Tag: VDSL

DrayTek VigorNIC 132 VDSL PCI-E Card

Posted on October 13, 2017July 2, 2022 by ElectroStingz

My DrayTek VigorNIC 132 card has been in use for over 10 days and so far so good. The firmware was updated to the latest version and configured in bridge mode for use with my Pfsense Node 202 box. The only bug encountered was documented in the release notes by

Project pfsense – Custom VDSL Router

Posted on October 4, 2017July 2, 2022 by ElectroStingz

With the left overs from my failed mini-ITX build I have come up with project pfsense. The idea is to use the hardware as a VDSL modem router by using pfsense, a BSD based router firewall open source software. I tried pfsense using a Gigabyte GIGABYTE J1800N-D2H motherboard, 2.41Ghz dual

Vodafone Unlimited 76: Horrible Technical Support

Posted on March 7, 2017July 1, 2022 by ElectroStingz

So when I submitted the complaint online as suggested by Vodafone’s own technical support staff guess what happened after the 48 hour time frame for them to respond? Nothing. No confirmation, no call, no email. Do I have a Vodafone mobile number? I decided to try the complaints phone line,

Vodafone Unlimited 76 Big Issues

Posted on March 3, 2017July 1, 2022 by ElectroStingz

So its been a while since my last update and the reason for this is due to the amount of issues I have discovered with the Vodafone router. Essentially the router is slowing down drastically when under a high load from multiple computers and with the other services running. With

Vodafone Unlimited Fibre 76 Update

Posted on February 21, 2017July 1, 2022 by ElectroStingz

My connection reset with the download speed increasing from 67 to 68Mbps, still 20Mbps upload and interleaved mode. Also noticed some odd issues with the Vodafone router, sometimes it will go very slow with the CPU usage spiking to 99%, this clears after a few minutes and seems to only

Vodafone Unlimited Fibre 76 Modem

Posted on January 27, 2017July 2, 2022 by ElectroStingz

I recently switched internet providers from BT to Vodafone with the reason being pricing. For 3 years I was a BT customer and whilst it was generally OK there were some issues starting from the moment they came to install / activate the service. A little history Back then when