@kaetho

In fact, yesterday’s discussion prompted me to approach the matter with more effort and less plug & play thought.

Among other things, I will disconnect the speakers and gradually integrate the devices.

Feedback follows. But it won’t be implemented until the weekend.

@kaetho

Small note: The booster was always connected directly to the IB3 with a cable and without a switch.

What I didn’t consider due to a lack of specialist knowledge was the fact that apparently the signals from the booster and the Vdsl are not bundled into one (1) signal but are distributed separately in the network.

@ebu ok, I didn’t consider that. I was probably just triggered by the switching of the WLAN boxes that Roger mentioned 😉

In my opinion, not being able to fix the connection point manually is the biggest shortcoming of an otherwise very good product. This has brought me to the brink of despair several times, because under certain circumstances the WLAN-Box can automatically switch from AP operation to repeater mode and then address and block the ports on the switches involved (STP).

January, you have now looked into the matter in more detail and have seen that the whole structure is not entirely trivial to handle. If you can now get around this weakness of the WLAN-Box a little more consciously, the whole exchange here will have been worth it 😉

@gustavos: You don’t have to do anything at the moment (maybe check that there aren’t two devices connected to Ethernet port 2 and think of an alternative to Devolo). Otherwise everything is correct regarding the subscription and activated speed. The speed you measure and the pure g.Fast, booster doesn’t matter at the moment.

There was an activation problem with new activations that was identified and fixed. At the moment all affected boosters are being identified and the process is being restarted. I think that should happen during the day.

Sorry for the troubles

@gustavos And you shouldn’t mess around in the Fastmile Booster menu or look at the radio connectivity. If you don’t need 5G to fill up the few mbps, then the combined bands of 4G are completely sufficient.

@gustavos Booster is active and provides bandwidth 😀 Please do not plug the booster into a range extender or something like that. If so, then only a maximum of one switch between the router and booster, ideally only connected directly via Ethernet.

Roger G

Hello,

Does anyone know why the IB5G shows such a strange IP address in my IB3 menu?

Ralphy

Have you already turned the Internet box off and on and then turned the 5G booster off and on?

The IP address may look different for the last few digits.

It should look like the picture below.

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@kaetho wrote:

@ebu

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If you can now get around this weakness of the WLAN-Box a little more consciously, the whole exchange here will have been worth it 😉

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And that brings us back to post #177 and the circle is complete.

@Ralphy this is a [local IPv6 address](https://www.ipv6-handbook.de/IPv6-Facts/Was-ist-eine-fe80-Konto-fuer-IPv6#:~:text=IPv6%2DAddresses%2C%20die%20mit% 20fe80, the%20same%20switch%20are%20connected.). I assume that you basically haven’t disabled the IPv6 addresses on the IB3? And you @WalterB still have IPv6 disabled on the IB3?

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@WalterB wrote:

At @Ralphy the 5G booster should have IB3 activation and not LTE, even if there is only 4G reception.

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@WalterB: why shouldn’t it say LTE if only LTE is possible at the location? It’s identical for me.

Thanks to all the helpers. It actually got sorted out at some point while I was away today. Everything runs on Abomaxspeed and even on 5G with 4 bars. 😄

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Roger G wrote:

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@WalterB wrote:

@Ralphy should have IB3 activation on the 5G booster and not LTE, even if there is only 4G reception.

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@WalterB: why shouldn’t it say LTE if only LTE is possible at the location? It’s identical for me.

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@Roger G

Do I understand correctly that the 5G booster is also sold if there is no 5G?

My reference was because I keep having short interruptions with 5G and then 4G booster support is available and then LTE never appears.

Or is there a fixed setting if there is no 5G at all that is displayed from the start on the 5G booster LTE?

@WalterB

According to the Swisscom knowledge box:

“From now on, only the new 5G-capable booster is available.”

[Internet-Booster 5G: throughout Switzerland with up to 1 Gbit… | Swisscom Community](https://community.swisscom.ch/t5/Internet-Wissensbox/Internet-Booster-5G-schweizweit-mit-bis-zu-1-Gbit-s-surfen/ta-p/689892?campID=sc- internet booster)

It probably doesn’t make sense to sell 2 different boosters and there’s nothing wrong with only operating the 5G booster with 4G.

Are there publicly available technical documents/specifications for the booster that describe/show insight into the transmit/receive geometry (of the antenna)?

@gur_helios And what is that supposed to be relevant to?

@swissbeetle

This allows you to calculate, or at least estimate, the booster’s reception transmission strength.

As an example. If the booster is mounted on the outside window, the transmission/reception quality can be determined by the angle of the normal vector of the booster to the corresponding 4G/5G mast using special diagrams.

Sure, but that shouldn’t be of interest to the average consumer!