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Achieving optimal upload, and download speed from your TELUS connection
After much research into this matter, I would like to offer my 2 cents worth on achieving the optimal Up/Dl speeds with the various currently offered packages, and hardware from TELUS. The mai...
I am currently in the process of figuring out whether or not I need the Arcadyan NH20A that was installed or if I can pull the SFP+ connector out and stuff it into a Ubiquiti DreamMachine without any issues. I cannot find any real answers to that question. I am starting to think the only way to find out is to buy it and see what happens. I was hoping that this new speed would be an upgrade. The hardware installed will not support any of my 2.5g devices because the ports are only 1g on the provided NAH, except the single 10g, which is not overly helpful to me as is because I have three devices that can leverage 2.5g at this time. I feel like the deployment is somewhat lacking for the target market. Average users shouldn't see any issues, but more experienced users will probably end up sinking a lot of money into equipment to support their infrastructure, which is where my question at the start of this comes in.
Not to mention if you're also using Optik TV you cannot use it with the NAH in bridge mode as per the warning on the device when you go to put one port in Bridge mode.
Hi,
The Telus 10G port supports 2.5GbE connection speeds. To set this up, you’ll need a TP-Link 2.5GbE switch, which you can easily daisy-chain from. If you’re using a laptop, a UGREEN 2.5GbE USB network adapter will do the trick. For a desktop PC, a TP-Link 2.5GbE PCIe card is a great option. Both solutions are around $30 each on Amazon, while a 5-port 2.5GbE switch runs about $69. I recommend sticking with TP-Link — their units have good heat dissipation, unlike the no-name brands, which tend to be unreliable.
I could do that but my goal is not to need TELUS hardware if I don’t have to use it. I’d like something with more manageability because I do have things I want to segregate from my main networks, among other capabilities that a more sophisticated router can provide. If I can pull the TELUS hardware out of the mix that’s a bonus, but I haven’t used their provided devices in a very, very long time. The hardware that was just pulled has been unplugged since the service was installed. I used an sfp media converter and ran that to my Asus router that I plan on retiring when my Dream Machine gets here.
- The new telus router is cisco insides.
- I have gigabit fibre and a technicolor NAH with a couple of WiFi 6 boosters and Optik PVR/STBs. I'm using it in bridge mode with no problems. I've never heard that you can't use Optik with port 1 bridged. That sounds wrong to me.If you search elsewhere, you should find various posts about using the Telus SFP+ module in other devices. Here is one reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/telus/comments/1d366hl/telus_fibre_direct_to_ubiquiti_udm_se_sfp/. There was a detailed post about this on DSLReports, but it's currently only operating for 5 minutes every hour. No idea if it will ever come back.
That’s what I was doing previously but I couldn’t find anything about higher speed deployments that come with the NAH instead of that little white AIO device from that Reddit post. The installation in that post is was what was just removed from my home today. It came with a gigabit SFP that I was using, and still have. Deployments above 1g are not using the same standard or core equipment from the road to my apartment from what I can dig up. I know the installer replaced something at the road. I only have a gigabit sfp to copper and it doesn’t support sfp+ so I can’t test it yet. It seems like my end goal is pretty atypical (at least as of today) so info is sparse on what exactly has been done by the installer. When I used the gigabit sfp into my media converter (configuration I used for multiple years until this change) the router refuses to grab DHCP info from TELUS which makes me think it may not allow a device that is not registered in the system. The thing I’m not sure of is if it’s the SFP module or the NAH that needs to be involved in obtaining the lease, I’m suspecting the NAH may be necessary. I figure I’ll just send and see what happens, the worst case is I need to feed my WAN from the 10g rj45 and convert that to SFP+ for the dream machine.
