Rauffihau80

What speed is now the actual value with the IB3 ?

For me 280/290 mbit/s with the neighbour’s ib5 around 360/370

Rauffihau80

Do I understand correctly that you have set up the IB5 for testing to get the same conditions ?

Exactly

Rauffihau80

Ok that’s a good point.

You’ll have to decide for yourself whether the difference is worth buying the IB5 PRo.

In any case, when I look at my speed through a reinforced concrete ceiling with 640/150 Mbit/s and compare it with your speed, the gap is already very large and the question arises as to whether it wouldn’t be better to set up a WLAN box as an access point in the other room and connect it to the Internet box via a LAN cable to get the full speed.

5018

I have entered the Netgear Roter in the IB3 as an exposed host so that all ports are forwarded. I am more flexible and have the option of setting filters and time restrictions better for the KIDS. The TV box is connected directly to the IB3 and is routed via a separate VLAN via the switch. This way I can also have a different IP addressing IB3 192.168.0.0 and Netgear router 192.168.1.0

In any case, my current configuration would not be possible with either the IB3 or the IB5 Pro alone

Tom_40

If you want to use special router functions that cannot be realised on a Swisscom Internet box, there is nothing to stop you from cascading an additional purely internal network with your own broadband router behind it.
As a result, your own network will be mostly provider-neutral, because your own router doesn’t care what kind of “provider device” with whatever technology it uses to access the Internet.

Werner

Hi Werner, it’s exactly as you say, this configuration helped me a lot when I switched from UPC back to Swisscom, as I didn’t have to make any changes to my LAN including the WLAN and could simply integrate the Swisscom router instead of the UPC modem. The only thing I then did was to connect the TV box directly to the IB3 via its own VLAN, thus preventing this data traffic from also running via my own router.

JanineZ

Basically really great news. Been waiting a long time for this box. Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed with the ports. If it says Pro on it, it should also be Pro. Yes, Wifi 7 is great, and a 10 Gbit is also enough. But to still come up with 1 Gbit connections in 2025 is really incomprehensible. For all those people with larger flats or houses who operate more than 1 Wifi Box, 4 2.5Gbit connections for several Wifi Boxes (possibly Wifi Box 4 with Wifi 7) would have been perfect.

It’s a pity this wasn’t integrated, especially in the Pro version. Wasn’t there actually a “normal” and a “pro” version planned?

thomas76ch

Buy an additional 10 Gbit switch from time to time and then you are actually “future-proof” 🙂

kaetho I am of the opinion that if a thing is called PROOOOO you should be able to expect something like that, otherwise you simply leave out such designations.

cybi it’s only called “Pro” and not “PROOOOOO” 😉

Only Swisscom’s marketing department can probably tell you why the Pro was added to this router. The IB4 is only new with Wifi7 and an analogue port for telephony has been omitted. And a slightly different housing design, smaller and slightly fatter/rounder. Wouldn’t be enough for a Pro for me either. But there will certainly be a reason. It’s just not clear to us.

But what’s the point? “Faster, higher, further” is the motto! And with Wifi7 you have an argument in your pocket that obviously works 😉

I also received the new Internet Box yesterday and received very good advice from Swisscom. I am delighted.

Hello.

On 25 February I am switching from blue Internet M to blue Internet L. I currently have Internet Box 4 and according to Swisscom this should be sufficient. According to the subscription, the following is for new blue Internet L customers with direct connection to fibre optics: Free top model Internet Box 5 Pro worth 349. I assume that the subscription does not run under new customers of the L subscription and is it worth switching?

Best regards, René

René

For “new customers” there is currently the blue Internet L for 39.90/mth for the first 12 months plus the Internet Box 5 Pro as a gift. So far there has been no restriction that would prevent you from switching to a lower subscription before the minimum contract period of 24 months expires.

Thank you very much for your reply and I have already changed the subscription with the adjusted price. I will contact Swisscom on Monday so that they can send me the Internetbox 5.

Thanks for the tip and Swisscom has confirmed this to me.