Re: Terrible Wifi
While the rep is correct, that those new modems are needed for the newer plans..It doesnt seem he was greatly trained on your options though to fix it..YES, the wireless is poor on alot of the...
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Instructions should be here http://www.rogers.com/web/support/internet/home-networking/245?setLanguage=en
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Thanks for the help. I called Rogers and had them put my modem in bridge mode. He said he couldn't help me with setting up the router because he has never used one before. I connected the cable from...
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You might need to do a full reset on the router for it to pick up the connection from the modem properly. (Just had to do that at my moms on her old surfboard modem with a new router. The orange /...
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Thanks. I'll have to search for my user guide for the router. I don't know how to reset it. Is the modem still supposed to be sending out a wireless signal? The network name still comes up when I...
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Nevermind. I called back again and talked to another tech support rep. The first guy didn't actually put it in bridge mode. She did and now it works beautifully. Thanks!
View ArticleRe: Cannot uninstall previous version of Rogers online protection
Me too. They really can't figure it out. Amazing!
View ArticleRe: Cannot uninstall previous version of Rogers online protection
There is likely something wrong with the app/installer/uninstaller.The guys on the phone, are not the developers, and likely only know what of the app that they are trained to.. they likely dont have...
View ArticleRe: Rogers TechXpert
Truthfully?Move to a different, better antivirus. The rogers one isnt that great.There are tons of free ones, that are better. MSE being one of the better ones, kapersky, AVG, etc.(switching ISPs...
View ArticleRe: HELP: Not getting advertised speed (250/20) on the New plan with my SMC...
VivienM is right on the ball about this.Compare it to a road.You have a 2 lane road to the destination.. Gets you from A to B. If its empy, you can do 100 on it, and get there nice and fast.But as...
View ArticleRe: Utterly INSANE upload usage; Is there a way to check this?
What you can also do is install a program on the various computers to monitor bandwidth useage such as NetSpeedMonitor. This can give you both download / upload rates at a glance as well as historical...
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This is a good idea as well, thanks for adding it Datalink :)But remember, this will only monitor the throughput on the PC's and not other devices like a network hard drive, wireless devices, etc :)But...
View ArticleRe: CGN3ROG Advanced Wi-Fi Modem Guest Account & MS Windows 8.1 latest big patch
Oh, i know its a little better/different on the N66U, i have that one :) OP was more talking about the guest access on the gateways.. I ran the one on the SMC for quite a while... Like the wireless on...
View ArticleRe: Gigantic spike in download usage. Hacked??
Had a one day blip where Rogers counters show 189 gb downloaded on a Rogers Extreme plan. No idea what could have caused it and have never before or after experienced anything like it. Have a strong...
View ArticleRe: Gigantic spike in download usage. Hacked??
That it only happened one day... thats good i guess (as long as it doesnt happen again). None of those devices were NEW on that day?Downloading updates... or the apple products.. maybe itunes...
View ArticleRe: Gigantic spike in download usage. Hacked??
No new devices. And 189 gb is way too much for it to be icloud unless I'm seriously missing something. All the usage was downloaded. Upload was up a bit from my usual but nothing seriously out of whack...
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Yep, that application is only for PC's I believe. But, there are other applications around for the various types of platforms that people in this forum connect to the internet with. Its just a matter...
View ArticleRe: HELP: Not getting advertised speed (250/20) on the New plan with my SMC...
OK! Now i get it! I should call Rogers and get switched to the Hybrid Fibre 150 plan with a new modem and I will save $41.50 a month ($127.49 - $85.99) AND get a slight speed increase as well! Thanks...
View ArticleLag spikes in Games/ how do i know which ultimate i have?
I'm getting a ton of lag spikes in almost all of the games i play. Especially in League of Legends and Diablo 3. Everything seems to be fine for a bit then the games just spike to really high...
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