Netcomm NF4V alternative router for SLINGSHOT fiber

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junebron

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#168516 16-Mar-2015 23:50

Can anyone please help on configuring my http://www.netcommwireless.com/product/vdsl/nf4v
to be alternative router for my SLingshot fiber connectiong..
I currently using thier Tripleplay 150 router.. however its only a 100mbps speed ports..
and pretty slow for transfering file over the network..
Tried calling slingshot but they cudnt help because its not thier device..
PLease help help help

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#1260692 16-Mar-2015 23:50

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#1260718 17-Mar-2015 07:17

quick search would have found this thread

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=81&topicid=150927

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#1260734 17-Mar-2015 07:54

While the NF4V is a vastly superior unit, a $30 Gigabit switch would have been a much cheaper fix for the issue of slow LAN transfers because of the 10/100 ports.

junebron

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#1260768 17-Mar-2015 09:08

sbiddle: While the NF4V is a vastly superior unit, a $30 Gigabit switch would have been a much cheaper fix for the issue of slow LAN transfers because of the 10/100 ports.

Yeah you are right.. i was thinking bout that as well... how ever i got this router from a friend for only 40bucks.. hehe.. bargain..
anyway.. i got this as well because of WIFI.. as i got couple of laptops that only uses wifi and media centres.. and wifi with nf4v goes up to 1gbps as well ...
so i guess thats good :) :)

Yeah tried using the router as my switch for the meantime for the lan.. and wow.. NAS to pc and pc to NAS.. goes up to 90mb/s .. nice
instead of 10mb/s with the tripleplay 150 (slingshot) :)

and yeah i will try this http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=81&topicid=150927 :)

hopefully it works as well for the phone line :)

junebron

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#1261499 18-Mar-2015 10:59

Jase2985: quick search would have found this thread

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=81&topicid=150927

Yeah this linked helped with the Internet connection...

And i had to do some manual configuration for my Phone Connection...

all working good now..

THanks