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My dual wan, dual base station approach was working fine until Maundy Thursday when the antennae pole holding the two subscriber modules collapsed. The installer had used to the existing poll to hold both SMs and I suspect it wasn't strong enough; the engineer that has re-erected it says that a screw had failed but the poles are strong enough to hold more than two SMs.  I won't complain as I availed of the free installation promo for the second connection - but if you are planning to install a similar dual wan system and are paying the P1,000 install fee I'd suggest you insist upon separate poles and have each SM connecting to separate base stations (if practical).

 I also advise you that if you have experienced the  hardships of dealing with Smart Bro's telephone support with one connection - ask your doctor for Valium before attempting to report a problem with your TWO connections.  I wish I had recorded the conversations - they would make for a great sit-com.  I felt sorry for the staff as they obviously had no prepared response that would fit my situation!

Download Connection is:: 425 Kbps about 0.43 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Download Speed is:: 52 kB/s
Upload Connection is:: 373 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 748 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 46 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2007/04/29 - 6:44pm
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-JAPZ6LMTO
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-0I275BOUW
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.11) Gecko/20070312 Firefox/1.5.0.10 [/size]\

are these good numbers for a smart bro subscriber. this is really getting awkward....

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Using a router would solve the problem. then configure your router to use different IP's sample is 192.168.1.xx - 192.168.1.xx to any IP you desire. The "x" is the only thing you can change. But pls take note of sharing connection to the original IP add may cause differently in connection speed. This is applicable for Linksys router.

 

hmmm, got an idea id still use my legal smart bro connection and purchase the tech's that offers me their own version of smart bro ha ha paying 999 with 2 connections!

Hi, I'll be installing a myDSL (Residential ^^) line aside from my current Smart Bro line.. and I'll be needing a Dual WAN router for that..

Is it true that I'll get better bandwidth/ bandwidth management if I use Linksys routers?

I'm currently looking at TP-Link R480T++ but I might change to Linksys if it really is true that it can give me better bandwidth..