Fttp destroyed my inter network speeds

[Colemanuk82]

Technical sorry-

Upgraded to fttp from fttc and they installed the fibre ONT box.

Before I would stream Kodi with no problem. Smart tv to wifi to PC

Now when I stream between tv to wifi to PC with the ONT installed I can see it's green Ethernet light flashing like crazy and then after a few minutes I get a error in Kodi "source to slow for continuous playback" . Why the ont Ethernet light is active for INTERNAL network traffic is beyond me but it's completely destroyed my internal network speed. I believe adding the extra steps has enduced extra latency 

Everytime I log into the router as well Im greeted with an internet not connected please reconnect. Hit reconnect then I get the wifi router login screen. It then shows Ethernet wan in the overview summary. 

I really wish I hadn't of upgraded! Any ideas why this would be?

If anyone has the ont box fitted does your Ethernet also flash on the fibre optic box? 

[Jayach]

I really can't think of any reason why this should be. Are you still using the same router?

I would try disconnecting the WAN cable and see if the internal network returns to previous speed.

If it does not then I don't think it can be anything to do with the FTTP/ONT.

[Colemanuk82]

I can't see why it would either but nothing has changed on my network for years other than the ONT.  the fact that it's flashing with internal traffic means it's involved some way. I don't know if the wifi hub is getting"overwelmed "with a wan connection. Good plan disconnecting the ont I'll try tomorrow

[gipjon]

Well I know what I would do . And that would be swap back to fttc befor the cooling off period ends 

[JB_MASON]

If you’re experiencing connection issues (e.g. lack of internet access or slow speeds), a key troubleshooting step is to try connecting your computer directly to the ONT to see if the problem goes away. 

To do this, get a network cable (also known as an Ethernet / LAN cable) and connect your computer to the ONT, plugging it into the ONT’s active port 1 (the one supplying your broadband). 

If the problem goes away with a direct connection to the ONT, then the issue does not lie with the connection to your residence, but somewhere within your home networking setup i.e. with your router or your wireless connection or your computer.

[Colemanuk82]

I believe I've solved the problem now by changing all the cables in the network with cat 6 cables ,maybe one was bad. Also I set a static IP for the server on the server and also assigning it on the router. It worked well all last night. Fingers crossed!

[JB_MASON]

It's been a few days now. 
How are you getting on with the Cat6 WAN lead and does it really make any noticeable difference?

Cat5e:  100Mhz 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T standards.
Cat6: 250Mhz 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T, and 10GBASE-T standards.
Cat6a: 550MHz 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T, and 10GBASE-T standards.

[Anonymous]

I always assumed that you'd have any internal servers on static local IP addresses - I'd pretty much assume that was the problem!  It's slightly worrying - but not unheard of - that failing to find a device on the local network, that the router would go looking for a device over the WAN connection!

[Colemanuk82]

Thankfully zero issues since doing the combination of changing cabling and seting up address reservation on BOTH the wifi router and the PC. funny thing only changing one thing on a network can cause such problems! So not really sure which one solved it