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Sebby · Sep 16, 2008, 15:13:47

It sounds more like a faulty filter. Have you checked that?

Mytheroo · Sep 16, 2008, 16:32:27

2 different filters and a borrowed adsl faceplate. No difference with the drop-outs when phone calls come in

Rik · Sep 16, 2008, 16:39:22

Weird, I'd have sworn that would be a filter. The only other thing I can think of is a rare line fault, HR.

Glenn · Sep 16, 2008, 16:48:28

My line used to drop if the phone rang, it was a bad electrical earth somewhere outside the house, the BT chap found it and swapped the phone pair.

Mytheroo · Sep 16, 2008, 16:53:18

interesting.

I just rang my phone and the line dropped again. Seeing as I dont use the landline for incoming calls, I'm going to see if I can get them blocked at source.

Rik · Sep 16, 2008, 16:55:24

BT do have an incoming only service, Myth, but I don't think there's an 'outgoing only' equivalent. Best to have a word with support and get BT to check the line.

Mytheroo · Sep 16, 2008, 17:24:02

thing is, when IDnet said they'd try give me broadband on this line, they kinda said they wouldn't be able to raise any 'faults' with BT as it was a hit-and-miss kinda affair in the 1st place. I dont want to annoy IDnet :-)

Rik · Sep 16, 2008, 17:25:01

This is a specific fault though, Myth. It's worth talking to them at least, they won't get annoyed.

Sebby · Sep 16, 2008, 18:07:58

I agree. There's a clear fault, it's not just a poor line like some.

Mytheroo · Dec 02, 2008, 19:52:41

ok, just logged a fault with IDnet for this issue (not a rapid person am I? :-). Shall let you know what happens.

Rik · Dec 03, 2008, 08:37:11

The tortoise won the race, Myth.

Mytheroo · Dec 03, 2008, 15:00:52

...what race? dang that sneaky tortoise

Rik · Dec 03, 2008, 15:04:20

I'm just haring off now...

hairyman · Dec 08, 2008, 23:17:24

I have come to this post recently. Why does this 2700 two wire router attract so much input and interest?

Can someone enlighten me without me having to go thro dozens of one line posts? Is it customiseable ?

I have a backup router from Creative that cost me £9.00 brand new from the "the man who can" at Scan.
It is useful both as a backup and to eliminate a variable when I do line tests here.

Hairy

Sebby · Dec 08, 2008, 23:23:20

In a nutshell, it's very good for poor lines. You've got full sync, so you wouldn't really benefit, but for those of us on long lines, it usually syncs higher than any other router.

2Wire don't sell directly to the end-user. In the UK, BT Business Broadband supply this router (badged as BT) to their customers. Lots of people sell them on eBay, and they usually go for very little money (often under £10!).

I hope this helps.

dicksilk · Sep 10, 2013, 07:06:29

Caught this forum via Google, had to reactivate my ancient JUNO account to register...

however, I was reading on the 2WIRE UDP "what's UDP" topic and was *just wondering: *
How to block the new hot phone app out there: KillWiFi ? I'm starting with a non-broadcast SSID, encryption, and BLOCKING all but known (only 2) wireless MACs. In the process, I learned a BUNCH about this blessed HPNA system... more than I bargained for!

The problem (theoretically) is this: if KILL WIFI clones an IP address and just crawls right into bed with my router's wife, so to speak, how can she know it's ME and not the clown / clone filling her "I PEE" sockets? (sorry about the puns....)

Steve · Sep 10, 2013, 07:19:34

Know nothing about this App and not a 2wire user, presumably this App has to get past the encryption first?

dicksilk · Sep 10, 2013, 07:32:15

My son came over to show it to me off his droid phone. I recently had a minor (?) stroke and am convalescing at my mom's. Apparently no matter how many times I set this system up, after a year or more I come back to find her entire wireless security is reset to "DEFAULT" which is badically DEFUNCT. So I asked son to show said function, and *presto!* both my laptop and her wifi desktop went kaput. Also infected us with adware from ask.com. Have to kill most recent registry backup and restore from one prior to keep out the returning prefetch insects and restore aphids. Actually had to kill Mom's entire backup/restore cache. Not sure exactly what it did to the 2Wire router, but I'm about done with the thing. Gonna challenge him to try again for $50.

Steve · Sep 10, 2013, 09:15:12

It's not difficult to reset that router or indeed any router and then the WifI password is usually written somewhere on the box.a

Tacitus · Sep 10, 2013, 09:43:03

Quote from: Steve on Sep 10, 2013, 09:15:12
It's not difficult to reset that router or indeed any router and then the WifI password is usually written somewhere on the box.a

It all depends on whether you kept the box.......

Steve · Sep 10, 2013, 09:50:58

I should have said the base of the router but was trying to avoid repeating it three times in the same sentence.

dicksilk · Sep 14, 2013, 16:17:34

Quote from: dicksilk on Sep 10, 2013, 07:32:15
My son came over to show it to me off his droid phone. I recently had a minor (?) stroke and am convalescing at my mom's. Apparently no matter how many times I set this system up, after a year or more I come back to find her entire wireless security is reset to "DEFAULT" which is badically DEFUNCT. So I asked son to show said function, and *presto!* both my laptop and her wifi desktop went kaput. Also infected us with adware from ask.com. Have to kill most recent registry backup and restore from one prior to keep out the returning prefetch insects and restore aphids. Actually had to kill Mom's entire backup/restore cache. Not sure exactly what it did to the 2Wire router, but I'm about done with the thing. Gonna challenge him to try again for $50.

SO: after much ado and a lot of resetting...
Turned OFF SSID broadcast, set wep shared encryption key, and used the 2-wire's MAC filtering to ONLY allow my laptop and the desktop's wifi adapter. No problems since reloading my op system as well (XP SP3) to completely kill all malware / adware and system restore backups. Also reset desktop's advanced wireless settings (and mine) to "connect even when SSID is not broadcasting" knowing I can easily check the 2WIRE and/or physically reboot it when necessary.

Just a note about "filters" that was mentioned earlier-- (sorry for no quote, but I'm still learning to navigate this thread more succinctly [?] ) -- my son mentioned that while he was "rooting" his phone, which was also in the brief conversation we had about KillWiFi, some filters were reset to 0 (zero) and max (whatever those max filter digits are.) He has yet to stop by on the $50 challenge, so when that occurs, I'll post the updates. I have not personally reset *any* filters, aside from reloading the operating system.

One other tech note of mention: there are two passwords on the 2WIRE router: one for the home basepage of the router, and one for the network ID. Changed the ID (as mentioned above) to shared WEP (I have a password I use as standard so as not to forget it) and ALSO changed the 2WIRE's home page password seeing as that one was a buggar to find (with my altered eyesight) and reset the hint so it won't be forgotten in the future. Again, no problems since all this, but I'm HOPING I've licked the KillWiFi issue. Will update later, promise.