{"id":7,"date":"2011-09-11T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlitter.itgroove.net\/2011\/09\/11\/shaw-upgrade-from-extreme-to-new-50mb-plan-and-gateway\/"},"modified":"2011-09-11T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T19:56:00","slug":"shaw-upgrade-from-extreme-to-new-50mb-plan-and-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2011\/09\/11\/shaw-upgrade-from-extreme-to-new-50mb-plan-and-gateway\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaw Upgrade from Extreme to new 50MB plan and Gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ExternalClass993062B26596489D961999ADDE7D4B6F\">\n<p>*squeal*. Shaw guy is here installing my new Gateway and 3 portals (1 per TV). I&#8217;m also upgrading to their 50MB plan (100mb, pishaw, don&#8217;t need THAT yet), from Extreme. (Note, I started this blog post a week ago last Friday and finished it tonight. All this in an effort to match what Telus has been offering for a while, without (EVER) having to have any Telus equipment in my house again. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Speedtest metrics before he started (I did three to get a rough baseline)\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Speedtest.net Before<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade1.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 1 : Test 1 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade2.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 2 : Test 2 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade3.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 3 : Test 3 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Speedtest.net After <\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade4.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 4 : Test 1 &#8211; much better down, bit better up, faster ping test <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade5.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 5 : Test 2 &#8211; even better <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade6.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 6 : Test 3 &#8211; good working average <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Notes <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The modem is also a wireless router now (Cisco) so they took my Linksys\/Cisco device out which freed up a device (spare for office) and I got another wireless AP in the process (nice), plus this is one device optimized for the service (also good, one company to blame) <\/li>\n<li>Channel guide is SOOOO much better <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Hardware Screenshots <\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade7.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 7 : Back side of one of the &#8216;portals&#8217;, one per TV (3) <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade8.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 8 : Front of Portal. Not very big, nice small footprint <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade9.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 9 : Cisco Router is pretty full featured for an included device and comes with wifi <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Lists\/Photos\/091211_0554_ShawUpgrade10.png\"> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#4f81bd;font-size:9pt\"><strong>Figure 10 : back of Gateway unit, notice Cat5 inputs amd eSata, stored in garage (near coax feed). I understand I can add esata storage up to 6TB <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*squeal*. Shaw guy is here installing my new Gateway and 3 portals (1 per TV). I&#8217;m also upgrading to their 50MB plan (100mb, pishaw, don&#8217;t need THAT yet), from Extreme. 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