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Broadband Related => Broadband Hardware => Topic started by: davidenco on April 30, 2015, 03:35:59 PM
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Does it matter what modem I am using? In this case I have an Openreach ECI modem but the cabinet it's connected to is the Huawei 288. Should I be using a HG612 or doesn't it matter?
I have a spare HG612 modem here but it says "2B" on the back. Should I be worried about the overheating issue with this model?
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A Huawei HG612 v3B with the latest firmware can take advantage of G.INP on the Huawei cab, but the ECI modem can't.
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Ah this one is the 2B model. Will that not work? Also how do I update the firmware? Is that done by the cabinet or do I have to do it?
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I think the G.INP firmware will work on that too. BTAgent may do it automatically, but I upgraded mine myself as I wanted an unlocked modem.
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A client of mine also has an eci modem on a huawei cab, the eu is very close to the cab and using the plusnet ip profile they are connected at
Current line speed:
72.2 Mb
Pings are about 24ms located West Wales (exchange SWHV).
Writing the above I have just convinced myself that they are indeed affected by g.inp being active; does everyone agree?
Ian
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Do you know if their pings were significantly better than that a little while ago?
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Do you know if their pings were significantly better than that a little while ago?
No I don't know, I have no records of latency beyond the last month, or speed.
The end users have not reported any problems (an office of about 20) but I am sure that the plusnet profile used to be 77 point something Mb/s (the max I think)
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It sounds like g.inp - an increase in pings would have been further evidence. The only way to be sure would be to swap the modem for one that is properly g.inp compatible.