Repeatedly delivered Smart Modem not Smart Modem 2

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Bob T Bunny

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#2961065 30-Aug-2022 10:21

Gordy7:

You see a quite a few people on Trademe and Facebook selling their Smart Modem 2 because they are moving from wireless to fibre.

I am guessing these people bought another Smart Modem just for fibre.

I bought a SM2 wireless off Trademe to play with and it works fine with fibre on Slingshot and Skinny.

Darn it, why didn't I think to look on TradeMe? Rookie mistake.

Oh well, a couple of people have said that the SM2 isn't as good for fibre (not as good throughput, I think they said?) and I've spent the same budget as I was expecting, to get a 3 base mesh unit. I also like the idea of the hybrid backhaul in the Huawei - it will supposedly do wireless, ethernet and/or powerline, whichever it can connect through best. Depending on the speed it gets over powerline, I may not need to run ethernet cables from one end of the house to the other.

Cheers,

Bob T

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#2961069 30-Aug-2022 10:28

Bob T Bunny:

Depending on the speed it gets over powerline, I may not need to run ethernet cables from one end of the house to the other.

Cheers,

Bob T

The bunny isn't a brainy critter.

Spark Max Fibre using Mikrotik CCR1009-8G-1S-1S+, CRS125-24G-1S, Unifi UAP, U6-Pro, UAP-AC-M-Pro, Apple TV 4K (2022), Apple TV 4K (2017), iPad Air 1st gen, iPad Air 4th gen, iPhone 13, SkyNZ3151 (the white box). If it doesn't move then it's data cabled.

Bob T Bunny

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#2961077 30-Aug-2022 10:39

Spyware:

Bob T Bunny:

Depending on the speed it gets over powerline, I may not need to run ethernet cables from one end of the house to the other.

Cheers,

Bob T

The bunny isn't a brainy critter.

And the spyware doesn't need to be as malicious as its name suggests.

The bunny knows his needs aren't great. If he can get 300Mbps actual throughput over powerline then it will suit his needs because that's all his internet connection provides, and his local network needs aren't extreme by any means.

If the wifi backhaul achieves more than that, then great, it's a no-brainer (lucky since bunnies supposedly aren't brainy).

If you're meaning something else, then perhaps explain rather than just maligning the fluffy ones.

Gordy7

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#2961089 30-Aug-2022 11:09

Bob T Bunny:

Darn it, why didn't I think to look on TradeMe? Rookie mistake.

Oh well, a couple of people have said that the SM2 isn't as good for fibre (not as good throughput, I think they said?)

Cheers,

Bob T

Going from memory there is not a great diference in fibre speed. Depends a bit on test server and time of day.

SM2 download 935Mbps

SM1 (v1) download 950Mbps

SM2 WiFi ((5Ghz) performance is faster to a smart phone at 15m through 2 gib walls.

Don't know anything about mesh performance.

Gordy

My first ever AM radio network connection was with a 1MHz AM crystal(OA91) radio receiver.