Yesterday had VM install a new fibre line, 1Gb... The line works amazingly well but a few caveats. The DNS IP's provided by the Hub5x router cannot find some websites, inparticular sites associated with VPN and DynDNS. Installing manual DNS fixes this, or seems to - still testing.
Hub5x. OK, I like that it directly connects to the fibre via an LC connector. That's about it really, not much else to like about this unit.
You cannot set up your own network IP ranges. Are virgin aware that aside from 192.168.0.x there are a multitude of IP'a available for LAN setup. Aside from an inconvenience every hacker in the world now know my internal IP range.
Had to sdpend the best part of a day resetting everything for 192.168.0.x, even devices with DHXP enabled had to be rebooted due to long lease times issued by the previous router. And of course there's the devives with fixed IP addresses.... I still have stuff coming out the woodwork.
No fixed public IP option... OK, I get this for home use although for home workers it adds an additonal tier of security arounf access to internet based servers. In discussion, pre-order- it was indicated that we could switch to a business based account. Guess what, NOT with a Hub5x. NoDynDNS on a Hub5x either, another massive inconvenience.
easily solved by, at least partly, by setting up modem mode and then connecting a professional firewall (something like the feature rich Pfsense) but again the basic features of the Hub5x let me down.
The Hub5X is a VERY basic router/firewall. Simply enabling modem mode would give users the option to connevct something more feature rich. OK I'm now getting 1Gb and as a short term trade off this is acceptable. Short term though it also means i must keep my FTTC and phone lines, both of which were to be cancelled in order to mitigate, at least partially, some of the cost for the fibre line.
