"RJ" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:W-adnXdfDOTpDn7aRVnyhQA@pipex.net...[color=blue]
>I am waiting for my MAC from Pipex with the intention of transferring to O2
>which has just become available on my exchange.
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> I currently use VOIP via a Fritz Box 7140, which works very well and
> prefer not to use the O2 router provided (speedtouch 780wl with propriety
> O2 software) which I understand would not be suitable for us as we use
> more than one VOIP provider.
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> I have the settings for the box from the O2 website, but they do not
> provide any support for otehr routers. From a post in an O2/Be forum, it
> appears that Fritz Box Fon may not connect at as fast a speed as the
> proprietary O2 router. I know that I could connect the Fritz Box to the O2
> box, but I would then lose some of the advantages of the Fritz Box VOIP
> handling.
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> Does anyone have a Fritz Box working well on O2/Be or should I not choose
> O2 as my new ISP?
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> Thanks,
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> Roger[/color]


I have a 7050 on O2. I tried connecting the 7050 to DSL but I was
disappointed with the sync (ADSL2+ was an afterthought on this Fritz!Box) I
am sure I could ask O2 to tweak things a bit, but a 1mb drop vs O2 wireless
box was too much for me and I didn't expect much improvement.

So I tried connecting the Fritz as a switch to the O2 wireless box. Big
mistake. The O2 wireless box does something to the network config and I
could not get my e-mail and webserver working... VoIP was fine (remember
that the O2 wireless box is a voip box and so I believe it uses QoS. You
can also get VoIP working on the O2 wireless box with the SuperUser login)

So plan 3 was installing the bridge1.tpl on the O2 box. I have to say this
works a treat as I get all the benefits of both boxes. Only problem is that
the http management interfaces do not work on the O2 wireless box, so I
cannot get onto it to disable WLAN etc. Any tips gratefully received...

Hope this helps you decide the best config. I have found my O2 wireless
does occasionally drop DSL sync, but nowhere near as much as the Fritz (4-5
times a day). Remember to enter the sync speeds into the Fritz to make sure
that it manages bandwidth in the best way.

Make good use of [url]www.beforum.co.uk[/url] - they have lots of good tips there too.
If you need the tpl it is on there, or PM me (remember to edit the address!)
and I will send it to you.

I get on well with O2, but some people had problems following an outage
recently. I have found their tech support to be good (and free!) in the
last two months I have been with them.