Did you use the same SSID and password as the XB6? I real...

[rstra]

@rickatk Did you use the same SSID and password as the XB6?

I really want the XB7, but I will wait until the end of my two year plan. I am also hoping that Rogers will introduce their TV plans to the lineup, they are more flexible than Shaw.

[rickatk]

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@rstra wrote:

@rickatk Did you use the same SSID and password as the XB6?

I really want the XB7, but I will wait until the end of my two year plan. I am also hoping that Rogers will introduce their TV plans to the lineup, they are more flexible than Shaw.

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I used the same SSID and Password.

I was allowed to consolidate my various promotions which ended on different dates. Now I have a new agreement ending in two years. 

I look forward to the Rogers offerings in time, if in fact that merger occurs, but for now I have a plan which is lower in cost and higher in performance. That should do me for a while.

[rstra]

@rickatk Whenever I swapped routers and used the same SSID and password, some devices had a hard time connecting.

[rickatk]

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@rstra wrote:

@rickatk Whenever I swapped routers and used the same SSID and password, some devices had a hard time connecting.

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Thus far I haven’t come across that problem. I have changed hardware a few times over the past few years, using the same SSID and password.

[rolyat77]

@rstra 

@rickatk 

FYI, I did not change my SSID when I added the XB7. A couple of things took a day or so to come online, but otherwise no problems.

The one thing I don't understand is why we went to 10.0.0.1 from 192.168.1.1... anyone know why?

[langley834721]

Always used ASUS routers and wired TP EAP Access Points (large house), that’s why my cable modems always been just that, a modem (bridged).
I know the Asus configuration well and works well for me, don’t want to change…

[mdk]

@rolyat77 -- The one thing I don't understand is why we went to 10.0.0.1 from 192.168.1.1... anyone know why?

A long time ago, the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) designated the "10.0.0.0/8" network and the "192.168.0.0./16" networks to be "non-routable" -- computers that want to be DIRECTLY accessible on the Internet must not use any IP-address in either of those 2 ranges. They reserved those ranges for "private" networks, such as within your home.

It would be quite a problem if every "private" network on the planet needed its own (small) range of "public" IP-addresses on the IPv4 network. There just are not enough IP-addresses within IPv4 to make it happen.

But, with IPv6, every square inch on the planet can have its own "public" IP-address.

Also, people who connect their own routers to the BlueCurve want it to work "out-of-the-box". If the BlueCurve used something in the "192.168" range, there would be problems with third-party routers that wanted to use the same range within "192.168".  So, by switching to "10", they pre-emptively avoided "collisions" with third-party routers.

[rolyat77]

Thanks, I had noticed that my Apple friends equipment starts with the 10.0.0.1 so I always thought it was a windows vs IOS thing...