HK Broadband ISP

Hi All,


Would very much appreciate some advice on Broadband connections in HK, have been having a dig on the intertubes but am unable to find what I am after....


I am looking to have an ADSL2+ connection with static IP - I am a techie and have a top range ADSL2 router that I would like to use.


This seems to be too much to ask in HK and it appears my options are limited to PCCW, HGC, or PacNet - none of which really get rave reviews and none of which seem to provide the service I am after.


Any advice/experience would be very much appreciated!


Cheers


S

Ummm i think your title is your answr... Try hong kong broadband a.k.a HKBB

I searched for static IPs at HK ISPs for a while but gave up. Despite what one might think, HK is not really that techie friendly in some ways.


I now use PCCW but have a free dyndns.org record so that even if my IP changes, I keep the same DNS name. My router updates the dyndns.org record automagically. It's not perfect but good enough for me. Sad how my standards have lowered. ;)

Hi,


Thank you all for your advice


If someone who has experience of PCCW could perhaps answer the following questions, I would be very grateful....


The package I am looking at states 'one user' unless I pay a premium for a wifi router, can I assume this will provide one RJ45 network connection that I can link to my network switch, which will in turn contain a wireless access point..... or do they do some MAC address magic to stop this?


Also using aforementioned PCCW cable router device, does it have full NAT functionality, and does it support port forwarding? (to specific internal IP's rather than just opening of ports....)


If anyone knows of where I can find details of the device they use, this would be especially helpful!


Many thanks in advance


Cheers


S

The PCCW package states one user as you say but they don't care if you plug in your own router. No MAC address magic. I think it is mostly a support issue. They don't want to have to support any old router. When they come install they'll put a "connection" on your machine. Then again I've just asked the tech to stay for a minute while I configured my router with the PPPOe login info instead. He didn't care.


The PCCW wireless router is VERY basic. Do not get that package if you want to do stuff like port forwarding. I've fiddled with the interface at customer sites and it's like cutting your hands off with regards to what a networking geek would take for granted. It does basic NAT and works as an access point for wired and wireless but that's about it. The wireless range is also quite limited compared to anything one might want to buy. Bottom line: stay away.


If you have your own router there are no real limitations to what you can do, at least as far as I have been able to discover.


Right now I have a couple of Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH routers. Love'em. I have one at each end of the apartment since these "%¤#&"#¤%"#¤ reinforced concrete walls are hell on the signal. I have put the same model at 4-5 customer sites as well with no real issues. Just a note: set the WPA password encryption method to AES, not TKIP or your speeds will suffer, particularly on Macs for some reason.