I am finaly being migrated over to IDnet by 6pm tomorrow the 8th Feb. Quick Ques

[Mandatory]

Hi guys,


I am finaly coming over to Idnet tomorrow from AOL or should I say talktalk/ terrible ISP...  Anyhow is there anything I need to do on my end in order to connect onto the IDnetwork? I guess I have to change some settings in my router?


Anyhelp would be great.

Thanks alot

[Rik]

Hi, welcome to IDNet and IDNetters, have a karma.  

The only changes you'll need to make are to the router login, substituting the IDNet username and password for the AOL one. Because AOL often used a small MTU, I'd recommend you set that to 1500 while you're there. Let the router pick up DNS servers and IP address automatically.

Have you set up your email account(s), web space, blog space and photo album? If not, you can log in to your accounts page and do that straightaway.

[Inactive]

Hi and Welcome, have a welcome Karma.

You just need to enter the details that IDNet will have given you ( User ID and Password ) in to your router and bingo, you will connect and never look back.

[Mandatory]

Hi Rik,


No I havent set any of that up yet I guess ill wonder over to the accounts page and take a look


thanks you for the advice. I was just worried I would have no net connection tomorrow and no way to find out how to connect it heh.

all the best.

[Rik]

Chances are you'll wake up and find the migration has been done, though BT say 'by 6pm' to cover themselves. There may be a short period of overlap with bost connections working, but try the iDNet login and, if you connect, you're one of us.

[Ray]

  and welcome to Idnet and have another . from me.

[Mandatory]

Thanks guys,


That was simple

[Rik]

You'll find life is simply and happy here.

You'll not believe the difference until you've experienced it.

[Inactive]

That was simple

Like most of us on here...

[RA-1972]

speak for your self inactive      ....................................

[Sebby]

Welcome!

[Malc]

  and just prepare yourself for tomorrow, it's like being a kid on Christmas day

[kerrso05]

 

Like yourself I am also new. I Just came to Idnet on Tuesday and as Malc said it is like "being a kid on Christmas Day".
The people are really friendly and helpful and if you have any problems with your log on then contact Customer Services........they are also very helpful.
All I had to do when I moved was change the modem username which Idnet gave me which looks something like this:- phoneno@idnet.gw5
and then your password and that should be you.........connected to IDNet

I had to change/put in my DNS settings into my Modem (which IDNet had already given me).......but I don't know if you will have to do that but C.S. will keep you right about that.

Anyway, Welcome to a Great Internet Service Provider


PS if you don't know how to access your modem or router, then ask here and I'm sure someone will be able to help

[Mandatory]

Yes im looking forward to it! Not long now and I'll be on the network!

I had a thought though I think I will have a few hours of down time as im moving from an LLU network and apprently they can take a while to migrate from.

I guess we will see

[RA-1972]

you will be fine you will be raceing along tommorow

[DeViTTo]

I joined today and I'm pleased much faster connection. WE are a friendly lot aren't WE as I can now say.

Welcome to IDnet (Happy Land) ISP Nirvana

[Simon]

  Mand!  Happiness is compulsory here, as you may have gathered. 

[kerrso05]

Yes im looking forward to it! Not long now and I'll be on the network!

I had a thought though I think I will have a few hours of down time as im moving from an LLU network and apprently they can take a while to migrate from.

I guess we will see

I moved from LLU which was managed by TISCALI  (Yes.......I know a bad word) on behalf of my Internet Service Provider, Eclipse.........I didn't have any down time other than about 10mins. They didn't change me over till about 10.00am........it wasn't in the middle of the night as somepeople had suggested but it wasn't any trouble.......10 mins isn't much (probably had to wait until the Engineers had their morning Coffee)

[Lance]

Welcome to the forum!

With LLU conections, the line actually has to be disconnected and reconnected from the LLU provider's equipment back to BT. This is why there is some downtime and it is usually done during the day.

If you are migrating from one BT package provider to another, it only takes a few keystokes somewhere and is why it often takes place in the early hours of the morning.

[Si]

I had a thought though I think I will have a few hours of down time as im moving from an LLU network and apprently they can take a while to migrate from.

I came from a Piscali/Tipex LLU and was working from home and on-line when the changeover happened. I lost connection on my old service, quickly changed to my IDNet login details and was up and running. No downtime at all, except the couple of mins it took to set the new login and password. Hopefully this is standard practice from BT...

Enjoy! 

[Mandatory]

Yup I'm sure it wont be a big issue even if its a little longer than a couple of hours. I have lots of work I can get on with

Looking forward to finaly being away from AOL since they changed me over to the talktalk network about two weeks ago without telling me they were going to I may add, I have been losing connection constantly and also my speeds have dropped from 6.5 -7.0 Megs to 3megs .


Anyhow less than 12 hours and ill be on IDNet woot

[Sebby]

Try not to watch the clock, otherwise it'll go slowly. Get some sleep and you'll be away from AOL/TalkTalk before you know it.

[Mandatory]

Yes I'm off to bed in a moment actually lol

[Lance]

Me too!

[Simon]

Me too!  But not with them two!