Every time signed up a new contract, the customer receives a new latest model modem (which is fantastic) from Telstra.
What would you do with the old one - which most of the time still very new?
What to Do with The Old Telstra Modem?
eatwell365 on 01/12/2018 - 09:08
Last edited 01/12/2018 - 09:09
Last edited 01/12/2018 - 09:09
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Keep it in a box with all the other modems that you're thinking of using in the future but never happens.
Next to the milk crate full of cables, half which are obsolete.
Right next to all the old PS/2 keyboard and mice that you keep "just in case".
Cleaned up my office and found my 56k modem from 90s. Really hope I never have to use it again.
"If you have IP security cameras, connect them to this router as a stand alone system."
Curious, what's the benefit of this
Stops them from clogging up your main router with data.
Your main router will only handle so much traffic at any given time. So, if you want to sort out congestion, you can move the IP cameras to their own router.
It really depends on how many cameras you have and what they are doing. If they are stand alone and the NVR is on the same network, it can get pretty congested pretty quick. If they go back to a DVR and then the DVR is accessed via the router, it’s usually not an issue.
Depends on your system, how you have it set up and how it is connected and what acccess and/or recording is required.
bit light as a door stop?
.bin
Hold the last one in its box in case your current one dies.
Hoard the rest.
Which model is it? Some Telstra modems are notoriously known to be crap - in which case you’re probably best binning it.
Op shop. Include cables and manual/disk.
Clear your details first, of course.
Turn it into an access point if you have weak wifi coverage anywhere in the house.
If you have IP security cameras, connect them to this router as a stand alone system.
Use it as a door stop.
Sell it on gumtree.
Drop it off at your local electronics recycling centre.