and the destination point, the less that loss is going to be.

Also, with 3BB now offering a 100/10 Mbps internet service (and presumably better in the coming years), it's going to make sense to make sure that any future router purchases support Gigabit LAN speeds (1000 Mbps), which are 10 times the traditional 100 Mbps LAN speeds.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

In Pattaya, 3BB supplies Fiberhome instead of Hauwei. Both brands have unimpressive Wi-Fi, thus the desire for a secondary router.

AFAICT, my 3BB Huawei N class wifi router provides pretty much a normal wifi signal, not particularly better nor worse than other N class wifi routers I have and have used in the past.

I don't use a 2nd router because I'm dis-satisfied with the basic wifi performance of my 3BB issued wifi router. I use a 2nd router in order to facilitate a second wifi network for VPN in my home -- something the Huawei router doesn't support so readily as a DD-WRT VPN router does.

[Scotwight]

Fiber optic coming in on the 3bb router going to an Asus below and then a wire Lan connection to my smart TV is that going to make my tv run 4k video better/faster.smoother? Since my TV is wired and not wifi connected? I realize it will make my wifi tablet run better/faster but will it do that for my wired connections too?

In general, a wired Ethernet connection, if possible, is always going to be preferable to a wifi connection in cases where high bandwidth is required. And 4K video is particularly demanding, requiring 20+ Mbps sustained stream.

AFAIK, even with the best or latest standards wifi routers, there's always going to be some speed/bandwidth loss compared to a wired connection. Obviously, the better the router and the closer, least unobstructed distance between the wifi router and the destination point, the less that loss is going to be.

Also, with 3BB now offering a 100/10 Mbps internet service (and presumably better in the coming years), it's going to make sense to make sure that any future router purchases support Gigabit LAN speeds (1000 Mbps), which are 10 times the traditional 100 Mbps LAN speeds.

Below are the Internet download speed recommendations per stream for playing movies and TV shows through Netflix.

• 0.5 Megabits per second - Required broadband connection speed
• 1.5 Megabits per second - Recommended broadband connection speed
• 3.0 Megabits per second - Recommended for SD quality
• 5.0 Megabits per second - Recommended for HD quality
• 25 Megabits per second - Recommended for Ultra HD quality