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Geek
  Reply # 617791 1-May-2012 09:02 Send private message

garvani:
Zeon: What's up with all these crazy ISP devices? Lol 2 steps backwards....


2 steps backwards for you maybe but for the average joe its alot easier to setup out of the box and the isp can remote into it if there is a problem, so from the ISP's  point of view they are great.


It's all fine and dandy until the Genius modem breaks, and you can't use a spare modem and have to wait several days until Orcon wings out another Genius modem, assuming you can get through to their technical help desk at all :)

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Master Geek
  Reply # 617836 1-May-2012 10:50 Send private message

My genius plan worked without the genius modem.
I was on the genius plan for about 2 months before i could be bothered actually swapping over to using the genius modem.
im not sure if it would let me swap back now..but it worked before

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Geek

Subscriber
  Reply # 618020 1-May-2012 18:53 Send private message

Just to confirm any doubt

YES - you can use your existing modem on an Orcon Genius plan. You just need to call Orcon and ask for your ADSL password (this is NOT the same as your ******@orcon.net.nz account/email password, it is a random generated one)

I didn't like the Genius modem QoS rate limiting a lot of my downloads because of a VoIP system I don't even use.

Plugged in my trusty Vigor120 with a FortiGate attached, use the PPPoE -> PPPoA passthrough and all up and running just like before!

I'm still going to try setting up the VoIP either via softphone or another ADSL VoIP modem.

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Master Geek
  Reply # 618338 2-May-2012 13:27 Send private message

ZeeBOB: Just to confirm any doubt

YES - you can use your existing modem on an Orcon Genius plan. You just need to call Orcon and ask for your ADSL password (this is NOT the same as your ******@orcon.net.nz account/email password, it is a random generated one)

........




I was having major speed issues and as part of my testing to eliminate various possible causes,  I looked at the Genius config and then used the same config settings on my old TelecomNZ modem.  

It worked fine, albeit without my Orcon voip service,  and proved that my Genius modem was not the cause of my speed issues.




Robert

www.virtualofficesolutions.co.nz


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Ultimate Geek
  Reply # 618366 2-May-2012 14:22 Send private message

ZeeBOB: Just to confirm any doubt

YES - you can use your existing modem on an Orcon Genius plan. You just need to call Orcon and ask for your ADSL password (this is NOT the same as your ******@orcon.net.nz account/email password, it is a random generated one)

I didn't like the Genius modem QoS rate limiting a lot of my downloads because of a VoIP system I don't even use.

Plugged in my trusty Vigor120 with a FortiGate attached, use the PPPoE -> PPPoA passthrough and all up and running just like before!

I'm still going to try setting up the VoIP either via softphone or another ADSL VoIP modem.


Thanks for this information, good to know. Was wondering myself.




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Geek

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  Reply # 618381 2-May-2012 14:35 Send private message

Another small tip, make sure you're using Orcon's proper DNS servers, makes accessing things like YouTube, iTunes and Microsoft updates really quick!

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  Reply # 618438 2-May-2012 16:18 Send private message

Then change the Genius router into non-DSL mode - i.e. apparently one of the LAN ports can be switched to WAN?




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