Port Waiting for VDSL? Am i screwed
I have just signed up with Orcon for VDSL to now be told that I am on a waiting list. The Eta for the planned connection date is about a year away.Is their anything i can do?
View ArticleMoving from Orcon
Just trying to get my head around the process for leaving Orcon to a different UFB ISP.I understand there is a 30 day notice period, so if I sign up to the new ISP to start on the 18th of next month...
View ArticleOrcon to pay $25,000 in privacy breach
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/68702228/orcon-to-pay-25000-in-privacy-breach Ouch..tl;dr they baycorp'd some poor bloke after totally stuffing up his connection, and they have just...
View ArticleMikrotik RB951G-2HnD on Orcon UFB
Has anyone managed to get a Mikrotik RB951G-2HnD working on Orcon UFB?
View ArticleBunch of old emails
So I opened Windows live mail to check for new email and after it saying it had failed to respond for 60 seconds it started downloading a whole bunch of old emails from 2014 so now I have 108 emails...
View ArticleFed Up with Orcon email server being blacklisted
I'm sick and tired of getting this message (and variations of it) emailing from Orcon to TalkTalk ISP in the UK <<< 554 Your access to this mail system has been rejected due to the...
View ArticleOrcon phone line being hacked to make toll calls...
I am hoping that one of the NZ based Orcon guys here are able to help me please. I had a incredibly frustrating 35 mins on the phone this morning to Orcon customer services based in the Philippines or...
View ArticleOrcon Global Mode
For about a week now from BBC iplayer have been getting "This Content doesn't seem to me working. Try Again" on everything and repeated to ever.Is it just here, or the same for everyone? Or has Global...
View ArticleOrcon Email SMTP Settings
My father got a new iMac tonight.. I tried to help him setup Mail to connect (and send) from my "lifetime" Orcon email account and while connecting works and new emails are received, sending doesn't. I...
View ArticleNon secure website access
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction to resolving an ongoing issue with access to non secure websites through Orcon UFB.The problem occurs on a fairly regular basis (around 4-5 times a...
View ArticleConfiguring a Fortigate 40c
First time poster here, I'm looking to configure a Fortigate 40c to use as a modem for my new 100/30 service from Orcon. I understand I'll need to change the WAN interface to be on vlan 10 but I don't...
View ArticleProblem loading foreign website - is it Orcon?
I have been trying to load an Italian website www.western.it/en/I have tried using my two computers and FireFox, Chrome and CMBrowser (android).All of them fail with usually a "Timed out" error...
View ArticleNo service this morning
Tried multiple reboots of ONT and modem, no outside connection on my fibre.Can someone PM me if they have time to do a quick test please?
View ArticleAuckland-wide outage 9 June
I had a commercial client's broadband near Mangere Bridge go offline last night at around 9pm.Orcon helpdesk have advised by phone there is an Auckland-wide outage. I have no other clients using Orcon...
View Articleopening ports with IPv6
so orcon finally upgraded their christchurch handover to IPv6, anyone have any idea how to get stuff working over it?i have a plex media server and windows server essentials running over ipv4 and it'd...
View ArticleSlow VDSL at night
This has only started to happen in the last month. Every night after about 7:30pm my speed just turns to rubbish. I can't watch YouTube videos in hd or watch twitch streams without a constant buffer...
View Article4th day with no internet
It's a slightly complicated story, but the bottom line is we're now into our 4th day without internet.The problem started on Monday evening after I requested a plan change to naked VDSL during the...
View ArticleUsing the NF4V (white genius) in bridge mode
While sorting out our recent loss of internet, the person I spoke to at Orcon suggested not using the NF4V in bridge mode because they could not manage it remotely. So at present it's in default mode...
View ArticleOrcon Fibre (NF4V) Modem Issues
Hey everyone,Long time lurker - Finally just registered.Basically I'm having issues on the NF4V after several days. I'm unable to access the LAN from the WLAN. On top of this the LAN Loopback on port...
View ArticleHaving trouble with team speak disconnecting
Hi,I'm an Orcon customer and I can not seem to stay consistently connected to TS servers. I drop out at random intervals and reconnect shortly after. I've tried turning off my windows firewall which...
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