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Re: Fritz!Box 7390 O2 Broadband UK Connection Settings

matstace — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:55:33 -0000

Hi Aun,
I don't recall putting anything specific into the DHCP host name box, and checking my web interface just now I can see that it says "fritz.fonwlan.box", which I would assume is something that the box auto-filled. As far as I'm aware, it shouldn't matter what goes in that box for O2.

Re: Fritz!Box 7390 O2 Broadband UK Connection Settings

Aunali — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:18:27 -0000

Hi Mat
Thank you very much for the instructions, just one question though, what do you put in the option DHCO Host name?
Thanks
Aun

Re: Fritz!Box 7390 O2 Broadband UK Connection Settings

matstace — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:01 -0000

Hi Lain,

I'm currently on Annex A, as I am about as far away as it's possible to be from my exchange. O2 actually contacted me after a couple of weeks and told me my speeds weren't high enough, so they were going to drop me down to the ADSL billing instead of ADSL2, which was rather nice of them. My sync speeds are currently 7.2Mbps down, and 1.0Mbps up.

As for IPv6, I tend to get the telephone/email equivalent of a blank face whenever I ask about that, so I'm currently running a Hurricane Electric tunnel (from tunnelbroker.net ), which so far works fine for me - that's set up as a 6 in 4 endpoint on the Fritz!box, and is probably something I should add to this post, ready for the day I tweak it too far.

Re: Fritz!Box 7390 O2 Broadband UK Connection Settings

Lain — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 02:54:30 -0000

Hi Mat,
thanks for documenting your set up notes with the Fritzbox on O2, very different that the other providers. Does O2 have IPv6 on your line already? The O2 enables Annex M on ADSL services - do you notice faster upstream with the Fritzbox?
cheers,
Lain

Re: Finally got around to it

Andy Cippico — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:09:06 -0000

I was having the same problem myself until yesterday. On a whim I tried connecting to the internet via my friendly neighbour’s WiFi and iPlayer worked immediately. It was therefore obvious that it wasn't the fault of the PS3 or iPlayer. So, I looked at how my internet connection was set up and it turned out to be an anti-spyware detection system between my router and the PS3. It's basically a firewall and web filter running under Linux called Untangle. It protects me and the family from internet nasties - on all devices, not just PCs. I realise that this is likely to be a very rare set of circumstances for most people, but at least I’ve now found the cause, and fixed it - no thanks to the initial unhelpful error messages. Perhaps your router has anti-spyware in it? Long shot but just a thought. Some 'family-friendly' routers have started appearing with these features built in. Good luck.

Re: 80 Days until the 2011 F1 Season Begins

dawnifer — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:16:05 -0000

i dont get why they are bringing kers back, it failed on its first season apart from mclaren, i know its all about saving the environment but seriously its mental

Re: Bookmarks for November 20th through November 24th

Blue Eyes — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:19:34 -0000

Thanks for the link!