PPPoA login is @xtrabb.co.nz and out internet is slow; coincidence?

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#171189 9-Apr-2015 14:55

Our office has been putting up with barely usable internet speeds for the last few weeks/months and I figured i'd have a look at the modem settings at lunch today and found something weird.

The modem is an old Telecom 2701HGV-W and our PPPoA login is shown as xxxxx@xtrabb.co.nz

Surely this should read xxxxx@vodafone.co.nz ?

If not, we have no idea why we are running so slowly. The sync rates (14/1) and noise margin (12) all look good to me. Guess it's time to grow old on the phone waiting for someone to tell me to turn it off and on again...

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#1279687 9-Apr-2015 14:55

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#1279740 9-Apr-2015 15:28

It wouldn't connect at all if this was the case - does your IP match you being with Vodafone? Also, you using Ethernet or WiFi as this router supports pretty bad 150mbit 2.4GHz WiFi which is fine for your "average" home user but nothing else.

Also finally you made sure you're not over your cap?

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#1279748 9-Apr-2015 15:38

Vodafone DSL ignores anything after the @ in PPPoA usernames.
e.g. you could put USERNAME@geekzone.co.nz and it would still connect aslong as your username and password were correct. AFAIK this was to prevent issues with @ihug.co.nz / @vodafone.co.nz

I'm not sure if this is the same if you're on the ex TCL system.

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#1279749 9-Apr-2015 15:38

Please answer PeterReader questions and is this over Wifi or LAN cable into modem?

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#1279751 9-Apr-2015 15:39

Yeah, we get billed by Voda and have a static IP which is Voda. We only use ethernet on the machines we are experiencing slow downs on but will check with the guys if they bother to connect to our wifi (which is on a separate wifi router in any case).

Our cap is unlimited so shouldn't be a problem there.

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#1279752 9-Apr-2015 15:40

Give us more detail of what is slow and what are local speedtests like?

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#1279753 9-Apr-2015 15:41

Andib: Vodafone DSL ignores anything after the @ in PPPoA usernames.
e.g. you could put USERNAME@geekzone.co.nz and it would still connect aslong as your username and password were correct. AFAIK this was to prevent issues with @ihug.co.nz / @vodafone.co.nz

I'm not sure if this is the same if you're on the ex TCL system.

Ahh, that would make sense. Everything else makes me believe we have some other gremlins lurking in our archaic office network.

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#1279758 9-Apr-2015 15:43

johnr: Give us more detail of what is slow and what are local speedtests like?

Yeah, sorry I didn't supply a lot of info because our local speed tests seem to be OK. We do have international slow downs but I just saw the aforementioned oddity and thought it might be a simple solution. There are plenty of other networking related gremlins lurking I think.

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#1279809 9-Apr-2015 16:42

Upload congestion perhaps?