Billion Bipac 7800N on FTTC

Steve · May 05, 2011, 07:55:54

That's a shame as most reviews are very positive but it needs to work for the cost of the unit.

pctech · May 05, 2011, 13:34:03

lot of stuff going on at the minute Steve which is a bit more of a priority, ordainarily I would pursue it as I like solving problems

saltyzip · May 24, 2011, 12:52:00

Hi Chaps,
I have a billion 7800N on BT Infinity and it works like a dream.

38Mb down and 8Mb up according to speedtest.net.

You can't see the sync speed unfortunately as that is the job of the BT Openreach modem.

If you need to know anything else please let me know.

Cheers
S.

ps. I am running on v1.06d of the Billion 7800N firmware and currently testing some new VPN PPTP Client/LAN to LAN functionality.

Rik · May 24, 2011, 12:53:38

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Thanks for the confirmation.

Simon · May 24, 2011, 13:10:05

Ray · May 24, 2011, 13:14:09

stevenrw · May 24, 2011, 22:28:51

Impressive speeds saltyzip - how far are you from the cabinet to get such speeds?
I'm jealous....

Steve · May 26, 2011, 16:17:26

Just started using the 1.06d firmware myself and it is dual stack enabled for IPv4/IPv6 .

pctech · May 26, 2011, 16:39:29

If I end up getting FTTC or fibre I might give one a shot again but my experience seems to indicate an ADSL modem function issue, at least in the unit I had.

stevenrw · May 26, 2011, 17:04:15

I'm sure you must've had a dodgy one pctech, since so many others (myself included) have had such a good experience with the 7800N. Saltyzip seems to be getting blistering speeds from his. (envy, grrrr....)
However, when you have problems with what is, after all, a fairly pricey piece of kit it obviously it dents your confidence a tad and I think I would have wanted to throw my toys out of my playpen if it had happened to me.
If you now have a unit that works well, and has improved your connection, whoever's brand it is, why pay out for another one?

pctech · May 26, 2011, 17:06:39

Was simply to prepare myself for IPv6.

Going to hang fire I think and wait to see what routers Zen offer for sale when they announce they are IPv6 ready,

Steve · May 26, 2011, 17:17:29

Whilst I remember world IPv6 day is June 8th

http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/

Rik · May 26, 2011, 17:21:33

Shall we have a party?

Steve · May 26, 2011, 18:06:19

It's the day after I worry about, I'll be all at sixes and fours.

Rik · May 26, 2011, 18:09:30

I'm usually just all thumbs.

saltyzip · May 27, 2011, 16:35:33

Quote from: stevenrw on May 24, 2011, 22:28:51
Impressive speeds saltyzip - how far are you from the cabinet to get such speeds?
I'm jealous....

I'm about 500 meters away, live on a 5 year old housing estate, so I guess the copper wires to the fibre cabinet are pretty good. I used to sync at 21Mb down and 1.2Mb Up on ADSL with Sky too. Exchange is just over a mile from the cabinet.

One thing with the Billion as soon as you switch on QoS, you will loose some performance, say normal download of 4.5MB/s would drop to around 4.1MB/s with QoS enabled.

Not a big overhead, but worth bearing in mind in case you think your speed test results were on a downward spiral. I assume other routers suffer the same affect, unless they have beefier processor. It is one of my bug bears with reviews of routers, if you can find them that is , nobody every tests this kind of functionality. Another Stat I would like to see is the max throughput over VPN.

p.s. IMO there is a bug in the VPN firmware of the Billion 7800N, in that DNS resolution fails to work. Support will suggest to disable default gateway, but do not do this as internet traffic avoids the VPN Tunnel. Best option is to stick 8.8.8.8 and 208.67.222.222 in the clients "Use the following DNS Server Addresses" section. This will ensure when you run whatismyip.com, it will show the IP of the VPN gateway you are connecting to, and not your own.